Summer 2013 (June 6-July 11) MTWThF 10:00-11:30 am ANT F302 Cultural Anthropology (revised syllabus) Instructor: Prof. Pauline Strong E-Mail: pstrong@austin.utexas.edu Phone: 512-471-8524 Office: SAC 4.130 Office Hours: after class‚ & by apt. Overview Materials This course is an introduction to cultural anthropology. It fulfills a Social Science and Cultural Diversity requirement. The main text: • Goals Students will emerge from the course with • • • • knowledge
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Wisconsin Press‚ 1978. -- Living with Africa. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press‚ 1994. -- The Historian in Tropical Africa: Studies Presented and Discussed. Ed. J.Vanisina‚ et al. London: Oxford University Press‚ 1964. -- In Pursuit of History: Fieldwork in Africa. Portsmouth: Heinemann‚ 1996 -- Kingdoms of the Savanna -- Oral Tradition as History. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press‚ 1985. -- Paths in the Rainforests: Toward a History of Political Tradition in Equatorial Africa Madison: University
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Good day classmates: This has got to be one of the most difficult D Q ’s that I have ever encountered‚ I pray that this is correct !!! Emic research according to Marshall‚ Pierre‚ and John (1999) is the emic approach‚ which is typical of much ethnographic anthropological research‚ emphasizes the uniqueness of every culture by focusing on culture-specific phenomena such as the behaviors‚ norms‚ values‚ customs‚ traditions‚ and so on that is characteristic of a particular society. When viewing emic
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http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/gift [accessed: 4 December 2013]. It is this definition that has found itself at the centre of anthropological debate. Bronislaw Malinowski first coined the term ‘pure gift’ whilst conducting his ethnographic research in the Trobriand Islands. A ‘pure gift’ according to Malinowski was ‘an act in which an individual gives an object or renders a service without expecting a return’ (1922: 176). This was heavily criticised by revolutionary theorist Marcel
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merging of 2 cultures‚ they drop some values and gain others Genocide - Total destruction of the people and culture of a group Fields of anthropology 1)Cultural anthropology - It consists of the study of living‚ present-day human cultures and societys Fieldwork -Long term exploration of a cultural group. Participant --- Observation "Emic" "Etic" Insiders Outsiders Ethnography The anthropology of Religion Visual Anthropology Legal‚ Political anthropology 2)Archaeology - It consists of the study
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views humans across time and space (comparative method) Has many sub areas; past present or future anthropologist spend many years studying in different countries how people act allows others to compare ex‚ students researching product of ethnographic (generalizations based on comparative material) based on participant observation ex‚ Jane Goodall “unfamiliar” becoming familiar with what is not ( must have a good understanding of society and culture) diversity of human possibilities or
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There will be specific prompts that ask you to synthesize what you have learned about (for example) anthropology as a discipline‚ its history‚ how it has changed‚ key individuals‚ key ideas and concepts; and draw from the key reading Reflections on Fieldwork in Morocco. [2 essays x 30 points each = 60 points] Nacirema Definition: a satire on anthropological paper; based on behaviors and rituals of US citizens Source: readings Importance to Anth: allows readers to understand how degrees of perception
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McGraw-Hill © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. All rights reserved. Using These Slides These PowerPoint slides have been designed for use by students and instructors using the Anthropology: The Exploration of Human Diversity textbook by Conrad Kottak. These files contain short outlines of the content of the chapters‚ as well as selected photographs‚ maps‚ and tables. Students may find these outlines useful as a study guide or a tool for review. Instructors may find these files useful as
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younha Lila Abu-Lughod’s Veiled Sentiments is an ethnography on the Bedouin tribes of Egypt‚near the Western Desert and Libyan border. Abu-Lughod did her fieldwork between 1978 and1980‚ and lived with a host family in a particular Awlad ‘Ali (Bedouin) community.Theanthropologist had initially planned to study “the patterning and meaning of interpersonalrelations‚ in particular between men and women.” (25) However‚ Abu-Lughod soon discoveredthe prevalence of informal poetry performances by many
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history —that study people‚ ethnic groups and other ethnic formations‚ ethnogenesis‚ composition‚ resettlement‚ social welfare characteristics‚ as well as their material and spiritual culture. "When used as a method‚ ethnography typically refers to fieldwork (alternatively‚ participant-observation) conducted by a single investigator who ’lives with and lives like’ those who are studied‚ usually for a year or more" ( Maanen‚ 1996). It is often employed for gathering empirical data on human societies
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