Tuesday 12 September 2006 Week 02 Day 03

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Features of the Day Questions about Midsemester Exams ? UMD Study Strategies Listening Skills Notetaking Learning Styles Test Taking Strategies Writing an Essay Exam (from OWL ) Frequently asked questions (FAQs) Methods of Analysis: Cultural Metaphors -- Introduction (slides)

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Old Business

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Assignments Read: Distant Mirrors, 3rd ed., Ch. 2 "The American Cultural Configuration" by Lowell D. Holmes and Ellen Rhoads Holmes" [American Cultural Anthropologists]

Thursday 14 September 2006 Week 02 Day 04

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Features of the Day Methods of Analysis: Cultural Metaphors -- Cont. (slides) Methods of Analysis: "A Four-Stage Model of Cross-Cultural Understanding" (slides) Other Methods and Areas of Analysis include: (These topics will be covered in subsequent weeks as time permits) Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) / World Ethnographic Sample (WES) Major Characteristics of Anthropology (slides) Major Figures in Anthropology Kinship and Descent Kinship Symbols Patterns of Marriage (including "Cross-Cousin Marriage") (slides) functions of the family Modes of Acquiring a Spouse Divorce Rites of Passage (Life Cycle Rituals) (Transition Rituals) Political Organization and Leadership communication (slides) linguistics cultural change (slides)

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Old Business

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Assignments Read: Understanding Global Cultures, 3rd ed., Ch. 2, The Thai Kingdom Read: Distant Mirrors, 3rd ed., Ch. 9, "The Young, the Rich, and the Famous: Individualism as an American Cultural Value" by Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel" [Thai Philosopher]