01-02 LS&A Bulletin

Courses in Cultural Anthropology (Division 319)

ANTHRCUL 400 / CAAS 405. Field Studies.: (Museum, Honors, Reading, Research, and Field Courses); Junior standing. II in West Africa. (8).; Fieldwork conducted in West Africa, teaching students techniques, methods, and analytical procedures in anthropology, archaeology, and ethnology in real field conditions.
ANTHRCUL 401 / CAAS 406. Archaeology Laboratory Studies.: (Museum, Honors, Reading, Research, and Field Courses); Junior standing; concurrent enrollment in Anthro. 400. II in West Africa. (6).; Training in core archaeological processing of excavated remains – restoration, description, drafting, as well as cataloging.
ANTHRCUL 402. Chinese Society and Cultures.: (Ethnology-Regional Courses); Junior standing. (3).; Description and interpretation of the agrarian aspect of Chinese civilization, treating such topics as traditional family and village organization, class structure, and modern changes.
ANTHRCUL 403. Japanese Society and Culture.: (Ethnology-Regional Courses); (4).; Multi-media course designed to introduce and explore the salient patterns in and of (mostly post-WW2) Japanese society and culture. Ethnicity, sexualities, and gender ideologies are among the main organizing vectors.
ANTHRCUL 404. Peoples and Cultures of Southeast Asia.: (Ethnology-Regional Courses); Anthro. 101 or 222. (3; 2 in the half-term).; Emphasis on social structure and economy of tribal and peasant societies of Southeast Asia.
ANTHRCUL 405. Peoples and Cultures of India.: (Ethnology-Regional Courses); Anthro. 101 or 222. (3; 2 in the half-term).; Forms of society and culture in traditional India. Family, caste, village, region, and religion.
ANTHRCUL 406. Cinematic Representations of Japan.: (Ethnology-Regional Courses); Permission of instructor. (3).; An interdisciplinary exploration of Japanese cultural practices through cinematic representation.
ANTHRCUL 407. Archaeology of South Asia.: (Archaeology); Junior standing. (3).; Provides an overview of South Asian Archaeology from the earliest evidence for hominids at c. 1.5 million years ago through the emergence of early historic states and empires. Discusses major cultural transitions and important sites in several regions of South Asia, in the context of the history of archaeological research in this area.
ANTHRCUL 409. Peoples and Cultures of the Near East and North Africa.: (Ethnology-Regional Courses); Junior standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).; A general introduction to the contemporary Near East and North Africa, with particular emphasis on the contrast and interplay between traditional and "modern" elements in culture and society.
ANTHRCUL 411 / CAAS 422. African Culture.: (Ethnology-Regional Courses); Junior standing or permission of the instructor. AAS 200 recommended. (3; 2 in the half-term).; A survey of the processes and patterns of socio-cultural, political, and economic development in Africa before the period of European colonial rule.
ANTHRCUL 412 / CAAS 415. Traditional African Kingdoms.: (Ethnology-Regional Courses); Anthropology 101 or 222. (3).; This course examines through use of ethnographic and ethno-historical materials the cultural and social transformations underlying the development of kingdoms in traditional African settings.
ANTHRCUL 414 / CAAS 444. Introduction to Caribbean Societies and Cultures, I.: (Ethnology-Regional Courses); Junior standing. (3).; A survey of the peoples and cultures of the Caribbean with emphasis on Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad, and Guyana. Analysis of class, race relations, cultural pluralism, ethnicity, population movements, and economic development.
ANTHRCUL 415. Andean Civilization.: (Ethnology-Regional Courses); Concentration in Anthropology. II. (3; 2 in the half-term).; Survey of social structure, political economy and cultures of Native Andean peoples from the Incas to the present, using ethnographic materials. Emphasis on continuities in reciprocity as an organizational principle, land and water, tenure patterns and ritual organization.
ANTHRCUL 416 / HBEHED 516. Global Health: Anthropological Perspectives.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); (3).; This medical anthropology course is designed to provide an extensive overview of the major initiatives and issues in global health over the past three decades. Anthropological perspectives on and critiques of international health development programs are emphasized. Reading focus on examples of anthropology in global public health.
