| SYLLABUS
ANTHROPOLOGY 166 - SPRING 2003
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays- 9:40 AM - 10:40 AM
in LH007
Professor Michael M. Horowitz
777-2643, Office: S1 Room 242
Office Hours: Mondays 11:00 AM- 12:00 PM
and by appointment
Teaching Assistant:
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Text: Conrad P. Kottak, Cultural Anthropology, 9th Edition,
2002.
Marvin Harris, Theories of Culture in Postmodern Times, 1999
DeWight R. Middleton, The Challenge of Human Diversity, 2nd
Edition, 2003
Note: assigned readings must be completed by the date indicated.
Unannounced "pop-quizzes" may be given and will affect
grades. Examinations are cumulative, with an emphasis on materials
covered since the last examination.
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| Readings, Videos, and Examinations |
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Jan 22 |
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Jan 24
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Kottak, Chapt. 1, "What is Anthropology?" |
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Jan 27
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Kottak, Chapt. 2, "In the Field"
Video: Wodaabe. "The Wodaabe are among the last nomad
tribes on earth. They follow their herds for hundreds of miles across
one of the harshest landscapes in Africa—the drought-ravaged
Sahel south of the Sahara. The Wodaabe say their lives are shaped
by joy and hardship, and although survival is difficult, they are
determined to preserve their way of life." (Producer's blurb). |
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| Jan 29 |
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| Jan 31 |
Kottak, Chapt. 3, "Culture" |
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| Feb 03 |
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Feb 05
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Kottak, Chapt. 4, "Ethnicity"
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| Feb 07 |
Video: The Mursi: In Search of Cool
Ground. The Mursi of Ethiopia have no chiefs or leaders. They
practice a remarkable form of democracy in which all decisions are
reached through tribal debate. Now drought and famine are driving
the Mursi into contact with the outside world" (Producer's blurb).
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| Feb 10 |
Kottak, Chapt. 5, "Human Diversity
and 'Race'" |
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| Feb 12 |
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| Feb 14 |
Kottak, Chapt. 6, "Language and Communication" |
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| Feb 17 |
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| Feb 19 |
First Review |
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| Feb 21 |
First Examination (25%) |
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Feb 24
Feb 26
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Kottak, Chapt. 7, "Making a Living"
Middleton, Chaps. 1-3
Video: In Search of Cool Ground: The Migrants. Drought has
driven many of the Mursi to the 'cool ground' of the highlands.
Here the proximity of Berka, a market village, along with tsetse
flies' decimation of the Mursi cattle, is having a profound effect
on Mursi culture" (Producer's blurb).
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| Feb 28 |
Kottak, Chapt. 8, "Families, Kinship,
and Descent" |
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| Mar 03 |
Kottak, Chapt. 9, "Marriage" |
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| Mar 05 |
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| Mar 07 |
Kottak, Chapt. 10, "Political Systems" |
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| Mar 08-16 |
Spring Recess |
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| Mar 17 |
Kottak, Chapt. 11, "Gender"
Video: Masai Women. "The Masai are animal herders of
the East African Rift Valley. This program looks at the women of
the tribe—from childhood to old age—and their role in
a completely male-dominated society." (Producer's blurb).
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| Mar 19 |
Middleton, Chaps. 4-6 |
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| Mar 21 |
Kottak, Chapt. 12, "Religion" |
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| Mar 24 |
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| Mar 26 |
Second Review |
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| Mar 28 |
Second Examination - 35% |
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| Mar 31 |
Kottak, Chap 13, "The Arts" |
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| Apr 02 |
Harris, Part I "Conceptualizing Culture" |
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| Apr 04 |
Kottak, Chapt. 14, "The Modern World
System" |
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| Apr 07 |
Video: The Kawelka: Ongka's Big Moka.
"In Papua New Guinea, status is earned by giving things away
rather than acquiring them. This program explores the Moka, a ceremony
in which people, sometimes whole tribes, give gifts to members of
other tribes. The larger the gift, the greater the victory over the
recipient" (Producer's blurb). |
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| Apr 09 |
Kottak, Chapt. 15, "Colonialism and
Development" |
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| Apr 11 |
Harris, Part II, "Biology and Culture" |
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| Apr 14 |
Kottak, Chapt. 16, "Cultural Exchange
and Survival" |
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| Apr 16 |
Video: The Kayapo. "The Kayapo
are the first tribe to have their own air force! Life changed dramatically
for the fiercely independent Kayapo people when gold was discovered
on their land. In 1982, thousands of Brazilians invaded the Amazonian
rain forest to excavate one of the largest gold mines in the world.
The Kayapo were forced to become 'businessmen,' or see their traditional
way of life destroyed." (Producer's blurb). |
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| Apr 17-21 |
Pesach |
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| Ap 23 |
Kottak, Chapt. 17, "Applied Anthropology" |
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| Apr 25 |
Harris, Part III, "Explanatory Principles" |
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| Apr 28 |
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| Apr 30 |
Video: Across the Tracks: Vlach Gypsies
in Hungary. "Set in a village outside the Hungarian town
of Gyongyos, the program follows two Gypsy families struggling to
maintain their traditions in [what was then] a modern communist state.
Despite the romantic image, Gypsy life is harsh and often brutal.
The Gypsies live in semislums, and they are forced by law to work,
often for very low wages" (Producer's blurb). |
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| May 2 |
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| May 05 |
Harris, Part IV, "Macroevolution" |
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| May 07 |
Video: Large Dams and Small People.
An anthropologist looks at the impacts of a large hydropower dam on
the peoples and their ecosystems both upstream (in the reservoir area)
and downstream from the dam site. |
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| May 09 |
Third Review |
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Final Examination (40% of grade): To
be scheduled by the Registrar
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