Fall 2021

The body, illness and healing from a cultural perspective, including comparative studies of folk healing systems, curing rituals and Western biomedical practices.

An exploration of the nature and contributions of pre-Columbian high civilizations (Maya, Aztecs, etc.) and their descendants as they resist and assimilate to the modern world.

Foundations of the human species. Examination of scientific evidence from Darwinian theory, primate behavior, fossils, and the behavior of modern people. Laboratory. Duplicates credit in former ANTH 200Lg.

Introduction to sociocultural anthropology, emphasizing the study of human values and social structures across diverse examples. Readings in ethnography and social analysis. Gateway course for the Anthropology Major.

Archaeology as the means of investigating our shared human past, from the origins of humanity to the foundations of current civilization.

The effects of globalization on social life in diverse communities, approaching related issues from an ethnographic perspective. Gateway course for the Global Studies Major.

Southeast Asia is studied as a meeting place of different races and cultural traditions, with emphasis on the precolonial heritage of sexual equality and postcolonial reinterpretations of men's and women's worlds.

Concepts of social anthropology, using filmic representations of societies throughout the world. Gateway course for the Anthropology major.

The roles of biology, culture, and the environment in shaping human society, integrating evolutionary biology and cultural theory. Duplicates credit in former ANTH 300.

Cross-cultural analysis and comparison of the experience and cultural conception of birth, maternity, parenthood, and childhood in western and non-western societies.

Examination of the evidence for and against evolutionary bases of a range of human behaviors. Topics include sex differences, human reproductive strategies, race, IQ, human ecology. Duplicates credit in former ANTH 308.

Role of Native Americans in American public life from colonial times to the present; Native American societies and governments and their relations to the U.S.

Everyday life, politics, social transformations, and cultural practices in the People's Republic of China, from cultural studies and social science perspectives.

Exploration of illness, disability, and healing narratives, how narratives are culturally shaped, and their significance for western biomedical practices.

An introduction to the field of food studies, as a historical and cross-disciplinary study of the place of food in culture and society.

Uses anthropology to explore the gaps between official histories and lived traditions. Ritual, practice and phenomenology in the production and transmission of historic knowledges.

Political and legal systems of primitive societies, social control, and structure.

Anthropological study of city life and urban social experience. Ethnography and social theory of cities including social space, public policy, ethnic politics, globalization.

Examination of one's life within its sociocultural context; study of family history, autobiography, diary, journal, and film; research and writing of a life history.

Oral narratives from non-Western cultures; communications about deeply-held moral beliefs, psychological tensions, social problems, and the structure of the mind.

Evolutionary, cultural, and environmental factors in the emergence and existence of diseases; a Darwinian examination of illness in the human species.

Survey of methods for acquiring and analyzing qualitative research data, emphasizing ethnographic methods for field research in Anthropology.

Advanced seminar on a key theme or topic in Global Studies selected by the instructor, with specific focus subject to change with each offering.

Ideas about man, culture, and society which have formed the field of anthropology as a research discipline; present trends and problems.

An examination of the economic, political and cultural forces operating in a number of Middle Eastern cities.

Audiovisual and more-than-textual methods and forms of anthropological research, analysis and dissemination.

Examines how posthumanism is reshaping our understanding of humankind, including the ways in which "vernacular posthumanisms" are increasingly enacted in our everyday lives.

Technologies and uses of, theoretical frameworks for, and the presentation styles of visual ethnographic materials are examined from an historical perspective.

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Individually guided research and readings culminating in the production of an honors thesis. prerequisite: 3.0 gpa; 201g plus 8 units of upper division ANTH courses.

Explores the emergence and transformation of modern anthropology as an empirically based, but theoretically informed, practice of knowledge production about human sociality and culture.

Survey of ethnographic film using both the dimensions of natural history descriptions and process, contrasted with naturalism and structuralism as tools of controlled comparison and analysis.

A hands-on laboratory based survey of pre-production techniques in video and audio production, including exercises to prepare students to shoot their own documentaries.

Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded C/NC.

Part-time or full-time practical work experience in the student's field of study. The internship must be located at an off-campus facility. Students are individually supervised by faculty. May not be taken until the student has completed at least one semester of enrollment in the graduate program.