ANTHRCUL 417. Indians of Mexico and Guatemala.: (Ethnology-Regional Courses); Anthro. 101, 222, or junior standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).; Cultural anthropology of the Totonic, Zapotec, Tarascan, Tarahumara, Nahua, Chontal, Maya, and other groups. Emphasis is placed on aboriginal or Indian cultures rather than colonial or modern peasants. Topics include religion, ideology, social and political organization, and subsistence and settlement patterns.
ANTHRCUL 420. Anthropology of Contemporary American Culture.: (Ethnology-Regional Courses); Two courses in anthropology. (4; 3 in the half-term).; Applies anthropological techniques originally developed to describe and analyze institutions and behavior in nonindustrial societies to such aspects of contemporary American mass-culture as sports, rock music, fast-food restaurants, television, movies, politics, religious sects, psychotherapy, and literature.
ANTHRCUL 422. Ethnography in America.: (Ethnology-Regional Courses); Junior standing, and one course in anthropology or American Culture at the 200 level or above. (3).; Explores American society and culture through ethnographic studies. A central concern is the workings of social class in and through other dimensions of American life: in the domains of race, ethnicity, and gender; in schools and families; in small communities and urban neighborhoods.
ANTHRCUL 425. Evolution of War and Peace in Unstratified Societies.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Junior standing. (3).; Explores the origins and early evolutionary development of war, alliance, and peacemaking.
ANTHRCUL 426. Principles of Anthropology.: (Introductory Courses); Junior standing. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in 101 or 222. (3; 2 in the half-term). May not be included in a concentration plan in anthropology.; An overall view of the field of anthropology, stressing basic concepts and objectives, designed for students specializing in other disciplines who are interested in the nature and scope of anthropology.
ANTHRCUL 427 / CAAS 427 / WOMENSTD 427. African Women.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); One course in African Studies, anthropology, or women's studies. AAS 200 recommended. (3).; The active roles African women play in their communities as these have changed from pre-colonial to contemporary times are discussed critically through the themes of autonomy and control of resources, esp. land, labor, income, education, and political authority.
ANTHRCUL 431. American Kinship.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Junior standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).; An anthropological approach to the study of American kinship, marriage, and the family, with special reference to the components of "personhood", the life cycle, and interpersonal relationships. The emphasis is on constituent notions (cultural constructs) and norms.
ANTHRCUL 438. Urban Anthropology.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); (3; 2 in the half-term).; The comparative study of urbanization, the social structure of cities, and the nature of urban life. Case material is drawn primarily from pre-industrial and industrializing societies, but includes some examination of the culture of urban population segments in the U.S. and other industrialized societies.
ANTHRCUL 439. Economic Anthropology and Development.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Junior standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).; An introduction to economic anthropology and development in village-based tribal, peasant and urbanizing societies of the Third World; the nature of economic anthropology; anthropological perspectives on development; specific case studies of development and underdevelopment.
ANTHRCUL 440. Cultural Adaptation.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Junior standing. (3).; Introduction to ecological anthropology and the evolutionary adaptation of cultures, origins of cultural diversity, and cultural adaptation and maladaptation.
ANTHRCUL 442 / ACABS 413 / HISTORY 440. Ancient Mesopotamia: History and Culture.: (Ethnology-Regional Courses); Junior standing. (3).; Sumerian, Babylonian, and Assyrian civilization from the first cuneiform documents to the fall of the Neo-Babylonian empire; special attention to (1) the rise and nature of early Mesopotamian city-states; (2) Mesopotamian economics; (3) Mesopotamian law; (4) ethnic relations in Mesopotamia; (5) Mesopotamia and its neighbors – Egypt, Iran, Israel; (6) the collapse of Mesopotamian civilization.
ANTHRCUL 448 / RELIGION 452. Anthropology of Religion: Ritual, Sanctity and Adaptation.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Junior standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).; A discussion of the form and function of ritual and the notion of the sacred and religious experience from the general perspective of adaptation and evolution.
ANTHRCUL 451 / CAAS 459. African-American Religion.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); One introductory course in the social sciences. AAS 201 recommended. (3).; This course examines the nature of religion in the lives of humans, within the framework of culture, and as a pervasive social institution. Focus is character of religion in the history and lives of Afro-Americans.
ANTHRCUL 453 / CAAS 454. African-American Culture.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); One introductory course in the social sciences. AAS 201 recommended. (3).; This course examines the Afro-American as one example of how humans live. It places distinctive Black behavior within its social context and its history.
