Date
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Topic |
Assignment |
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August 20 |
What is anthropology?
Why do we do it? |
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August 25 |
The structure and history of anthropology in the |
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August 27 |
Anthropological Culture |
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September 1 |
Lecture/Discussion: Who do we study, and why? Problems and challenges of fieldwork. |
“Shakespeare in the Bush” (on reserve) |
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September 3 |
Film: Trobriand Cricket |
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September
8
|
Kinship and family |
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September 10 |
Marriage and incest |
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September 15 |
Race, ethnicity, and cultural relativism |
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September 17 |
Exercise and Review Session for Cultural Anthropology Exam |
Read over review sheet |
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September 22 |
Cultural
Anthropology Exam |
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September 24 |
Physical/Biological Anthropology: Evolution and Genetics |
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September 29 |
Film: Evolution and
Human Equality |
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October 1 |
Social structure, preferred marriage, and genetics |
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October 6 |
Fall Break |
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October 8 |
Primates: Monkeys and Apes |
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October 13 |
Early Hominids |
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October 15 |
More Recent Hominids |
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October 20 |
Language and Linguistics |
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October 22 |
Film: Can Chimps Talk? |
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October 27 |
Human Communication |
“Language, Appearance, and Reality” and “Why Don’t You Say
What You Mean?” on reserve |
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October 29 |
Biological
Anthropology Exam |
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November 3 |
The Problem of Archaeology: Archaeological vs. Anthropological culture |
Kottak |
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November 5 |
Pre-Agricultural Human Societies |
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November 10 |
Political systems and population increase |
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November 12 |
Film: Out of the
Past |
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November 17 |
Urbanization and Inequality |
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November 19 |
Film: First Contact |
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November 24 |
When Cultures Meet |
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November 26 |
Thanksgiving Break
|
No Class |
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December 1 |
Anthropology, Archaeology, and Politics Short review for Archaeology Exam |
Last Day of Classes |