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Welcome to Cultural Anthropology

Summer Session 2012


    
88107 -100 LEC, 08:00 A.M. - 11:45 A.M. , M,Tu,W,Th (06/04/2012 - 06/29/2012), Cina  214,  Roufs, Tim, 4 credits

Satisfies UMD Liberal Education Requirements for . . .
Category 6—The Social Sciences
** International Perspective Emphasis

Cultural Anthropology
 
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Text: Cultural Anthro, 1st Edition, by Robbins (Wadsworth, 2012)
Cultural Anthro
by Richard H. Robbins
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2012
ISBN-10: 9781111300890

ISBN-13: 978-1111300890
320 pages Paper Bound

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Cultural Anthropology
 

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A note on the slide formats: Since at this point we do not know what software you are using on your computer, we offer the slides in two formats. We recommend you first try "(.pdf)" pdf logo.png, the “Portable Document Format” that is the open standard for document exchange. If you have problems with that format, please try "(.pptx)" pptx icon.jpg, Office PowerPoint 2007. It is unlikely that you will have problems with both of them, but if you do, please let us know: troufs@d.umn.edu. When the materials are on your screen they should be running as a slide show. If you want or need to upgrade your software, you can download the latest PowerPoint viewer free, as well as download the latest Adobe .pdf Reader free.

Thanks—Tim Roufs

 

Handouts:

First-Day Handout
(Syllabus)

Anthropology and its Parts

 
Meet Your Professor
(WebPage)
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
(Download PowerPoint Viewer Free) (Download Adobe .pdf Reader Free)
[see note on slide formats]
break

Introduction
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
(Download PowerPoint Viewer Free) (Download Adobe .pdf Reader Free)
[see note on slide formats]

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Orientation
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
(Download PowerPoint Viewer Free) (Download Adobe .pdf Reader Free)
[see note on slide formats]
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Major Characteristics, Concepts and Methods of Anthropology
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
 . . . (Intro only, time permitting)
Faces of Culture Series

nlt 10:05 video:
"The Nature of Anthropology"
(VC 2466, pt. 1, 30 min.)
nlt 10:35-10:45 break
Faces of Culture Series

nlt 10:45 videos:
"The Nature of Culture"
(VC 2466, pt. 2, 30 min.)

"How Cultures are Studied"
(VC 2466, pt. 3, 30 min.)

Controversy: Darkness in El Dorado
~ Texas A & M
 
Recommendations on How to Study for this Course
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)

Writing Essays for Exams
OWL (Online Writing Lab), Purdue University.
Major Debates  . . .
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
(Intro only, time permitting)
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Cultural Anthropology

slides:
Main Characteristics of Anthropology
 
the fields of general anthropology
 
culture as a primary concept
 
comparative method as major approach
 
holism as a primary theoretical goal
 
fieldwork as a primary research technique
"Other Important Terms"
Units of Analysis
For Day 1 Activities see Moodle
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TR HomePage

Day 1 Reading Assignment

  • Ch. 1 "Culture and Meaning"
Text: Cultural Anthro, 1st Edition, by Robbins (Wadsworth, 2012)
Cultural Anthro
by Richard H. Robbins
For Day 1 Activities see Moodle
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Week 1 Day 2—Introduction to Anthropology / Orientation to the Course

Handouts:

History of Cultural Anthropology: The Development of Ethnological Theory

 
Major Characteristics, Concepts and Methods of Anthropology
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
(Cont.)

Cultural Anthropology

slides:
Main Characteristics of Anthropology
 
the fields of general anthropology
 
culture as a primary concept
 
comparative method as major approach
 
holism as a primary theoretical goal
 
fieldwork as a primary research technique
"Other Important Terms"
Units of Analysis
nlt 09:05-09:15 break

Introduction to Video

Bronisław Malinowski

  • The Trobriand Islands (1915)
    • matrilineal

  • Magic, Science, and Religion (1948)

  • A Scientific Theory of Culture (1944)

    • "Malinowski argued that culture functioned to meet the needs of individuals rather than society as a whole. He reasoned that when the needs of individuals, who comprise society, are met, then the needs of society are met." -- Wikipedia

      • Three types of needs society satisfies for individuals:

        1. individual biological needs
          • food / nutrition / water
          • reproduction
          • shelter / safety

