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fka Peoples and Cultures of Europe)


ANTH 3635: Calendar Spring 2024

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Society for the Anthropology of Europe

Countries, Cultures, Regions, and Territories of Europe

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  language dictionaries

  BBC News: Europe EurostatEuropa (EU)

Friday, 29-Mar-2024 08:19:51 GMT
 

Europa and the Bull, Moreay.

Europa and the Bull

Enlèvement d'Europe
  Nöel-Nicolas Coypel, c. 1726


Anthropology of Europe Course Information


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Anth 3635 Anthropology of Europe

  Spring 2022 Greetings

46500 -001 (01/12/2022 - 04290/2022),  instruction mode: Online--asynchronous, Roufs,Tim, 3 credits
Schedule may change as events of the semester require

 

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To Week 1: Getting Started   

Why Anthropology of Europe?

I still communicate weekly, usually via FaceBook, with students participating in the UMD Study in England Programme almost 40 years ago, and they still say their year in England with the UMD Programme was the best year of their lives.

Last summer I looked at 71 on-line photographs of Santorini, Greece, taken by one of those students in June 2021. The photographer's love of global cultures and global traveling started in England and thrives to this day.

We'll start off and finish the course in the village of Kypseli on Santorini.

A senior citizen taking this course a few years ago commented after the first week of class, "Now I know what I saw when I visited Santorini."

Santorini is only of many interesting places we'll visit.

Most people live a richer and better life when they are a globally competent person.

And, as Greta Thunberg poignantly tells us, in just the time since the days when the Santorini photographer first visited England so many years ago, we have all become global citizens--like it or not. Think COVID. Think global warming. Think world hunger. Think geopolitics. Think almost any area in which you have an interest, like social justice, or marketing, or investing your hard-earned money; most have global components.

The world is our hometown in the universe. Get to know it. Get to love it. Get to be able to help address the significant global issues of our time.

This course aims to foster public engagement that connects us with the world.

And it's a fun course.

Tim Roufs
23 December 2021



And Why this Course?



TAPS Magazine, Winter 2012 cover


TAPS Magazine, Karla Dudley, Editor in Chief, Winter 2012 cover

Karla Dudley, Editor in Chief,
TAPS The Beer Magazine
Winter 2012



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:
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  Meet Your Professor
<http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/MeetYourProfessor.html>
Slides: (.pptx)

 Main Due Dates


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  Text Readings Schedule

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 Slides Schedule



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Textbook Information
<https://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth3635/cetexts.html#title>

Textbook / Course Materials
assignments summary

Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

Understanding Global Cultures:
Metaphorical Journeys Through 34 Nations
,
Clusters of Nations, Continents, and Diversity, Sixth Edition
is currently available on-line for $98.21 new, $65.83 used, $51.06-$81.20 for eTextbook, and $24.80 to rent. (from Amazon)

(+ p/h, where applicable, at amazon.com & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25).
(23 December 2021)
[It has been offered on-line for as much as $333.28, or even more,
so be careful to check prices.]
 
text details
Published By: SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA, 2015

Pages: 680
ISBN-10: 1412995931
ISBN-13: 978-1412995931
Textbooks are available from these sources . . .

UMD Bookstore | Amazon.com | Barnes and Noble
CampusBooks.com | Chegg [rental] | ecampus.com | half.com
booksprice.com | CheapestTextbooks.com | CourseSmart.com | TextbookMedia.com
(It’s expensive, so consider renting one, or buy a used copy; exams are open-book, so you should have a copy. We’ll be using this text again in the Fall (in Global Cultures) and in the Spring (in Anthropology of Europe), so if the UMD bookstore is back in operation there should be a local market for used copies.)
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Read . . .


Sárkány, Mihály. (2002).
Cultural and Social Anthropology in Central and Eastern Europe

<https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-281260>


[click ↑ here]

Recommended Citation:

Sárkány, Mihály. (2002). “Cultural and Social Anthropology in Central and Eastern Europe”. In M. Kaase, V. Sparschuh, & A.Wenninger (Eds.), Three Social Science Disciplines in Central and Eastern Europe: Handbook on Economics, Political Science and Sociology (1989-2001) (pp. 558-566). Berlin: Informationszentrum Sozialwissenschaften. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-281260.


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Week 1
 
9 - 15 January 2022
envelope
 

s2022 Greetings! Information on Textbook and Other Things (Sunday, 26 December 2021)

  Canvas “Modules” and “Sunday Memos” -- General Organization of Stuff (Tuesday, 28 December 2021)

  Using the Canvas "Modules" to Keep Track of your Assignments
(Thursday, 30 December 2021)

  Welcome to the Anthropology of Europe (Sunday, 2 January 2022)

  What's Happening Week 1?: Getting Started (Sunday, 9 January 2022)

 This Week's News in . . .


 
  to interactive Wikipedia Map 
Introduction to Anthropology / Orientation to the Course
Handout: "Anthropology and Its Parts"
 First-Day Handout
~
Meet Your Professor
(WebPage)
slides: (.pptx)

 Main Due Dates


 General Course Information
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COURSE STRUCTURE
 
ANTH 3635 Anthropology of Europe
consists of three main segments:

 
I  Orientation and Background  
  Introduction  
  Basic Concepts  
  History  
  Theory  
  Methods and Techniques  
     
II  Explorations  
  Comparative / Cross-Cultural  
  Holistic (holism slides.pptx)  
  Ethnographic Case Studies from the Real World: Real People . . . Real Places from Around Europe  
III  Student Presentations on Term Research Project  


The Course in a Nutshell

COURSE CONTENT
primarily comes from the following sources . . .

   
  • MAIN MEMO FOR THE WEEK . . .
  •    
  • IN-THE-NEWS. . .
  •    
  • VIDEO EXPLORATIONS. . .
  •    
  • SLIDE PRESENTATIONS. . .
  •    
  • READINGS FOR THE WEEK. . .
  •    
  • OTHER ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION . . .
  •    
  • MIDTERM AND FINAL EXAMS . . .
  •    
  • RESEARCH PROJECT INFORMATION. . . on a topic of your choice related to the course
  •    
  • DISCUSSIONS . . . including your personal experiences
  •    
  • (optional) EXTRA CREDIT. . . on a topic of your choice related to the course
  •    
  • OTHER (optional) . . .
  • Course Structure
       

    PLEASE NOTE:

    Both the Midterm Exam and Final Exam are open-book/open-notes essay exams.

    So there should be very little work and effort spent on memorizing facts, other than, perhaps, where to go to find the information you are looking for.

