Anthropology 200
INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY
Course Outline and Reading Assignments, Spring 2008
Note: This schedule is subject to revision, if necessary
I. INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY IN "TRADITIONAL" SOCIETIES
Reading Assignments:
- The Forest People (all)
- Spradley and McCurdy
(part 1, [intro, chs. 1-3], part 3 [intro, chs. 10-12],
part 5 [intro], part 7 [ch. 26], part 10 [ch. 34])
- reserve articles (Wolf)
Movies
- Kayapo: Out of the Forest
- Dead Birds
- Isle of Flowers
- Tuesday, January 22
(MLK
Day: special schedule)
- Introduction to course, anthropology, and culture
- Thursday, January 24
- What is Culture?
[S/M] Part 1: Culture and Ethnography, pp. 1-6
[S/M] chapter 1: Ethnography and Culture, pp. 7-14
[T]ch. 1 The World of the Forest, pp. 11-26
Handout 1
ADD/DROP DEADLINE 4:30 PM
- Tuesday, January 29
- History of Anthropological Thought
[S/M] chapter 2: Eating Christmas in the Kalahari, pp. 15-22
[S/M] chapter 3: Shakespeare in the Bush, pp. 23-32
Greetings Assignment Due
Handout 2
- Thursday, January 31
- Anthropological Methods and Fieldwork
[T] chapter 2: The Good Death of Balekimito, pp. 27-51
[L]Wolf: Introduction: Entering the World of the Outlaw, pp. 3-29
- Friday, February 1
- Cultural Ecology and Systems of Subsistence
[S/M] Part 3: Ecology and Subsistence, pp. 102-105
[S/M] chapter 10: The Hunters: Scarce Resources in the Kalahari, pp. 107-121
[S/M] chapter 11: Adaptive Failure: Easter's End, pp. 122-131
[S/M] chapter 12: Forest Development the Indian Way, pp. 132-141
Handout 3
- Tuesday, February 5
- A Visit to the Library (McGuire Room)
[T] chapter 3: The Making of Camp Leo, pp. 52-72
[T] chapter 4: The Song of the Forest, pp. 73-93
[T] chapter 5: The Crime of Cephu, The Bad Hunter, pp. 94-108
In-class library assignment due
- Thursday, February 7
- Tribal Religion and Representation, and Drug Use
[T] chapter 6: The Giver of the Law, pp. 109-125
[T] chapter 7: The Play World of the BaMbuti, pp. 126-143
[T] chapter 8: Molimo: The Dance of Death, pp. 144-165
movies: possibly excerpts from Magical Death and
Children's Magical Death
- Tuesday, February 12
- Kinship
[S/M]Part 5: Kinship and Family, pp. 178-182
[T] chapter 9: The World of the Village, pp. 166-183
[T] chapter 10: Elima: The Dance of Life, pp. 184-200
Handout 4
- Thursday, February 14
- Kinship (in-class exercise)
[T] chapter 11: The Marriage of Kenge, pp. 201-216
[T] chapter 12: Village Initiation and Magic, pp. 217-230
[T] chapter 13: Forest Horizons, pp. 231-248
- Friday, February 15
- Colonialism, Tribal Peoples, and Resistance
[S/M] chapter 34: The Kayapo Resistance, pp. 391-409
movie: Kayapo: Out of the Forest
- Tuesday, February 19
- Warfare and Conflict
[T] chapter 14: The World Beyond, pp. 249-260
[T] chapter 15: The Dream World, pp. 261-280
[S/M] chapter 26: Life Without Chiefs, pp. 284-293
movie: excerpt from Dead Birds and
Isle of Flowers
- Thursday, February 21
- ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE
- Tuesday, February 26
- FIRST MIDTERM EXAM
PROSPECTUS FOR ETHNOGRAPHIC PAPER DUE
II. LANGUAGE, SOCIALIZATION, IDENTITY
Reading Assignments:
- Spradley and McCurdy (part 2 [intro, chs 6-9],
part 4 [intro, chs 13-14], part 5 [chs 16, 18],
part 6 [intro, chs 20, 21, 23], part 8 [intro, chs 27-29]
- Reserve articles: Nathan, Kulick, Taussig
Movies:
- American Tongues
- A Veiled Revolution
- Les Maitres Fous
- Thursday, February 28
- Language and Culture
[S/M] Part 2: Language and Communication, pp. 58-62
[S/M] chapter 7: How to Ask for a Drink, pp. 76-84
[S/M] chapter 8: Body Art as Visual Language, pp. 85-92
movie: American Tongues
- Friday, February 29 ("Leap Day!)
- Language and Culture
[S/M] chapter 9: Conversation Style: Talking on the Job, pp. 93-101
Handout 5
- Tuesday, March 4
- Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis and Linguistic Anthropology
[S/M] chapter 6: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis: Worlds Shaped by Words, pp.
