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-# Welcome to ANTH 1002: Anthropology and the Global #  
  
-This is the second of two first-year units introducing the discipline of anthropology. Anthropology is a holistic, integrated study of humanity, and as one might imagine for such a broad subject, it has meant and means different things to different people. Anthropologists, in general, don't agree on much. However, since it is a holistic study of human beings, seeking to examine everything about human life at once, and in all of its diversity, it has had to be very eclectic. Anthropologists can do research on what seems to be minute, even trivial, aspects of human life, but they aren't specialists. Generally they will try to take something exotic, bizarre, and rare and attempt to show why it sheds light on big questions: What makes humans human? What is universal to all societies? Why are human societies organized in vastly different ways? Why do societies change? Anyways, all this is to say that that's why I love it and that's why the University of Sydney makes you take two units of introduction to the subject. It's big.  
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-In 1002, we approach anthropology by looking at big issues concerning contemporary societies around the world. We are trying to show that anthropology has something unique to say about the big events and trends that call out for explanation and insight. Often apparently new situations, like economic globalization, can be understood more clearly by looking up close at the cultural context. In other words, we will be applying some of anthropology's master concepts: culture, society, structure, personhood, and value to shed light on consumption, modernity, identity, migration, gender and religion.  
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-## Lecture slideshows ## 
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-After Week 1, Ryan is taking the lectures in Weeks 2, 3, 4, 5, and then 9, and 10. Here are the slideshows:  
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-* 1.2: [[1002:1.2|Anthropology and the world]] 
-* 2.0: [[1002:2.0|Mardi Gras: Made in China]] 
-* 3.1: [[1002:3.1|"Pigs are our strong thing:" Ongka and the gift]] 
-* 3.2: [[1002:3.2|Marcel Mauss and the gift]] 
-* 4.1: [[1002:4.1|CMC $$$ !!!: Gifts and commodities]] 
-* 4.2: [[1002:4.2|Buy me!: Commodification and fetishism]] 
-* 5.1: [[1002:5.1|Alienation and commodification]] 
-* 5.2: [[1002:5.2|For sale]] 
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-## Questions and word of warning ## 
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-This site is a supplement to the official class materials. For questions regarding your weekly assignments, the essay, the exam, Terry's lectures, and the class [[http://elearning.sydney.edu.au|Blackboard Learn site]], you should look at the unit outline and go to the class's official web site at http://elearning.sydney.edu.au. **This site is experimental, so don't rely on it** for the class. Instead use the official class resources. Also, Terry and the tutors can't help you with this web site. For issues with this web site, you can tell Ryan, but I will probably say, "Use the stuff on Blackboard for now," because this is just an experiment. 
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-But, if you have comments and suggestions about this web site for Ryan, by all means, let me know. You'll be helping to make a better web site for next year's 1002 students! 
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-Feel free to get in touch with Ryan via his University email (on the unit outline and LMS). For Sem 2, 2014, Ryan's office hours are 9-11 a.m. on Tuesdays, or by appointment, in Mills 169 (A26).  
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