        2. instrumental needs (institutions that meet biological needs)
          • education
          • political organization / social control / law
          • economics

        3. integrative needs (systems that encode values)
          • magic
          • religion
          • science
          • art

 

nlt 09: 30 video:

Off the Verandah
(from Strangers Abroad)

(GN21.M25 O34 2004 DVD, 52 min., 1990)
map
Cf., Trobriand Islands
(matrilineal horticulturalists
with yams as "cultural focus"; note Kula Ring; magic; functionalism)


Cf., text, Questions 5
nlt 10:35-10:45 break
Economic Production:

Patters of Subsistence
(introduction)
   
 
~ industrial / post-industrial
   
  ~ agriculture
~ pastoralism
   
 
~ horticulture
   
 
~ foraging
(hunting / gathering / foraging)
   
   
 
economic systems
nlt 10:35-10:45 break
Faces of Culture Series

Comparison/Contrast:
nlt 10:45 videos:
"Patterns of Subsistence: Food Foragers and Pastoralists"
(VC 2466, pt. 7, 30 min.)

"Patterns of Subsistence: The Food Producers"
(VC 2466, pt. 8, 30 min.)
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Recommendations on How to Study for this Course
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)

Writing Essays for Exams
OWL (Online Writing Lab), Purdue University.
Major Debates  . . .
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
(Intro only, time permitting)
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For Day 2 Activities see Moodle
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Day 2 Reading Assignment

  • Ch. 2 "The Meaning of Progress and Development"
Text: Cultural Anthro, 1st Edition, by Robbins (Wadsworth, 2012)
Cultural Anthro
by Richard H. Robbins
For Day 2 Activities see Moodle
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Anth 1604 Cultural Anthropology
Week 1 Day 3—Continuum Analysis

Handout:

Political Organization and Leadership

 
Recommendations on How to Study for this Course
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)

Writing Essays for Exams
OWL (Online Writing Lab), Purdue University.
 
Brief Case Study Review
 
Major Characteristics, Concepts and Methods of Anthropology
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
(Cont.)

Cultural Anthropology

slides:
Main Characteristics of Anthropology
 
the fields of general anthropology
 
culture as a primary concept
 
comparative method as major approach
 
holism as a primary theoretical goal
 
fieldwork as a primary research technique
"Other Important Terms"
Units of Analysis
nlt 09:05-09:15 break

Comparison / Contrast of polar opposites on a continuum:

continuum model . . .

SIMPLE -------------------------------- COMPLEX
             
Tribal Village
----
Peasant Village
----
Town
----
City
             
Tusik
----
Chan Kom
----
Dzitas
----
Merida
             
Robert Redfield, Folk Culture of Yucatan
(Univ of Chicago Press, 1941)
             
             
             
     


nlt 9:15 video:
Foraging / Horticulture --

Nomads of the Rain Forest
(VC 2426, 59 min.)

Cf., text, Question 2.1

REM:
Anthropology is Comparative

[cf., Trinkets and Beads -- Day 12]
nlt 10:20-10:30 break
nlt 10:30 video:

Affluenza
(VC 3060, 56 min.)

[cf. also, The Amish -- Day 15]
[cf. also, The Shakers -- Day 15]


Wikipedia:
Affluenza
Voluntary Simplicity (Simple Living)
 
Preview of Week 2
Introduction to Kinship
(time permitting)
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Major Debates  . . .
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
(Intro only, time permitting)
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Day 3 Reading Assignment

Text: Cultural Anthro, 1st Edition, by Robbins (Wadsworth, 2012)
Paul Buffalo Meditating Wild Rice Beds

Review

  • Ch. 1 "Culture and Meaning"
  • Ch. 2 "The Meaning of Progress and Development"
Text: Cultural Anthro, 1st Edition, by Robbins (Wadsworth, 2012)
Cultural Anthro
by Richard H. Robbins
For Day 3 Activities see Moodle
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Anth 1604 Cultural Anthropology
Week 1 Day 4—Emic / Etic
Kinship

Handouts:

Kinship Worksheets

 
Major Characteristics, Concepts and Methods of Anthropology
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
(Cont.)