    More Information on Exams: Midterm/ Final

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    ~

    Orientation
    slides: (.pptx)

    FAQs

    ~
    ~

     

    • Main Characteristics of Anthropology
      slides:
      (.pptx)

      (NOTE: This is a long slide set 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. There is no video presentation scheduled for this and next week as the base slide sets tend to be a little longer than "normal.")

      • the four fields of general anthropology

      • culture as a primary concept

      • comparative method as major approach

      • holism as a primary theoretical goal (holism slides.pptx)

      • fieldwork as a primary research technique
    WebPage Summary
    "Anthropology and . . . It's Parts" chart


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

    • Units of Analysis
      slides: (.pptx)


    • Three Major Perennial Debates
      slides: (.pptx)

      (NOTE: This is a long slide set as it covers more than 2000+ years. Please bear with it to the end. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also. There is no video presentation scheduled for this and next week as the base slide sets tend to be a little longer than "normal.")

    (more on metaphorical analysis Day 20)
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    s2024 Wk 2 Your "fieldnotes" version of Kypseli Case Study is due by Sunday, 21 January 2024
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    Week 1 Reading Assignments
    [click ↑ here]


    Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

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     Week 1 Video Explorations
    [click ↑ here]

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    For Week's Activities see Canvas

    These include items like Discussion (Forum) postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities.
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    Week 1 For Fun: Trivia

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    Week 2
     
    16 - 22 January 2022
    envelope
    AE What's Happening Week 2? (.pdf)

     
      to interactive Wikipedia Map 
    Orientation
    Major Characteristics of Anthropology

    Kypseli
    Handout: "Anthropology and Its Parts"
    ~
    ~
    Emic / Etic

    cf. Ethnography / Ethnology


    An "etic" ethnological visit to Kypseli, Santorini, Greece

    Note: This is a truly classic film in Anthropology, and as such it represents the "ethnographic present"—a practice in anthropology of treating things in whatever time or past era as if they were that way today.

    Obviously, things have changed in Kypseli, and in the other Greek villages that we will have a look at in the coming weeks.

    I will talk about the changes next time, after you have written your first impressions down.

    For the present, treat Kypseli in the "ethnographic present"—we'll look at the "real" present and the future in the future.

    An "etic" ethnological visit to Kypseli, Santorini, Greece

    video:

    Kypseli: Women and Men apart, a Divided Reality
    (41 min., 1973 / 2006, UM DULUTH Martin Library DVD DF951.K97 K97 2006)

    UMD Online access

    View Online: Alexander Street Press Streaming Videos
    [click ↑ here]

     viewing guide

     discussion guide

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

    s2024 Wk 2 Your "fieldnotes" version of Kypseli Case Study is due by Sunday, 21 January 2024

    course viewing guide

    Men in Kypseli, Santorini, Greece.
    Kypseli, Santorini,
    Greece

    Week 6 Day 10 we will have a look at an EMIC view of a Greek Village: Life Chances: Four Families in [Argaki] a Changing Cypriot Village
    (39 min., 1974, UM DULUTH Martin Library Video Cassette VC 4926)
    • Length: 5 - 6 well-written pages, including one title page and one "Works Cited" (or "References") page . . .

      • Title Page (a separate page)

      • 3-4 Pages of text
        (following one of the writing strategies below, or a combination of the strategies)

      • one separate "References" (or "Works Cited") Page (see below)

        [this should NOT be called "Bibliography"]
          
      • You must turn in 5 - 6 pages of well-written description and personal reaction

        Shorter and/or perhaps not-so-well-written papers will be returned for revision

      • If you "run out of stuff" to say or write about, then you will be required, on your own, to view the video again in the Library

    ~

    ~

     

      ~

      Suggested Strategies:

      • Journalist's Questions
     
    • Who
     
    (descriptive)
     
     
    • What
     
    (descriptive)
     
     
    • When
     
    (descriptive)
     
     
    • Where
     
    (descriptive)
     
         
     
    • How
     
    (analytic)
     
     
    • Why
     
    (analytic)
     
     


    And you can do this for more than one subtopic

    For example, you could have one set of "Journalist's Questions" for women's reality and a separate set for men's reality

    And you could have still another for widows, etc., . . .


    • Time Sequence

      T1 ---> T2 ---> T3 ---> T4 ---> . . .

      (In this case T1, etc., can equal scenes in the video, for example)


    • Space Sequence

      S1 ---> S2 ---> S3 ---> S4 ---> . . .

      (In this case S1, etc., could equal the spacial scenes in the video)

      (In other cases -- but not so easy to do with the information provided in this film -- with S1, etc., you could describe situations East to West, for example)


    • N number of items

      "Ten itms define the importance of. . . .

      First, . . . .
      Second, . . . ."
      Third, . . . ."
      Finally, . . . ."

    • Most Important ---> Least Important:

      "The most important partition of . . . between Kypseli men and women is. . . ."

      "Next in importance to the men is . . . while women. . . ."

      "The least important to the men in Kypseli is . . . while women. . . ."

    • Comparison / Contrast

      Note how things are the same and how they are different. In the Kypseli case, a logical comparison / contrast would be with / between "The Divided Reality" of the women's world and the men's world.

       
      Women
       
      Men
      Item # 1
      similar
      different
       
      similar
      different
      Item # 2
      similar
      different
       
      similar
      different
      Item # 3
      similar
      different
       
      similar
      different
      Item # 4
      similar
      different
       
      similar
      different
      Item # N
      similar
      different
       
      similar
      different

       

      • Emic / Etic

      • Ethnography / Ethnology

     OWL (Online Writing Lab) Purdue University.
      Purdue University Online Writing Lab

    Required Last Section:

    After you have described what you have seen in Kypseli you must end your paper with one or more detailed paragraphs indicating your own personal response to and evaluation of the film (required)

    (See Kypseli Case Study page for further details)

    Grading
      criteria for grading written works
      "The Strike Zone"
      "The Curve"
      UMD Grading Policies

    Use the Paradigm Online Writing Assistant

    OWL (Online Writing Lab) Purdue University.
    or The Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)
    if you do not have much experience writing college papers

    Or stop by the UMD . . .

     Writers' Workship

    Writers’ Workshop

    The Writers' Workshop offers free one-to-one writing support to all members of UMD's campus community. Sessions are held synchronously online or in-person with a graduate student or faculty consultant. Feel free to bring any writing project at any stage in the writing process. To make an appointment, visit d.umn.edu/writwork or stop by the Workshop’s front desk located on the second floor of Martin Library and visit with Jill Jenson and her staff.  

    Students in this class have permission to see a Writers’ Workshop consultant for assistance on exams, and all written projects.

