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 […]
Dr. Kernaghan What kinds of communities emerge through the material and figural construction of roads as public works? Which genres of events do such works make possible? And how do roads, and related transit infrastructures, bring to the fore tensions between physical terrains, state governance and political subjectivities? In this class we will weigh the […]
Dr. Clarence C. Gravlee The culture concept is foundational to anthropological theory, but it is also contested. Much of the debate over culture revolves around its methodological implications — how are we to know when culture is there, and what exactly does that mean? In this seminar, we approach this question using theory and methods […]
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