Cultural Anthropology

slides:
Main Characteristics of Anthropology
 
the fields of general anthropology
 
culture as a primary concept
 
comparative method as major approach
 
holism as a primary theoretical goal
 
fieldwork as a primary research technique
"Other Important Terms"
Units of Analysis
 
Emic / Etic
(Introduction)
break, as attention fatigue requires

Kinship and Descent


Kinship and Descent
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)

Marriage Patterns / Cross-Cousins
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)

Kinship Symbols

Kinship Terminologies

Kinship and Descent
~ Kin Types
~ Kin Systems

break, as attention fatigue requires

lineages / clans
~ lineal
~ local
~ lateral
~ focal

Matrilineal Kinship
 ~ Crow Kinship
 ~ Crow Terms


Patrilineal Kinship
 ~ Omaha Kinship
 ~ Dani Kin Terms (Patrilineal/Omaha)

Cycles:

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


nlt 10:10-10:20 break
nlt 10:20 video:
Introduction
Dead Birds
(Dani)

(83 min., 1964, VC 1248 [2004 new anniversary edition, DVD 147; DU744.35.D32 D43 2004 DVD])
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Day 4 Reading Assignment

  • Ch. 3 "Globalization, Neoliberalism, and the Nation-State"
Text: Cultural Anthro, 1st Edition, by Robbins (Wadsworth, 2012)
Cultural Anthro
by Richard H. Robbins

Text: Cultural Anthro, 1st Edition, by Robbins (Wadsworth, 2012)
Paul Buffalo Meditating Wild Rice Beds
For Day 4 Activities see Moodle
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Cultural Anthropology
 

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Week 2 Day 5—Emic / Etic
Kinship
(cont.)
REM:
REM: The What's New? Case Study is due by Friday, 15 June 2012
 

Handouts:

Kinship Worksheets
(Cont.)

 
Major Characteristics, Concepts and Methods of Anthropology
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
(Cont.)

Cultural Anthropology

slides:
Main Characteristics of Anthropology
 
the fields of general anthropology
 
culture as a primary concept
 
comparative method as major approach
 
holism as a primary theoretical goal
 
fieldwork as a primary research technique
"Other Important Terms"
Units of Analysis
 
Emic / Etic
break, as attention fatigue requires

Kinship and Descent


Kinship and Descent
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)

Marriage Patterns / Cross-Cousins
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)

Kinship Symbols

Kinship Terminologies

Kinship and Descent

~ Kin Types
~ Kin Systems

break, as attention fatigue requires
nlt 9:50-10:00

Lineages / Clans

~ lineal
~ local
~ lateral
~ focal
~ archy

Kinship and Descent

 ~ Descent Terms

 ~ Kinship Systems

  ~ Eskimo
  ~ Iroquois
  ~ Hawaiian
  ~ Sudanese

 ~ Omaha
(patrilineal)
 ~ Crow Kinship (matrilineal)


 
Matrilineal Kinship
 ~ Crow Kinship
 ~ Crow Terms


Patrilineal Kinship
 ~ Omaha Kinship
 ~ Dani Kin Terms
(Patrilineal / Omaha)

Cycles:

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

nlt 9:50-10:00 break
Faces of Culture Series

nlt 10:00 video:
Cultural Anthropology: Our Diverse World Series: "Kinship & Descent"
(30 min., 2008, DVD 1739, Disc 1, pt. 10)
Cf., text, Questions
5.1-5.4

nlt 10:30-10:40 break

Faces of Culture Series

nlt 10:40 video:
"Psychological Anthropology"
(VC 2466, 1994, pt. 5, 30 min.)
nlt 11:10 video:
"Alejandro Mamani"
(VC 2466, pt. 6, 30 min., 1994)

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Day 5 Reading Assignment

  • Review Ch. 3 "Globalization, Neoliberalism, and the Nation-State"
Text: Cultural Anthro, 1st Edition, by Robbins (Wadsworth, 2012)
Cultural Anthro
by Richard H. Robbins

Text: Cultural Anthro, 1st Edition, by Robbins (Wadsworth, 2012)
Paul Buffalo Meditating Wild Rice Beds
For Day 5 Activities see Moodle
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Week 2 Day 6—Culture Bound Syndromes

REM:
REM: The What's New? Case Study is due by Friday, 15 June 2012
 
Questions about the Mid-Term Exam or Case Study?
 
