Undergraduate Course Description

ANTH 1155 Exploring Global Cultural Diversity: Anthropology of Climate Change

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ANTH 1155 Exploring Global Cultural Diversity: Anthropology of Climate Change Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 04/16/2021 - 11:42

This course focuses on some of the present, and possible future, socio-ecological conditions of life on planet earth. In particular we will work to understand the historic, economic, political, and socio-cultural forces that created the conditions we call climate change. With this we will take a particular interest in the question of how race, ethnicity, Indigeneity, class, and gender articulate with the material effects of climate change. The course also focuses on how we, as scholars, citizens, and activists can work to alter these current conditions in ways that foster social and ecological justice for all living beings.

The course will be a combination of lecture and discussion. Students will be assigned a small group to work in, which will be the same group of students they will work with throughout the semester. Each student is expected to attend each class and participate in each class discussion. Many class meetings will involve group or paired work. Students are also expected to participate fully in the collaborative work.

Professor Jerry Jacka

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ANTH 1180 Maritime People: Fishers and Seafarers

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ANTH 1180 Maritime People: Fishers and Seafarers Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 03/01/2021 - 09:56

Explore 10,000 years of Maritime peoples, histories, and cultures!

• Key Themes: migration; human- nature relationships; development; resistance; sailing; knowledges; climate change

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ANTH 1155 - Continuing Education - Exploring Global Cultural Diversity - Anthropology of the Apocalypse: Climate Fictions and Future Realities

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 18:23:58 +0000

ANTH 1155 - Continuing Education - Exploring Global Cultural Diversity - Anthropology of the Apocalypse: Climate Fictions and Future Realities Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 02/27/2018 - 11:23

What is the apocalypse? How is it imagined and lived by people from different cultures around the world? We will explore the multiple utopic and dystopic potential future realities that the apocalypse may lead to through an anthropological lens. We consider the role of cultures, knowledges, epistemologies, and social- environmental relations as they inform pathways to the future.

The Anthropology of the Apocalypse will be action-packed with anthropological theory, an adventure in climate fiction (cli-fi) literature and film, and informed with the latest research in climate science. Together we learn from diverse perspectives and cultures in a quest to understand our future in a world of climate change. How we as humans envision the world, our place in it, and what we desire for our futures are key components of how we understand and treat the world now, as well as how we react to various possible social and environmental transformations. Diverse ways of imagining the future are essential for developing programs and policies that ensure equity, justice, and sustainable utopic future realities.

Fulfills requirements for Arts & Sciences General Education: Diversity-Global Perspective and Distribution-Social Sciences

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ANTH 1115 The Caribbean in Post-Colonial Perspective

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Feb 2018 17:50:20 +0000

ANTH 1115 The Caribbean in Post-Colonial Perspective Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 02/26/2018 - 10:50

This course introduces students to the varied peoples and cultures in the Caribbean region, including the historical, colonial, and contemporary political-economic contexts, as well as the religious, migratory, and other cultural practices. The Caribbean is composed of several islands united by the experiences of indigenous decimation, European colonization, and re-population largely by imported laborers from Africa and/or Asia. The colonial/linguistic group will serve to organize our understanding of the multiple experiences in the region, however the longstanding experiences of West/non-West intermingling is the umbrella that unites the region even into the present post-colonial era of U.S. dominance of the region.

Professor Kaifa Roland

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ANTH 1120 Pueblo Indians of the US Southwest

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ANTH 1120 Pueblo Indians of the US Southwest Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 02/26/2018 - 10:40

Pueblo Indian communities are some of the most vibrant and distinctive native societies in the US today. In this course we will examine the archaeology, history, geography, social institutions and religious values of Pueblo Indian peoples. In the process, we will see how Pueblo cultures illustrate important ideas and debates in anthropology, including: the concept of culture; the influence of language on thought; the grounding of culture in human biology; belief vs. reason; oral tradition and history; and relationships between society and the environment.

Professor Scott Ortman

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ANTH 1135 Exploration of a Non-Western Culture - Native North America

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ANTH 1135 Exploration of a Non-Western Culture - Native North America Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 02/26/2018 - 10:39

What and where and who is Native North America? To find out, this introductory undergraduate course examines representations of Native Americans in movies, in anthropology, and in their own words and films. To understand the great diversity of indigenous peoples in North America, we learn about different communities such as the Western Apache, Cherokee, and Seminole. To understand some shared experiences of indigenous peoples, we will discuss themes such as colonialism, identity, and sovereignty. We will cover topics ranging from making museum exhibits to making decisions about who to marry, and we will critique practices of representation and authority. Students will learn what it means to apply anthropological methods and perspectives to understanding human experience. This class will thus provide students an introduction to cultural anthropology and prepare them for future courses in this field.

ProfessorJen Shannon

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ANTH 1155 Culture and Environment

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ANTH 1155 Culture and Environment Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 02/26/2018 - 10:39

Many researchers in the environmental sciences argue that human activities on the planet have created a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene. Arguments abound about what date should demarcate the onset of the Anthropocene – the rise in global consumption of goods and resources since the 1950s, the Industrial Revolution in 1800, or perhaps the origins of agriculture thousands of years ago. The goal of this class is to explore this topic. How long have humans been impacting the planet? What kinds of changes can we see from human activities on the global biosphere? And most importantly, what have we done and what can we do in the future to mitigate ecological degradation, biodiversity loss, massive extinctions, and climate change? This course will approach these questions anthropologically through an appreciation of how different cultures and peoples interact with their environments. We will thereby gain a deep understanding through both time and space of the varied relationships that humans have had with the plants, animals, and material resources found on their landscapes.

Professor Jerry Jacka

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ANTH 1190 Origins of Ancient Civilizations

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ANTH 1190 Origins of Ancient Civilizations Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 02/26/2018 - 10:39

The earliest civilizations on earth were found in such diverse settings as Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus Valley of Pakistan, China, Mexico and Central America, and Andean South America. These civilizations had huge cities’ powerful rulers, fascinating religious beliefs, and elaborate temples and palaces. In this course, we will study the archaeology of the origins of these ancient civilizations beginning with the end of the Ice Age about 10,000 years ago. We will examine the lives of the ancient people of these civilizations through the stiudy of their archaeological sites, artifacts, art, architecture, and writing. We explore some of the amazing discoveries from these early states: the Pyramid of the Sun at the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan, the tomb of the Maya ruler Pacal, the walls of Jericho, the Royal Cemetery at Ur, the Pyramids of Giza, and the great roadways of the Inca Empire.

Professor Arthur Joyce

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ANTH 2100 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

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ANTH 2100 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 02/26/2018 - 10:39

What does it mean to think anthropologically? This course will provide an overview of the history and foundations of anthropological thought, with a special focus on the key method of anthropology: ethnography. Drawing on both classical and contemporary anthropological texts from a broad range of international settings, we will analyze the meaning of the categories we use to organize our experiences and social relationships. Topics will include: the "culture" concept, particularly in relation to ideas of difference, relativism, translation, and individual and group identity; the role of language, narrative, and interpretation in the constitution of the self and the social world; symbols, metaphors, and ideologies as forms of power and vehicles for social transformation; ethnographic methods, ethics, and techniques of anthropological research and fieldwork; and cross-cultural comparisons of systems of kinship, gender/sex/sexuality, labor and economic exchange.

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ANTH 2200 The Archaeology of Human History

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ANTH 2200 The Archaeology of Human History Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 02/26/2018 - 10:30

Where did human beings come from?

How did we come to inhabit the world?

Why don’t we eat wild foods anymore?

How did complex urban societies rise and fall?

All this and more…..

Professor Douglas Bamforth

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