ANTHRCUL 455 / WOMENSTD 455. Feminist Theory and Gender Studies in Anthropology.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Junior standing. (3).; Student-directed seminar on the history of feminist thought in Anthropology and on salient issues in the field of feminist anthropology today.
ANTHRCUL 457. The Film and Other Visual Media in Anthropology.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); An introductory course in cultural anthropology, American culture, women's studies, or film and video studies. (4; 3 in the half-term).; New approaches to the study of film which focus on how cultural issues are represented, negotiated and contested in a wide range of documentary, ethnographic, and narrative films showing students how the construction of "otherless" and modern "selfhood" are played out in films. Moving from the "voyage out" to the "voyage in," the course parallels the way anthropology as a discipline has moved from an emphasis on differences to a desire to map points of contact and identification, and understand the otherless in our own midst.
ANTHRCUL 458. Topics in Cultural Anthropology.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Junior standing. (3). May be elected once for a total of six credits.; Course covers in depth topics in cultural anthropology. The topics covered vary from term to term. Students should consult the Time Schedule for the focus in any given term.
ANTHRCUL 459. Inequality in Tribal Societies.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Two courses in ethnology. (3).; This course examines social theories addressing the locus of the production of inequality in premodern stateless societies and the early evolutionary development of social inequality.
ANTHRCUL 473 / LING 473. Ethnopoetics: Cross-Cultural Approaches to Verbal Art.: (Linguistic Anthropology); Two courses in anthropology, linguistics, or literature. (3; 2 in the half-term).; Cross-cultural problems in translation and interpretation of text in oral traditions. Form and performance in verbal art of non-Western peoples. "Oral literatures" as shapers of, and shaped by, the cultures of which they are part.
ANTHRCUL 475. Ethnography of Writing.: (Linguistic Anthropology); Junior standing. (3).; The approach to writing is contextual and historical. Western-modeled and evolutionary approaches are criticised and a cultural analysis of writing is advanced.
ANTHRCUL 483. Near Eastern Prehistory.: (Archaeology); Junior standing. (3).; Area survey course on the archaeology of Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, and Iran, from the Lower Paleolithic to the beginnings of Sumerian civilization.
ANTHRCUL 488. Prehistory of Mexico.: (Archaeology); Anthro. 101, 282, or junior standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).; Archaeology of Mexico from earliest times to Spanish conquest; late Pleistocene hunters, early farmers, rise of cities, and the Aztec state.
ANTHRCUL 489. Maya and Central American Archaeology.: (Archaeology); (3).; This course emphasizes the cultural evolution of the ancient Maya, whose civilization once extended from eastern Mexico into Honduras. Stages of development include hunters and gatherers, egalitarian villagers, chiefs and chiefdoms, and the state.
ANTHRCUL 491. Prehistory of the Central Andes.: (Archaeology); Anthro. 101, 282, or junior standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).; The development of Andean civilization from Post-Pleistocene times through the Spanish conquest. An attempt to combine ecological, archaeological, and documentary data into a meaningful synthesis of the major cultural patterns and processes involved in the evolution of complex society in the area between Colombia and Central Chile.
ANTHRCUL 492. Prehistory of Oceania.: (Archaeology); Anthro. 101, 282, or junior standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).; Area survey course on the archaeology of Australia, New Guinea, and the Pacific Islands (Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia) from the time of first human settlement to European discovery.
ANTHRCUL 494. Introduction to Analytical Methods in Archaeology.: (Archaeology); One course in statistics and junior standing. (3).; An introduction to the major methods of statistical analysis used in archaeological research.
ANTHRCUL 496. Museum Techniques in Anthropology.: (Museum, Honors, Reading, Research, and Field Courses); Permission of instructor. (1-3). (INDEPENDENT). Credit is granted for a total of six credits elected through Anthro. 496 and 497.; Individual instruction is given to qualified students on the recording and cataloging of anthropological collections and their data, the preservation and care of specimens, and the use of materials and data in the solution of anthropological problems. This course is identical with but not crosslisted with Museum Methods 436.