Culture-Bound Syndromes
nlt 09:00-09:10 break
nlt 09:10 video:
Latah
(VC 4651, 38 min., 1978)
nlt 09:50-10:00 break
nlt 10:00 Introduction to Anishinabe
 
Anishinabe Curing
(intro)
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)

Cf., text, Question 2.4
 

nlt 10:20 video:
A Gift to One, a Gift to Many / James Jackson, Sr.
(60 min., 1992, VC 2238)

 
nlt 11:25 video:
An Interview with Paul Buffalo, Leech Lake, Anishinabe
(18 min., VC 266 / VC 266b)

~ excerpts transcript
 
For Day 6 Activities see Moodle
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Day 6 Reading Assignment

  • Ch. 4 "The Social and Cultural Construction of Reality"
Text: Cultural Anthro, 1st Edition, by Robbins (Wadsworth, 2012)
Cultural Anthro
by Richard H. Robbins

Text: Cultural Anthro, 1st Edition, by Robbins (Wadsworth, 2012)
Paul Buffalo Meditating Wild Rice Beds
For Day 6 Activities see Moodle
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Anth 1604 Cultural Anthropology
Week 2 Day 7—Anishinabe Curing

REM:
REM: The What's New? Case Study is due by Friday, 15 June 2012
 

Questions about the Mid-Term Exam or Case Study?

The Cultural Anthropology Midterm Exam will be Thursday 14 June 2012

 

 

Before the Midterm have a look at

Writing Essays for Exams

OWL (Online Writing Lab), Purdue University.

 
Anishinabe curing
 

Anishinabe curing
(intro)
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)

Text: Cultural Anthro, 1st Edition, by Robbins (Wadsworth, 2012)
Paul Buffalo Meditating Wild Rice Beds

Cf., text, Question 2.4

nlt 09:10-09:20 break
Introduction to marriage
(introduction only, time permitting)
nlt 10:30-10:40 break
 
Kinship Symbols

Kinship Terminologies

Kinship and Descent

~ Kin Types
~ Kin Systems

break, as attention fatigue requires
nlt 9:50-10:00

Lineages / Clans

~ lineal
~ local
~ lateral
~ focal
~ archy

Kinship and Descent

 ~ Descent Terms

 ~ Kinship Systems

  ~ Eskimo
  ~ Iroquois
  ~ Hawaiian
  ~ Sudanese

 ~ Omaha
(patrilineal)
 ~ Crow Kinship (matrilineal)


 
Matrilineal Kinship
 ~ Crow Kinship
 ~ Crow Terms


Patrilineal Kinship
 ~ Omaha Kinship
 ~ Dani Kin Terms
(Patrilineal / Omaha)

Cycles:

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

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For Day 7 Activities see Moodle
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Day 7 Reading Assignment

 

Before the Midterm have a look at

Writing Essays for Exams

OWL (Online Writing Lab), Purdue University.

 

Text: Cultural Anthro, 1st Edition, by Robbins (Wadsworth, 2012)
Cultural Anthro
by Richard H. Robbins

Review for Midterm

  • Ch. 1 "Culture and Meaning"
  • Ch. 2 "The Meaning of Progress and Development"
  • Ch. 3 "Globalization, Neoliberalism, and the Nation-State"
  • Ch. 4 "The Social and Cultural Construction of Reality"
For Day 7 Activities see Moodle
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Week 2 Day 8—Midterm Exam

REM:
REM: The What's New? Case Study is due by Friday, 15 June 2012
 
REM:
REM: Student Survey
 

video:
Strange Relations
(VC 1974, pt. 2, 60 min.)

Course Viewing Guide

Cf., text, Question 4.4

Millennium videotape.

 
break
 
Last-minute questions about the mid-term exam?
 

