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Welcome to Cultural Anthropology

Summer Session 2008

     

96453 -001 LEC, 01:00 P.M. - 03:45 P.M., M,Tu,W,Th,F (06/09/2008 - 07/03/2008),  Cina  214,  Roufs, Tim, 4 credits
   

Text: Cultural Anthrpology: A Problem-Based Approach, 4th Edition, by Robbins (Wadsworth, 2006)

Cultural Anthropology -- A Problem-Based Approach, 4th Edition

  • by Richard H. Robbins
  • Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing, 2006
  • 0534640745, 320 pages Paper Bound

information on the textbook for the course

general textbook information

exam information

study questions

video schedule

Cultural Anthropology ~ June  2008 Week 1

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
             
8 9
>> Day 01		 10
>> Day 02		 11
>> Day 03		 12
>> Day 04		 13
>> Day 05		 14
  Ch. 1 Culture and Meaning

Ch. 2 The Meaning of Progress

Old Business?:

Slides: 03A -- Major Characteristics of Anthropology, #12 microcultures

The What's New? Case Study is due by Friday, 18 June 2010

Old Business?:

Slides: 03A #64, -- Units of Analysis

Tribe Discovered, May 2008

 

Ch. 3 The Construction of the Nation-State

Old Business?:

Slides: 03A #94, -- Units of Analysis: Nation

 

    

Introduction
Slides: 01A -- Intro
Slides: 03B -- Studying
Slides: 03A -- Major Characteristics of Anthropology
2:00 video: "The Nature of Anthropology"
(VC 2466, pt. 1, 30 min.)
break
2:40 video: "The Nature of Culture"
(VC 2466, pt. 2, 30 min.)
nlt 3:15 video: "How Cultures are Studied"
(VC 2466, pt. 3, 30 min.)

Controversy: Darkness in El Dorado
~ Texas A & M

Major Figures in Anthropology (intro.)

1:30 video: Off the Verandah
(from Strangers Abroad)
(VC 1760, 52 min.)
map
Cf., Trobriand Islands
Cf., Day 17

Cf., text, Questions 5

break

~ foraging
~ horticulture
~ pastoralism
~ agriculture
~ industrial / post-industrial
2:40 video: "Patterns of Subsistence: Food Foragers and Pastoralists"
(VC 2466, pt. 7, 30 min.)
3:15 video: "Patterns of Subsistence: The Food Producers"
(VC 2466, pt. 8, 30 min.)
1:00 Case Study review
1:05 Foraging / Horticulture -- video: Nomads of the Rain Forest
(VC 2426, 59 min.)

Cf., text, Question 2.1

REM:
Anthropology is Comparative

[cf., Trinkets and Beads
-- Day 17]

break
2:15 video: Economic Anthropology
(VC 2466, pt. 9, 30 min.)
2:44 video: Affluenza
(VC 3060, 56 min.)
[World Buy Nothing Day]

[cf., The Amish
-- Day 15]
[cf., The Shakers
-- Day 15]
Preview of Week 2
[read Paul Buffalo paper for next Monday]
Kamehameha Day
(Hawaii)
cycles:

 ~ annual
 ~ domestic
 ~ life
   ~ "Rites of Passage"

kinship

Kinship Symbols

Kinship Terminologies

Kinship and Descent
~ Kin Types
~ Kin Systems

lineages / clans
~ lineal
~ local
~ lateral
~ focal
2:00 break
Introduction
2:15 video: Dead Birds (Dani)
(DVD 147, 83 min.)

emic/etic

Kinship and Descent (cont.)
break
2:35 video: "Psychological Anthropology"
(VC 2466, 1994, pt. 5, 30 min.)
 
3:10 video: "Alejandro Mamani" (VC 2466, pt. 6, 30 min., 1994)
 
 

Cultural Anthropology ~ June  2008 Week 2

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
15 16
>> Day 06		 17
>> Day 07		 18
>> Day 08		 19
>> Day 09		 20
>> Day 10		 21
  Ch. 4 The Social and Cultural Construction of Reality
REM: The What's New? Case Study is due by Friday, 18 June 2010 to WebDrop

Mid-Term Exam

eGradebook

grading

criteria for grading written works

" The Strike Zone"

© Major League Baseball Properties, Inc.