ANTHRCUL 497. Museum Research Techniques.: (Museum, Honors, Reading, Research, and Field Courses); Permission of instructor. (1-3). (INDEPENDENT). Credit is granted for a total of six credits elected through Anthro. 496 and 497.; Individual instruction is given to qualified students on the recording and cataloging of anthropological collections and their data, the preservation and care of specimens, and the use of materials and data in the solution of anthropological problems. This course is identical with but not crosslisted with Museum Methods 437.
ANTHRCUL 503. Non-Western Colonialisms.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); 400-level course work in Anthropology, History, and/or permission of instructor. (3).; This seminar foregrounds imperialist regimes and colonialist states operating outside of Western Europe and the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries by focusing on the case of Japan. It offers an important corrective to the more Eurocentric literature on colonialism and imperialism.
ANTHRCUL 507 / REES 507. East European and Post-Soviet Ethnography.: (Ethnology-Regional Courses); Graduate standing or permission of instructor. (3).; Close reading of significant ethnographic work on socialist and post-socialist Eastern Europe (including Russia). Emphasis is on the changing concepts that have driven this work, their relation to Cold-War problematics, and the specific contribution of ethnography to knowledge of this region.
ANTHRCUL 508 / HISTORY 509. Empire and Culture in British India.: (Ethnology-Regional Courses); History 151 or 255; Graduate standing. (3).; This seminar explores recent scholarship in the emergent field of culture and colonialism. The aim of the course is to understand the extent to which "culture" was the crucial "technology" for the production and maintenance of colonial hegemony in India.
ANTHRCUL 519 / LING 517 / GERMAN 517. Principles and Methods of Historical Linguistics.: (Linguistic Anthropology); Graduate standing, or permission of instructor. (3; 2 in the half-term).; Assumptions underlying the establishment of historical relationships between languages. Techniques of internal and comparative reconstruction of related languages and types of linguistic change.
ANTHRCUL 523 / NRE 523. Fieldwork Methods in the Ethnography of Resource Management.: (Museum, Honors, Reading, Research, and Field Courses); Knowledge of descriptive statistics; Graduate standing and permission of instructor. A maximum of 12 credits may be elected from combination of NRE 522 & 523/Anthro. 523. (2-12).
ANTHRCUL 525. Classic Monographs.: (Ethnology-Theory/Method); Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
ANTHRCUL 526. Traditions of Ethnology I.: (Ethnology-Theory/Method); Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (4).; This course presents the major schools and traditions in ethnology from its nineteenth-century precursors to about 1950. It is the first part of a year-long sequence.
ANTHRCUL 527. Traditions of Ethnology II.: (Ethnology-Theory/Method); Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (4).; A continuation of Traditions in Ethnology I. It covers the period from about 1950 to the present.
ANTHRCUL 530. Oral History and Narrative Identity.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Graduate standing. (3).; This course is about oral histories and other specifically narrative constructions of selfhood. We will cover various theories and debates surrounding oral history and narrative, and read several ethnographies which utillize these concepts.
ANTHRCUL 532. Politics and Practice of Ethnography.: (Ethnology-Theory/Method); Graduate students, qualified seniors with permission of instructor. (3).; This seminar explores the technologies and politics of ethnographic fieldwork and writing historically and today. Theory and practice are conjoined in the readings and seminar projects.
ANTHRCUL 538. Occidentalism and Capitalism.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Graduate standing or permission of instructor. (3).; This seminar seeks to deepen our understanding of theoretical and political issues entailed in the study of cultural differences and social inequality in the age of imperialism. It addresses the existence of contradictory tendencies in contemporary social analysis and cultural studies.
ANTHRCUL 543. Demographic Approaches in Anthropology.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Senior or graduate standing, or permission of instructor. (3).; A survey of demography, its theories, methods, and aims. The applicability and limitations of contemporary demographic approaches to anthropological problems. This course is designed as a survey of anthropological approaches to demographic research. Demography here is the study of life course transitions and familial relationships revolving around events as varied as birth, marriage, the establishment of households, aging, and death. This course is concerned with conceptual assumptions and methods brought to bear on the understanding of these phenomena; it explores and develops mixed method approaches which give balanced attention to cultural and quantitative analysis in social research.
ANTHRCUL 546 / MUSICOL 547. Introduction to Ethnomusicology.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3).; Readings and discussion of current issues and methodology in the field.