Mid-Term Exam

The Cultural Anthropology Midterm Exam will be Thursday 14 June 2012

~ 4 questions

~ on Chs. 01 - 04

~ This will be an "open notes" exam

~ You may bring and use your computer

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Day 8 Reading Assignment for Next Week

Text: Cultural Anthro, 1st Edition, by Robbins (Wadsworth, 2012)
Cultural Anthro
by Richard H. Robbins
  • Review Ch. 5 "Patterns of Family Relations"
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Week 3 Day 9—Marriage
 
REM:
REM: Take the Student Survey (if you haven't already done so) file  
 

Brief Review of Midterm Exam

"The Strike Zone"

Calling Balls and Strikes: A Grading Analogy *

(* the analogy breaks down where, unlike an umpire's call, one can argue grading calls)

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The STRIKE ZONE is that area over home plate the upper limit of which is a horizontal line at the midpoint between the top of the shoulders and the top of the uniform pants, and the lower level is a line at the hollow beneath the kneecap. The Strike Zone shall be determined from the batter's stance as the batter is prepared to swing at a pitched ball.

Section 9.02, The Umpire

Any umpire's decision which involves judgment, such as, but not limited to, whether a batted ball is fair or foul, whether a pitch is a strike or a ball, or whether a runner is safe or out, is final. No player, manager, coach or substitute shall object to any such judgment decisions.

Players leaving their position in the field or on base, or managers or coaches leaving the bench or coaches box, to argue on BALLS AND STRIKES will not be permitted. They should be warned if they start for the plate to protest the call. If they continue, they will be ejected from the game.

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"The Curve"*

compare this information with official UMD Grading Policies

    The actual numbers used to determine final grades may differ slightly (in your favor) because of final adjustments (see note * below). Instructor reserves the right to curve final grades upward.


      A = 94.0%   A- = 90.0%
    B+ = 87.0%     B = 84.0%     B- = 80.0%
    C+ = 77.0%   C = 74.0%   C- = 70.0%
    D+ = 67.0%   D = 64.0%   F  = < 61.0%

    *At the end of the very end of the course there will be a final "curving" of the grades. Typically in the past that has been about 2% (usually 30-40 points.) This is intended primarily to (1) allow those who "just missed an [fill in the blank with a grade] by one point" to automatically get the higher grade, and (2) to add a little insutrance to the system to allow "benefit of the doubt" in what might have been an occasional boarderline "call."

    A score of "1" simply means that a paper was submitted and it was returned for some technical reason, such as, for e.g., it couldnt be opened in the format that was sent. For information of that sort of problem, for e.g., see <http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/tr/truploading_files.html#Pages>.

    AVISO: Unexcused late assignments receive no credit

"The Strike Zone"

"The Curve" 

Compare these Points with official UMD Grading Policies

 

 
Extra Credit Option
 
Introduction to
marriage
(index / terms . . .)

Marriage Patterns, including Cross-Cousins

slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)

"Postmarital Residence Patterns"

~ marriage terms . . .
(index)
~ functions of the family
~ endogamy / exogamy
~ bridewealth and other manners of acquiring a spouse
ca. 09:10-09:20 break
nlt 10:05 video:
Cultural Anthropology: Our Diverse World Series: "Sex & Marriage"
(30 min., 2008, DVD 1739, Disc 1, pt. 8)
nlt 10:35-10:45 break
nlt 10:45 video:
"Family and Household"
(VC 2466, pt. 12)
 
nlt 11:10 video:
Cultural Anthropology: Our Diverse World Series: "Marriage & Family"
(30 min., 2008, DVD 1739, Disc 1, pt. 9)

Cf., Two Girls Go Hunting
(VC 2371, 50 min.)
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Day 9 Reading Assignment

Text: Cultural Anthro, 1st Edition, by Robbins (Wadsworth, 2012)
Cultural Anthro
by Richard H. Robbins
  • Review Ch. 5 "Patterns of Family Relations"
For Day 9 Activities see Moodle

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Week 3 Day 10—Marriage and Kinship
 

marriage
(index / terms . . .)

~ modes of acquiring a spouse

  ~ arranged marriage . . .

  ~ bridewealth . . .

kinship and marriage review

(index / terms . . .)

~ "Postmarital Residence Patterns"

~ divorce


REM: kinds of descent groups

genealogy
ca. 09:10-09:20 break

nlt 9:25 video:
Kypseli: Women and Men Apart—A Divided Reality
(VC 3286, 41 min.)

Course Viewing Guide

nlt 10:10-10:20 break

nlt 10:20 video:
Arranged Marriages
(VC 4684, 50 min.)

Course Viewing Guide

 

nlt 11:15 video:
N!ai: The Story of a !Kung Woman
(VC 2371, 26 of 59 min.)

