COURSE SCHEDULE

Jan. 11 (Th) Introduction: Studying the human condition

Jan. 16 (T) The Four Subfields, and Notions of Culture
READ the tutorials on "Human Culture" at http://anthro.palomar.edu/tutorials/cultural.htm  
SEE ALSO: Pierpont, Claudia Roth. 2004. “The Measure of America: How a Rebel Anthropologist Waged War on Racism.” The New Yorker 8 March 2004, pp. 48-63

Jan. 18 (Th) Culture and Cultural Relativity
SEE ALSO: Richard A. Sweder's article on FMG

Jan. 23 (T) Ethnography as Cultural Critique + Language, Dialects, and Social Categories
READ the tutorials on "Language and Culture" at http://anthro.palomar.edu/tutorials/cultural.htm

Jan. 25 (Th) Language and thought

Jan. 30 (T) Constructing Emotions and Gender OR Nature over Nurture (Evolutionary Psychology)
see also the "Sex and Marriage" Overview Part I and II at  http://anthro.palomar.edu/tutorials/cultural.htm

Feb. 1 (Th) New Guinea and the Sambia
READ Herdt: Preface, Introduction, Chapters 1-3

Feb. 6 (T) Making Masculinity
READ Herdt: Chapters 4-5
see also: the Process of Socialization" section on Rites of Passage and the "Sex and Marriage" section on homosexuality at  http://anthro.palomar.edu/tutorials/cultural.htm
QUIZ 1 (results)

Feb. 8 (Th) Guardians of the Flute
READ Herdt: Chapter 6

Feb. 13 (T) The Sambia Today

Feb. 15 (Th) The Fulbe
READ Regis: Chapters 1-3

Feb. 20 (T) Fulbe Medical Systems
READ Regis, Chapters 4-6, Conclusions
READ the tutorials on "Anthropology of Religion" at http://anthro.palomar.edu/tutorials/cultural.htm

Feb. 22 (Th) Fulbe Futures

Feb. 27 (T) Bands/Tribes/Chiefdoms/States + Review
READ the tutorials on "Social Organization" AND "Political Organization" at http://anthro.palomar.edu/tutorials/cultural.htm

Mar. 1 (Th) MIDTERM EXAM  (results)

March 3-11 Spring Break

Mar. 13 (T) Reciprocity, Redistribution, Market Exchange
READ the tutorials on "Economic Systems at http://anthro.palomar.edu/tutorials/cultural.htm

Mar. 15 (Th) Headmen and Horticulturalists: the Yąnomamö
READ Chagnon, Chapters 1 and 3 and selections from Chapter 2 (pp. 45-71, 91-97)

Mar. 20 (T) more on the Yąnomamö
PAPER DRAFT DUE

Mar. 22 (Th) Violence and warfare
READ Chagnon chapters 5-6

Marc. 23 (F) PAPER DRAFT CRITIQUES DUE

Mar. 27 (T) Yąnomamö today
READ Chagnon, Chapter 8
QUIZ 2

Mar. 29 (Th) The Maya: Ancient and Postmodern
READ Fischer and Hendrickson, chapters 1-3

Apr. 3 (T) Religious beliefs and dress
READ Fischer and Hendrickson, chapters 4-6
FINAL PAPER DUE

Apr. 5 (Th) Maya Resurgence in Mexico and Guatemala

Apr. 10 (T) Tecpán Futures
READ Fischer and Hendrickson, chapter 7 and conclusion

Apr. 12 (Th) Political Economy, Post-Fordism, and Post-Socialism
READ Dunn: pp. 1-18, 28-32, 43-50 (and skim the rest)

Apr. 17 (T) Marketing, Discipline, and the Self
READ Dunn: Chapters 3-4;
Kasia on Chapter 3 (Powerpoint) and Monte on Chapter 4

Apr. 19 (Th) Late Capitalism and the Globalized Cultural Landscape
READ Dunn: pp. 143-153, 158-161 and Chapter 6

Apr. 24 (T) Review for final exam

PRIMARY FINAL EXAM: Saturday, 28 April, 9:00 am

ALTERNATE FINAL EXAM: Wednesday, 2 May, 12:00 noon

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