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Butler University
AN102 02: Introduction to Anthropology
Fall Term, 1999: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10:00 - 10:50 am, JH 387
Instructor: Eriberto P. Lozada Jr.
Office: Anthropology Program, JH 349A
Office Hours: M, W, R, F 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Telephone: 940-9270
email: elozada@butler.edu
homepage: http://trevor.butler.edu/~elozada
This course is an introduction to the theoretical perspectives and methodology of anthropology. Anthropology is the study of humankind. As an academic discipline, it incorporates a wide range of methodologies to understand what it means to be human - i n the past, present, and future. In this course, we will be surveying the four major-subfields of anthropology: social (or cultural) anthropology, biological (or physical) anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics.
Our emphasis will be on the holistic nature of anthropology. What are the different analytical perspectives used by anthropologists to understand humankind? How do anthropologists know what they say they know? How is anthropology especially rele vant today? In this class, it is more important to understand the thinking behind the conclusions rather than memorizing the conclusions themselves.
Course Readings
Kehoe, Alice B. 1998. Humans: An Introduction to Four-Field Anthropology. London: Routledge.
Dettweiler, Katherine A. 1994. Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press.
Hayden, Brian. 1997. The Pithouses of Keatley Creek: Complex Hunter-Gatherers of the Northwest Plateau. Fort Worth, TX : Harcourt Brace College Publishers.
Small, Cathy 1997. Voyages : from Tongan Villages to American Suburbs. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press.
In addition to the above books, various articles will be required. One set of these articles will be available for students at Irwin Library, and another will be available at the History Department office in JH 349.
Course Requirements
This course is an introduction to anthropology, and students are expected to attend all classes, do the readings, and ask questions and discuss the implications of the issues in the classroom. Lectures will not duplicate the readings, but will provide theoretical background, context, and critique of the readings. Films will be shown regularly throughout the course and are an important component of the course.
Each student will write five (5) response papers, no more than two pages and double-spaced. Response papers are worth 10% of the final grade. I will say more about response papers in class, but in general they are indi vidually ungraded and require only timely submission for full credit. There will be two in-class examinations, each worth 20% (for a total of 40%) of the final grade. There will be an in-class final examination worth 35% of the final grade. Participation in classroom discussions is worth 15% of the final grade. Active participation requires that each student come to class prepared, having read the assigned material before class.
It is the policy and practice of Butler University to make reasonable accommodations for students with properly documented disabilities. Written notification from Student Disability Services is required. If you are eligible to receive an accommodation and would like to request it for this course, please discuss it with me and allow two weeks notice. Otherwise, it is not guaranteed that the accommodation can be received on a timely basis. If you have questions about Student Disability Services, you may wish to contact Michele Atterson, JH 136, ext. 9308.
Conditional Schedule of Class Meetings
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30 Aug |
Introduction to Anthropology Introduction to the Course
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1 Sep |
Film: First Contact Reading: Start reading Dettweiler's Dancing Skeletons |
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3 Sep |
Introduction to Butler's anthropology resources, including electronic resources, by librarian Erin Davis. |
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6 Sep |
Anthropological Methodology Reading: Kehoe, Chapters 1 and 2 |
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8 Sep |
The role of the anthropologist in the research project Reading: Miner selection (articles on reserve) |
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10 Sep |
Discussion: Dettweiler's Dancing Skeletons Reading: Finish reading Dettweiler Assignment: Response paper due (Library assignment) |
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13 Sep |
Introduction to Biological Anthropology Reading: Kehoe, Chapters 3, 4 Citing References HandoutOverhead slides from lecture |
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15 Sep |
Primate Behavior and Social Organization Reading: Goodall selection (articles on reserve) Film: Among the Wild Chimpanzee |
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17 Sep |
Phylogeny: Morphology and Genetics Reading: Cambridge Encyclopedia selection (articles on reserve) |
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20 Sep |
Case Study: Australopithecus afarensis, a.k.a. Lucy Reading: Johanson selection (articles on reserve) |
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22 Sep |
Film: Origins |
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24 Sep |
You are what you eat - primate diets Reading: Ambrose selection (articles on reserve) |
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27 Sep |
Nature vs. Culture? Reading: Kehoe, Chapter 6 |
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29 Sep |
First Examination |
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1 Oct |
Introduction to Archaeology Reading: Kehoe, Chapter 7 |
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4 Oct |
Film: To be announced |
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6 Oct |
Historical Archaeology: Reading: Feder selection (articles on reserve) Assignment: Response paper due |
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8 Oct |
Discussion: The Pithouses of Keatley Creek Reading: Finish reading Hayden's Pithouses |
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11 Oct |
Exercise: Dating Objects |
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13 Oct |
Cultural Resource Management Reading: Thomas selection (articles on reserve) |
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15 Oct |
Reading Break |
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18 Oct |
Introduction to Linguistics Reading: Kehoe, Chapter 8 |
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20 Oct |
Doing Things With Words Reading: Austen selection |
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22 Oct |
Film: Language and Communication |
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25 Oct |
Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology Family, Marriage, and Kinship Reading: Kehoe, Chapter 11, part II. |
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27 Oct |
Alliance and Descent Reading: Kottak selection on kinship (articles on reserve) |
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29 Oct |
American Kinship Reading: Schneider selection (articles on reserve) |
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1 Nov |
Love and Marriage in China Reading: Margery Wolf selection (articles on reserve) Assignment: Response paper due |
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3 Nov |
Second Examination |
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5 Nov |
Exchange Reading: Kehoe, Chapter 10 Mauss selection (articles on reserve) |
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8 Nov |
Film: Ongka's Big Moka |
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10 Nov |
Gift Economy and Market Economy Reading: Sahlins selection (articles on reserve) |
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12 Nov |
Production and Consumption Reading: Goody selection (articles on reserve) |
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15 Nov |
Religion Reading: Kehoe, Chapter 12 Assignment: Response paper due |
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17 Nov |
Film: Strangers Abroad: Evans-Pritchard |
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19 Nov |
No class: annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association Reading: start reading Small's Voyages |
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22, 24, 26 Nov |
Thanksgiving Recess |
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29 Nov |
Space, social organization, and power Reading: Kehoe, Chapter 9 and Chapter 11, part I. |
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1 Dec |
Film: Chief in Two Worlds |
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3 Dec |
Globalism and Transnationalism Reading: Appadurai excerpts (articles on reserve) Assignment: Response paper due |
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6 Dec |
Discussion: Small's Voyages Reading: Finish reading Small's Voyages |
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8 Dec |
Film: Trobriand Cricket |
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10 Dec |
Course review |
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13 Dec |
Final Examination |
Davidson College
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Davidson, NC 28035 USA
office: Chambers B12
tel. 704-894-2035
fax. 704-894-2842
erlozada@davidson.edu
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