The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 was a seismic event that took the world by storm. It gave rise to dizzy optimism and hope for a new, post-ideological age and greater global unity, within and beyond Europe. Twenty years on, these hopes have not been realized. Cold War hostilities are alive and well and although the EU has expanded, Europe is, arguably, more divided than ever. This course explores the implications of the Wall and its passing for Europe, focusing on anthropological accounts of the (former) East bloc.

This class will focus on the ecological diversity of primates and how these and other traits are related to their present-day abundance and distribution. In addition, the biological, abiotic and anthropogenic factors related to extinction risk will be examined. It will also review the endangered species of primates, case histories of conservation programs, and management practices in Asia, Africa, South America, and Madagascar.

This course is designed to support and continue the education of the student facilitators of Grassroots Community Organizing (Anthro 380). It involves close reading and course preparation based around the curricular readings each week, as well as rigorous engagement with the texts provided by UACT?s community organizing partners. Lesson planning, commenting on student papers, written debriefs of classes, and engaging with community partners are also requirements of the course.

This course examines how marginalized communities organize to address racial, economic, political, and environmental injustice. A highly skilled student facilitation team, grassroots community partnerships, and an Alternative Spring Break trip enable a unique learning community.

Review of contemporary human variation in demography, morphology, physiology, and genetics. Emphasis on explaining, not just categorizing, the differences. Inter- and intra-population variation around the globe.

Introduction to major issues in anthropological theory. Focus on key concepts in the discipline, important authors, and development of and debates over theoretical issues. Required for and limited to anthropology majors; satisfies the Junior Year Writing requirement for anthropology majors.

Community groups and networks of organizers, activists, and developers coalesce around efforts to create cooperative, democratic, and socially just ways of being in the world involving "alternative" economies: things like cooperatives, land-trusts, community-owned finance, fair trade networks, and so on. These projects are both grounded in local communities and linked into global networks including the solidarity economies movement aimed at creating economies that put people and planet before profit. This class will work with two solidarity economy networks in Massachusetts.

The prehispanic Mesoamerican culture process. The origins, growth, development, and partial colonial reconstruction of these unique native American societies. The intellectual history of Mesoamerican archaeology.

This class is designed to provide an introduction to the field of global health. We will first acquire some historical and analytical tools, including a familiarity with a set of social theories, which will help us identify relevant issues and understand the complexity of situations we will examine over the course of the semester.

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