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Understanding Global Cultures
 University of Minnesota Duluth
29723 - 001 LEC, 2:00 P.M. - 3:50 P.M., Tu, Th (08/28/2017 - 12/08/2017), Cina 214, Roufs,Tim, instruction mode: Partially Online, 4 credits
Schedule may change as events of the semester require


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 First-Day Handout

(syllabus):

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Will Allen, Growing Power.

TAPS Magazine, Winter 2012 cover


TAPS Magazine, Karla Dudley, Editor in Chief, Winter 2012 cover

Karla Dudley, Editor in Chief,
TAPS The Beer Magazine
Winter 2012

*****

Envelope: E-mail E-mail Tim Roufs for more information


TEXTBOOKS

  textbooks for the course
 general textbook information


Textbook / Course Materials

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 Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

Understanding Global Cultures:
Metaphorical Journeys Through 34 Nations
,
Clusters of Nations, Continents, and Diversity, Sixth Edition
i is currently available on-line for $98.81 new, and $61.88 used.

[It is also being offered on-line for as much as $333.28, or even more, so be careful to check prices.]

(+ p/h, where applicable, at amazon.com & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25).
(20 August 2017)


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Published By: SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA, 2015

Pages: 680

ISBN-10: 1412995931
ISBN-13: 978-1412995931


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Holidays Fall 2020
Week 2 Labor Day (U.S.A.) 7 September 2020
Weeks 3-4 Rosh Hashanah from sunset, 18 September - nightfall, 20 September 2020
Week 6 Yom Kippur from sunset, 8 October - nightfall, 9 October 2019
Week 7 Thanksgiving (Canada) 12 October 2020
Week 10 Dia de los Muertos 2 November 2020
Allhallowtide:

   31 October 2020
    1 November 2020 All Saints' Day
    2 November 2020 All Souls' Day
Week 11 Diwali ("festival of lights") 14 November 2020 (in Nepal, India (North) and several other countries)
Week 13 Thanksgiving (United States) 26 November 2020
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Week 1

Getting Started

Introduction to Anthropology / Orientation to the Course

envelope
  Welcome Memo (.pdf)


envelope
 Week 1 Highlights (.pdf)

Week 1 Day 1, Tuesday, 29 August 2017

Week 1 Day 2, Thursday, 31 August 2017

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Day 2

Global Cultures News Feature of the Day

  Italy >
 
 
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Have a look at the linked materials in the various units as you go along (such as the "First-Day Handout" [syllabus]:in the next section), and look at the slide materials* (indicated by .pptx).

There will be more slides towards the beginning of the term, and more videos towards the middle and at the end.

It is generally best to watch the videos after you have looked at the slides and reading material(s).

Thanks—Tim Roufs

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 First-Day Handout
(syllabus):

Meet Your Professor
(WebPage)
slides: (.pptx)
(Download PowerPoint Viewer Free) (Download Adobe .pdf Reader Free)
[see note on slide formats]
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COURSE STRUCTURE
ANTH 1080 Global Cultures
consists of three main segments:

  I Orientation and Background  
      Introduction  
      Basic Concepts  
      History  
      Theory  
      Methods and Techniques  
  II Explorations  
      Comparative / Cross-Cultural  
      Holistic (holism slides.pptx)  
      Ethnographic Case Studies from the Real World: Real People . . . Real Places from Around the Globe  
  III Student Presentations on Term Research Project


The Course in a Nutshell

COURSE CONTENT
primarily comes from the following sources . . .
   
 GC  1.0
  • "SUNDAY MEMO" for the week . . .
  •    
     GC  2.0
  • VIDEO EXPLORATIONS . . .
  •    
     GC  3.0
  • SLIDE PRESENTATIONS . . .
  •    
     GC  4.0
  • READINGS for the week . . .
  •    
     GC  5.0
  • OTHER ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION . . .
  •    
     GC  6.0
  • MIDTERM AND FINAL EXAMS . . .
  •    
     GC  7.0
  • RESEARCH PROJECT for the term . . . on a topic of your choice related to the course
  •    
     GC  8.0
  • DISCUSSIONS . . . including your personal experiences
  •    
     GC  9.0
  • (optional) FOR FUN TRIVIA . . .
  •    
     GC 10.0
  • (optional) EXTRA CREDIT . . . on a topic of your choice related to the course
  •    
     GC 11.0
  • OTHER (optional) . . .
  •      
  • IN-THE-NEWS . . .
  • Course Structure
         

    PLEASE NOTE:

    Both the Midterm Exam and Final Exam are open-book/open-notes essay exams.

    So there should be very little work and effort spent on memorizing facts, other than, perhaps, where to go to find the information you are looking for.

    More Information on Exams: MIDTERM / FINAL

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    Orientation
    slides: (.pptx)
    (Download PowerPoint Viewer Free) (Download Adobe .pdf Reader Free)
    [see note on slide formats]
    ~
    handout:
     Anthropology and Its Parts
    ~


    Have a look at the Main Characteristics of Anthropology full long slide deck (.pptx)
    or have a look at the Main Characteristics in segments . . .

    (NOTE: The full set is a long slide deck as it covers some very important background information that will be referred to often as we go through the semester. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also, or have a look at all of the various segments separately.)


      Week 2: the four fields of anthropology (.pptx)
     
     

    Week 3: culture as a primary concept (.pptx)

    • How about a little game of Jeopardy? (.pptx)
     
      Week 4: comparative method as major approach (.pptx)  
      Week 5: holism as a primary theoretical goal (.pptx)  
      Week 6: fieldwork as a primary research technique (.pptx)  


    WebPage Summary
    • "Other Important Terms"
      slides: (.pptx)

    • Units of Analysis
      slides:
      (.pptx)

    • Three Major Perennial Debates
      slides: (.pptx)

      (NOTE: These are long slide decks as they cover more than 2000+ years. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also. Also see note on slide formats.)
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    Finding Information on Different Countries and Cultures
    slides: (.pptx)
    (Download PowerPoint Viewer Free) (Download Adobe .pdf Reader Free)
    [see note on slide formats]
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    Week 1 Reading Assignment


      Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

    PART I: INTRODUCTION
    Chapter 1: Understanding Cultural Metaphors
      Chapter 19: The Italian Opera (as a case study in Metaphorical Analysis)

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    Week 1 Video Explorations


    Week 1 has no Video Explorations
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    For Week's Activities see Canvas Modules

    These include items like Discussion (Forum) postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities.
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    Week 1 For Fun: Trivia
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    Week 2

    Introduction to Anthropology / Orientation to the Course
    (cont.)
    Major Characteristics of Anthropology


    envelope
      Week 2 Highlights (.pdf)

    Week 2 Day 3, Tuesday, 5 September 2017

    Week 2 Day 4, Thursday, 7 September 2017
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    Day 3

    Global Cultures News Feature of the Day

      Japan >
     
    BBC News > Japan Profile | Japan Timeline
     
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    Have a look at these linked materials from the Week 1 Reading Assignment, and look at the slide materials.

    Continue on in that same manner for all of the units that follow.

    When reviewing these materials remember that the exams are open-book / open-notes exams.

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    Students in the past have commented that there is TOO MUCH INFORMATION available on the class Moodle and supporting WebSites. Yes, there is a lot of information, no doubt about it, and it can be confusing at first. It’s helpful when starting out to remember that the required information for the course is contained in the middle panel of your Moodle HomePage. The information in the sidebars and many of the links are just there should you find those interesting and/or helpful.

