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ANTHROPOLOGY 166 - FALL 2002
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Tuesdays and Thursdays - 11:40 AM - 13:05 PM
Professor Michael M. Horowitz
777-2643, S1 Room 242
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 14:00 PM - 14:45
PM and by appointment
Teaching Assistant: Amy Groleau
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Text: Conrad P. Kottak, Cultural Anthropology, 9th Edition,
2002. 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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Sept. 3
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Sept. 5
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Kottak, Chapt. 1, "What is Anthropology?" |
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Sept. 10
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| Sept. 12 |
Kottak, Chapt. 2, "In the Field"
Video: Wodaabe. Film blurb provided by producer: "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
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Sept. 17
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| Sept. 19 |
Kottak, Chapt. 3, "Culture" |
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| Sept. 24 |
Kottak, Chapt. 4, "Ethnicity"
Video: Across the Tracks - Vlach Gypsies in Hungary. Film
blurb provided by producer: "Set in a village outside the Hungarian
town of Gyongyos, the program follows two Gypsy families struggling
to maintain their traditions in a modern [then] communist state.
Despite the romantic image, Gypsy life is harsh and often brutal.
The Gypsies live in semi-slums, and they are forced by law to work,
often for very low wages."
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| Sept. 26 |
Kottak, Chapt. 5, "Human Diversity
and 'Race'" |
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| Oct. 1 |
Kottak, Chapt. 6, "Language and Communication" |
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| Oct. 3 |
Kottak, Chapt. 7, "Making a Living"
Video: The Kawelka: Ongka's Big Moka. Film blurb provided
by producer: "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!"
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| Oct. 8 |
Review Session |
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| Oct. 10 |
First Examination (25% of grade) |
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| Oct. 15 |
Video: The Mursi: In Search of Cool
Ground. Film blurb provided by the producer: "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." |
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| Oct. 17 |
Kottak, Chapt. 8, "Families, Kinship,
and Descent" |
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| Oct. 22 |
Kottak, Chapt. 9, "Marriage" |
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| Oct. 24 |
Video: In Search of Cool Ground: The
Migrants. Film blurb provided by the producer: "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." |
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| Oct. 29 |
Kottak, Chapt. 10, "Political Systems" |
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| Oct. 31 |
Video: The Kayapo. Film blurb provided
by the producer: "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." |
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| Nov. 5 |
Review Session |
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| Nov 7 |
Second Examination (35% of grade) |
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| Nov. 12 |
Kottak, Chapt. 11, "Gender"
Video: Masai Women. Film blurb provided by the producer:
"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."
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| Nov. 14 |
Kottak, Chapt. 12, "Religion" |
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| Nov. 19 |
Kottak, Chapt. 13, "The Arts" |
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| Nov. 21 |
NO CLASS — Annual Meeting
of the American Anthropological Association |
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| Nov. 26 |
Kottak, Chapt. 14, "The Modern World
System" |
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| Dec. 3 |
Kottak, Chapt. 15, "Colonialism and Development"
Video: Large Dams, Small People. An anthropologist looks
at the impact of a large hydropower dam on ecosystems both upstream
and downstream from the dam site.
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| Dec. 5 |
Kottak, Chapt. 16, "Cultural Exchange
and Survival" |
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| Dec. 10 |
Kottak, Chapt. 17, "Applied Anthropology"
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| Dec. 12 |
Review Session |
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Final Examination (40% of grade): To
be scheduled by the Registrar |
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