Graduate 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 7600 - Human Ecology: Theoretical Approaches to Human/Environment Relationships

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ANTH 7600 - Human Ecology: Theoretical Approaches to Human/Environment Relationships Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 04/13/2021 - 12:30

Fall: 2021, Instructor: Dr. J. Terrence McCabe, Office: Hale 440

This course is designed to explore both the historical and current theories and paradigms concerning human/environmental relationships. Because this is an anthropology course, there will be an emphasis on how anthropologists have examined these relationships, but the readings will also incorporate how geographers and sociologists have looked at, and written about, humans and the environment. Emphasis will also be given to current debates in the literature, but during the first few weeks of the course we will cover important works that form the basis of research being conducted today. Specific paradigms to be discussed include: neo-functionalism, early and later systems ecology, evolutionary ecology, political ecology, symbolic or humanistic ecology, complex adaptive systems and resilience.

The readings will consist of a set of articles that outline or explain each theory being discussed, and for some paradigms, an ethnography in which an author utilizes that theoretical perspective in his/her analysis. Each student will be required to write a final seminar paper that takes one or more theoretical perspectives that have been discussed in class and examine how it has been used either topically or ethnographically. Other possibilities for the paper are the application of one of the paradigms to a specific research problem; or a paper based on the career and changes in thought of one of the more influential theorists in human ecology (e.g. Roy Rappaport or Robert Netting).

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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 4020 / 5020 Explorations in Anthropology: Landscape Archaeology

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ANTH 4020 / 5020 Explorations in Anthropology: Landscape Archaeology Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 02/26/2018 - 09:30

Throughout history, landscapes have affected human actions, and human actions have affected landscapes. The complex interactions between humans and the environment help shape who we are, where and how we live, and what we do. In this course, we will consider what landscapes are, how archaeologists study them, and why such study is important. We will examine features that lie between archaeological sites, as well as different types of landscapes, including sacred and political ones. Perhaps most importantly, we will consider landscape archaeology’s practical impacts and tangible benefits.

Professor Sarah Kurnick

See the University Catalog for specifics, recommendations, and prerequisites.

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ANTH 4020 / 5020 Explorations in Anthropology: The Anthropology of Mining

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ANTH 4020 / 5020 Explorations in Anthropology: The Anthropology of Mining Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 02/26/2018 - 09:28

This course examines contemporary issues in the anthropology of mining. We begin with a historical approach, looking at the antiquity of mineral extraction around the world, plus the effects of pre-20th century gold rushes - especially in the US - and how these have shaped the relationships between indigenous peoples and colonial settler societies. We will also explore contemporary gold rushes in Latin America and SE Asia to understand how these have impacted society and environment. Other topics will include: the quest for digital minerals and rare earth minerals in Africa and China; gender issues in mining; policy issues around mining and mining cleanup; sustainability in post-mining landscapes; and other topics. Grades will be based on writing reaction papers, conducting and writing a social impact analysis for a potential mine in a country of your choosing, and a final where students will do a poster presentation session of their social impact assessment.

Professor Jerry Jacka

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ANTH 4020 / 5020 Explorations in Anthropology Kinship: Being and Belonging

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ANTH 4020 / 5020 Explorations in Anthropology Kinship: Being and Belonging Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 02/26/2018 - 09:26

What does it mean to describe a friend as “like family”? When is “family” actually about disconnection rather than connection? In what ways do people “choose” their own family members? Are members of a nation part of a “national family”? How do processes like international adoption shape understandings of race within families? How do caregiving ties constitute or complicate kinship relationships?

Professor Kathryn Goldfarb

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ANTH 4045 / 5045 Introduction to Museum Anthropology

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ANTH 4045 / 5045 Introduction to Museum Anthropology Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 02/26/2018 - 09:25

This undergraduate/graduate course traces the development of anthropology in museums from the late 19th century to the present day. Museums are places where ideas, identities, theories and power relations are debated, created, and placed on display. They are places that reflect and sometimes challenge dominant ideologies about indigenous peoples to a wide audience. The objectives of this course include: introducing students to a range of topics in contemporary museum politics, theory and practice; presenting the legacy of collecting and challenges of representing others; and, illustrating the interplay of anthropology, material culture and colonialism in order to understand the complex history of contemporary anthropology museums and the move towards collaborative museum anthropology.

Professor Jen Shannon

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ANTH 4070 / 5070 Methods in Biological Anthropology: Primatology

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ANTH 4070 / 5070 Methods in Biological Anthropology: Primatology Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 02/26/2018 - 09:20

The courses you have taken in biological anthropology at CU have been developed to give you an understanding of the current state of knowledge in the discipline as well as a sufficient understanding of the terms and methodology to allow you to acquire and critically evaluate relevant new information. This course follows this philosophy but will also provide you with hands-on experience in doing science, and, particularly for this class, primatology. This course will be held in my primate biology lab and focuses on the research skills and background needed to understand primatology: the scientific study of non-human primate biology, ecology evolution and behavior. These skills include the practical use of measurement techniques, development of research design and understanding the major areas of primatology research. The goals for the course include 1) applied experience in scientific observation, measurement, organization and interpretation of data, 2) the formulation of research questions and grant writing 3) a better understanding of current primatological method and theory and 4) learning how to critically evaluate modern primate literature.

Professor Michelle Sauther

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ANTH 4470 / 5470 Practicum: Collections Research in Cultural Anthropology

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ANTH 4470 / 5470 Practicum: Collections Research in Cultural Anthropology Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 02/26/2018 - 09:05

Designed as a practicum, this course will introduce students to research and practice in museum anthropology, utilizing our extensive anthropology collections in the CU Museum of Natural History. Students will conduct subject matter and collections research, engage in collaborative methods, and produce narrative stories for exhibit content development. Class time will be spent listening to mini-lectures about contemporary practice and techniques, working with collections items and associated records, providing project status reports, collaborating with team members, and troubleshooting. Students will also create a public display of the outcomes of their research.

Professor Jen Shannon

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ANTH 4610 / 5610 Science, Medicine, Populations

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ANTH 4610 / 5610 Science, Medicine, Populations Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 02/26/2018 - 09:00

This is a demanding upper-level cultural (and medical) anthropology course designed for advanced undergraduate and early graduate students interested in the intersections of science and the production of knowledge, the practice of medicine, and the effects on the health of diverse populations. The course uses a case study approach and requires the reading of ten full-length ethnographies. Only for the daring!

Professor Donna Goldstein

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