Anthropology 130 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Intro Cultural Anthropology
Fall
2023
01
4.00
Fernando Armstrong-Fumero
TU TH 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM
Smith College
ANT-130-01-202401
Seelye 311
farmstro@smith.edu
What does it mean to be human? What is culture, and how does it shape the way we see the world? Why are some forms of cultural difference tolerated, while others are not? As the holistic study of the human experience, cultural anthropology addresses these questions in a world shaped by human migration, climate change, capitalist extraction, and global inequality. This course provides an overview of the discipline’s history, its distinctive method of ethnography, and the breadth of topics it addresses, including public health, race, the environment, gender, language, nationalism, software design, the body, music, cities, government, and more. First years and Sophomores only. Enrollment limited to 25.
[CE] FY/SO only