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Summer Session 2008

    
 

1:00 - 3:45 M-F
June 9- July 3

Cina  214
4 credits

Roufs, Tim

   

eGradebook

 
 

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


Text:

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

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

Welcome to Cultural Anthropology

(textbook for the course and general textbook information)

video schedule

text and study questions

exam information

 

Cultural Anthropology ~ June  2008

Today in History / Today in Headlines / UMD Events Calendars

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


Case Study
due Day 07

to WebDrop
  Ch. 3 The Construction of the Nation-State    

Introduction
Slides: 01A -- Intro
Slides: 03B -- Studying
Slides: 03A -- Major Characteristics of Anthropology

10:30 Video: "The Nature of Anthropology"
(VC 2466, pt. 1, 30 min.)

break

11:10 Video: "The Nature of Culture"
(VC 2466, pt. 2, 30 min.)

11:45 Video: "How Cultures are Studied"
(VC 2466, pt. 3, 30 min.)


Controversy: Darkness in El Dorado
~ Texas A & M
Major Figures in Anthropology (intro.)
10:00 Video: Off the Verandah
(from Strangers Abroad)
(VC 1760, 52 min.)

map
Cf., Trobriand Islands
Cf., Day 17

break

~ foraging
~ horticulture
~ pastoralism
~ agriculture
~ industrial / post-industrial


11:10 Video: "Patterns of Subsistence: Food Foragers and Pastoralists"
(VC 2466, pt. 7, 30 min.)

11:45 Video: "Patterns of Subsistence: The Food Producers"
(VC 2466, pt. 8, 30 min.)

09:35 Case Study, Foraging / Horticulture -- Video: Nomads of the Rain Forest
(VC 2426, 59 min.)

REM:
Anthropology is Comparative

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


break

10:45 Video: Economic Anthropology
(VC 2466, pt. 9, 30 min.)

11:15 Video: Affluenza
(VC 3060, 56 min.)
[cf., The Amish
-- Day 15]
[cf., The Shakers
-- Day 15]

Preview of Week 2
[read Paul Buffalo paper for next Thursday]
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


10:30 break

Introduction
10:45 Video: Dead Birds (Dani)
(DVD 147, 83 min.
)

break

11:05 Video: "Psychological Anthropology"
(VC 2466, 1994, pt. 5, 30 min.)

 
11:40 Video: "Alejandro Mamani" (VC 2466, pt. 6, 30 min., 1994)
 
15 16
>> Day 06
17
>> Day 07
18
>> Day 08
19
>> Day 09
20
>> Day10
21
  Ch. 4 The Social and Cultural Construction of Reality Case Study
due
to WebDrop
Anishinabe Curing (slides) #53 treatment
  Video clip: "Latah"
(8.25 min., 1978) 
["culture-bound syndromes"]

slides (cont.) #16: arranged marriage

Mid-Term Exam

 

eGradebook

Ch. 5 Patterns of Family Relations
"Kinship and Descent, part II"
(VC 2466, pts. 14 & 15, 30 min. )

genealogy
   
  9:40 Video: A Gift to One, a Gift to Many / James Jackson, Sr. (60 min., 1992, VC 2238)
10:45 break

11:00 Video: An Interview with Paul Buffalo, Leech Lake, Anishinabe
(18 min., VC 266
/ VC 266b)
~ excerpts transcript
Buffalo paper

Anishinabe
Curing
(slides)
11:30 Video: Latah
(VC 4651, 38 min., 1978)
or
12:00 Video clip: "Latah" (8.25 min., 1978) 
["culture-bound syndromes"]

Case Study Due
to WebDrop tomorrow

break

11:00 Video: "Kinship and Descent, parts I & II"
(VC 2466, pts. 14 & 15, 30 min. each)

genealogy

Review for mid-term exam 
Video: Strange Relations
(VC 1974, pt. 2, 60 min.)

Mid-Term Exam

~ 4 of 13 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.)

{arranged marriage}

CNN: ARRANGED MARRIAGE.MOV

11:00 break

11:10 Video: Arranged Marriages (VC 4684, 50 min.)

11:45 Video: N!ai: The Story of a !Kung Woman
(VC 2371, 26 of 59 min.)
or
12:00 Video clip:
N!ai, "Arranged Marriage"
(VC 182, 10 min., 1980)
 
22 23
>> Day11
24
>> Day12
25
>> Day13
26
>> Day14
27
>> Day 15
28
  Ch. 6 The Cultural Construction of Identity

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

  Ch. 7 The Cultural Construction of Social Hierarch    
 
{rites of passage}

Video: Two Girls Go Hunting
(VC 2371, 50 min.)

kinship and marriage review / wrap up

~ {functions of the family}

~ {modes of acquiring a spouse}
  ~ bridewealth

~ {marriage terms}

~ divorce


Video: The Nuer
(VC 3236, 75 min., pts. 1& 2)

~ "segmentary lineage"
~ bridewealth
~ "tribes"

changing customs
 ~ CNN: CHINESE
WEDDINGS.MOV
 
Video: "Political Organization"
(VC 2466, pt. 18, 30 min.)

political systems


Video: Babakiueria
(30 min., 1986)
Video: "Language and Communication"
(VC 2466, pt. 4, 30 min.)

nlt 11:15 Video: American Tongues
(VC 1013, 56 min.)
Language and communication (slides cont.) 

religion


10:20 Video: "Religion and Magic"
(VC 2466, pt. 20, 30 min.)

10:50 break

11:00 Video: "The Asmat of New Guinea: A Case Study in Religion and Magic"
(VC 2466, pt. 21, 30 min.)

11:40 Video: Appeals to Santiago
(VC 3283, 27 min.)

~ cargo system
Disscussion of final exam
10:00 Video: The Shakers
(VC 3331, 50 min.)
[cf., Affluenza
-- Day 03]
 

10:50 break

11:10 Video: The Amish: A People of Preservation
(VC 3244, 54 min.)

Amish Notes

list of items


[cf., Affluenza
-- Day 03]

cultural change
slides (intro.)
 
29 30
>> Day16
         
  Ch. 8 The Cultural Construction of Violent Conflict          
 
Video: "Culture Change"
(VC 2466, pt. 24, 30 min.)
 

expressive culture: the arts, play. . . .


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.)
         
 

Cultural Anthropology ~ July  2008

Today in History / Today in Headlines / UMD Events Calendars

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
    1
>> Day17
2
>> Day18
3
>> Day19
4 5
   
 

 

eGradebook

Independence
Day
 
 
 
   
Video: Ocamo is My Town
(VC 1339, 22 min.)

 Video: Trinkets and Beads
(VC 2840, 53 min.)


[cf., Nomads of the Rain Forest
-- Day 04]

Video: "The Future of Humanity"
(VC 2466, pt. 26, 30 min.)

Questions about final exam?

 


Course Evaluation

Call #:96453
Qtr: 2
YR: 08


The Future?

~ 6 of 13 questions

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

   
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FAQs

Library Resources, including JSTOR  
Extra Credit Option
 

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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