Dr. Gravlee You’ve probably heard someone say “race is a social construct, not biology.” What exactly does that mean? How are we to understand the relation between race and human biological difference? How exactly is race “constructed,” and what does that have to do with legacies of slavery, racism, privilege, and power? This course tackles […]
Dr. Kernaghan How do taboos and norms infuse ordinary life and how do people make sense of their transgression? What binds rules to coercion and under what circumstances may lethal force be deemed legitimate? In this introduction to legal anthropology we frame law as an eminently plural phenomena that operates unevenly across multiple social domains […]
Left to right: artist’s rendition of Cahokia (Illinois) at height of its history, ca. A.D. 1200; aerial view of Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon (New Mexico), a ritual center of the Ancestral Pueblo during the 12th century A.D.; artist’s rendition of an Iroquois longhouse, ca. A.D. 1600, New York; aerial view of Serpent Mound in […]
Dr. Schwartz What is culture, and why is it important? If you’re curious about culture, this course is for you! We cover how anthropologists have defined culture and how the anthropological culture concept has been influential in the military, corporations, and politics. We explore anthropological discoveries about kinship, gender, and sexuality; compare political and […]
Dr. A. Johnson This course prepares graduate students for a research career in Anthropology. Specifically, students will learn how to develop, fund, present and publish their independent research. Students will develop their research projects over the course of the semester, from abstract to proposal to grant review to elevator pitch. They will also develop their […]
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Dr. A. Johnson This course centers questions of gender, sex, and sexuality in an exploration of ethnographic practice and knowledge production. Through close-reading and seminar-style discussion of classic and contemporary ethnographies, we will ask how the ethnographer is gendered – historically, normatively, and in practice. We will examine how the embodiment and subjectivity of the […]
Dr. A. Johnson This course centers questions of gender, sex, and sexuality in an exploration of ethnographic practice and knowledge production. Through close-reading and seminar-style discussion of classic and contemporary ethnographies, we will ask how the ethnographer is gendered – historically, normatively, and in practice. We will examine how the embodiment and subjectivity of the […]
Dr. Hebblethwaite Central aspects of history, politics, environment and development are addressed, including attention to gender relations, medicine, education, work, race and class. No knowledge of Haitian Creole is required
Dr. Hebblethwaite Studies Jamaican Creole, reggae music, and Rastafari religion and culture; introduces the language, music, and religion of the Caribbean island. Methodology includes linguistics, ethnomusicology, and religious studies to read Jamaican Creole, interpret reggae songs, and analyze the Rastafari culture to which they link. ·Prereq: Sophomore standing or LAS 2001 Introduction to Latin American […]
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Dr. Gillespie Wed Per 3-5 This seminar surveys high-level theories shared among the sociohistorical disciplines as they have come into use in Anglo-American anthropological archaeology since the mid-20th century. There are two required textbooks– Bruce Trigger: A History of Archaeological Thought and Chris Gosden: Anthropology and Archaeology: A Changing Relationship–as well as many additional readings […]