ANTH 1000W Study Guide - Ethnography, Nationstates, Egalitarianism
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Mw 12-12:50pm in montieth 143 plus discussion section prof. jocelyn linnekin. Anthropology is an academic discipline and also a way of understanding ourselves, our own culture and the world around us. Anthropology, a field of study that examines the varied lifeways, social categories, gender arrangements, political systems, and religious beliefs found among human groups around the world. The course will introduce the research methods used by cultural anthropologists and will examine the difficulties and ethical dilemmas of doing ethnographic fieldwork," the discipline"s trademark methodology. In addition to surveying global social and cultural diversity, the course will examine some of the ways that anthropologists address contemporary problems such as social inequality, environmental degradation, and ethnic, religious, and political conflict. Language and the symbolic podolefsky & brown ch. faculty. *** monday, oct. 6 -- mid-term exam in class*** Rank, redistribution, theocratic" ecr reading by political authority, genealogy, dynastic warfare. Gender, gender roles, and the status of women.
