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Welcome to Cultural Anthropology
(textbook for the course and general textbook information)
video schedule
text and study questions
exam information
Cultural Anthropology
~ June 2008
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Ch.
1 Culture and Meaning |
Ch.
2 The Meaning of Progress
Case
Study
due Day 07
to WebDrop |
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Ch. 3 The Construction of the Nation-State |
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Introduction
Slides: 01A -- Intro
Slides: 03B -- Studying
Slides: 03A -- Major Characteristics of Anthropology
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
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break
10:45 Video: Economic
Anthropology
(VC 2466, pt. 9, 30 min.)
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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
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Mid-Term Exam
eGradebook |
Ch.
5 Patterns of Family Relations
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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"]
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11:00 Video: "Kinship and Descent, parts I & II"
(VC 2466, pts. 14 & 15, 30 min. each)
genealogy
Review for mid-term exam |
Mid-Term Exam
~ 4 of 13 questions
~ on Chs. 01 - 04 |
functions
of the family
Video: "Family and Household"
(VC 2466, pt. 12)
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Video: Kypseli:
Women and Men Apart -- A Divided Reality
(VC 3286, 41 min.)
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.)
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12:00 Video clip:
N!ai, "Arranged
Marriage"
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Ch.
6 The Cultural Construction of Identity |
Optional video:
Ongka's Big Moka
(52 min., VC 4405)
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Ch.
7 The Cultural Construction of Social Hierarch |
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Video: The
Nuer
(VC 3236, 75 min., pts. 1& 2)
~ "segmentary lineage"
~ bridewealth
~ "tribes"
changing customs
~ CNN: CHINESE
WEDDINGS.MOV |
Video: Babakiueria
(30 min., 1986) |
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Language and communication (slides cont.)
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
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Ch.
8 The Cultural Construction of Violent Conflict |
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Video: "Culture
Change"
(VC 2466, pt. 24, 30 min.)
expressive culture: the arts, play. . . .
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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.) |
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