    Tutoring Center

    The Tutoring Center on the second floor of Martin Library offers free tutoring sessions for this course. Your tutor will be a high-achieving student trained to assist you. To learn more about the Tutoring Center, find the tutor(s) qualified for this subject area, or reserve a time with a tutor, please visit the Tutoring Center website. The tutors look forward to working with you!


     
      website

    Research Help

    Research Help is a service where librarians provide guidance, support, and instruction on how to find and use information. You can meet with a librarian when you’re not sure how to get started with a research project, when you’ve hit a wall in your research, or your usual process isn’t working. You can chat with a librarian 24/7, schedule an appointment with a subject librarian, email, or drop-in during the day



     

    When you are finished with your paper it should look something like this . . .


     

    Kypseli  1










    [more information on your title]





    A Description and Review of

     

    Kypseli: Women and Men

    apart–a Divided Reality





    by Barack H. Obama II




    Anthropology of Europe

    Case Study

    Professor Roufs

    29 March 2024



    Kypseli  2




    I. Introduction

    [more information on an Introduction]

    Put an introductory statement here, explaining the nature of your case study. Include at the end a transitional statement about finding an item of interest that's a good example of some current trend or new discovery.

     

     


    Kypseli  N




    II. Body

    [Give this section an interesting subtitle, something other than "Body"]

    Describe and discuss your chosen topic(s) here. (If you do a comparison / contrast paper you will need more than one topic, otherwise a single topic is fine.)

    Use some form of organizational structure, like one or more of the
    "Suggested Strategies"
    above



    For this assignment your "Body" could be made up of two parts:


    A. A summary of the contents
    of Kypseli: Women and Men aparta Divided Reality
    (41 min., 1987,  UM DULUTH Martin Library Video Cassette VC 3286)



    B. Your response / evaluation
    of Kypseli

    Your own personal response to and evaluation of the film is required, and you should do this response in such a way that when you look at this paper in two and a half months you will be able to recall your initial reactions/thoughts.




      Use the Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
      or The Purdue University Online Writing Lab

      OWL (Online Writing Lab) Purdue University.
      if you do not have much experience writing college papers

     



    Kypseli  N




    III. Conclusions

    Put your conclusions here.



    Kypseli  N

     

    Works Cited
    (or "References")
    (but not "Bibliography"

    Your "References" or "Works Cited" information should go on a separate page

    See "Citing Electronic or Internet Resources" for information on how to cite items from the web

    References should all be double-spaced

     

    You must list videotapes and movies in your "References" section if you movies used them in your work

    In APA (American Psychological Association) style reference a movie or video as follows:

     

    Hoffman, Susanna. M. (Director). (1973). Kypseli: Women

        and Men aparta Divided Reality [Film].
        Distributed by Extension Media Center.
        Berkeley, CA: University of California.
                 
    • Generally speaking, it is a good idea to sit down and expand on your notes and as soon as possible after you have taken them. (If you are working on an interview rather than looking at video go somewhere close by immediately after the interview and write up your notes.) Expanding on your notes is especially important if you can not see the video a second time (or if you did not tape an interview, or if you were not able to take notes during a real-life interview or incident).   

      So . . . it would be a good idea if, as soon as possible after class as you possibly can, you sit down somewhere and expand on your notes from the video seen today in class

    •    s2024 Wk 2 Your "fieldnotes" version of Kypseli Case Study is due by Sunday, 21 January 2024
        
        
    • Length: 5 - 6 well-written pages, including one title page and one "Works Cited" (or "References") page . . .

      • Title Page (a separate page)

      • 3-4 Pages of text
        (following one of the writing strategies above, or a combination of the strategies)

      • one separate "References" (or "Works Cited") Page (see below)

        [this should NOT be called "Bibliography"]
          
        
    • The Final Case Study counts up to 100 points
        
        
    • Your grades will be available online in your Canvas Gradebook
    Grading
      criteria for grading written works
      "The Strike Zone"
      "The Curve"
      UMD Grading Policies

     

    REM: You must list videotapes and movies in your "References" section if you movies used them in your work

    In APA (American Psychological Association) style reference a movie or video as follows:

     

    Hoffman, Susanna. M. (Director). (1973). Kypseli: Women

        and Men aparta Divided Reality [Film].
        Distributed by Extension Media Center.
        Berkeley, CA: University of California.
     

    About Kypseli and the Comparative Approach

    (Kypseli Discussion)

    • Kypseli is part of a Comparative Approach to looking at Greece, especially rural Greece, and European Villages in General. We will be looking at . . .

      • Kypseli, on Santorini (an etic ethnological approach)

      • Argaki, in Cyprus (an emic approach, in the film Life Chances by Peter Loizos)

      • Vasilika, in central Greece (book by Ernestine Friedl)

      • Villages in the Republic of Ireland (the textbook, Nan)

        And I will be adding materials from  . . . .

        • Stan Aschenbrenner's work in Karporfora

        • Thessalonikia (Salonika)

        • Duluth, Minnesota

        We will also look at be adding materials from  . . . .

        • Inish Óirr, in the Aran Islands, off the west coast of Ireland

        • Gyönk, and other villlages in Hungary

        • Italy
    • And I will be adding materials from  . . . .

      • villages in other parts of the Republic of Ireland, England, Scotland, Austria, and Italy
    • Questions about the case study project on Kypseli: Women and Men apart–a Divided Reality?


    • Or about the video Kypseli: Women and Men apart–a Divided Reality itself?
      (41 min., 1973 / 2006, UM DULUTH Martin Library DVD DF951.K97 K97 2006)

      • What changes have occurred since the making of the film?

        • Nationwide Greece has been under Austerity Programs imposed by the European Union (EU) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), since 2011.

        • In general, there has been an outmigration of the young people from the villages, largely to Athens

        • In some villages, and more so on the mainland, and especially where there is some tourism and/or small manufacturing facilities, (and in virtually all of the cities) there is an in-migration of individuals, especially from other EU countries

        • TVs have changed the nature of the gathering of the men in the evening at the local coffee shops

        • The internet is opening and expanding communication network

        • In some places grave sites are no longer recycled after three years

        • The outmigration has been going on a long time, and when those who have left reach retirement age (which tends to be younger in Europe) they sometimes return to their home village

          • sometimes to take care of elderly parents
          • but also because they can live there fairly cheaply on their pensions
          • and they might still own family property there

      • What is happening today in villages of Europe?

        • Prof. Willie Henderson in the Italian village he lives in during the summer . . .