Course Viewing Guide

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Day 10 Reading Assignment

Text: Cultural Anthro, 1st Edition, by Robbins (Wadsworth, 2012)
Cultural Anthro
by Richard H. Robbins
  • Ch. 5 "Patterns of Family Relations"
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Week 3 Day 11—Rites of Passage

 
. . . Rites of Passage
nlt 09:05-09:15 break

nlt 09:15 video:
Two Girls Go Hunting
(VC 2371, 50 min.)

Course Viewing Guide

(Ethiopia)

Cf., Cultural Anthropology: Our Diverse World Series: "Marriage & Family"
(30 min., 2008, DVD 1739, Disc 1, pt. 9)

nlt 10:10-10:20 break
Nuer

"cultural focus" = cattle
REM
~ "segmentary lineage"
REM ~ bridewealth

nlt 10:25 video:
The Nuer
(VC 3236, 75 min., pts. 1& 2)

Course Viewing Guide

(Ethiopia)
(Sudan)

~ Cf. "tribes"

Warning:
This Film Contains Grahic Images

 

marriage
(index / terms . . .)

~ modes of acquiring a spouse

  ~ arranged marriage . . .

  ~ bridewealth . . .

kinship and marriage review

(index / terms . . .)

~ "Postmarital Residence Patterns"

~ divorce


REM: kinds of descent groups

genealogy
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Day 11 Reading Assignment

Text: Cultural Anthro, 1st Edition, by Robbins (Wadsworth, 2012)
Cultural Anthro
by Richard H. Robbins
  • Ch. 6 "The Cultural Construction of Identity"
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Week 3 Day 12—Rites of Passage

 

REM:
Extra Credit Option

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


Cf., text, Question 6.5

Cf., Handouts:
Political Organization and Leadership
(from Week 01)
 
~
Kinship and Marriage Wrap Up

Nuer "segmentary lineage"

 
political systems

V.B microcultures

V.A. folk cultures

IIII. states
("Power")

III. chiefdoms

II. tribes

I. bands

slides:
bands

nlt 09:25-09:35 break

nlt 09:35 video:
"Political Organization"
(VC 2466, pt. 18, 30 min.)

"Power"

nlt 10:05 video:
Cultural Anthropology: Our Diverse World Series: "Politics, Power & Violence"
(30 min., 2008, DVD 1739, Disc 1, pt. 12)

What happens with international / national economic and political power, but with no authority . . . ?

nlt 10:35-10:45 break

nlt 10:45 video:
Trinkets and Beads
(VC 2840, 53 min.)

Course Viewing Guide

[cf., Nomads of the Rain Forest -- Day 03]


communication
(introduction only, time permitting)

slides:
communication
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Day 12 Reading Assignment

Text: Cultural Anthro, 1st Edition, by Robbins (Wadsworth, 2012)
Cultural Anthro
by Richard H. Robbins
  • Ch. 6 "The Cultural Construction of Identity"
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Cultural Anthropology
 

June  2012— Week 4

Today in History
Today in Headlines
UMD Calendars
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Week 4 Day 13—

communication

communication

slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)

Linguistics:

~ phonemics
~ phonetics
~ morphemics
~ syntax
~ semantics
~ diachronic (historical)
~ sociolinguistics
~ psychlolinguistics
~ kinesics / proxemics


nlt 09:30-09:40 break

nlt 09:40 video:
"Language "
(VC 2466, pt. 4, 30 min.)

nlt 10:05 video:
Cultural Anthropology: Our Diverse World Series: "Communication & Culture"
(30 min., 2008, DVD 1739, Disc 1, pt. 4)

nlt 10:35-10:45 break


nlt 10:45 video:
American Tongues
(VC 1013, 56 min.)

Course Viewing Guide

American Tongues

Tangier Island, Virginia

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Day 13 Reading Assignment

Text: Cultural Anthro, 1st Edition, by Robbins (Wadsworth, 2012)
Cultural Anthro
by Richard H. Robbins
  • Ch. 7 "The Cultural Construction of Social Hierarchy"
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Week 4 Day 14—

Language and communication

communication

slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)

religion

slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)

magic, religion and science

REM: Major Figures in Anthropology

09:00-09:10 break

nlt 09:40 video:
"Religion and Magic"
(VC 2466, pt. 20, 30 min.)

nlt 10:05-10:15 break

nlt 10:15 video:
religion and dying . . 
Ganges: River to Heaven
(DVD 1062, 52 min., 2003)

Film HomePage

Course Viewing Guide

Cf. Life Cycle / Rites of Passage

Warning:
This film Contains Grahic Images


nlt 11:13 video:
religion and living . . .