ANTHRCUL 553. Blurred Genres: Autobiography, Fiction & Ethnography.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); 400-level coursework in Anthropology. (3).; This course focuses on the history, politics, and possibilities of interconnecting autobiography, ethnography, and fiction. We read widely in a variety of ethnographic, fictional, and autobiographic genres, including literary journalism, autobiographic ethnography, feminist ethnography, fieldwork accounts, the memoir, autobiographical criticism, family stories, and fiction that uses first-person voices.
ANTHRCUL 556. Fieldwork, Research Methods, and Cultural Anthropology as a Profession.: (Museum, Honors, Reading, Research, and Field Courses); (3).; This course, conducted as a seminar, examines the expectations of cultural anthropology (academic and applied) as a profession, including the relation between theory and practice in several contexts: Choosing a research area and problem; Grant application strategies; Different kinds of field work (e.g., ethnography, survey research, rapid assessment, team research, longitudinal research); Units of analysis (traditional, transnational, people in motion); Research design, sampling surveys, data coding and entry, scale construction; Data analysis (including statistical) and interpretation. Also considered are forms of anthropological writing, including the evolution of ethnography, professional articles and books, and publications aimed at wider audiences.
ANTHRCUL 558. Current Issues in Ethnology.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); 400-level coursework in Anthropology and graduate standing. (3). May be repeated for credit.
ANTHRCUL 572 / LING 542. Introduction to Sociolinguistics.: (Linguistic Anthropology); Ling. 514 or graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).; The study of language as a heterogeneous system. The analysis of linguistic variability in its social context and the implications of variation for language change.
ANTHRCUL 576. Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology.: (Linguistic Anthropology); Two courses in anthropology or biology. (3; 2 in the half-term).; An introduction to language and linguistics for anthropologists. The nature of language as a sign activity, the status of linguistic representations and semiotic and biological bases of linguistic universals are explored.
ANTHRCUL 577. Language as Social Action.: (Linguistic Anthropology); Anthro. 576. (3; 2 in the half-term).; Develops a framework for viewing languages as a social, cultural, and political matrix, a form of action through which social relations, cultural forms, ideology, and consciousness are constituted.
ANTHRCUL 578. Monographs in the Ethnography of Speaking.: (Linguistic Anthropology); Anthro. 576. (3).; The purpose of this course is to acquaint students with major works in the ethnography of speaking, ranging from studies that approach language ethnographically to those that approach ethnography through language. It consider ways in which ethnographers have used linguistic evidence to draw inferences about social relations and cultural patterns, and consider the methodological insights and problems raised by these studies.
ANTHRCUL 579. Semiotic Anthropology.: (Linguistic Anthropology); 400-level course work in Anthropology and Graduate standing. (3).; This seminar explores the genealogy of contemporary approaches to signs through the close reading of selected theoretical works, from such foundational figures as Peirce, Saussure, and Mauss to more recent writings, including Derrida, Foucault, Bourdieu and others.
ANTHRCUL 581. Archaeology I.: (Archaeology); Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3; 2 in the half-term).; Roughly half of this course is devoted to developing models of the operation and evolution of Hunter-Gatherer cultural systems and to discussing the ways in which these systems may be studied from the archaeological record. The second half of the course consists of a review of the archaeological evidence from the evolution of these cultural systems from their earliest appearance until the beginnings of sedentary agricultural communities.
ANTHRCUL 582. Archaeology II.: (Archaeology); Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3; 2 in the half-term).; A survey of world prehistoric cultural development from village life to urban civilization. It introduces theories of the origin of agriculture, the development of ranked and stratified societies, and the origin of states and empires. Exemplary data from Mesoamerica, the Central Andes and Mesopotamia are used to test these theories.
ANTHRCUL 587 / CLARCH 531 / HISTART 531. Aegean Art and Archaeology.: (Archaeology); Class. Arch. 221 or 222. (3).; A survey of the major sites of Greece, Crete, and the Cyclades in the Bronze Age, with particular reference to architectural and ceramic development and interdependence.
ANTHRCUL 589. Neutron Activation Analysis in Archaeology.: (Archaeology); Junior standing. (3).; This course provides students with the fundamental principles and methods of neutron activation analysis (NAA), along with hands-on experience in utilizing NAA to determine the trace-element composition of archaeological materials. Irradiation procedures, gamma-ray spectrometry of trace-elements, quantitative analysis of NAA data, and the archaeological use and interpretation of NAA results are covered.
