Announcements

Features of the Day

• Ireland
  • Introduction. . . . (slides)
  • Aran, Galway, Conemara, County Clare. . . . (slides)
  • Dingle, Kerry, Bantry, Cork. . . . (slides)
  • Dublin (slides)
  • Newgrange. . . . (slides)
  • Analysis. . . . (slides)
  • Ireland.ppt (general overview) (slides)
    
    
• (Man of Aran and discussion/clips days rescheduled from last time)
  
  
• Discussion of video: Man of Aran
  (77 min, 1934, B&W)
  
  
  • selections from and discussions about "How the Myth was Made" and "Looking Back"
    
    
    
• Italy: The makings of a Metaphor (slides)
  (time permitting)

Old Business

• Tuesday 03 March 2009: Viewed slides Ireland: Aran, Conamara, Clare (slides) up to the start of County Clare

Assignments

• Read: Inis Beag: Isle of Ireland
  Ch. 3 "The Village and the Family"
  Ch. 4 "The Supernatural and the Esthetic"
  Ch. 5 "The Future of the Island"
  

• Read: Gannon, Martin J. (2004). Chapter 21, “The Italian Opera.” Understanding Global Cultures, 3rd. ed., pp. 285-302. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
  • UM DULUTH Library Reserve Online Resource EL Online Resource
    <https://login.libpdb.d.umn.edu:2443/login?url=http://lib.d.umn.edu/res/troufs/anth3635_und_gl_cu_ch_21.pdf>
    (Requires University of Minnesota Duluth account validation)

Notes

• Tuesday 26 February 2009: An Introduction to Ireland (slides) up until the curagh
• Tuesday 03 March 2009: Brief review of exam, finished Introduction to Ireland (cont.) (slides) and viewed slides Ireland: Aran, Conamara, Clare (slides) up to the start of County Clare
• Thursday 5 March 2009: Midterm Exam
• Tuesday 10 March 2009: Returned Midterm Exam; Took "A Walk Through Vasilika" (slides)
• Tuesday 24 March 2009: Guest: Morris Levy
• Thursday 26 March 2009: viewed "How the Myth was Made" (60 min, 1934, B&W)
• Tuesday 31 March 2009: Finished Ireland, briefly introduced Italy: The makings of a Metaphor (slides)

Announcements

• Rescheduled for 2 April 2009 -- Guest: Dr. Willie Henderson, Director, Royal D. Alworth Institute for International Studies
  
  
  • Read: Gannon, Martin J. (2004). Chapter 21, “The Italian Opera.” Understanding Global Cultures, 3rd. ed., pp. 285-302. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
    • UM DULUTH Library Reserve Online Resource EL Online Resource
      <https://login.libpdb.d.umn.edu:2443/login?url=http://lib.d.umn.edu/res/troufs/anth3635_und_gl_cu_ch_21.pdf>
      (Requires University of Minnesota Duluth account validation)
      
      
• The Alworth Institute's Visiting International Fellow, Dr. Marek Wróblewski, a visiting professor from Poland, will speak in class on Thursday, 16 April 2009, and the lecture scheduled for that day will be presented on Tuesday 14 April 2009. Therefore the second Midterm Exam, originally scheduled for Day 23, is canceled.
  
  
• Student Presentations I
  

metaphorical analysis

cf., Major Characteristics of Anthropology
(slides)

(more on metaphorical analysis Week 02 Day 03)

Feature of the Day

Rescheduled for 2 April 2009 -- Guest: Dr. Willie Henderson, Director, Royal D. Alworth Institute for International Studies

• Read: Gannon, Martin J. (2004). Chapter 21, “The Italian Opera.” Understanding Global Cultures, 3rd. ed., pp. 285-302. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

  • UM DULUTH Library Reserve Online Resource EL Online Resource
    <https://login.libpdb.d.umn.edu:2443/login?url=http://lib.d.umn.edu/res/troufs/anth3635_und_gl_cu_ch_21.pdf>
    (Requires University of Minnesota Duluth account validation)
    
    

Welcome Dr. Henderson . . .

Dr. Willie Henderson,  the Director of the Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International Studies will join us, and you will get to meet him and discuss some of the current key issues with him.  He is most knowledgeable on international affairs, as one might expect, and is also a captivating speaker and great person.  You will see.

Don't forget to have a go at his Weblog

Dr. Henderson's other Weblogs can be found at  <http://blog.lib.umn.edu/whenders/internationalissues/>.

Italy class page

Italy: The makings of a Metaphor (slides)

map of Italy
EU Countries map

Castagneto Carducci, Province of Livorno, region of Tuscany, Italy

Features of the Day

Postponed due to rescheduling of Dr. Henderson
s2009

• Italy: The makings of a Metaphor (slides)
  
  
  
• Old Business
  
  
  
• Catch Up, Summary, and Review
  
  
• Review for Exam II

Old Business

• tba

Assignments

• Review
  
  
• Read: Gannon, Martin J. (2004). Chapter 21, “The Italian Opera.” Understanding Global Cultures, 3rd. ed., pp. 285-302. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
  • UM DULUTH Library Reserve Online Resource EL Online Resource
    <https://login.libpdb.d.umn.edu:2443/login?url=http://lib.d.umn.edu/res/troufs/anth3635_und_gl_cu_ch_21.pdf>
    (Requires University of Minnesota Duluth account validation)

Notes

• Tuesday 26 February 2009: An Introduction to Ireland (slides) up until the curagh
• Tuesday 03 March 2009: Brief review of exam, finished Introduction to Ireland (cont.) (slides) and viewed slides Ireland: Aran, Conamara, Clare (slides) up to the start of County Clare
• Thursday 5 March 2009: Midterm Exam
• Tuesday 10 March 2009: Returned Midterm Exam; Took "A Walk Through Vasilika" (slides)
• Tuesday 24 March 2009: Guest: Morris Levy
• Thursday 26 March 2009: viewed "How the Myth was Made" (60 min, 1934, B&W)
• Tuesday 31 March 2009: Finished Ireland, briefly introduced Italy: The makings of a Metaphor (slides)
• Thursday 02 April 2009: Guest Speaker -- Dr. Willie Henderson