    Screenshot of Moodle Main and Side Panels

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    Have a look at the information on your class project, which you can find at
    <http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1095/gcproject.html#title>. 

    Your class project is a short presentation plus your term paper on your research

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    s2024 Informal Project Statement (up to 20 points)
    due by the end of Week 5, Sunday, 11 February 2024
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    Have a look at . . .

     Points for Forum Posts and Project Updates
    and
     compare these points with official UMD Grading Policies

    Forums, Sample Answers / Responses w / Grades
    Anth 3618 Ancient Middle America Forum Response Samples

    Anth 3635 Peoples and Cultures of Europe Forum Response Samples

    and if you have any questions about the points
    or about grading in general  . . . ask
     
    Review: Main Characteristics of Anthropology
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    Week 2 Reading Assignment


      Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures


    Pick at least two two of the "Authority Ranking Cultures" . . . 

    PART II: AUTHORITY RANKING CULTURES
    Chapter 2: The Thai Kingdom
    Chapter 3: The Japanese Garden
    Chapter 4: Bedouin Jewelry and Saudi Arabia
    Chapter 5. Dòn Gánh: The Two Sides of Vietnam
    Chapter 6: Kimchi and Korea

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    Week 2 Video Explorations


    tba

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    For Week's Activities see Canvas Modules

    These include items like Discussion (Forum) postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities.
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    Week 2 For Fun: Trivia
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    What is the smallest country [sovereign entity] recognized by international law?

    Answer


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    Week 3

    Major Characteristics of Anthropology:
    Analytical, Theoretical, Methodological and Historical Frameworks
    (cont.)

    REM: Project

    envelope
     Week 3 Highlights (.pdf)

    Week 3 Day 5, Tuesday, 12 September 2017

    Week 3 Day 6, Thursday, 14 September 2017

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    Day 5
    Global Cultures News Feature of the Day

      Sweden >
     
     
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    Day 6
    Global Cultures News Feature of the Day


      Denmark >
     
     
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    s2024 Informal Project Statement (up to 20 points)
    due by the end of Week 5, Sunday, 11 February 2024
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    Metaphorical Analysis: Italy as a Case Study

     Flag of Italy.  Click for national anthem.

    Italy

    An Introduction
    and Some Background to the Country
    and An Introduction to
    the Makings of a Metaphor

    Italy
    slides: (.pptx)


    (time permitting)

    Units of Analysis: Metaphor

    Metaphor: The Opera

       GAnnon and Pillai, Understanding Global Cultures

      "The Italian Opera"
      from
      Martin J. Gannon and Rajnandini (Raj) K. Pillai's



     La Scala Opera House

      Teatro alla Scala

     Letizia Colajanni and Cosimo Vassallo as Gilda and Duke of Mantua in UMD's 2006 Sieur Du Luth Arts Festival performance of Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto.

    Letizia Colajanni and Cosimo Vassallo
    as Gilda and Duke of Mantua
    in UMD's 2006 Sieur Du Luth Arts Festival performance of Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto

     
    Review: Main Characteristics of Anthropology
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    Week 3 Reading Assignment


      Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

    PART III: SCANDINAVIAN EGALITARIAN CULTURES
    Chapter 7: The Swedish Stuga
    Chapter 8: The Finnish Sauna
    Chapter 9: The Danish Christmas Luncheon

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    Week 3 Video Explorations


    tba

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    For Week's Activities see Canvas Modules

    These include items like Discussion (Forum) postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities.
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    Week 3 For Fun: Trivia
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      Which country has the least sexist banknotes? -- BBCNews (13 April 2015)

    tba

    Answer



    Back Story, Morning Briefing,The New York Times,
    Thursday, December 8, 2016

    If you look at bank notes across the world, you most often see portraits of men. But images of women are beginning to proliferate.

    This year, the U.S. said it would put the abolitionist and former slave Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. Argentina added a female guerrilla leader who fought Spanish colonialists on the back of its new 10 peso note. Colombia honored a female painter and an anthropologist.

    New Swedish bank notes show the actress Greta Garbo and the Wagnerian soprano Birgit Nilsson. And Scotland selected the novelist Nan Shepherd and Mary Somerville, a trailblazing scientist.

    Poland, in a less contemporary choice, selected Dobrawa, a 10th-century Bohemian princess credited with bringing Christianity to her people, for a commemorative note.

    Today, Canada will announce the first woman other than royalty to be featured solo on a bank note. A survey conducted in May suggested that Nellie McClung, a women’s rights activist, was the most popular choice, but she is not among the five finalists.

    The Toronto Star is rooting for Emily Pauline Johnson, who celebrated her Mohawk heritage in her poetry.

    Its editorial, invoking Ms. Johnson’s aboriginal name, concludes: “Ideally, all these women should be featured on bank notes. But if it must be just one, we vote for Tekahionwake.”

    Patrick Boehler contributed reporting

     Is it Time to Put a Woman on the $20 Bill?
    -- The Scout Report, April 24, 2015 -- Volume 21, Number 16, UW Madison

     US says woman on new $10 note
    -- BBCNews (18 June 2015)
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    Week 3 For Extra Credit
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      The American Swedish Institute

    2600 Park Avenue
      Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55407
     Contact Information
     Directions and Parking

    "The American Swedish Institute is a gathering place for all people to share experiences around themes of culture, migration, the environment and the arts, informed by enduring links to Sweden."

    The American Swedish Institute

    For Extra Credit:

    Sometime this semester visit The American Swedish Institute and submit a report on your visit. The report may be either the short version of Extra Credit (Extra Credit Review) or the Case Study Extra Credit version.

    American Swedish Institute -- Wikipedia

     

    and check out t . . .

    IKEA Twin Cities . . .

    8000 IKEA Way
    Bloomington, MN 55425

    Ikea Twin Cities

    While you are at The American Swedish Institute interview some of the people.

    For e.g., If you are or intending to be a business major, interview one or other of the management folks at IKEA Twin Cities about their business plan, marketing, business philosophy, etc.

    If you are, or intending to be a fine arts major, talk with the folks at The American Swedish Institute about classical and contemporary Swedish arts, and check out the kinds of Swedish art (and other art) on sale at IKEA Twin Cities.

     

    Extra Credit Paper(s)
    s2024 Due by End of Week 13, Sunday, 14 April 2024 (up to 30 points for review, 100 points for case study)

    Upload your Extra Credit Paper(s) in your Canvas Week 13 Module Section

    AVISO: Late Extra Credit Papers will not be accepted unless (1) arrangements for an alternate date have been arranged in advance, or (2) medical emergencies or similar extraordinary unexpected circumstances make it unfeasible to turn in the assignment by the announced due date. Why?

    NOTE: The Canvas Gradebook entry for Extra Credit requires that “out of zero” be used when setting up an Extra Credit assignment.
    Don't be distracted by that.

     


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    Today is Monday, 18 March 2024, 21:03 (09:03 PM) CDT, day 078 of 2024

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    Holidays Fall 2020
    Week 2 Labor Day (U.S.A.) 7 September 2020
    Weeks 3-4 Rosh Hashanah from sunset, 18 September - nightfall, 20 September 2020
    Week 6 Yom Kippur from sunset, 8 October - nightfall, 9 October 2019
    Week 7 Thanksgiving (Canada) 12 October 2020
    Week 10 Dia de los Muertos 2 November 2020
    Allhallowtide:

       31 October 2020
        1 November 2020 All Saints' Day
        2 November 2020 All Souls' Day
    Week 11 Diwali ("festival of lights") 14 November 2020 (in Nepal, India (North) and several other countries)
    Week 13 Thanksgiving (United States) 26 November 2020
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    s2024 Informal Project Statement (up to 20 points)
    due by the end of Week 5, Sunday, 11 February 2024
     
    s2024 Midterm Exam Submitted Question to Dicsussions
    due to the Canvas Discussion page by Sunday, 11 February 2024 (end of Week 5) (up to 20 points)

    You can review the questions and my notations there, and use them as study questions
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    Analytical, Theoretical, Methodological and Historical Frameworks:
    Units of Analysis

    Three Major Perennial Debates
    (cont.)

