Course

Title

Instructor

Anthro 2A

Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology

Lecture A: Douglas, T. Course Website

Th 7:00-9:50pm
SSLH 100

Introduction to cultural diversity and the methods used by anthropologists to account for it. Family relations, economic activities, politics, gender, and religion in a wide range of societies. Stresses the application of anthropological methods to research problems. (III, VII-B)

Anthro 2B

Introduction to Biological Anthropology

Egan, J.

Evolutionary theory and processes, comparative primate behavior, primate fossil record, human variation, and the adequacy of theory, i.e., fit of theory and empirical data. (III)

Anthro 2C

Introduction to Archaeology

Drover, C. .............. Course Website

Archaeological theory and cultural processes with emphasis on the American Southwest, Mesoamerica, and Mesopotamia. (III)

Anthro 10A

Probability and Statistics

Mahutga, M. ........... Course Website

An introduction to probability and statistics. Emphasis on a thorough understanding of the probabilistic basis of statistical inference. Emphasizes examples from anthropology, sociology, and related social science disciplines. Same as Sociology 10A. (V)

Anthro 30A

Global Issues in Anthropological Perspective
Subject Matter: Anthropology of War

Varzi, R.
Course Website

Explores anthropological perspectives on issues of importance in an increasingly global society. This year, the subject matter is "Anthropology of War." This course will engage in social, anthropological and historical works to look at ways in which visual and textual medias both produce a culture of war and are produced by war. Starting with the notion of war as a "primitive ritual," this class will trace the idea of ritual in warfare and in cultures produced by war from "primitive warfare" through the cold war and post-cold wars to look at shifts in notions of ritual and "the primitive" from "dirty" to "clean" wars, while observing shifts in technology that produced a new discourse of war. This course will look at wars thematically rather than chronologically in order to better understand the ways in which most wars from primitive to post-modern constructed, projected and consumed the image of an enemy; used human sacrifice and martyrdom to protect a bound community; "treated" returning soldiers; mourned and memorialized post-war and, finally, how the remains of war come to produce peace time culture.

Anthro 41A

Origins of Global Interdependence

Douglas, T. ........... Course Website

Offers a general overview of the rise of global interdependence in political, economic, demographic, and cultural terms. Considers what drove people from relative isolation into intensified intercourse with one another, and investigates the consequences of this shift. Same as International Studies 11. (VII-B)

Anthro 125A

Economic Anthropology

O'Rourke, S. .......... Course Website

Economic systems in comparative perspective: production, distribution, and consumption in market and non-market societies; agricultural development in the third world. Prerequisite: one course in general science, anthropology, economics, geography, or sociology. Same as Economics 152A. (VII-B)

Anthro 129 Lec A

Anthropology and Its Publics

Marcus, G.

This course surveys anthropology in the public imagination in such venues as the media, the press, and popular culture. It also looks at controversies in anthropology that have gained public attention. Finally it critically assesses the emergence of efforts to produce 'public anthropology' within the discipline.

Anthro 129 Lec B

Environmental Justice

Montoya, M. ............ Course Website

This course introduces students to the contemporary themes of the environmental justice (EJ) movements. Environmental justice is a movement that originated with the civil rights movements in the 1960s. This course will explore the movements' contemporary iteration from analytical, technical, sociocultural, biomedical and philosophical perspectives. Issues of social inequality, racism, and environmental pollution will be examined together. Students will explore theories, analytical methods, advocacy strategies and case studies in order to develop an EJ advocacy campaign. Group projects will be used as a means to creatively develop strong arguments against apathetic publics or engaged opponents. Same as Chc/Lat 159, Lec A.

Anthro 129 Lec C

Post Colonial Studies

Bach, S.

This course considers the fundamental question of what makes some countries rich and others poor. The political, economic, and cultural causes and consequences of successful (and unsuccessful) development will be examined. Same as International Studies 189, Lec A.

Anthro 138M

Music as Expressive Culture

Garfias, R. ............. Course Website

Fundamental requirements for development of a musical tradition. Guiding structural principles which must be agreed upon for new forms of expression to be understood and accepted. How members of society develop their own individual musical cultures and how these permit them to interact with the personal cultures of others.

Anthro 139 Lec A

Music of Indonesia and the Philipines

Garfias, R. ............. Course Website

This course is intended as a review of the major forms of musical expression that constitute the present-day peoples of the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia. Consideration will be given to the earliest strata of communal societies living in the remote areas of all three countries, and moving on towards the cultures that later came under the sway of ancient Hindu civilization and later Islamic and Christian European cultures. The course is structured as a broad ethnographic musical survey of vast, complex and densely populated region of the world.

Anthro 139 Lec B

Applied Anthropology

Garb, P. .................. Course Website

This course presents an introduction and overview of Applied Anthropology. It offers approaches to applying the principles, theories and methods of anthropology to the interdisciplinary identification and solution of human problems in a variety of settings. The course prepares students for a broad range of career opportunities relevant to the practice of anthropology inside and outside academia. As an interactive course we work together to polish skills in making presentations, writing, and applying theory to practice.

Anthro 162A

Peoples and Cultures of Latin America

Sarmiento, S.

Surveys the prehistory of Latin America and its indigenous cultures, emphasizing the impact of colonial rule, capitalism, and twentieth-century transformations. Emphasis on communities from several countries. In some years, emphasis on comparisons between the Latin American and Caribbean experiences. (VII-B)

Anthro 169 Lec A

Modern Iran

Varzi, R.

Description Forthcoming...

Same as International Studies 179, Lec D.

Introduction to ethnology/ethnography, comparative research and theory, culminating in processes of discovery and hypotheses testing using world cultural databases to which students can contribute. Prerequisite: satisfaction of the lower-division writing requirement.