"The Curve" 

UMD Grading Policies

 

Ch. 5 Patterns of Family Relations

Old Business:

marriage and kinship
(cont.) . . . Crow/Omaha
video: "Kinship and Descent, part II"
(VC 2466, pt. 15 30 min.)

 

The What's New? Case Study is due by Friday, 18 June 2010 to WebDrop

Old Business:

marriage and kinship
(cont.) . . . Crow/Omaha
~ marriage terms . . .}
~ bridewealth and other manners of acquiring a spouse
 ~ divorce
genealogy
video: "Sex and Marriage"
 (VC 2466, pt. 11)
functions of the family
video: "Family and Household"
(VC 2466, pt. 12)
video: "The Yucatec Maya"
(VC 2466, pt. 13, 30 min.)

 

  
 
Questions about the
Mid-Term Exam?
Culture-Bound Syndromes
nlt 1:30 video: Latah
(VC 4651, 38 min., 1978)
or
nlt 2:00 video clip: "Latah" (8.25 min., 1978)
2:10 break
2:20 video: A Gift to One, a Gift to Many / James Jackson, Sr. (60 min., 1992, VC 2238)
nlt 3:25 video: An Interview with Paul Buffalo, Leech Lake, Anishinabe
(18 min., VC 266 / VC 266b)
~ excerpts transcript
Buffalo paper
Questions on mid-term exam?
Anishinabe Curing (slides)

Cf., text, Question 2.4
marriage and kinship
(cont.) . . .
Marriage Patterns, including X-cos Marriage (slides)
~ marriage terms . . .}
~ bridewealth and other manners of acquiring a spouse
 ~ divorce
break
2:30 video: "Kinship and Descent, parts I & II"
(VC 2466, pts. 14 & 15, 30 min. each) [cf., video: Kypseli: Women and Men Apart -- A Divided Reality, Day 10]
genealogy
video: Strange Relations
(VC 1974, pt. 2, 60 min.)

Cf., text, Question 4.4

Mid-Term Exam

~ 4 of 8 questions

~ on Chs. 01 - 04
functions of the family
video: "Family and Household"
(VC 2466, pt. 12)
video: "The Yucatec Maya"
(VC 2466, pt. 13, 30 min.)
video: Kypseli: Women and Men Apart -- A Divided Reality
 (VC 3286, 41 min.)
2:30 break
2:40 video: Arranged Marriages (VC 4684, 50 min.)
3:15 video: N!ai: The Story of a !Kung Woman
(VC 2371, 26 of 59 min.)
or
3:30 video clip:
N!ai, "Arranged Marriage"
(VC 182, 10 min., 1980) 		 
 

Cultural Anthropology ~ June  2008 Week 3

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22 23
>> Day 11		 24
>> Day 12		 25
>> Day 13		 26
>> Day 14		 27
>> Day 15		 28
 

Ch. 6 The Cultural Construction of Identity

Old Business:

Your Case Study papers are in your WebDrop folder
~ marriage terms . . .}
~ bridewealth and other manners of acquiring a spouse
 ~ divorce
genealogy
video: "Sex and Marriage"
 (VC 2466, pt. 11)
functions of the family
video: "Family and Household"
(VC 2466, pt. 12)
video: Arranged Marriages (VC 4684, 50 min.)
video: "The Yucatec Maya"
(VC 2466, pt. 13, 30 min.)

 

Optional video:
Ongka's Big Moka
(52 min., VC 4405)

Cf., text, Question 6.5

 

What makes people happy?
 Duluth News Tribune
24 June 2008
Old Business:
V.B.
microcultures

V.A.
folk cultures

 IIII. states

 III. chiefdoms

 II. tribes

 I. bands
video: Babakiueria
(30 min., 1986)

Ch. 7 The Cultural Construction of Social Hierarchy

Old Business:
video: Babakiueria
(30 min., 1986)

 
Old Business:
video: Babakiueria
(30 min., 1986)
 