    A little "Romantic Love", from Strange Relations

    Introduction to Metaphorical Analysis: Italy as a Case Study
    (time permitting)

    Introduction to Ireland
    (time permitting)


    envelope
     Week 4 Highlights (.pdf)

    Week 4 Day 7, Tuesday, 19 September 2017

    Week 4 Day 8, Thursday, 20 September 2017

    Memo: Wiki Study Questions
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    Day 7
    Global Cultures News Feature of the Day

      Germany >
     
     
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    Day 8
    Global Cultures News Feature of the Day


      Ireland >
     
     
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     Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

    This Week . . .

    1. read the Week 4 Memo
    2. have a look at the video and video clips
    3. read the assigned readings
    4. peruse the two WebPages (below)
    5. catch up on your assignments
    6. start thinking about reviewing for the Midterm Exam, and
    7. work on your Project

    There are no new slide sets at this time

    Ketchup
    catch up / review / preview
     
     
    Notes:
    Start Reviewing for the Midterm Exam
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    Week 4 Reading Assignment


      Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

    PART IV: OTHER EGALITARIAN CULTURES
    Chapter 10: The German Symphony
    Chapter 11: Irish Conversations

     
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    Week 4 Video Explorations
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    Add for f2017

    A little "Romantic Love" from Strange Relations
    From the series Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World, by David Maybury-Lewis
    (60 min., 1992, VC 1974, pt. 2)

    UMD Kanopy Link:
      "Strange Relations"

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    Week 4 For Fun: Trivia
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    tba

    Answer

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    s2024 Midterm Exam Submitted Question to Dicsussions
    due to the Canvas Discussion page by Sunday, 11 February 2024 (end of Week 5) (up to 20 points)

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    Week 2 Labor Day (U.S.A.) 7 September 2020
    Weeks 3-4 Rosh Hashanah from sunset, 18 September - nightfall, 20 September 2020
    Week 6 Yom Kippur from sunset, 8 October - nightfall, 9 October 2019
    Week 7 Thanksgiving (Canada) 12 October 2020
    Week 10 Dia de los Muertos 2 November 2020
    Allhallowtide:

       31 October 2020
        1 November 2020 All Saints' Day
        2 November 2020 All Souls' Day
    Week 11 Diwali ("festival of lights") 14 November 2020 (in Nepal, India (North) and several other countries)
    Week 13 Thanksgiving (United States) 26 November 2020
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    REM: Review for the Midterm Exam

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    s2024 Midterm Exam Submitted Question to Dicsussions
    due to the Canvas Discussion page by Sunday, 11 February 2024 (end of Week 5) (up to 20 points)

    You can review the questions and my notations there, and use them as study questions
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    Week 5

    Metaphorical Analysis: Italy as a Case Study
    (Continued Week 6)

    France

    envelope
     Week 5 Highlights (.pdf)

    Week 5 Day 9, Tuesday, 26 September 2017

    Week 5 Day 10, Thursday, 28 September 2017

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    Day 9
    Global Cultures News Feature of the Day

      France >

     
     
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    Week 5 Reading Assignment



      Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

    PART IV: OTHER EGALITARIAN CULTURES
    Chapter 12: The Canadian Backpack and Flag
    Chapter 13. Australian Outdoor Recreational Activities
    Chapter 14: French Wine

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    Week 5 Video Explorations

    Après l'hiver, le printemps
    (After Winter, Spring)

    (74 min., 2013 [US Release Date: 2015])

    UM DULUTH Martin Library DVD DC33.L68 A38 2013
    tba
    "An intimate portrait of an ancestral way of life under threat in a world increasingly dominated by large-scale industrial agriculture. .. . In an era of rapid growth of mega-farms, the encroachment of suburbia and new European Union rules and reductions of agricultural subsidies, the farmers in the Périgord region of southwest France are forced to confront challenges that threaten the very existence of their small farms. . . ."
    <http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/aws.html>

    After Winter, Spring

    After Winter, Spring: Whole Terrain interviews documentary filmmaker Judith Lit -- Whole Terrain (26 May 2015)

     


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    The citizens of what country complain that their country keeps getting left off of maps?

    Answer

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    Week 6
    Metaphorical Analysis: Italy as a Case Study
    (Continued from Week 4)

    Ireland
    (time permitting)

    Australia
    (time permitting)

    "America"

    United Kingdom ("Great Britain")

    envelope
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    Week 6 Day 11 Tuesday, 3 October 2017

    Week 6 Day 12, Thursday, 5 October 2017

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    Global Cultures News Feature of the Day

      Canada >
     
     
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    Day 11
    Global Cultures News Feature of the Day

      Australia >
     
     
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    Day 11
    Global Cultures News Feature of the Day

      "America" >
     
    BBC News > U.S.A. Profile | U.S.A. Timeline
     
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    Day 12
    Global Cultures News Feature of the Day

     United Kingdom ("Great Britain") >
     
     
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    s2024 The Live Chat for the GC Midterm Exam will be from 07:00-08:00 CST, on Tuesday, 20 February 2024

    s2024 Global Cultures Midterm Exam will be available Week 7, 19 - 24 February 2024 (up to 400 points)
    NOTE: There will be at least one question in the pool from each of the assigned videos from Weeks 1-6, so be sure not to miss watching them.
    Video Listings: <https://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1095/fsvideo_schedule.html#week01>


    Complete information on the Midterm exam is available at
    <http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anthfood/afexams_midterm.html#title>

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    Week 6 Reading Assignment


      Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

    PART V: MARKET PRICING CULTURES
    Chapter 15: American Football
    Chapter 16: The Traditional British House

    Recommended

    Ch. 19 "The Sacrifice," from The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, pp. 278-288


     The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, by Anne Fadiman (NY: Farrar, Strauss and Biroux, 1977).
      Anne Fadiman
    1953-

     

    Lia LEe

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    Week 6 Video Explorations


    Babakiueria

    pending

    (30 min., 1986, VC tba)

    top of page
    back

     

    " A satirical alternative history of Australia since 1788, depicting what it might have been like for the European indigenous population of Australia, if Aboriginal colonial culture had arrived with the First Fleet and assumed a dominant position."

    "In 1988 Australia celebrated the 200th Anniversary of white European settlement in Australia. Babakiueria is a light hearted satire that reverses the roles, imagining what it would be like if a fleet arrived to try and settle an area inhabited by white natives. A short, effective drama that features role reversal in which Aboriginal Australians change places with the historically dominant white Australians. Excellent discussion starter as it promotes an awareness of the attitudes and injustices that have been endured by black Australians." UP

    "Another classic film. It examines black-white relations in the land of Babakiueria. This wry mockumentary examines the plight of the oppressed white minority who, having been dispossessed of their land, must obey the laws and customs of the black majority." -- Green Left Weekly Australia's radical weekly newspaper

    "The film Babakiueria shows how aborigines are represented in society through taking a sarcastic look at racial stereotypes, the stereotypes are reduced to absurdity when the roles of whites and blacks in society are reversed. By doing this, the film draws the attention of not only white attitudes towards aboriginals but also towards themselves. Aborigines who have watched this film state that it was a good film as it did represent the truth about how they are politically represented, but it could have been better if it was written by an aboriginal instead of a white person, as they would have presented the film using Aboriginal culture instead of using the whites' controlling methods of a society." MOS

    Theme: Stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination, Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders
    Publisher: Australian Broadcasting Corporation & Moorabbin College of TAFE
    Author: Don Featherstone
    Writer: Geoffrey Atherden, winner of United Nations Media Peace Prize for Babakiueria
    Guide: "A kulturális relativizmus mint a megértés filozófiája" -- BORSÁNYI LÁSZLÓ

     


    Real People . . . Real Places . . .