Appeals to Santiago
(VC 3283, 27 min.)

Course Viewing Guide

~ cargo system

Religious cargo leaders group at Tenejapa in Highland Chiapas, Mexico
Religious cargo leaders group at Tenejapa
Highland Chiapas, Mexico© D. Donne Bryant

 


social / cultural change

slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)

(introduction, time permitting)
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Day 14 Reading Assignment

Text: Cultural Anthro, 1st Edition, by Robbins (Wadsworth, 2012)
Cultural Anthro
by Richard H. Robbins
  • Ch. 8 "The Cultural Construction of Violent Conflict"
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Week 4 Day 15—

Anth 1604 - 001
Course Call # = 88107
Semester = 1 SS I
Year = 12


video review:
Appeals to Santiago
~ cargo system

social / cultural
change


cultural change

slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)

nlt 08:50 video:
Cultural Anthropology: Our Diverse World Series:
"Processes of Change"
(30 min., 2008, DVD 1739, Disc 2, pt. 15)

nlt 09:20-09:30 break

nlt 09:45 video:
The Amish: A People of Preservation
(BX 8129.A6 2000 DVD, Revised 2006 edition, 56 min.)
(VC 3244, Revised 1996 edition, 54 min.)

Course Viewing Guide

Amish Notes

list of items

[cf., Affluenza -- Day 03]

Film: The Amish -- A People of Preservation


nlt 10:40-10:50 break

nlt 10:50 video:
The Shakers
(VC 3331, 50 min.)

Course Viewing Guide

[cf., Affluenza -- Day 03]

Cf., text, Question 4.5

"Put your hands to work, and give your hearts to God."  -- Mother Ann Lee, Founder of the Shakers


The Future?

nlt 11:15 video:
"The Future of Humanity"
(VC 2466, pt. 26, 30 min.)
(time permitting)

Questions about final exam?

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Before the Final have another look at

Writing Essays for Exams

OWL (Online Writing Lab), Purdue University.


Day 15 Reading Assignment

Text: Cultural Anthro, 1st Edition, by Robbins (Wadsworth, 2012)
Cultural Anthro
by Richard H. Robbins

Review for Final

    • Ch. 5 "Patterns of Family Relations"
    • Ch. 6 "The Cultural Construction of Identity"
    • Ch. 7 "The Cultural Construction of Social Hierarchy"
    • Ch. 8 "The Cultural Construction of Violent Conflict"
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Week 4 Day 16—

REM:
The Cultural Anthropology Final Exam will be Thursday 28 June 2012
 
Anth 1604 - 001
Course Call # = 88107
Semester = 1 SS I
Year = 12

Last-minute questions about the final exam?

Final Exam

The Cultural Anthropology Final Exam will be Thursday 28 June 2012

~ 6 questions

~ on Chs. 05 - 08, and general cumulative questions


~ This will be an "open notes" exam

~ You may bring and use your computer

~ 6 questions

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

 

 
Extra Credit papers are due to your Moodle logo. folder on Thursday, 28 June 2012
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Day 16 Reading Assignment

Text: Cultural Anthro, 1st Edition, by Robbins (Wadsworth, 2012)
Cultural Anthro
by Richard H. Robbins
 


Writing Essays for Exams

OWL (Online Writing Lab), Purdue University.


"The Strike Zone"

© Major League Baseball Properties, Inc.

"The Curve

UMD Grading Policies grading criteria for grading written works

Getting your other grades

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Cultural Anthropology -- Alternate Topics

Cultural / Social Change . . .

video:
"Culture Change"
(VC 2466, pt. 24, 30 min.)

video:
Ocamo is My Town
(VC 1339, 22 min.)

Ocamo terms / concepts

video:
Babakiueria
(30 min., 1986)

syncretism . . .

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

expressive culture: the arts, play . . .

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


folk art / identity . . .