        • Tim Roufs will talk about Inis Óirr (aka Inis Beag) when we cover the Aran Islands, Ireland

        • Time permitting, Tim Roufs will talk about Gyönk, a village in Hungary
    ~
    Orientation (cont.)
    slides: (.pptx)
    ~

     

    • Main Characteristics of Anthropology
      slides:
      (.pptx)

      (NOTE: This is a long slide set 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. There is no video presentation scheduled for this and next week as the base slide sets tend to be a little longer than "normal.")

      • the four fields of general anthropology

      • culture as a primary concept

      • comparative method as major approach

      • holism as a primary theoretical goal (holism slides.pptx)

      • fieldwork as a primary research technique
    WebPage Summary
    "Anthropology and . . . It's Parts" chart


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

    • Units of Analysis
      slides: (.pptx)


    • Three Major Perennial Debates
      slides: (.pptx)

      (NOTE: This is a long slide set as it covers more than 2000+ years. Please bear with it to the end. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also. There is no video presentation scheduled for this and next week as the base slide sets tend to be a little longer than "normal.")

    (more on metaphorical analysis Day 20)
    ~
    "Master Ethnographic Texts and 'Classics' in the Anthropology of Europe" I: Introduction
    slides: (.pptx)

    -- following Susan Parman, Europe in the Anthropological Imagination, pp. 11 - 14
    ~
    Finding Information on Countries, Cultures, Regions, and Territories of Europe
    WebPage
    slides:
    (.pptx)
    ~


    Work on:

    Kypseli Case Study

    s2024 Wk 2 Your "fieldnotes" version of Kypseli Case Study is due by Sunday, 21 January 2024

     


    s2024 Wk 2 Your "fieldnotes" version of Kypseli Case Study is due by Sunday, 21 January 2024


    Have a look at . . .

     Points for Forum Posts and Project Updates
    and
     compare these points with official UMD Grading Policies

    Forums, Sample Answers / Responses w / Grades
    Anth 3618 Ancient Middle America Forum Response Samples
    Anth 3635 Peoples and Cultures of Europe Forum Response Samples

    and if you have any questions about the points
    or about grading in general  . . . ask
     <
    top of page/\A-Z index

     Canvas


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    Week 2 Reading Assignments
    [click ↑ here]


    Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

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     Week 2 Video Explorations
    [click ↑ here]

    Kypseli: Women and Men apart, a Divided Reality
    (41 min., 1973 / 2006, UM DULUTH Martin Library DVD DF951.K97 K97 2006)

    UMD Online access

    View Online: Alexander Street Press Streaming Videos
    [click ↑ here]

     viewing guide

     discussion guide

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

     

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    For Week's Activities see Canvas

    These include items like Discussion (Forum) postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities.
    ~
    Week 2 For Fun: Trivia

    tba

    Answer

    top of page/\A-Z index

     Canvas

    Week 3
     
    23 - 29 January 2022
    envelope
    AE What's Happening Week 3? (.pdf)

     
      to interactive Wikipedia Map 
    Analytical, Theoretical, Methodological and Historical Frameworks (Cont.)

    "Master Texts and 'Classics'"

    ~

    "Master Ethnographic Texts and 'Classics' in the Anthropology of Europe"
    slides: (.pptx)

    -- following Susan Parman, Europe in the Anthropological Imagination, pp. 11 - 14

     Europe in the Anthropological Imagination, Susan Parman, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998.

    ~

    Many Ways to See the World:
    Selective Attention

    One of the five main characteristics of American Anthropology is fieldwork, "a primary research technique, involving “participant observation," which usually means living among the people one is interested in learning from and about. And fieldwork, almost above everything else, requires attentive observation and recording of information.

    Much of what we are going to do for the rest of the semester is "fieldwork" via video materials from around the world. Before we get into the video-intensive part of the course (towards the middle and end), take the Selective Attention Test (below) developed by Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris. This should give you a little insight into the nature of observing—which lies at the very heart of anthropological fieldwork.

    See also "An Important Note on Videos and Visual Anthropology".

     

    First, take the . . .

    Selective Attention Test

    <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo>

    Read and follow the directions carefully.
    (Be sure to also count the bounce passes.)


     Selective Attention Test


    Be sure to try your very best to follow the instructions.

    (It's short, less than a minute and a half).

     

    When you are finished with the Selective Attention Test, watch . . .

    The Monkey Business Illusion
    <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGQmdoK_ZfY>

    (It too is short: 1:42)

    Again, read and follow the directions carefully.

    (And as with THe Selective Attention Test, be sure to also count the bounce passes.)

     The Monkey Business Illusion

     

    (4) After you have taken Simon and Chabris' tests, think about how what you learned from them about perception might be applied as you view the videos for the rest of the semester as well as the cultural behaviors in real life as you roam the world thereafter


    The main purpose of this exercise is to sensitize you to the fact that everyone views things selectively—”quite naturally, and maybe even by necessity. And one's culture plays a huge role in what one "sees" and focuses on (and what one doesn't see and focus on). American men, for e.g., most often do not "see" many details of clothing, color, and personal stylistic adornment (read hair styles, nail treatment, cosmetic adornments and the like).

    To view things as a trained observer as anthropologists must do when they're in the field "doing" anthropology one must almost constantly be aware of this natural / cultural tendency to perceive things selectively, and try to compensate for it by paying attention to items not otherwise selected for, while at the same time being careful "not to miss anything".

    Hopefully, this exercise will make you just a little more critical in the way you look at things—”and especially the class videos—”for the rest of the semester (and maybe even for the rest of your life, for that matter).

    You are not expected anything to submit anything—no reaction, or report, or forum posting. This is a "re-vision" activity, and it should benefit you in performing well in the exams and overall for the course. And hopefully it will also help on your way to having a genuine anthropological perspective on life in general.

     

    Other Materials from Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons . . .

    "Demonstrations, videos from our research, videos of us speaking, etc. Dan's YouTube Channel includes most of these videos as well as favorites from around the web that are related to or mentioned in our book. You can view more videos on his personal website."

    Other Videos --  the invisible gorilla

     

    The Book . . .

     The Invisible Gorilla Book


    . . . discusses six "everyday illusions" . . .

    1. The Illusion of Attention
    ("Inattentional Blindness")
    2. The Illusion of Memory
    3. The Illusion of Confidence
    4. The Illusion of Knowledge
    5. The Illusion of Cause
    6. The Illusion of Potential

    Wilipedia

     Christopher Chabris

      Daniel Simons

     Inattentional blindness

     

    Other Works of Interest

    • Optical Illusions WebPage

    • Kahneman, Daniel. Thinking Fast and Slow. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.

    • Macknik, Stephen L., Susana Martinez-Conde, and Sandra Blakeslee. Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 2010.

    • Nassim Nicholas Taleb

      • Incerto -- an investigation of luck, uncertainty, probability, opacity, human error, risk, disorder, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand

        • Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets. 2nd Ed. NY: Random House, 2008.

