Topics course. In the United States, the idea of multiculturalism has come to symbolize the right of communities with distinct cultures to maintain their own ways of living in a diverse national society. Similar politics of difference have developed in other countries in the world. But is multiculturalism the same idea in every national context? How do the different histories of countries in North or South America, Europe, Asia or Africa influence the way that these different national multiculturalisms develop?

Topics course. In recent years, "the body" has emerged as a vital site of social theory and anthropological analysis. Scholars have raised questions about how bodies are produced as socially meaningful, how bodies become sites for the inculcation of ethical and political identities, and how processes of embodiment break down the divide between the body as natural and the body as socially constituted.

The world as we know it today has been shaped by European colonial and imperial policies of the post-15th century. Most colonial histories are written by the colonizers. Archaeology provides us with a tool to examine colonialism from multiple viewpoints, as we study culture change from a material and spatial perspective. In this course we will examine the archaeology of colonial encounters. We will compare historic and archaeological perspectives on the colonial past, and examine how our narratives have meaning in the contemporary world.

This course provides a survey of the anthropology of contemporary East Asian societies. We will examine the effects of modernization and development on the cultures of China, Japan, and Korea. Such topics as the individual, household and family; marriage and reproduction; religion and ritual; and political economic systems are introduced through ethnographic accounts of these cultures. The goal of this course is to provide students with sufficient information to understand important social and cultural aspects of modern East Asia.

The cultural construction of illness through an examination of systems of diagnosis, classification, and therapy in both non-Western and Western societies. Special attention given to the role of the traditional healer. The anthropological contribution to international health care and to the training of physicians in the United States. Enrollment limited to 30.

The Anthropology of Development compares three explanatory models -- modernization theory, dependency theory, and indigenous or alternative development -- to understand social change today. Who sponsors development programs and why? How are power, ethnicity, and gender relations affected? How do anthropologists contribute to and critique programs of social and economic development? The course will discuss issues of gender, health care, population growth, and economic empowerment with readings from Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Latin America. Not open to first-year students.

This course reviews the major theoretical approaches and directions in cultural anthropology from late 19th century to the present. These approaches include social organization and individual agency, adaptation and evolution of human culture, culture and personality, economic behavior, human ecology, the anthropology of development and change, and post-modern interpretation. The works of major anthropologists are explored including Franz Boas, Bronislaw Malinowski, Margaret Mead, Evans-Pritchard, Claude Levi-Strauss, Marvin Harris, Eric Wolf, Clifford Geertz, Sherry Ortner and others.

The study of past cultures and societies through their material remains. How archaeologists use different field methods, analytical techniques, and theoretical approaches to investigate, reconstruct, and learn from the past. Data from settlement surveys, site excavations, and artifact analysis are used to address economic, social, political, and ideological questions across time and space. Course taught from an anthropological perspective, exploring key transitions in human prehistory, including the origins of food production, social inequality, and state-level societies across the globe.

The exploration of similarities and differences in the cultural patterning of human experience. The comparative analysis of economic, political, religious, and family structures, with examples from Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania. The impact of the modern world on traditional societies. Several ethnographic films are viewed in coordination with descriptive case studies. Limited to first years and sophomores. Total enrollment of each section limited to 25.

The exploration of similarities and differences in the cultural patterning of human experience. The comparative analysis of economic, political, religious, and family structures, with examples from Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania. The impact of the modern world on traditional societies. Several ethnographic films are viewed in coordination with descriptive case studies. Limited to first years and sophomores. Total enrollment of each section limited to 25.