63-75
[L] Nathan: As Others See Us, pp. 67-89
- Thursday, March 6
- Rites of Passage
[S/M] chapter 29: Run for the Wall: An American Pilgrimage, pp. 316-329
- Tuesday, March 11
- Race, Ethnicity, Nationalism
[S/M] Part 6: Identity, Roles, and Groups, pp. 218-222
[S/M] chapter 23: Mixed Blood, pp. 249-259
Understanding Race
- Thursday, March 13
- The Construction of the Family
[S/M]chapter 18: Life Without Fathers or Husbands, pp.201-209
[S/M]chapter 20: Mother's Love: Death Without Weeping, pp. 183-192
- Friday, March 14
- Ethnographic Interviewing
RITES OF PASSAGE PAPER DUE
SPRING BREAK!
- Tuesday, March 25
- Gender Roles and Sexuality
[L] Kulick: The Gender of Brazilian Transgendered
Prostitutes, pp. 1-13
Handout 6
- Thursday, March 27
- To Be Announced
WITHDRAW/PASS DEADLINE, FRIDAY 4:30 PM
- Tuesday, April 1
- Gender Roles and Sexuality
[S/M] chapter 20: Symbolizing Roles: Behind the Veil, pp. 253-260
[S/M] chapter 21: Society and Sex Roles, pp. 261-269
movie: A Veiled Revolution
- Thursday, April 3
- Gender, Religion, Magic
[S/M] Part 8: Religion, Magic, and Worldview, pp. 294-298
[S/M] chapter 27: Taraka's Ghost, pp. 299-305
[S/M] chapter 28: Baseball Magic, pp. 306-315
- Friday, April 4
- Traditional and Modern Economics: Reciprocity (In Class Exercise--bring 12 pennies to class)
[S/M]Part 4: Economic Systems, pp. 142-146
[S/M]chapter 13: Reciprocity and the Power of Giving, pp. 147-153
[S/M]chapter 14: Cocaine and the Economic Deterioration of Bolivia, pp. 154-164
- Tuesday, April 8
- Cultural Responses to the Transition to Capitalism
[L]Taussig: The Genesis of Capitalism Amongst a South
American Peasantry: Devil's Labor and the Baptism of Money, pp. 130-155
movie: Les Maitres Fous
SUMMARY OF TAUSSIG ARTICLE DUE
- Thursday, April 10
- SECOND MIDTERM EXAM
III. ANTHROPOLOGY, GLOBALIZATION, CAPITALISM, AND RESISTANCE
Reading Assignments
- Bourgois (all)
- Spradley and McCurdy (part 1 [ch 4],
part 9 [intro, chs 32-33], part 10 [intro, chs 34-36])
- Reserve Articles: Gonzalez
Movies
- Paris is Burning
- The Japanese Version
- Tuesday, April 15
- Applied Anthropology
Students will read intro to part 10 and ONE of the following articles.
[S/M]Part 10: Culture Change and Applied Anthropology, pp. 386-390
[S/M]chapter 4: Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of AIDS, pp. 33-45
[S/M]chapter 35: Medical Anthropology: Improving Nutrition in Malawi, pp. 410-421
[S/M]chapter 36: Using Anthropology, pp. 422-435
Gonzalez: The Conceptual Bases of Zapotec Farming and Foodways, pp. 1-31
You will also read
[B] Introduction, pp. 1-18
In Search of Respect Study Guide
- Thursday, April 17
- Economic Transformation and Culture
[B] chapter one: Violating Apartheid in the United States, pp. 19-47
- Friday, April 18
- The Local and the Global
[B] chapter two: A Street History of El Barrio, pp. 48-76
ROUGH DRAFT OF ETHNOGRAPHIC PAPER DUE
- Tuesday, April 22
- Identity and Globalization
[S/M] Part 9: Globalization, pp. 340-344
[S/M] chapter 32: Men's Pleasure, Women's Labor: Tourism for Sex, pp. 355-369
[S/M] chapter 33: Japanese Hip-Hop and the Globalization of Popular Culture, pp. 370-385
movie: The Japanese Version
- Thursday, April 24
- no class -INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS ALL WEEK ABOUT ROUGH DRAFTS
- Tuesday, April 29
- Hegemony, Power, and Resistance
[B]chapter three: Crackhouse Management:
Addiction, Discipline, and Dignity, pp. 77-113
In Search of Respect Study Guide
[B]chapter four: "Goin' Legit":
Disrespect and Resistance at Work, pp. 114-173
- Thursday, May 1
- Tourism and Global Culture
[B]chapter five: School Days: Learning to be a Better Criminal, pp. 174-212
movie: Cannibal Tours
- Friday, May 2
- Presentations of Final Papers
[B]chapter six: Redrawing the Gender Line on the Street, pp. 215-258
[B]chapter seven: Families and Children in Pain, pp. 259-286
- Tuesday, May 7
- Presentations of Final Papers
[B]chapter eight: Vulnerable Fathers, pp. 287-317
- Thursday, May 9
- Presentations of Final Papers
FINAL DRAFT OF ETHNOGRAPHIC PAPERS DUE
- Tuesday, May 14
- Review, Conclusion to Class, Evaluations
[B]conclusion, pp. 318-327
[B]epilogue, pp. 328-337
- Thursday, May 16
- FINAL EXAM
HAVE A HAPPY
SUMMER!