        • The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility". NY: Random House, 2010.

        • Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder. NY: Random House, 2014.

        • The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms. NY: Random House, 2016.

    • Malcolm Gladwell

     

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    Week 3 Reading Assignments
    [click ↑ here]


    Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

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     Week 3 Video Explorations
    [click ↑ here]
    ~
    For Week's Activities see Canvas

    These include items like Discussion (Forum) postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities.
    ~
    Week 3 For Fun: Trivia

    tba

    Answer
    ~
     
    s2024 Wk 5 Informal Project Statement, or Project Proposal (up to 20 points)
    due by Sunday, 11 February 2024

    top of page/\A-Z index

     Canvas

    Week 4
     
    30 January - 5 February 2022
    envelope
    AE What's Happening Week 4? (.pdf)
    Happy New Year 2022
    Punxsutawney Phil's 2022 Groundhog Day Report

     
      to interactive Wikipedia Map 
    An "Emic" Analysis of a Greek Family in Cyprus

    A Brief Review of . . . Turkey and the Ottoman Empire

    Moors and other Arab Influences, A.D. 711 - A.D. 1492
    Ottoman Influences A.D. 1517 -

    and (time permitting)
    Europe as an Ethnographic "Culture Area",
    and
    Other Units of Analysis (cont.)
    and
    "Master Texts and 'Classics'"
    This Week . . .
         
    1.   read the "What's Happening Week 4?" Memo (above)
    2.   have a look at the video
    3.   read the assigned readings
    4.   catch up on your assignments
    5.   start thinking about reviewing for the Midterm Exam, and
    6.   work on your Project, and
    7.   (optional) peruse the WebPages (below)
    Ketchup
    catch up / review / preview
     

    We'll have another look metaphorical analysis Week 10

    Right now, it's Super Bowl Time . . .

    Martin J. Gannon's Metaphorical Analysisof The United States:

     1999 U.S. Commemorative Stamp featuring the 1960 Green Bay Packers.


    Greetings from Punxsutawney
    Groundhog Day

    Today’s a big day in PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pennsylvania. About 7:30 this morning (ET) Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his winter’s nap at a place called Gobbler’s Knob and—communicating in his native language, groundhogese, a language understood only by the local Groundhog Club president—Phil reported that he couldn’t find his shadow, heralding an early spring. (In fact, he was looking for a mate.)

    For the latest up-to-date coverage and reports see . . .

    Groundhog Day 2022 Guide

    Groundhog Day results 2020: No shadow!
    Phil predicts early spring is coming

    – USAtoday (2 February 2020)

    Punxsutawney Phil
     
     
    The groundhogese interpreter also reported that Phil thinks we should pay more attention to Greta Thunberg .

    Greta Thunberg on FaceBook

    The Groundhog Day celebration is rooted in a German superstition that says if a hibernating animal casts a shadow on February 2nd, winter will last another six weeks.

    If no shadow is seen, legend says, spring will come early.” Thousands show up for the event each year in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania (and other places around the country).

    Others point out that the February 2nd tradition predicting the arrival of spring actually predates any groundhog link, stretching back to the ancient Christian holiday of Candlemas. According to an old English rhyme:

    “If Candlemas Day be fair and bright,
    Winter will have another flight;
    But if it be dark with clouds and rain,
    Winter is gone, and will not come again.”

    David Maxwell/European Pressphoto Agency

     

    You can eat groundhog. . . .

    Groundhog Recipes -- Tastes Like Chicken!

    Braised Groundhog Recipe -- Food Republic

    A Groundhog Stew -- Forager Chef

    Groundhog Day Recipes: Don't Forget To Remove The Scent Glands

    How to Clean and Skin a Groundhog (Woodchuck)

    Groundhog recipes for Groundhog revenge

     

    People of German heritage in Western Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Dutch”—who are actually German—celebrate with Fersommling , festive gatherings at which only German is spoken (people speaking English at the events must pay a modest fine).

     

    Phil's official forecast is officially predicted
    on February 2nd at sunrise at Gobbler's Knob

    Groundhog Day 2022 Guide

    Past predictions

     

    In 2013 Ohio prosecutors ‘indicted’ Punxsutawney Phil over early spring forecast, seek death penalty

    "In 2013, Phil issued a forecast for an early spring, but bitter cold and snow gripped the eastern U.S. into March that year.  The prosecuting attorney in Butler County, Ohio went as far as to seek the death penalty for Phil for “misrepresentation of early spring” before a Pennsylvania law firm came to Phil’s defense, claiming the Ohio attorney had no jurisdiction to prosecute the Groundhog." -- The Washing Post, 02 February 2015

    Punxsutawney Phil: The Groundhog Behind the Myth
    -- Live Science (01 February 2010)

    Groundhog Day
    -- Wikipedia

     

    Enjoy the Super Bowl.

    Best Regards,

    Tim Roufs
    <http://www.d.umn.edu/~troufs/

    ~

    Europe as an Ethnographic "Culture Area", and Other Units of Analysis

    slides: (.pptx)

    ~

    A brief review of Moorish, Ottoman, and other Arab influence

    Imperial History of the Middle East:
    5000 Years of History in 90 seconds

    <http://www.mapsofwar.com/>

    Map: The Caliphate

    view video

    Youtube<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iVXPqnoC_A>
    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4hwCz06Qlg>

    The 90 second synopsis includes . . .

    • Note the recapitulation in about 3.5 seconds

    Map: The Caliphate

     

    Reconquista A.D. 790-A.D. 1300
    view
    Wikipedia

    Reconquista, A.D. 790.

     

    Map depicting the Ottoman Empire at its greatest extent, in 1683

    Map depicting the Ottoman Empire at its greatest extent, in 1683.

