This course introduces incoming graduate students in anthropology to the philosophies, research issues, and day-to-day practices of the department of anthropology at UMass Amherst. Basic skills in writing research proposals, cv's, and formulating career goals are emphasized. Enrollment is restricted to incoming students in the Department of Anthropology.

This course is designed for people who are actively attempting to teach, conduct research, or do social change work in a way that engages and cultivates the knowledge of marginalized communities. Organized efforts of marginalized people to produce collective knowledge and to make their knowledge matter have bubbled up in and been transported to many places and spaces across the globe, from rural Chiapas to rural Denmark, Appalachia to the Bronx, Brazil to Tanzania, the World Bank to the World Social Forum.

Research in preparation for Senior Honors Thesis. Prior arrangement with the Department Honors Coordinator and University Honors Program required.

Research in preparation for Senior Honors Thesis. Prior arrangement with the Department Honors Coordinator and University Honors Program required.

Preparation and writing of Senior Honors Thesis. Prior arrangement with the Department Honors Coordinator and University Honors Program required.

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