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Understanding Global Cultures



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Slides Schedule

 ss2022 Semester Calendar

 ss2022 Text Readings Schedule
  ss2022 Video Schedule

 ss2022 Main Due Dates

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Week 1
5 - 11 June 2022
     
Meet Your Professor
(WebPage)
slides: (.pptx)
(Download PowerPoint Viewer Free)
[see note on slide formats]

Introduction / Orientation
(.pptx)
(Download PowerPoint Viewer Free)
[see note on slide formats]

Finding Information on Different Countries and Cultures
(.pptx)
(Download PowerPoint Viewer Free)
[see note on slide formats]
     
 
Week 2
12 - 18 June 2022
     


Have a look at the Main Characteristics of Anthropology full long slide deck (.pptx)
or have a look at the Main Characteristics in segments . . .

(NOTE: The full set is a long slide deck as it covers some very important background information that will be referred to often as we go through the semester. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also, or have a look at all of the various segments separately.)
  Week 2: the four fields of anthropology (.pptx)
  
 

Week 3: culture as a primary concept (.pptx)

  • How about a little game of Jeopardy? (.pptx)
  
  Week 4: comparative method as major approach (.pptx)  
  Week 5: holism as a primary theoretical goal (.pptx)  
  Week 6: fieldwork as a primary research technique (.pptx)  


WebPage Summary
  • "Other Important Terms"
    slides: (.pptx)

  • Units of Analysis
    slides:     (.pptx)

  • Three Major Perennial Debates
    slides: (.pptx)

     (NOTE: These are long slide decks as they cover more than 2000+ years. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also. Also see note on slide formats.)
     
 
Week 3
19 - 25 June 2022
     

REVIEW


Have a look at the Main Characteristics of Anthropology full long slide deck (.pptx)
or have a look at the Main Characteristics in segments . . .

(NOTE: The full set is a long slide deck as it covers some very important background information that will be referred to often as we go through the semester. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also, or have a look at all of the various segments separately.)
  Week 2: the four fields of anthropology (.pptx)
  
 

Week 3: culture as a primary concept (.pptx)

  • How about a little game of Jeopardy? (.pptx)
  
  Week 4: comparative method as major approach (.pptx)  
  Week 5: holism as a primary theoretical goal (.pptx)  
  Week 6: fieldwork as a primary research technique (.pptx)  


WebPage Summary
  • "Other Important Terms"
    slides: (.pptx)

  • Units of Analysis
    slides:     (.pptx)

  • Three Major Perennial Debates
    slides: (.pptx)

     (NOTE: These are long slide decks as they cover more than 2000+ years. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also. Also see note on slide formats.)


  • Main Characteristics of Anthropology
    slides:     (.pptx)

    (NOTE: This is a long slide set as it covers some very important b ackground information that will be referred to often as we go through the semester. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also.)

    • the four 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
WebPage Summary

Chart: "Anthropology and . . . It's Parts"

 
  • "Other Important Terms"
    slides: (.pptx)

  • Units of Analysis
    slides:     (.pptx)
  • Three Major Perennial Debates
    slides: (.pptx)

     (NOTE: These are long slide sets as they cover more than 2000+ years. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also. Also see note on slide formats.)


  • Main Characteristics of Anthropology
    slides:     (.pptx)

    (NOTE: This is a long slide set as it covers some very important b ackground information that will be referred to often as we go through the semester. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also.)

    • the four 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
WebPage Summary

Chart: "Anthropology and . . . It's Parts"

 

 

  • "Other Important Terms"
    slides: (.pptx)
  • Units of Analysis
    slides:     (.pptx)

  • Three Major Perennial Debates
    slides: (.pptx)

    (NOTE: These are long slide sets as they cover more than 2000+ years. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also. Also see note on slide formats.)
     
 
 Week 4 
26 June - 2 July 2022
     

Metaphorical Analysis: Italy as a Case Study I (intro.)
(.pptx)

     
  s2025 Global Cultures Midterm Exam will be available Week 7, 24 - February - 1 March 2025 (up to 400 points)
NOTE: There will be at least one question in the pool from each of the assigned videos from Weeks 1-6, so be sure not to miss watching them.
Video Listings: <https://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1095/fsvideo_schedule.html#week01>
 
     
 
 Week 5 
3 - 9 July 2022
     

Metaphorical Analysis: Italy as a Case Study II (cont.)
(.pptx)

     
 
Week 6
10 - 16 July 2022
     
  • Main Characteristics of Anthropology
    slides:     (.pptx)

    (NOTE: This is a long slide set as it covers some very important b ackground information that will be referred to often as we go through the semester. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also.)

    • the four 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
WebPage Summary

Chart: "Anthropology and . . . It's Parts"

 
  • "Other Important Terms"
    slides: (.pptx)
  • Units of Analysis
    slides:     (.pptx)

  • Three Major Perennial Debates
    slides: (.pptx)

(NOTE: These are long slide sets as they cover more than 2000+ years. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also. Also see note on slide formats.)


EU Chocolate Wars: A Run-up to Scaling
(.pptx)

     
 
Week 7 
17 - 23 July 2022
     
 

Methodological Perspectives of Sweet Treats around the World
(.pptx)
     
 
Week 8 
24 - 29 July 2022
     
     
Review slide decks for the Final Exam.
     
     
Review 3 - 5 Student Presentations. See Your Canvas folder.
     
     

Final Exam

s2025 The Global Cultures Final Exam is scheduled for Monday - Thursday, 5 - 8 May 2025 (up to 400 points)
NOTE: There will be at least one question in the pool from each of the assigned videos from Weeks 7-15, so be sure not to miss watching them.

Video Listings: <https://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1095/fsvideo_schedule.html#week07>

     
     
     
     
     

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