    Notice where the Caliphate and the Ottoman Empires end in Europe, and compare those with the Holy Roman Empire around A.D. 1600 (below)

    Holy Roman Empire around A.D. 1600
    Wikipedia Holy Roman Empire around 1600



     Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

    Declaration of caliphate: 29 June 2014

    On the scale of the "Imperial History of the Middle East" the current conflict would be represented in about 2-3/4 seconds

    ISIS Areas of Occupation, 11 January 2016
      Wikipedia

    Turkey class WebPage

    Wikipedia
    Timeline of the Muslim presence in the Iberian peninsula
    Moors
    Ottoman Empire
    Ottoman Caliphate
    Decline of the Ottoman Empire
    Caliphate of Córdoba
    Almohad dynasty
    Al-Andalus

     
    s2024 Wk 5 Informal Project Statement, or Project Proposal (up to 20 points)
    due by Sunday, 11 February 2024
    ~

    ~

    Week 4 Reading Assignments
    [click ↑ here]


    Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

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     Week 4 Video Explorations
    [click ↑ here]
    ~
    For Week's Activities see Canvas

    These include items like Discussion (Forum) postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities.
    ~
    Week 4 For Fun: Trivia

    tba

    Answer

    top of page/\A-Z index

     Canvas

    Week 5
     
    6 - 12 February 2022
    envelope
    AE What's Happening Week 5? (.pdf)

     
      to interactive Wikipedia Map 
    Master Texts and "Classics" in the Anthropology of Europe
    ~
    s2024 Wk 5 Questions for the Midterm Exam are due by Sunday, 11 February 2024
    ~

    A Walk through Modern-Day Vasilika
    slides: (.pptx)
    (on-line photos)

     Ernestine Friedl.  Vasilika: A Village in Modern Greece.

    ~

    (cont.)

    . . . Units of analysis
    slides: (.pptx)

    ~
    Master Texts and "Classics" in the Anthropology of Europe
    slides (.pptx)

    -- following Susan Parman, Europe in the Anthropological Imagination, pp. 11 - 14
    "ANTHROPOLOGY IN EUROPE, OR ANTHROPOLOGY OF EUROPE?"
    slides: (.pptx)

    following Susan Parman, Europe in the Anthropological Imagination, pp. 14-16
    time permitting

    Map of Europe.

    class WebPage Europe
    ~
     
    s2024 Wk 5 Questions for the Midterm Exam are due by Sunday, 11 February 2024
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    ~

    Week 5 Reading Assignments
    [click ↑ here]


    Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

    ~
     Week 1 Video Explorations
    [click ↑ here]
    ~
    For Week's Activities see Canvas

    These include items like Discussion (Forum) postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities.
    ~
    Week 5 For Fun: Trivia

    tba

    Answer
    ~

    top of page/\A-Z index

     Canvas

    Week 6
     
    13 - 19 February 2022
    envelope
    AE What's Happening Week 6? (.pdf)

     
      to interactive Wikipedia Map 
    Strange Relations: Romantic Love

    Catch Up and Review

    αντίο στην Ελλάδα


     Happy Valentine's Day!

    Heart

     Happy World Anthropology Day!

      Heart

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    ~

    National Anthropology day

    WORLD ANTHROPOLOGY DAY

    Thursday, 17 February 2022

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    s2024 Wk 5 Questions for the Midterm Exam are due by Sunday, 11 February 2024
    ~
    Wk 7 After you have finished your Midterm Exam:

    Your Project Promissory Abstract and Working Bibliography are Due by Sunday, 25 February 2024

    Abstract

    ~
    catch up and review
    ~
    A brief introduction to Ireland
    slides: (.pptx)


    ~
    Wk 7 After you have finished your Midterm Exam:

    Your Project Promissory Abstract and Working Bibliography are Due by Sunday, 25 February 2024

    Abstract



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    links to current weeks
    UM holidays
    spring break
    study days
    final exams
       
    to textbooks
       

    ~
    Holidays Spring 2022
    Week 4 Lunar New Year 1 February 2022--the Year of the Tiger (c/new)
    Week 6 Valentine's Day 14 February 2022
    Week 8 Mardi Gras
    Ash Wednesday
    1 March 2022
    2 March 2022
    Week 9 Pi Day 14 March (3, 1, 4) 2022
    Weeks 13-14 Passover sunset of Friday, 15 April 2022, to nightfall of Saturday, 23 April 2022 (8 days)
    Week 13 Vaisakhi Festival (A Time for New Life) वैसाख Thursday, 14 April 2022
    Week 14 Easter (Western) 17 April 2022
    Week 15 Easter (Eastern) 24 April 2022
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    Week 6 Reading Assignments
    [click ↑ here]


    Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

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     Week 6 Video Explorations
    [click ↑ here]
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    For Week's Activities see Canvas

    These include items like Discussion (Forum) postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities.
    ~
    Week 6 For Fun: Trivia

    tba

    Answer
    ~

    top of page/\A-Z index

     Canvas

    Week 7
     
    20 - 26 February 2022
    envelope
    AE What's Happening Week 7? (.pdf)

     
      to interactive Wikipedia Map 
    Man of Aran

    “How the Myth was Made”


    Love "Italian-American Style"

    Catch Up and Review
    : Terms, Units of Analysis, Great Debates . . .

    Master Texts and "Classics"
    (time permitting)

    Midterm Preview
    Brief Review
     
    Very Brief Discussion of Midterm Exam
    ~
    Master Texts and "Classics" in the Anthropology of Europe
    slides: (.pptx)

    -- following Susan Parman, Europe in the Anthropological Imagination, pp. 11 - 14


    "ANTHROPOLOGY IN EUROPE, OR ANTHROPOLOGY OF EUROPE?"
    slides (.pptx)

    following Susan Parman, Europe in the Anthropological Imagination, pp. 14-16
    (time permitting)

     Map of Europe.

    class WebPage Europe
    ~
    A brief introduction to Ireland
    slides (.pptx)

    (time permitting)
    ~

    MIDTERM EXAM


    The Wk 7 LIVE CHAT for the Midterm Exam will be Tuesday, 20 February 2024, from 7:00-8:00.

    [an error occurred while processing this directive] Wk 7 The Midterm Exam will be available Week 7, from 12:01 Monday, 19 February 2024 to 11:59 p.m. (10:00 p.m. starting time), Saturday, 24 February 2024
    NOTE: There will be at least one question in the pool from each of the assigned videos from Weeks 1-7, so be sure not to miss watching them.
    Video Listings: <https://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth3635/cevideo_schedule.html#week01>

    s2024 Wk 5 Questions for the Midterm Exam are due by Sunday, 11 February 2024



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    Review for the Midterm Exam

     
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    Week 7 Reading Assignments
    [click ↑ here]


    Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

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     Week 7 Video Explorations
    [click ↑ here]
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    For Week's Activities see Canvas

    These include items like Discussion (Forum) postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities.
    ~
    Week 7 For Fun: Trivia

    tba

    Answer
    ~

    top of page/\A-Z index

     Canvas

    Week 8
     
    27 February - 5 March 2022
    envelope
    AE What's Happening Week 8? (.pdf) (Sunday, 27 February 2022)

    It's Mardi Gras Time! (.pdf)
    (Tuesday, 1 March 2022)

      Pancake Day, Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras, Carnival s2022

     
      to interactive Wikipedia Map 
    Arrivederci Italia
    and the Makings of a Metaphor

    introduction to
    Master Texts and Classics

    introduction to
    Éire . . . Ireland: The Emerald Isle, The Island of Saints and Scholars
    (time permitting)
    ~

    Ireland

    The Ireland Sequence will focus on  . . . .