    Hmong shaman's cymbal.
     Hmong shaman's symbol
     Txiab neeb


    Hmong shaman.

    Paja and Yer Vang Thao


    Hmong shaman.

    Chai Thao

    Watch On-Line

    Soul Food Junkies

    "A Film about Food, Family, and Tradition"

    (ca. 60 min., CC, 2013, UM Duluth Library Multimedia - DVD TX715 .S68 2013)

    Soul Food Junkies
    (UMD Library Link; click on "View it" > "Kanopy)

     Soul Food Junkies website

     

     The Meaning of Food book.


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    Week 6 For Fun: Trivia
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    Week 6

    Article: "Is this the world's friendliest city?"
    -- BBCCapital (08 July 2015)

    What is the City?

     


      Answer 

    ~
    s2024 Wk 7 Project formal Promissory Abstract and Working Bibliography (up to 20 points)
    due by Sunday, 25 February 2024 (submit them together)
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    Today is Monday, 18 March 2024, 21:03 (09:03 PM) CDT, day 078 of 2024

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    Holidays Fall 2020
    Week 2 Labor Day (U.S.A.) 7 September 2020
    Weeks 3-4 Rosh Hashanah from sunset, 18 September - nightfall, 20 September 2020
    Week 6 Yom Kippur from sunset, 8 October - nightfall, 9 October 2019
    Week 7 Thanksgiving (Canada) 12 October 2020
    Week 10 Dia de los Muertos 2 November 2020
    Allhallowtide:

       31 October 2020
        1 November 2020 All Saints' Day
        2 November 2020 All Souls' Day
    Week 11 Diwali ("festival of lights") 14 November 2020 (in Nepal, India (North) and several other countries)
    Week 13 Thanksgiving (United States) 26 November 2020
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    Week 7

    Midterm Exam

    Malaysia

      Culture-Bound Syndromes

    "Normal" / "Abnormal"

    Introduction to Ireland
    (time permitting)

     


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    Week 7 Day 13 Tuesday, 10 October 2017
    Midterm Exam

    Week 7 Day 14, Thursday, 12 October 2017

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    Day 14
    Global Cultures News Feature of the Day


      Malaysia >
     
    BBC News > Malaysia Profile | Malaysia Timeline
     
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    Midterm Exam

    s2024 The Live Chat for the GC Midterm Exam will be from 07:00-08:00 CST, on Tuesday, 20 February 2024

    s2024 Global Cultures Midterm Exam will be available Week 7, 19 - 24 February 2024 (up to 400 points)
    NOTE: There will be at least one question in the pool from each of the assigned videos from Weeks 1-6, so be sure not to miss watching them.
    Video Listings: <https://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1095/fsvideo_schedule.html#week01>


    Complete information on the Midterm exam is available at
    <http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anthfood/afexams_midterm.html#title>

     

    Many Ways to See the World:
    Selective Attention

    One of the five main characteristics of American Anthropology is fieldwork, "a primary research technique, involving “participant observation," which usually means living among the people one is interested in learning from and about. And fieldwork, almost above everything else, requires attentive observation and recording of information.

    Much of what we are going to do for the rest of the semester is "fieldwork" via video materials from around the world. Before we get into the video-intensive part of the course (towards the middle and end), take the Selective Attention Test (below) developed by Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris. This should give you a little insight into the nature of observing—which lies at the very heart of anthropological fieldwork.

    See also "An Important Note on Videos and Visual Anthropology".

     

    First, take the . . .

    Selective Attention Test

    <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo>

    Read and follow the directions carefully.
    (Be sure to also count the bounce passes.)


     Selective Attention Test


    Be sure to try your very best to follow the instructions.

    (It's short, less than a minute and a half).

     

    When you are finished with the Selective Attention Test, watch . . .

    The Monkey Business Illusion
    <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGQmdoK_ZfY>

    (It too is short: 1:42)

    Again, read and follow the directions carefully.

    (And as with THe Selective Attention Test, be sure to also count the bounce passes.)

     The Monkey Business Illusion

     

    (4) After you have taken Simon and Chabris' tests, think about how what you learned from them about perception might be applied as you view the videos for the rest of the semester as well as the cultural behaviors in real life as you roam the world thereafter


    The main purpose of this exercise is to sensitize you to the fact that everyone views things selectively—”quite naturally, and maybe even by necessity. And one's culture plays a huge role in what one "sees" and focuses on (and what one doesn't see and focus on). American men, for e.g., most often do not "see" many details of clothing, color, and personal stylistic adornment (read hair styles, nail treatment, cosmetic adornments and the like).

    To view things as a trained observer as anthropologists must do when they're in the field "doing" anthropology one must almost constantly be aware of this natural / cultural tendency to perceive things selectively, and try to compensate for it by paying attention to items not otherwise selected for, while at the same time being careful "not to miss anything".

    Hopefully, this exercise will make you just a little more critical in the way you look at things—”and especially the class videos—”for the rest of the semester (and maybe even for the rest of your life, for that matter).

    You are not expected anything to submit anything—no reaction, or report, or forum posting. This is a "re-vision" activity, and it should benefit you in performing well in the exams and overall for the course. And hopefully it will also help on your way to having a genuine anthropological perspective on life in general.

     

    Other Materials from Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons . . .

    "Demonstrations, videos from our research, videos of us speaking, etc. Dan's YouTube Channel includes most of these videos as well as favorites from around the web that are related to or mentioned in our book. You can view more videos on his personal website."

    Other Videos --  the invisible gorilla

     

    The Book . . .

     The Invisible Gorilla Book


    . . . discusses six "everyday illusions" . . .

    1. The Illusion of Attention
    ("Inattentional Blindness")
    2. The Illusion of Memory
    3. The Illusion of Confidence
    4. The Illusion of Knowledge
    5. The Illusion of Cause
    6. The Illusion of Potential

    Wilipedia

     Christopher Chabris

      Daniel Simons

     Inattentional blindness

     

    Other Works of Interest

    • Optical Illusions WebPage

    • Kahneman, Daniel. Thinking Fast and Slow. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.

    • Macknik, Stephen L., Susana Martinez-Conde, and Sandra Blakeslee. Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 2010.

    • Nassim Nicholas Taleb

      • Incerto -- an investigation of luck, uncertainty, probability, opacity, human error, risk, disorder, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand

        • Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets. 2nd Ed. NY: Random House, 2008.

        • The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility". NY: Random House, 2010.

        • Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder. NY: Random House, 2014.

        • The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms. NY: Random House, 2016.

    • Malcolm Gladwell

     
      Culture-Bound Syndromes

    "Normal" / "Abnormal"
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    Week 7 Reading Assignment
    (after the Midterm Exam)


      Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

    PART VI: CLEFT NATIONAL CULTURES
    Chapter 17: The Malaysian Balik Kampung
    Chapter 18: The Israeli Kibbutzim and Moshavim
    Review: Chapter 19: The Italian Opera

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    Week 7 Video Explorations
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    Real People . . . Real Places . . .

