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ANTH 1002: Anthropology in the world
As humans, culture completes us, but we also create culture through our words and deeds. Social and cultural anthropologists are engaged in both cultural description and cultural criticism: their work contributes to understanding the world and changing it. Anthropologists challenge many dominant beliefs about how the world works. In this class, you will be introduced to the unique perspective of cultural anthropology on human experience through a study of how anthropologists have contributed to debates on contemporary issues of global importance. You will learn how anthropological understandings of culture and society help us to rethink the way we live and the world we inhabit.
Schedule of class sessions
This semester, our class will consist of:
- Self-paced video presentations and notes for each week
- A live videoconference “office hour” on Wednesday at 4 PM
- One of six tutorial sections on campus, or three online
Tutorials
- Monday at 12 PM, in-person
- Monday at 1 PM, in-person
- Monday at 3 PM, live videoconference
- Monday at 11 AM, in-person
- Monday at 12 PM, in-person
- Monday at 12 PM, in-person
- Monday at 1 PM, live videoconference
- Monday at 3 PM, live videoconference
- Monday at 10 AM, in-person
ANTH 1002: Anthropology in the world—A guide to the unit
Assignments: Qualitative analysis of a birth interview, Cultural contextualization of an observation about childhood, Assessing Mauss’s influence: An exercise in research skill, Constructive criticism of a colleague’s Mauss research, Critique of your own cultural assumptions, Lecture questions
Class info: Welcome to anthropology, What is anthropology, and why should we care?, What we will do in class, Attendance, timetables, lectures, tutorials, and the hybrid format of this class, Late work, special consideration, and no-disadvantage assessment, The keys to success in this class, How to Zoom to class, Types of scholarly writing, Writing an effective email, Formatting and software requirements for assignments