    • Introduction slides: (.pptx)

    • Aran, Galway, Clare, Conamara . . . slides: (.pptx)



     Tim Roufs walking on Innis Oirr, Aran Islands, Ireland.
      Inish Óirr
      Ireland

    • Dingle, Kerry, Bantry, Cork . . . slides: (.pptx)
    • Dublin . . . slides: (.pptx)
    • Newgrange . . . slides: (.pptx)
    • Analysis  . . . slides: (.pptx)

    (time permitting)

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    Week 8 Reading Assignments
    [click ↑ here]


    Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

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     Week 8 Video Explorations
    [click ↑ here]
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    For Week's Activities see Canvas

    These include items like Discussion (Forum) postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities.
    ~
    Week 8 For Fun: Trivia

    tba

    Answer
    ~

    top of page/\A-Z index

     Canvas

    Week 9
     
    13 - 19 March 2022
    envelope
    AE What's Happening Week 9? (.pdf)

     
      to interactive Wikipedia Map 
    Ireland

    (optional)
    Thursday, 17 March 2021

     Happy St. Patrick's Day (.pdf)

    What are the Irish (in Ireland) Eating on St. Patrick's Day?

    REM:

    COURSE STRUCTURE
     
    ANTH 3635 Anthropology of Europe
    consists of three main segments:

     
    I  Orientation and Background  
      Introduction  
      Basic Concepts  
      History  
      Theory  
      Methods and Techniques  
         
    II  Explorations  
      Comparative / Cross-Cultural  
      Holistic (holism slides.pptx)  
      Ethnographic Case Studies from the Real World: Real People . . . Real Places from Around Europe  
    III  Student Presentations on Term Research Project  


    The Course in a Nutshell

    COURSE CONTENT
    primarily comes from the following sources . . .

       
  • MAIN MEMO FOR THE WEEK . . .
  •    
  • IN-THE-NEWS. . .
  •    
  • VIDEO EXPLORATIONS. . .
  •    
  • SLIDE PRESENTATIONS. . .
  •    
  • READINGS FOR THE WEEK. . .
  •    
  • OTHER ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION . . .
  •    
  • MIDTERM AND FINAL EXAMS . . .
  •    
  • RESEARCH PROJECT INFORMATION. . . on a topic of your choice related to the course
  •    
  • DISCUSSIONS . . . including your personal experiences
  •    
  • (optional) EXTRA CREDIT. . . on a topic of your choice related to the course
  •    
  • OTHER (optional) . . .
  • Course Structure
       

    PLEASE NOTE:

    Both the Midterm Exam and Final Exam are open-book/open-notes essay exams.

    So there should be very little work and effort spent on memorizing facts, other than, perhaps, where to go to find the information you are looking for.

    More Information on Exams: Midterm/ Final

     

    REM: Presentations Review


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    Week 9 Reading Assignments
    [click ↑ here]


    Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

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     Week 9 Video Explorations
    [click ↑ here]
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    For Week's Activities see Canvas

    These include items like Discussion (Forum) postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities.
    ~
    Week 9 For Fun: Trivia

    tba

    Answer
    ~


    top of page/\A-Z index

     Canvas

    Week 10
     
    20 - 26 March 2022
    envelope
    AE What's Happening Week 10? (.pdf)

     
      to interactive Wikipedia Map 

    Slán agat Inish Óirr (aka Inish Beag)
    and "The
    Mainland"

    Italy: An Introduction and Some Background to the Country
    and An Introduction to
    the Makings of a Metaphor

    (time permitting)

    Slán agat Inish Óirr (aka Inish Beag) and "The Mainland"

    Small map of the Aran Islands

    Ireland

    • Introduction slides: (.pptx)
    • Aran, Galway, Clare, Conamara . . . slides: (.pptx)
    • Dingle, Kerry, Bantry, Cork . . . slides: (.pptx)
    • Dublin . . . slides: (.pptx)
    • Newgrange . . . slides: (.pptx)
    • Analysis  . . . slides: (.pptx)


    John Messenger.  Innis Beag: Isle of Ireland.
    John Messenger.  Innis Beag: Isle of Ireland.

    Small map of the Aran Islands
    The Aran Islands
      John M. Synge
    1907

    Aran Islands,
     Ireland

     

    ~

    Week 10 Reading Assignments
    [click ↑ here]


    Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

    ~
     Week 10 Video Explorations
    [click ↑ here]
    ~
    For Week's Activities see Canvas

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    Week 11
     
    27 March - 2 April 2022
    envelope
    AE What's Happening Week 11? (.pdf)

     
      to interactive Wikipedia Map 

    France

    Week 11 Reading Assignments
    [click ↑ here]


    Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

    ~
     Week 11 Video Explorations
    [click ↑ here]
    ~
    For Week's Activities see Canvas

    These include items like Discussion (Forum) postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities.
    ~
    Week 11 For Fun: Trivia

    tba

    Answer

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    Week 12
     
    3 - 9 April 2022
    envelope
    AE What's Happening Week 12? (.pdf)

     
      to interactive Wikipedia Map 

    Catch Up

    Italia

    and the Makings of a Metaphor

    Catch Up,
    Summary,
    and Review

     Flag of Italy.  Click for national anthem.

    Italy

    An Introduction
    and Some Background to the Country
    and An Introduction to
    the Makings of a Metaphor

    Italy
    slides: (.pptx)


    (time permitting)

    Units of Analysis: Metaphor

    Metaphor: The Opera


    ITALY
    Italy 1—Introduction and Demography slides: (.pptx)
    Italy 2—Languages slides: (.pptx)
    Italy 3—Regions slides: (.pptx)
    Italy 4—Forces of Nature slides: (.pptx)
    Italy 5—Metaphor: The Opera slides: (.pptx)
    Italy 6—History and World View slides: (.pptx)
    Italy 7—Politics slides: (.pptx)
    Italy 8—Immigration and Emigration slides: (.pptx)
    Italy 9—Masterworks and Classics slides: (.pptx)

    Metaphor (cont.)
    slides: (.pptx)

    cf.,
    Major Characteristics of Anthropology


    slides: (.pptx)

      holism slides.pptx

    Four-stage model of analysis
    slides: (.pptx)


    Units of Analysis of analysis:
    Metaphor
    (cont.)
    slides: (.pptx)

    cf.,
    Major Characteristics of Anthropology


    slides: (.pptx)

      holism slides.pptx

    Four-stage model of analysis
    slides: (.pptx)


    ~

    Week 12 Reading Assignments
    [click ↑ here]


    Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

    ~
     Week 12 Video Explorations
    [click ↑ here]
    ~
    For Week's Activities see Canvas

    These include items like Discussion (Forum) postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities.
    ~
    Week 12 For Fun: Trivia

    tba

    Answer
    ~

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    Week 13
     
    10 - 16 April 2022
    envelope
    AE What's Happening Week 13? (.pdf)

     
      to interactive Wikipedia Map 

    Hungary
    (as time permits)

    Student Presentations

    "The Thirty Years' War" and the European Union
    (time permitting)
    Finland and FInnish-Americans


     Student Presentation




    Jó napot kívánok Magyarország
    Hungary
    (as time permits)

     Flag of Hungary.