    Day 14
    Discussion
    Feedback

    "Latah"
    (38 min., 1978, VC 4651)

      course viewing guide

     Text, "Boo!: Culture, Experience, and the Startle Reflex, by Ronald C. Simons.

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    controlled comparison—

    Chinese : Buddhism : Food
    in China and Malaysia

    A comparative look . . .

    controlled comparison—
    Chinese : Buddhism : Food
    in China and Malaysia

    Last week we had a look at
    a Taoist temple
    and Buddhist Slow Food
    and Locavorism
    which has a thousand year history . . .

    In Food for Body and Spirit we saw how food
    holds a part of Chinese culture together . . .

    This week, we'll see how food
    tears apart a major segment of Chinese culture in Malaysia . . .

    in-class video Week 5 Day 9

    The Pig Commandments
    (72 min., 2005, DVD 1690)
    (70 min?)
    film HomePage

    The Pig Commandments transcript

    course viewing guide


    view streaming video

    (double click on QuickTime© window)
    (pursuant to licensing agreements some UM streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

    Pig Commandment pig.
    The Pig Commandments

    Shaikh Hussain Ye of Malaysia.
    Shaikh Hussain Ye
    Malaysia



    (China) (On-line Optional Resource)
    (Malaysia)
    (On-line Optional Resource)
    [food tears Chinese culture apart in Malaysia


    "It was hardly surprising that, for the Chinese, the words 'meat' and 'pork' became, and remain, synonymous."

    -- concluding sentence to Chapter 2 "Changing the Face of the Earth," Reay Tannahill, Food in History (NY: Three Rivers Press, 1988)

    Book image.

    Food Revolution #2: The Meaning of Eating
    -- the discovery that food is more than sustenance

    Book image.

    For a comprehensive review of pork avoidance and its historical and social importance see
    Frederick J. Simoons, Eat Not This Flesh: Food Avoidances form Prehistory to the Present, 2nd Ed.
    (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press 1994)

    For a comprehensive review of pork avoidance and its historical and social importance see Eat Not This Flesh: Food Avoidances form Prehistory to the Present, 2nd Ed. (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press 1994).

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    Week 7
    How many languages are spoken in the City of London?

     

    The City of London

    Answer

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    Today is Monday, 18 March 2024, 21:03 (09:03 PM) CDT, day 078 of 2024
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    Holidays Fall 2020
    Week 2 Labor Day (U.S.A.) 7 September 2020
    Weeks 3-4 Rosh Hashanah from sunset, 18 September - nightfall, 20 September 2020
    Week 6 Yom Kippur from sunset, 8 October - nightfall, 9 October 2019
    Week 7 Thanksgiving (Canada) 12 October 2020
    Week 10 Dia de los Muertos 2 November 2020
    Allhallowtide:

       31 October 2020
        1 November 2020 All Saints' Day
        2 November 2020 All Souls' Day
    Week 11 Diwali ("festival of lights") 14 November 2020 (in Nepal, India (North) and several other countries)
    Week 13 Thanksgiving (United States) 26 November 2020
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    Week 8

    Belgium / Morris Levy
    pending

    Mexico
    Food for the Ancestors
    on
    Dia de los Muertos

    envelope
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    Week 8 Day 15, Tuesday, 17 October 2017

    Week 8 Day 16, Thursday, 19 October 2017

    pending

    Day 15
    Global Cultures News Feature of the Day

      Belgium >

     
     
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    Week 8 Reading Assignment


      Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

    PART VI: CLEFT NATIONAL CULTURES
       
    Chapter 20: Belgian Lace
    PART VII: TORN NATIONAL CULTURES
    Chapter 21: The Mexican Fiesta
    Chapter 22: The Turkish Coffeehouse

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    Week 8 Video Explorations


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    tba

    Answer

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    Today is Monday, 18 March 2024, 21:03 (09:03 PM) CDT, day 078 of 2024

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    Week 2 Labor Day (U.S.A.) 7 September 2020
    Weeks 3-4 Rosh Hashanah from sunset, 18 September - nightfall, 20 September 2020
    Week 6 Yom Kippur from sunset, 8 October - nightfall, 9 October 2019
    Week 7 Thanksgiving (Canada) 12 October 2020
    Week 10 Dia de los Muertos 2 November 2020
    Allhallowtide:

       31 October 2020
        1 November 2020 All Saints' Day
        2 November 2020 All Souls' Day
    Week 11 Diwali ("festival of lights") 14 November 2020 (in Nepal, India (North) and several other countries)
    Week 13 Thanksgiving (United States) 26 November 2020
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    Week 9

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    Week 9 Day 17, Tuesday, 24 October 2017

    Catchup~
    Thursday-Friday, 26-27 October 2017
    Fall Break

     

    REM:

    COURSE STRUCTURE
    ANTH 1080 Global Cultures
    consists of three main segments:

      I Orientation and Background  
          Introduction  
          Basic Concepts  
          History  
          Theory  
          Methods and Techniques  
      II Explorations  
          Comparative / Cross-Cultural  
          Holistic (holism slides.pptx)  
          Ethnographic Case Studies from the Real World: Real People . . . Real Places from Around the Globe  
      III Student Presentations on Term Research Project


    The Course in a Nutshell

    COURSE CONTENT
    primarily comes from the following sources . . .
       
     GC  1.0
  • "SUNDAY MEMO" for the week . . .
  •    
     GC  2.0
  • VIDEO EXPLORATIONS . . .
  •    
     GC  3.0
  • SLIDE PRESENTATIONS . . .
  •    
     GC  4.0
  • READINGS for the week . . .
  •    
     GC  5.0
  • OTHER ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION . . .
  •    
     GC  6.0
  • MIDTERM AND FINAL EXAMS . . .
  •    
     GC  7.0
  • RESEARCH PROJECT for the term . . . on a topic of your choice related to the course
  •    
     GC  8.0
  • DISCUSSIONS . . . including your personal experiences
  •    
     GC  9.0
  • (optional) FOR FUN TRIVIA . . .
  •    
     GC 10.0
  • (optional) EXTRA CREDIT . . . on a topic of your choice related to the course
  •    
     GC 11.0
  • OTHER (optional) . . .
  •      
  • IN-THE-NEWS . . .
  • Course Structure
         

    PLEASE NOTE:

    Both the Midterm Exam and Final Exam are open-book/open-notes essay exams.

    So there should be very little work and effort spent on memorizing facts, other than, perhaps, where to go to find the information you are looking for.

    More Information on Exams: MIDTERM / FINAL

    ~
    Ketchup
    catch up / review / preview
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    Day 17
    Global Cultures News Feature of the Day


      Mexico >
     
    BBC News > Mexico Profile | Mexico Timeline
     

    Day 17
    Global Cultures News Feature of the Day


      Turkey >
     
     

     


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    Week 9 Reading Assignment


      Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

    PART VIII: THE BASE CULTURE AND ITS DIFFUSION ACROSS BORDERS (CLUSTERS OF NATIONS): THE EXAMPLE OF CHINA
    Chapter 23: China’s Great Wall and Cross-Cultural Paradox
    Chapter 24: The Chinese Family Altar: The Expatriate Chinese Outside of China
    Chapter 25: The Singapore Hawker Centers

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    Week 9 Video Explorations
    ~
    Food For The Ancestors -- PBS
    (60 min., 2006, UM DULUTH Martin Library DVD GT4995.A4 F66 2006)

    Food for the Ancestors

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    For Week's Activities see Canvas Modules

    These include items like Discussion (Forum) postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities.