ANTHRCUL 591. Practica in Archaeological Research Techniques.: (Archaeology); Upperclass standing and permission of instructor. (3; 2 in the half-term). May be repeated for a total of six credits.; This course provides students with theoretical background and hands-on experience in the documentation and analysis of a range of archaeological remains. The course is subdivided into units or sections, focusing on some combination of the following: the analysis of ceramics, lithics, fauna, botanical remains, soils, archaeological photography, mapping, and drafting.
ANTHRCUL 593. Archaeological Systematics.: (Archaeology); Senior concentrators, graduates, with permission of instructor. (3; 2 in the half-term).; The structure of archaeological research. Philosophical foundations of archaeology, systematic approach, the archaeological record viewed in an ecological context.
ANTHRCUL 602. Proseminar on Chinese Culture and Society.: (Ethnology-Regional Courses); Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
ANTHRCUL 605 / HISTORY 677. Historical Anthropology of South Asia.: (Ethnology-Regional Courses); Graduate standing. (3).
ANTHRCUL 608. Seminar in Mediterranean Anthropology.: (Ethnology-Regional Courses); Second year graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
ANTHRCUL 609. Near Eastern Social Systems.: (Ethnology-Regional Courses); 18 hours or graduate standing. (2).
ANTHRCUL 611 / CAAS 616. Seminar on Contemporary African Societies.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3; 2 in the half-term).
ANTHRCUL 612 / CAAS 615. Seminar on Problems in African Ethnology.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3; 2 in the half-term).
ANTHRCUL 614 / CAAS 642. Caribbean Societies and Cultures II.: (Ethnology-Regional Courses); Anthro. 414; Graduate Standing. (2).
ANTHRCUL 616. Native Survival in the Tropical Forest: The Maya and Others.: (Ethnology-Regional Courses); Graduate standing. (3) .
ANTHRCUL 617. Latin American Ethnohistory.: (Ethnology-Regional Courses); Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3; 2 in the half-term). May be repeated for credit twice.
ANTHRCUL 618 / LACS 618 / HISTORY 618. Early Ethnography in South America.: (Ethnology-Regional Courses); Graduate Standing. (3).
ANTHRCUL 619 / LACS 619 / HISTORY 617. Proseminar on Latin American and Caribbean Studies.: (Ethnology-Regional Courses); Graduate standing. (3).; This course is a proseminar, intended for graduate students from different disciplines interested in understanding the history and representation of Latin America and the Caribbean in the twentieth century. It will cover selected aspects of the cultural and social history of Latin America and the Caribbean.
ANTHRCUL 621 / ANTHRCUL 618. Rural American Culture.: (Ethnology-Regional Courses); Graduate standing. (2).
ANTHRCUL 625. Anthropological Approaches to Property and Property Rights.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3).; A significant area of change in the new global economy is in concepts of property and property rights. These topics are critical to the transfomation of formerly socialist societies, questions of indigenous rights and heritage claims, environmental politics, studies of "the body," and numerous other issues. This course offers an overview of thinking about property, from an anthropological vantage point. We will read some political theory and early anthropological treatments of the topic, then turn to contemporary writing on the following: "privatization," cultural property, debates on "the common," and property in body parts.
ANTHRCUL 626 / DOC 844. Ethnog Inquire.: (Ethnology-Theory/Method); Graduate standing. (3).
ANTHRCUL 627. Acquisition of Cultural Knowledge: Anthropological Perspectives on Child Development.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Graduate standing. (3).
ANTHRCUL 629. Method and Interpretation in Ethnology.: (Ethnology-Theory/Method); Senior or graduate standing. (1, 3).; This course is concerned with anthropological field research from research design and grant proposal writing, to data collection and analysis.
ANTHRCUL 630 / SOC 526. Advanced Study Center Core Seminar II.: (Ethnology-Theory/Method); Graduate standing. (3).
ANTHRCUL 631 / SOC 525. Advanced Study Center Core Seminar I.: (Ethnology-Theory/Method); Graduate standing. (3).
ANTHRCUL 632. Comparative Analysis of Kinship.: (Ethnology-Theory/Method); Graduate standing. (2).