Rites of Intensification . . .

video:
"New Orleans Black Indians: A Case Study in the Arts"
(30 min., 1994,
VC 2466, pt. 23

~ Mardi Gras

~ Rites of Intensification
~ "Tootie" Montana's
obituary


[Hungarian "Enthusiasts"]

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What can I do with a degree in Anthropology?


Credit Options at UMD


This course is governed by the . . .

University of Minnesota Duluth Student Academic Integrity Policy
<http://d.umn.edu/academic-affairs/academic-policies/classroom-policies/student-academic-integrity>

UMD Office of Student and Community Standards
<http://www.d.umn.edu/conduct/>
.

Use of AI-content generators for assignments in this class

When I taught Advanced Writing for the Social Sciences here at UMD, for over twenty-five years, my rule of thumb advice to students was to plan to spend 60% or more of their time and effort revising drafts (for academic type writing).

In 2001 Wikipedia appeared on the scene and very quickly became a useful tool as a starting point for many academic projects even though as an open-source resource the Wikipedia entries are not checked and verified in the same manner as other traditional reference materials.

Spelling and grammar checkers arrived on the general scene and helped with spelling and grammar checking, but, as you no doubt have discovered, they continue to require human editing.

And, of course, before that we had a selection of excellent Encyclopedia offering good starting points for many projects, the most popular being The Encyclopedia Brittanica.

And long before that there were libraries--since at least the days of Alexandria in Egypt, in the third century B.C.

The bottom line . . .

Today the evolution of research resources and aids continues with the relatively rapid appearance of ChatGPT and other automated content generators.

As many folks have already found out, they can be very useful as starting points, much like their predecessors. But, from the academic point of view, they are still only starting points.

Professors nationwide are for the most part advised, and even encouraged, to experiment with the potentials of ChatGPT and similar apps.

In this class it is fine to experiment, with the caveat that all of your written academic work demonstrates that your personal efforts—including content development and revision—reflect your personal originality, exploration, analysis, explanation, integrating and synthesizing of ideas, organizational skills, evaluation, and overall learning and critical thinking efforts.

That is to say you may experiment with the AI tool to do tasks such as e.g, brainstorming, narrowing topics, writing first drafts, editing text, and the like. AI-generated works should in no case be more than that.

In the end you need to become familiar enough with the various subjects, peoples, and places discussed in this class to research a topic and problem-solve on your own, and carry on an intelligent conversation about them in modern-day society . . . a conversation that goes byond your voicing an unsupported opinion.

Please ask questions of and offer comments to
e-mail
troufs@d.umn.edu

USEFUL LINKS FOR MORE INFORMATION:

For the record, what follows is the official UMD Academic Integrity Policy. Note that "unless otherwise noted by the faculty member" this is the default policy.

"UMD’s Academic Integrity policy covers any work done by automated content generators such as ChatGPT or other generative artificial intelligence tools unless otherwise noted by the faculty member. These tools present new challenges and opportunities."

"Within the confines of this class The use of AI-content generators is strictly prohibited for any stage of homework/assignment (e.g., draft or final product). The primary purposes of college are developing your thinking skills, being creative with ideas, and expanding your understanding on a wide variety of topics. Using these content generating AI tools thwarts the goal of homework/assignments to provide students opportunities to achieve these purposes. Please make the most of this time that you have committed to a college education and learn these skills now, so that you can employ them throughout your life." -- Jennifer Mencl, UMD Associate Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs, 10 May 2023

Current information from the UMN Senate Committee on Educational Policy Resources

<https://provost.umn.edu/chatgpt-syllabus-statements>

See Also Using Wikipedia and other Standard Reference Works
 

.
"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)

and the UMD Student Conduct Code
<http://www.d.umn.edu/conduct/code/>

and the

Student Conduct Code Statement (students' rights)
<http://www.d.umn.edu/conduct/conduct/conduct-statement.html>

The instructor will enforce and students are expected to follow the University's Student Conduct Code [http://www1.umn.edu/regents/policies/academic/Student_Conduct_Code.html]. 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)

Instructor and Student Responsibilities Policy

AVISO!

A Note on Extra Credit Papers

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.

 

A Note on "Cutting and Pasting" without the Use of Quotation Marks
(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.



Students with disabilities:

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