    Forum: What's it like to live in one of the world's poorest towns?
     Living in: The world's safest cities -- BBCNews Africa (02 July 2015)

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    Week 9 For Fun: Trivia
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    tba

    Answer

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    holidays and breaks
    to textbook
    final exams
     
    Today is Monday, 18 March 2024, 21:03 (09:03 PM) CDT, day 078 of 2024

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    Student Presentations I

    start Thursday, tba
    Week tba Day tba

    section:
    Your Presentation
    is due on-line in Moodle by the day you give your presentation in class

    ~
    Week 10

    Chinese in Malaysia / China / Singapore

    India

    envelope
      Week 10 Highlights (.pdf)

    Week 10 Day 18, Tuesday, 31 October 2017

    Week 10 Day 19, Thursday, 2 November 2017

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    Day 18
    Global Cultures News Feature of the Day


      China >
     
    BBC News > China Profile | China Timeline


    Day 18
    Global Cultures News Feature of the Day


     
    BBC News > Singapore Profile | Singapore Timeline


    Day 19
    Global Cultures News Feature of the Day

      India >
    BBC News > India Profile | India Timeline
    ~
    ~
    ~
    review

     Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

    ~
    Week 10 Reading Assignment


      Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

    PART IX: INDIA, TRADITION, MODERNITY, AND DIVERSITY
    Chapter 26: India: The Dance of Shiva
    Chapter 27: India: A Kaleidoscope of Diversity

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    Week 10 Video Explorations

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    Day 18

    The Pig Commandments
    (72 min., 2005, UM Duluth Library Multimedia BP184.9.D5 P54 2006 DVD)

    NOTICE: The UMD disk for The Pig Commandments is damaged and does not circulate from the Library. Please use on-line streaming.

     Picture from We Feed the World.

    (China)
    (Malaysia)
    (70 min?)

      viewing guide

    Shaikh Hussain Ye of Malaysia.
    Shaikh Hussain Ye
    Malaysia

    ~
    ~

    Day 19

    Ganges: River to Heaven
    (52 min., 2003, UM DULUTH Martin Library DVD BL1243.76.V382 G35 2003)


      class viewing guide

    "Trigger Alert"

    Warning:
    This Film Contains Graphic Images


    (REM: Check Disk for Problems)

    Scene from Ganges: River to Heaven

    Film HomePage
    (from distributor)

    Synopsis

    Rites of Passage
    (Life Cycle Rituals)

    City of Varanasi site

    MPR: Going to die by the Ganges

    India

    Wikipedia Article

    Compare, for e.g.,
      Solway Hospice House
    801 Baylis Street, Duluth, MN 55811


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    These include items like Discussion (Forum) postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities.
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    Week 10 For Fun: Trivia
    ~

    tba

    Answer

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    holidays and breaks
    to textbook
    final exams
     
    Today is Monday, 18 March 2024, 21:03 (09:03 PM) CDT, day 078 of 2024

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    Day 22
    Student Presentations I

    start Tuesday, 14 November 2017

    section:
    Your Presentation
    is due on-line in Moodle by the day you give your presentation in class

    ~

    Week 11

    Addio, Italia . . .

    Introduction to Ireland
    (time permitting)

    Methodological Perspectives of
      Sweet Treats around the World

    (time permitting)

    Primer on Presentations and Term Papers
    (time permitting)

    envelope
      Week 11 Highlights (.pdf)

    Week 11 Day 20, Tuesday, 7 November 2017

    Week 11 Day 21, Thursday, 9 November 2017

    ~
    Day 20
    Global Cultures News Feature of the Day

      Nigeria >
     
    BBC News > Nigeria Profile | Nigeria Timeline

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    Day 21
    Global Cultures News Feature of the Day


      Republic of South Africa >
     
    News Media | Country Profiles
    BBC News > RSA Profile | RSA Timeline
     

    Day 21
    Global Cultures News Feature of the Day

     Sub-Saharan Africa >
     
    News Media | Country Profiles
    BBC News > Sub-Saharan Profile | Sub-Saharan Africa Timeline
    ~


    Primer on Presentations and Term Papers

    (time permitting)

     


     Swewet Treats around the World, Timothy G. and Kathleen S. Roufs

    ~
    Week 11 Reading Assignment


      Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

    PART X: AN AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE
    Chapter 28: The Nigerian Marketplace
    Chapter 29. South African Townships
    Chapter 30: The Sub-Saharan African Bush Taxi

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    Week 11 Video Explorations


    tba

    ~
    For Week's Activities see Canvas Modules

    These include items like Discussion (Forum) postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities.


    Forum: What's is it like to live in one of the world's poorest towns?

     Life in a town called Mongo: Is anything changing for some of the world's poorest people? [in Chad] -- BBCNews (01 July 2015)

    "In 2000, the world's leaders joined together in a pledge to radically improve the lives of the poorest people on the planet."

    "Fifteen years later, how have the UN's Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) — universal primary education, eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, improving maternal health, reducing child mortality and combatting infectious disease — changed the lives of those who live in the town of Mongo in Chad?"

    Mongo Village

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    Have a look at the other Students' Presentations
    ~
    Week 11 For Fun: Trivia
    ~


    How much water does it take to produce a chocolate bar ?

    Chocolate Bar

     Answer

    ———

    How Much Food and Water is Wasted in the World?

    Check out:

    The FAO World Food Clock

    -- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations

    World Food Clock

    "How much food is being consumed around the world right now? It's a vast question that can be answered by the World Food Clock. This interesting website draws on information provided by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and presents a streaming set of data on global food consumption, global food waste, and other informative topics. It's visually arresting and users can scroll down to look through different "clocks" that track statistics such as the land used to grow wasted food and the stages of food waste, which include production, processing, and consumption. This is a wonderful tool for folks with an interest in food security, environmental studies, public health, and international relations. It could also be used in any number of design courses to illustrate a range of techniques and visualization strategies."  KMG, The Scout Report

     

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    holidays and breaks
    to textbook
    final exams
     
    Today is Monday, 18 March 2024, 21:03 (09:03 PM) CDT, day 078 of 2024
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    top of pageA-Z index
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    TR HomePage
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    Week 12

    Student Presentations I

    Student Presentations II

    Methodological Perspectives of
      Sweet Treats around the World

    (time permitting)

    Work on Your Term Paper

    envelope
     Week 12 Highlights (.pdf)

    Week 12 Day 22, Tuesday, 14 November 2017

    Week 12 Day 23, Thursday, 16 November 2017


    Day 22
    Global Cultures News Feature of the Day

      Russia >
     
    ~
    ~

    Day 23
    Global Cultures News Feature of the Day


      Poland >
     


    Day 23
    Global Cultures News Feature of the Day
      Estonia >
     
    ~

    Day 22

    Student Presentations I

    see Moodle schedule for details

    ~

    Day 23

    Student Presentations II

    see Moodle schedule for details

    ~
    Week 12 Reading Assignment


    Work on Readings for Your Project


      Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

    PART XI: THE STRUGGLE FOR CULTURAL IDENTITY AND THE SPLINTERING OF NATIONS: THE CASE OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE
    Chapter 31: The Russian Ballet
    Chapter 32. Estonian Singing
    Chapter 33: The Polish Village Church

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    Week 12 Video Explorations

    tba

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    For Week's Activities see Canvas Modules