ANTHRCUL 633. Critiques of Mass/Popular Culture.: (Ethnology-Theory/Method); Graduate standing. (3).
ANTHRCUL 635. Feminist Anthropology.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); One upper-level anthropology course and Graduate standing. (3).
ANTHRCUL 638. Anthropology and Development.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Graduate Standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).; This course examines the role of anthropology in assessing and furthering development programs in non-North American contexts. It focuses on the relation between anthropology and policy, the development of culturally appropriate intervention strategies, and the ethics of intervention research in comparative perspective. Topics include anthropological perspectives on agriculture, economy, the environment, and population planning.
ANTHRCUL 640 / HISTORY 603. Seminar in Anthropology and History.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).; This course explores broad concerns at the intersections of anthropology and history.
ANTHRCUL 641 / HISTORY 679. History and Anthropology of Colonialism.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Graduate standing. (3).
ANTHRCUL 642 / HISTORY 648. The Aftermath of Empire I.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3).
ANTHRCUL 643 / HISTORY 649. The Aftermath of Empire II.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3).
ANTHRCUL 647. Ethnic Groups and Interethnic Relations.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Graduate students in Anthropology. (3; 2 in the half-term).
ANTHRCUL 649. Order and Disorder.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
ANTHRCUL 652. Ethnographic Writing.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Graduate standing. (3).; This course considers the history, politics, and possibilities of ethnographic writing. We will discuss a variety of ethnographic genres, including literary journalism, experimental ethnography, feminist ethnography, travel accounts, the memoir, poetry of witness, investigative reporting, documentary image-texts, the ethnographic novel, and autobiographical criticism. Our focus will be on the dilemmas of writing narratives of place and voice. We will analyze a range of textural strategies, including monologue, dialogue, first person narrative, third person narrative, flashback, different methods of quoting or paraphrasing "informants," and descriptive accounts of other places.
ANTHRCUL 654. Autobiography and Ethnography.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Graduate standing. (3).
ANTHRCUL 658. Special Topics in Ethnology.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Graduate standing. (3). May be repeated for credit.
ANTHRCUL 666 / HISTORY 607 / SOC 666. Culture, Practice and Social Change.: (Ethnology-Theory/Method); Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (2-3).
ANTHRCUL 671. Workshop in Analytic Methods.: (Museum, Honors, Reading, Research, and Field Courses); Anthro. 576 and Graduate Standing. (3).
ANTHRCUL 674 / LING 691 / COMM 691 / ENGLISH 691 / PSYCH 691 / ROMLANG 691 / EDUC 691. Literacy: Interdisciplinary Conversations.: (Linguistic Anthropology); Graduate standing. (3).; Opportunity for students to work with faculty from several disciplines in considering the nature and uses of literacy. While disciplinary specialization has sharpened the focus of our discussions about literacy, this specialization has left too little opportunity for intensive exchange across disciplines and across cultures, and literacy is an area that draws upon and contributes to many disciplines. This course focuses on developing a common language, agenda, and definition of issues in literacy that have been and need to be examined.
ANTHRCUL 675. Topics in Anthropological Linguistics.: (Linguistic Anthropology); Anthro. 576 or Ling. 411 and Graduate Standing. (3).
ANTHRCUL 676 / LING 676. Quechua Language and Linguistics.: (Linguistic Anthropology); Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3; 2 in the half-term).
ANTHRCUL 677. Tutorial in an Uncommonly Taught Language.: (Linguistic Anthropology); Graduate standing. (3).
ANTHRCUL 680. Old World Regional Archaeology.: (Archaeology); Graduate standing. (2).
ANTHRCUL 683. Topics in Archaeology.: (Archaeology); Graduate standing. (2-3). May be repeated for credit.; The course will cover recent advances in archaeological research. Each semester that it is offered a different topic will be discussed by one of the department's archaeologists. Potential subjects are prehistoric demography, origins of agriculture, zooarchaeology, social formation, etc.
ANTHRCUL 687. New World Regional Archaeology.: (Archaeology); Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3; 2 in the half-term).
ANTHRCUL 689. Mesoamerican Writing Systems.: (Linguistic Anthropology); Anthro. 488. Graduate Standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
ANTHRCUL 690. The Role of Hunting in Human Evolution.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3; 2 in the half-term).
ANTHRCUL 691. Settlement Systems in Pre-Industrial Societies.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3; 2 in the half-term).
