Anthropology of Europe -- University of Minnesota Duluth

Video Schedule

Spring 2009

visual anthropology
Anthropology Videos and DVDs in the UMD Library
Cultural Studies Videos and DVDs in the UMD Library

Video materials used in class illustrate many topics covered in this course. Consider these presentations similar to lab sessions, that is, watch them carefully and critically rather than simply watch another movie or video. The exams will include these materials, and it will be assumed that you have paid critical attention to them.

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Week

Day

Date

No.

Title

Week 01

Day 01

Day 02

Thursday
22 January
2009

VC 3286

Kypseli: Women and Men apart, a Divided Reality
(41 min., 1973)

See Susan Parman, Europe in the Anthroplogical Imagination, Chs. 2, 3, 4

Week 02

Day 03

Day 04

Week 03

Day 05

Day 06

Thursday
5 February
2009

VC 4926

Life chances: Four Families in a Changing Cypriot Village
(39 min., 1974)

Week 04

Day 07

Tuesday
10 February
2009

VC 1009

Süleyman the Magnificent
(57 min., 1987)

Supplementary video available at the UMD Library:
The Turkish Perspective (45 min., DVD 1319, 2005)
"Investigates the debate over whether Turkey should join the European Union."

Day 08

Week 05

Day 09

Day 10

Thursday
19 February
2009

VC 3933,
pt. 1

The Buried Mirror: The Virgin and the Bull
(59 min., 1991)

Week 06

Day 11

Tuesday
24 February
2009

VC 1974,
pt. 2

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

Day 12

Week 07

Day 13

Day 14

The first Midterm Exam will be Day 14, Thursday, 4 March 2010, 3:30 - 4:45 p.m. in Cina 214

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Week 08

Day 15

Day 16

Thursday
12 March
2009

DVD 1014

Man of Aran
(77 min, 1934, B&W)

16-20 March
2009

Spring Break

Week 09

Day 17

Day 18

Thursday
26 March
2009

DVD 1014

Man of Aran -- selections from and discussions about "How the Myth was Made" (60 min.) and "Looking Back"

Week 10

Day 19

Day 20

Week 11

Day 21

Day 22

Thursday
9 April
2009

DVD 1700

"Love Italian-American-Style"
excerpt from Episode 1: "Food & Life" of The Meaning of Food, PBS
(tba min., 2005)

"Mike Piancone, the owner of an Italian gourmet shop in Southern California who expresses his love for his daughter by preparing an elaborate Italian banquet for her wedding."

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Week 12

Day 23

The second Midterm Exam is scheduled for Day 23, Tuesday, 13 April 2010.

Day 24

Week 13

Day 25

Student Presentations I

Day 26

Student Presentations II

Week 14

Day 27

Student Presentations III

Day 28

Student Presentations IV

Week 15

Day 29

Tuesday
5 May
2009

VC 3286

Kypseli: Women and Men apart, a Divided Reality
(41 min., 1973)

See Susan Parman, Europe in the Anthroplogical Imagination, Chs. 2, 3, 4

Review everything you have learned this semester

Day 30

Week 16

The Cultures of Europe Final Exam tba for 2010, tba p.m. in Cina 214

Check with National Geographic, Discovery, and Nova

EU and related videos available at the UMD Library:

Crossroads: Inside the European Union

"Inside the European Union: Parliament under Pressure," part of the Crossroads: Inside the European Union series
(26 min, 2007, DVD 1491)

"Identities: Culture and Nationality in Europe Today," part of the Crossroads: Inside the European Union series
(26 min, 2007)

"No Colors: Racism and Prejudice in Modern Europe," part of the Crossroads: Inside the European Union series
(26 min, 2007)

"Stop the flow," part of the Crossroads: Inside the European Union series [on inmigration to the EU]
(26 min, 2007, DVD 1496)

Does Europe hate us? [videorecording] : Thomas L. Friedman reporting / Discovery Channel ; producer and director, Kenneth Levis. (44 min., 2003, DVD 887)

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