    These include items like Discussion (Forum) postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities.
    ~
    s2024 Wk 13 Your Presentation is due on-line in Canvas by Sunday, 14 April 2024 (up to 99 points)

    AVISO: Late Presentations will not be accepted unless (1) arrangements for an alternate date have been arranged in advance, or (2) medical emergencies or similar extraordinary unexpected circumstances make it unfeasible to turn in the assignment by the announced due date. Why?
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    Week 12 For Fun: Trivia
    ~

    tba

    Answer

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    holidays and breaks
    to textbook
    final exams
     
    Today is Monday, 18 March 2024, 21:03 (09:03 PM) CDT, day 078 of 2024

    ~
    Holidays Fall 2020
    Week 2 Labor Day (U.S.A.) 7 September 2020
    Weeks 3-4 Rosh Hashanah from sunset, 18 September - nightfall, 20 September 2020
    Week 6 Yom Kippur from sunset, 8 October - nightfall, 9 October 2019
    Week 7 Thanksgiving (Canada) 12 October 2020
    Week 10 Dia de los Muertos 2 November 2020
    Allhallowtide:

       31 October 2020
        1 November 2020 All Saints' Day
        2 November 2020 All Souls' Day
    Week 11 Diwali ("festival of lights") 14 November 2020 (in Nepal, India (North) and several other countries)
    Week 13 Thanksgiving (United States) 26 November 2020
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    s2024 Wk 13 Your Presentation is due on-line in Canvas by Sunday, 14 April 2024 (up to 99 points)

    AVISO: Late Presentations will not be accepted unless (1) arrangements for an alternate date have been arranged in advance, or (2) medical emergencies or similar extraordinary unexpected circumstances make it unfeasible to turn in the assignment by the announced due date. Why?
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    Canvas 
    TR HomePage
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    Week 13

    Student Presentations III

    Term Paper Writing Review

    envelope
     Week 13 Highlights (.pdf)

    Week 13 Day 24, Tuesday, 21 November 2017

    Thursday, 23 November 2017
    Thanksgiving Holiday in the U.S.A.

    Day 24
    Global Cultures News Feature of the Day


      Spain >
     

    Day 24
    Global Cultures News Feature of the Day


     
     
    ~
    ~
    Thursday, 23 November 2017
    Thanksgiving Holiday in the U.S.A.
    ~

    Day 24

    Student Presentations

    see Moodle schedule for details

     

    tba

    Term Paper Review

    attendance optional

     
    World Buy N othing Day
    [postcards]
     
    Week 13 Reading Assignment


    Work on Readings for Your Term Paper
    (which is due next week)


      Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

    PART XII: SAME METAPHOR, DIFFERENT MEANINGS
    Chapter 34: The Spanish Bullfight
    Chapter 35: The Portuguese Bullfight

    ~
    Week 13 Video Explorations


    Week 13 Day 24, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 video:


    Virgin Mary statue.

    Virgen deGuadalupe
     
    Virgen de Guadalupe



    The Buried Mirror: The Virgin and the Bull

    (UM DULUTH Martin Library DVD DP48 .E8713 2010)

    (59 min., 1991, UM DULUTH Martin Library Video Cassette VC 3933, pt. 1)

    [start at 8 min., with "Let me follow the bottle that I have thrown in the double current. . . ."]

    Europa and the Bull

    Europa and the Bull
    Gustave Moreau, c.1869

    course viewing guide



    Spanish Bullfight

    Spanish Bullfight

    Methods of Analysis:
    Comparative Analysis / Controlled Comparison

    Units of Analysis:
    Metaphorical Analysis . . .

    Book: The Buried Mirror.

    Video: The Buried Mirror.

    Units of Analysis: Metaphor

    Understanding Global Cultures: Metaphorical Journeys Through 28 Nations, Third Edition.

    Understanding Global Cultures:
    Metaphorical Journeys Through 34 Nations
    ,
    Clusters of Nations, Continents, and Diversity, Sixth Edition
    (Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2015)

    Virgen deGuadalupe
     
    Virgen de Guadalupe

    Raul Salinas RIP.

    ¡Raúl R. Salinas, Presente!

    March 17, 1934- February 13, 2008
    raúlrsalinas and the Jail Machine: My Weapon is My Pen: Selected Writings
    by Raúl Salinas

    Europa and the Bull, Moreay.

      Enlèvement d'Europe
    ("The Abduction of Europa")
    by Nöel-Nicolas Coypel, c. 1726
    Europa and the Bull, Moreay.

     Europa and the Bull

      Gustave Moreau, c.1869


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    These include items like Discussion (Forum) postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities.
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    Week 13 Assignment

    Have a look at the other Students' Presentations


    Extra Credit Paper(s)
    s2024 Due by End of Week 13, Sunday, 14 April 2024 (up to 30 points for review, 100 points for case study)

    Upload your Extra Credit Paper(s) in your Canvas Week 13 Module Section

    AVISO: Late Extra Credit Papers will not be accepted unless (1) arrangements for an alternate date have been arranged in advance, or (2) medical emergencies or similar extraordinary unexpected circumstances make it unfeasible to turn in the assignment by the announced due date. Why?

    NOTE: The Canvas Gradebook entry for Extra Credit requires that “out of zero” be used when setting up an Extra Credit assignment.
    Don't be distracted by that.

    ~
    Ketchup
    catch up / review / preview
    ~
    Week 13 For Fun: Trivia
    ~

    tba

    Answer

    © 1998-2024 Timothy G. Roufs — All rights reserved
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    holidays and breaks
    to textbook
    final exams
     
    Today is Monday, 18 March 2024, 21:03 (09:03 PM) CDT, day 078 of 2024

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    s2024 Wk 14 Final Exam Submitted Question to Canvas Discussion
    due by Sunday, 21 April 2024 (up to 20 points)
    ~
    s2024 Wk 14 Term Paper (up to 400 points)
    due by Sunday, 21 April 2024
    (TurnItIn in your Canvas Week 14 Module section)

    AVISO: Late Term Papers will not be accepted unless (1) arrangements for an alternate date have been arranged in advance, or (2) medical emergencies or similar extraordinary unexpected circumstances make it unfeasible to turn in the assignment by the announced due date. Why?
    ~

    top of pageA-Z index
    Canvas 
    TR HomePage

    ~
    Week 14

    Student Presentations IV

    Student Presentations V

    envelope
     Week 14 Highlights (.pdf)

    Week 14 REM Final Exam Question Wiki

    Week 14 Day 25, Tuesday, 28 November 2017

    Week 14 Day 26, Thursday, 30 November 2017

    ~
    Day 25
    Global Cultures News Feature of the Day

      Brazil >
     
    BBC News > Brazil Profile | Brazil Timeline
     
    ~
    ~
    Day 26
    Global Cultures News Feature of the Day


      Argentina >
     
    BBC News > Argentina Profile | Argentina Timeline
     
    ~

    Day 25

    Student Presentations

    see Moodle schedule for details

     

    Day 26

    Student Presentations

    see Moodle schedule for details

    ~

    The EU Chocolate Wars: A Run-up to Scaling
    (time permitting)
    (.pptx)

    Cadbury
    Chocolate bar 88%.
    Cholate bar 99%.

     chocolate
    ~
    Week 14 Reading Assignment
    ~

      Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

    PART XIII. POPULAR MUSIC AS CULTURAL METAPHORS

    Chapter 36: The Brazilian Samba
    Chapter 37: The Argentine Tango



     

