Anthropology 104 - Culture, Society and People
Fall
2018
02
4.00
Christa Burdick
M W F 9:05AM 9:55AM
UMass Amherst
70907
Moore House room 108
cburdick@anthro.umass.edu
The nature of culture and its role in creating forms of social, economic, and political life in diverse historical and geographical contexts. Readings drawn from contemporary ethnographies of various peoples, analyzing the persistence of cultural diversity in the midst of global social and socioeconomic forces. (Gen.Ed. SB, DG)
Open to Global Opportunities RAP students in Moore Hall. ANTHRO 104-02
Students in Global Opportunities RAP in Moore Hall will enroll together in "Culture, Society & People" (Anthropology 104). This course introduces key concepts, topics, and methods in cultural anthropology, one of the four subfields of anthropology. The goal of cultural anthropology is to make the strange familiar and the familiar strange. In this course, you will begin to see the world like a cultural anthropologist--interested in how people live, what they believe in, how they talk, what they eat and why, and more. Students will critically engage with questions that have been foundational in anthropology, such as: Does race exist?; Are men and women driven by biology?; Do all human societies have similar patterns of inequality? We will also look at newer questions such as: Has the internet changed our social relations? Students will read articles and ethnographies, watch films and conduct research of their own on campus.
Students in Global Opportunities RAP in Moore Hall will enroll together in "Culture, Society & People" (Anthropology 104). This course introduces key concepts, topics, and methods in cultural anthropology, one of the four subfields of anthropology. The goal of cultural anthropology is to make the strange familiar and the familiar strange. In this course, you will begin to see the world like a cultural anthropologist--interested in how people live, what they believe in, how they talk, what they eat and why, and more. Students will critically engage with questions that have been foundational in anthropology, such as: Does race exist?; Are men and women driven by biology?; Do all human societies have similar patterns of inequality? We will also look at newer questions such as: Has the internet changed our social relations? Students will read articles and ethnographies, watch films and conduct research of their own on campus.