ANTHRCUL 692. Studies in the Origin of State.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Graduate standing. (3).
ANTHRCUL 694. Analytic Methods in Archaeological Research.: (Museum, Honors, Reading, Research, and Field Courses); Graduate standing. (4).
ANTHRCUL 726 / DOC 848. Cultural Perspectives on Adolescence.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Doctoral standing in Social Work or graduate standing. (3).; This course examines the concept of adolescence in historical, cultural, and political context. We begin with the "invention" of adolescence as a sociocultural category and explore shifting popular and professional constructions of adolescence throughout the 20th century. We will draw on classic and contemporary theoretical and ethnographic accounts of adolescence in exploring the multiple and contested meanings given to this "flexible" time and space between child and adulthood.
ANTHRCUL 732. Islamic Law.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Open to Rackham and Law School students; advanced undergraduates require permission of instructor. (3).
ANTHRCUL 759. Current Developments in Anthropological Theory.: (Ethnology-Theory/Method); Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
ANTHRCUL 760 / PSYCH 689. Culture and Cognition.: (Ethnology-Theory/Method); Graduate student in Anthropology or Psychology and permission of instructor. (2).; This ongoing seminar is open only to students actively participating in the Culture and Cognition Training Program. The program encourages the study of thinking in cultural contexts. The goal is to prepare students to explore how cognition is contingent on historical forces and socially situated on the one hand, and to discover how mental processes alter and shape the content of cultural forms on the other. Seminars form the discussion core for the program, but students are also expected to take content and methodology courses in anthropology and to do interdisciplinary research.
ANTHRCUL 777. Lingusitic Anthropology Laboratory.: (Linguistic Anthropology); Graduate standing in Anthropology Or A Related Discipline. (1-3). May be repeated for credit.
ANTHRCUL 825 / HISTORY 825 / CHIN 825 / ECON 825 / POLSCI 825 / SOC 825. Seminar in Chinese History and Society.: (Ethnology-Regional Courses); Either language knowledge (Chinese or Japanese) or Hist. 544 or Pol. Sci. 455. Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term). (INDEPENDENT).; A course for students working on special research projects in Asian history.
ANTHRCUL 857. Fieldwork Practicum in Ethnology.: (Museum, Honors, Reading, Research, and Field Courses); Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
ANTHRCUL 957. Research Practicum in Anthropology.: (Museum, Honors, Reading, Research, and Field Courses); Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (2-8). (INDEPENDENT).; The course provides students with the opportunity to design and to conduct fieldwork or laboratory analysis of original anthropological data. A faculty member may undertake it as a special aspect of a research project under investigation or the student under the supervision of a faculty member may initiate it.
ANTHRCUL 958. Anthropological Research.: (Museum, Honors, Reading, Research, and Field Courses); Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (1-3). (INDEPENDENT).; This course requires a substancial research paper or an extensive exploration and critical evaluation of relevant sources on a particular topic.
ANTHRCUL 959. Survey of Literature on Selected Topics.: (Ethnology-Topical Courses); Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (1-3). (INDEPENDENT).; This course requires an annotated bibliography. A written statement detailing a program of readings and objectives is to be submitted to the instructor.
ANTHRCUL 990. Dissertation/Precandidate.: (Museum, Honors, Reading, Research, and Field Courses); Election for dissertation work by doctoral student not yet admitted as a Candidate. Graduate Standing. (1-8; 1-4 in the half-term). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit.; Election for dissertation work by doctoral student not yet admitted as a Candidate.
ANTHRCUL 993. Graduate Student Instructor Training Program.: (Museum, Honors, Reading, Research, and Field Courses); Must have Teaching Assistant award. Graduate Standing. (1).; A seminar for all beginning graduate student instructors, consisting of a two day orientation before the term starts and periodic workshops/meetings during the Fall Term. Beginning graduate student instructors are required to register for this class.
ANTHRCUL 995. Dissertation/Candidate.: (Museum, Honors, Reading, Research, and Field Courses); Graduate Standing; Graduate School authorization for admission as a doctoral Candidate. (8; 4 in the half-term). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit.; Graduate School authorization for admission as a doctoral Candidate. N.B. The defense of the dissertation (the final oral examination) must be held under a full term Candidacy enrollment period.

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