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    Week 14 Video Explorations


    tba

    ~
    For Week's Activities see Canvas Modules

    These include items like Discussion (Forum) postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities.
     
    s2024 Wk 14 Final Exam Submitted Question to Canvas Discussion
    due by Sunday, 21 April 2024 (up to 20 points)
    ~
    s2024 Wk 14 Term Paper (up to 400 points)
    due by Sunday, 21 April 2024
    (TurnItIn in your Canvas Week 14 Module section)

    AVISO: Late Term Papers will not be accepted unless (1) arrangements for an alternate date have been arranged in advance, or (2) medical emergencies or similar extraordinary unexpected circumstances make it unfeasible to turn in the assignment by the announced due date. Why?
    ~
    Week 14 For Fun: Trivia
    ~

    tba

    Answer

    ~

    August 2020
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    holidays and breaks
    to textbook
    final exams
     
    Today is Monday, 18 March 2024, 21:03 (09:03 PM) CDT, day 078 of 2024

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    s2024 Final Canvas Discussion, "My Favorite . . . and Least Favorite things. . . ."
    due on-line in Canvas by the end of the Semester, Week 16, Saturday, 4 May 2024
     
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    Week 1
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    Wrapping it All Up

    Student Presentations

    Course Evaluation

    Summary / Review
    Final Exam Notes

    The End of the Line


     Wrapping it up

    envelope
     Week 15 Highlights (.pdf)

      End of Term Memo

    Week 15 Day 27, Tuesday, 5 December 2017

    Week 15 Day 28,Thursday, 7 December 2017

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    Day 27
    Global Cultures News Feature of the Day

      The Caribbean >
     
    BBC News > The Caribbean Profile | The Caribbean Timeline
     
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    Day 28
    No Global Cultures News Feature of the Day

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     Lady Justice (Iustitia, the Roman Goddess of Justice).
    Course Evaluation
    Department = ANTH
    Course # = 1080
    Section   001
    Course Call # = 00103
    Semester = (3) Fall
    Year = 17

    The on-line evaluation form will be made available the last week of class.

    Your answers will remain confidential and only aggregate information from the entire class will be passed onto the faculty member.

    If you encounter any problems accessing the evaluation, please contact Stacy Schweikert, the system admin for the application, at slschwe@d.umn.edu or 218.726.8852.

    "UMD Student Online Evaluation - ANTH 1080 - (Professor Roufs) Understanding Global Cultures"

    Please click on the link which will be provided

    Thanks,

    Tim Roufs

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    Week 15 Reading Assignment



      Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

    PART XIV. OVERLAPPING CULTURAL METAPHORS FOR GEOGRAPHICALLY RELATED NATIONS
    Chapter 38. Cultural Metaphors for the Caribbean
      Conclusions


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    Week 15 Video Explorations
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    view video, Week 15

    The End of the Line: How Overfishing Is Changing the World And What We Eat
    (85 min., CC, 2010, UM Duluth Library Multimedia SH329.O94 E43 2010 DVD)

    UMD Library Link

    film HomePage
      course viewing guide


    view streaming video

    (double click on QuickTime© window)
    (pursuant to licensing agreements some UM streaming videos are not available outside of Moodle)

      The End of the Line -- Wikipedia

     End of the Line film poster




    Alternate to The End of the Line (shorter) . . .

    BabaKiueria

    (29 min., <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUMpPgMGCe8>

      course viewing guide

     BabaKiueria -- Wikipedia

    BabaKiueria -- ABC

     BabaKiueria


    ~


     World Food Clock
    [including food waste]
    -- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations

    World Food Clock


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    For Week's Activities see Canvas Modules

    These include items like Discussion (Forum) postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities.
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    s2024 The Live Chat for the GC Final Exam will be from 07:00-08:00 CST, on Tuesday, 30 April 2024
    s2024 The Global Cultures Final Exam is scheduled for Monday - Wednesday, 29 April - 1 May 2024 (up to 400 points)
    NOTE: There will be at least one question in the pool from each of the assigned videos from Weeks 7-15, so be sure not to miss watching them.

    Video Listings: <https://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1095/fsvideo_schedule.html#week07>
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    s2024 Final Canvas Discussion, "My Favorite . . . and Least Favorite things. . . ."
    due on-line in Canvas by the end of the Semester, Week 16, Saturday, 4 May 2024
    ~
    Week 15 For Fun: Trivia
    ~

    tba

    Answer

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    Today is Monday, 18 March 2024, 21:03 (09:03 PM) CDT, day 078 of 2024

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    s2024 Final Canvas Discussion, "My Favorite . . . and Least Favorite things. . . ."
    due on-line in Canvas by the end of the Semester, Week 16, Saturday, 4 May 2024
     
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    Canvas 
    TR HomePage
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    Week 1
    6
    Final Exam Week

    envelope

      End of Term Memo

    ~
    Week 16 Reading Assignment



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    Week 16 Video Explorations
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    tba
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    For Week's Activities see Canvas Modules

    These include items like Discussion (Forum) postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities.
    ~
    s2024 The Live Chat for the GC Final Exam will be from 07:00-08:00 CST, on Tuesday, 30 April 2024
    s2024 The Global Cultures Final Exam is scheduled for Monday - Wednesday, 29 April - 1 May 2024 (up to 400 points)
    NOTE: There will be at least one question in the pool from each of the assigned videos from Weeks 7-15, so be sure not to miss watching them.

    Video Listings: <https://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1095/fsvideo_schedule.html#week07>
    ~
    s2024 Final Canvas Discussion, "My Favorite . . . and Least Favorite things. . . ."
    due on-line in Canvas by the end of the Semester, Week 16, Saturday, 4 May 2024
    ~
    Week 15 For Fun: Trivia
    ~

    tba

    Answer

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    Today is Monday, 18 March 2024, 21:03 (09:03 PM) CDT, day 078 of 2024


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    "Academic dishonesty tarnishes UMD's reputation and discredits the accomplishments of students. UMD is committed to providing students every possible opportunity to grow in mind and spirit. This pledge can only be redeemed in an environment of trust, honesty, and fairness. As a result, academic dishonesty is regarded as a serious offense by all members of the academic community. In keeping with this ideal, this course will adhere to UMD's Student Academic Integrity Policy, which can be found at [http://www.d.umn.edu/conduct/integrity/Academic_Integrity_Policy.htm]. This policy sanctions students engaging in academic dishonesty with penalties up to and including expulsion from the university for repeat offenders." — UMD Educational Policy Committee, Jill Jensen, Chair (08/16/2007)

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    Failure to comply with the above codes and standards when submitting an Extra Credit paper will result in a penalty commensurate with the lapse, up to and including an F final grade for the course, and, at a minimum, a reduction in total points no fewer than the points available for the Extra Credit project. The penalty will not simply be a zero for the project, and the incident will be reported to the UMD Academic Integrity Officer in the Office of Student and Community Standards.

     

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    (EVEN IF you have a citation to the source somewhere in your paper)

    If you use others' words and/or works you MUST so indicate that with the use of quotation marks. Failure to use quotation marks to indicate that the materials are not of your authorship constitutes plagiarism—even if you have a citation to the source elsewhere in your paper/work.

    Patterned failure to so indicate that the materials are not of your own authorship will result in an F grade for the course.

    Other instances of improper attribution will result in a 0 (zero) for the assignment (or a reduction in points equal to the value of an Extra Credit paper), and a reduction of one grade in the final grade of the course.

    All incidents will be reported to the UMD Academic Integrity Officer in the Office of Student and Community Standards as is required by University Policy.



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