    Hungary

    Insignia of Hungary.

    Hungary
    slides: (.pptx)

    Map of Hungary.


    time permitting . . .

    "The Thirty Years' War" and the European Union—in brief

    The EU Chocolate Wars:
    A run-up to scaling

    Scaling CE
    slides: (.pptx)

    World Map Thumbnail.

    Map: EU Countries

    ~
    Wk 13 The AE Extra Credit Paper(s) is/are due by Sunday, 14 April 2024 (that's including the one day grace period)

    AVISO: Late Extra Credit Papers will not be accepted unless (1) arrangements for an alternate date have been arranged in advance, or (2) medical emergencies or similar extraordinary unexpected circumstances make it unfeasible to turn in the assignment by the announced due date. Why?

    NOTE: The Canvas Gradebook entry for Extra Credit requires that “out of zero” be used when setting up an Extra Credit assignment.

     
    REM: Wk 14 Your AE Term Paper is due by Sunday, 21 April 2024 (that's including the one day grace period)

    AVISO: Late Term Papers will not be accepted unless (1) arrangements for an alternate date have been arranged in advance, or (2) medical emergencies or similar extraordinary unexpected circumstances make it unfeasible to turn in the assignment by the announced due date. Why?

    ~

    Week 13 Reading Assignments
    [click ↑ here]


    Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

    ~
     Week 13 Video Explorations
    [click ↑ here]
    ~
    For Week's Activities see Canvas

    These include items like Discussion (Forum) postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities.
    ~
    Week 13 For Fun: Trivia

    tba

    Answer

    top of page/\A-Z index

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    Week 14
     
    17 - 23 April 2022
    envelope
    AE What's Happening Week 14? (.pdf)

     
      to interactive Wikipedia Map 

    Student Presentations

    "The Thirty Years' War" and the European Union



     Student Presentations


    ~
    Review your original Case Study paper
    on the video Kypseli: Women and Men apart–a Divided Reality  from Week 01
     
    Wk 14 Your AE Term Paper is due by Sunday, 21 April 2024 (that's including the one day grace period)

    AVISO: Late Term Papers will not be accepted unless (1) arrangements for an alternate date have been arranged in advance, or (2) medical emergencies or similar extraordinary unexpected circumstances make it unfeasible to turn in the assignment by the announced due date. Why?
     

    REM: Wk 14 Questions for the Final Exam are due by Sunday, 21 April 2024 (that's including the one day grace period)
    ~

    Week 14 Reading Assignments
    [click ↑ here]


    Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

    ~
     Week 14 Video Explorations
    [click ↑ here]
    ~
    For Week's Activities see Canvas

    These include items like Discussion (Forum) postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities.
    ~
    Week 14 For Fun: Trivia

    tba

    Answer

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    Week 15
     
    24 - 30 April 2022
    envelope
    AE What's Happening Week 15? (.pdf)

     
      to interactive Wikipedia Map 

    Student Presentations

     Lady Justice (Iustitia, the Roman Goddess of Justice.
    Course Evaluation
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    Discussion of Final Exam

    FINAL EXAM


    s2024 The LIVE CHAT for the Anthropology of Europe Final Exam will be Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 7:00-8:00 p.m.

    s2024 The Anthropology of Europe Final Exam will be available from 12:01 a.m. Monday, 29 April 2024 to 11:59 p.m. (10:00 p.m. starting time) Thursday, 2 May 2024
    NOTE: There will be at least one question in the pool from each of the assigned videos from Weeks 8-15, so be sure not to miss watching them.
    Video Listings: <https://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth3635/cevideo_schedule.html#week08>

    Wk 14 Questions for the Final Exam are due by Sunday, 21 April 2024 (that's including the one day grace period)



    ~
    REM: Discussion final semester evaluations are due by Saturday, 4 May 2024
     
    The final version of your Kypseli Case Study is due by Wednesday, 24 April 2024
    AVISO: Late Kypseli Case Study Papers will not be accepted unless (1) arrangements for an alternate date have been arranged in advance, or (2) medical emergencies or similar extraordinary unexpected circumstances make it unfeasible to turn in the assignment by the announced due date.

    Week 15 Reading Assignments
    [click ↑ here]


    Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

    ~

     Week 15 Video Explorations
    [click ↑ here]

    Kypseli: Women and Men apart, a Divided Reality
    (41 min., 1973 / 2006, UM DULUTH Martin Library DVD DF951.K97 K97 2006)

    UMD Online access

    View Online: Alexander Street Press Streaming Videos
    [click ↑ here]

     viewing guide

     discussion guide

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


    film HomePage

    information on the Re-view section of your paper


     Men in Kypseli, Santorini, Greece.
      Kypseli, Santorini,
     Greece

    ~
    For Week's Activities see Canvas

    These include items like Discussion (Forum) postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities.
    ~
    Week 15 For Fun: Trivia

    tba

    Answer

    top of page/\A-Z index

     Canvas

    Weeks 16-17
     
    1 - 7 May 2022
    envelope
     AE What's Happening Final Exam Week?(.pdf)

     End of Term Memo
    with Grade Information


     
      to interactive Wikipedia Map 

    Final Exam Week

    REM: Discussion final semester evaluations are due by Saturday, 4 May 2024
     
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     Canvas

    ~

    Week 16 Reading Assignments
    [click ↑ here]


    prepare for exam

    Textbook: Understanding Global Cultures

    ~
     Week 16 Video Explorations
    [click ↑ here]
    ~
    For Week's Activities see Canvas

    These include items like Discussion (Forum) postings on timely issues, video evaluation feedback, Live Chats (for exam prep and project information), making up exam questions, Project information (on term Presentation and Term Paper), and (from time to time) other activities.
    ~
    Week 16 For Fun: Trivia

    tba

    Answer
    ~

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     What can I do with a degree in Anthropology?



    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
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    troufs@d.umn.edu

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    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

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    <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)

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    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.



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