DATE 09 03 14 Course Title Peoples and Cultures Look at syllabus first then contact by email Course ANTH 1101 CRN 10892 Questions In this class Looking at the syllabus What is culture How does cultural anthropology research it Examine aspects of culture a wide array of cultural regions across the globe Section 1 Introduce anthropology study of culture Section 2 Classic topics Kinship at the heart of how societies were organized gender including music pop culture anthropology very broad different in the US today due to government organizations still important in aspects like gay marriage difficult concepts more in depth gender studies FIRST EXAM end of this section Oct 1 Section 3 Cultural diversity EXAM 2 Section 4 Globalization and culture Section 5 Meaning making and the construction of identity religion Star Trek as example FINAL EXAM they are on reserve at Snell Youtube Netflix Film study guides posted on blackboard download and fill in All articles links announcements grades will be posted on blackboard Readings listed for specific day should be read before class that day Films from class will be tested on Most important rule Always be respectful Laptops helping or hurting Attendance is mandatory sign in sheets 75 of quiz material will come from lecture Possible final exam on last day of class instead of finals week Grade based on attendance 3 exams no papers Be on time stay entire class listen to others participate thoughtfully do not use laptops tablets in class Page 1 of 3 Anthropology DATE 09 03 14 The study of human diversity combination of natural sciences humanities and social sciences tension between nature vs nurture material culture tangible things humans take from world and manipulate Structures of human language universal features and differences relation between language and worldview social and cultural uses of language Also Human ecology and applied anthropology looking at race no clear lines genetically digging so much history underground dental records see diet The conventional 4 Fields 1 Biological Physical Anthropology 2 Archeology 3 Linguistic Anthropology 4 Cultural Anthropology our focus Study of past cultures interpretation of material culture variety of methods Study of humans as biological organisms primate relations human evolution human physical diversity Bio Physical Archeology Linguistic Human Ecology Cultural Anthropology Anthropology vs Sociology Anth Historically focused on Non Western people The office clip stereotyping Interaction of human groups w their environment foodways finding food takes up most time Study of living human cultures participant observation in fieldwork ethnology study of people across cultures vs ethnography writing of people Armchair Anthropology Cyber ethnology can t understand culture from google Anthropologists suffer from lack of talking being heard Shallow form of ethnology takes cultural phenomena out of context oversimplifies connections among cultures misinterprets events rely on accounts and assemble them Page 2 of 3 Thursday s Film Franz Boas DATE 09 03 14 Founder of modern anthropology in America Page 3 of 3