 
REM: {rites of passage}
video: Two Girls Go Hunting
 (VC 2371, 50 min.)
nlt 2:15 break
nlt 2:25 video: The Nuer
(VC 3236, 75 min., pts. 1& 2)
~ "segmentary lineage"
~ bridewealth
~ CA "tribes"
video: "Language "
(VC 2466, pt. 4, 30 min.)
nlt 2:45 video: American Tongues
(VC 1013, 56 min.)
 Language and communication (slides cont.) 

religion

Major Figures in Anthropology
1:30 video: "Religion and Magic"
(VC 2466, pt. 20, 30 min.)
2:00 break

2:30 video: "The Asmat of New Guinea: A Case Study in Religion and Magic"
(VC 2466, pt. 21, 30 min.)

nlt 2:10 video: Ganges: River to Heaven
(DVD 1062, 52 min., 2003)

nlt 3:13 video: Appeals to Santiago
 (VC 3283, 27 min.)
~ cargo system		 Disscussion of final exam
review: video: Appeals to Santiago
 (VC 3283, 27 min.)

~ cargo system
1:30 video: The Shakers
(VC 3331, 50 min.)
[cf., Affluenza
-- Day 03]

Cf., text, Question 4.5
 
2:20 break
nlt 2:40 video: The Amish: A People of Preservation
(VC 3244, 54 min.)

Amish Notes

list of items

[cf., Affluenza
-- Day 03]
cultural change
slides (intro.)
 
 

Cultural Anthropology ~ June-July  2008 Week 4

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
  30
>> Day 16		 1
>> Day 17		 2
>> Day 18		 3
>> Day 19		 4 5
 

Ch. 8 The Cultural Construction of Violent Conflict

Old Business:
video:

Babakiueria
(30 min., 1986)

 

Old Business:

video: Babakiueria
(30 min., 1986)

 

 

Old Business:

video: "Cricket the Trobriand Way: A Case Study in Cultural Change"
(VC 2466, pt. 25, 30 min.)
Cf., Day 02

syncretism

video: "The Arts"
(VC 2466, pt. 22, 30 min.

folk art / identity

|

 

 

eGradebook
Independence
Day
  
 
 
cultural change
video: "Culture Change"
(VC 2466, pt. 24, 30 min.)
video: Ocamo is My Town
(VC 1339, 22 min.)		 review: Ocamo is My Town
(VC 1339, 22 min.)

Ocamo terms / concepts
video: Trinkets and Beads
(VC 2840, 53 min.)

[cf., Nomads of the Rain Forest
-- Day 03]
nlt 3:15 video: Babakiueria
(30 min., 1986)

expressive culture: the arts, play. . . .
video: "The Arts"
(VC 2466, pt. 22, 30 min.

Course Evaluation

Call #:
96453

 Qtr: 1

YR: 08

 

The Future?

video: "The Future of Humanity"
(VC 2466, pt. 26, 30 min.)
Questions about final exam?

 

~ 6 of 13 questions

~ focus will be on Chs. 05 - 08, and class materials since the midterm exam

  
FAQs
Library Resources, including
JSTOR
Extra Credit Option
Human Relations Area Files
(HRAF)

World Ethnographic Sample
(WES)
 

What can I do with a degree in Anthropology?

 

 

This course is governed by the . . .

University of Minnesota Duluth Student Academic Integrity Policy
Office of Student Behavior > UMD Student Academic Integrity Office
<www.d.umn.edu/assl/conduct/integrity>

"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 www.d.umn.edu/assl/conduct/integrity. 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)

and the

UMD Conduct Code:

<http://www.d.umn.edu/catalogs/current/umd/gen/conduct.html>
<http://www.d.umn.edu/assl/conduct/code/>

"The instructor will enforce and students are expected to follow the University's Student Conduct Code (http://www.d.umn.edu/assl/conduct/code). Appropriate classroom conduct promotes an environment of academic achievement and integrity. Disruptive classroom behavior that substantially or repeatedly interrupts either the instructor's ability to teach, or student learning, is prohibited. Disruptive behavior includes inappropriate use of technology in the classroom. Examples include ringing cell phones, text-messaging, watching videos, playing computer games, doing email, or surfing the Internet on your computer instead of note-taking or other instructor-sanctioned activities." -- UMD Educational Policy Committee, Jill Jensen, Chair (08/16/2007)

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