S-Afroam Material & Expressive

This course explores the rich landscape of African American material and expressive culture from the era of enslavement to the present day. Drawing on interdisciplinary approaches from anthropology, history, African American Studies, art history, and cultural studies, the course examines how Black communities create, use, and interpret objects, spaces, performances, and aesthetic practices as forms of identity, resistance, memory, and everyday life.

Archaeobotany

This class introduces the theory, method, and technique of a range of archaeobotanical analyses. We will discuss field methods in archaeobotany, sampling, presentation and interpretation of data, and specific applications such as studies of diet and cuisine, vegetation reconstruction, and fire history. The class combines lectures, seminar discussions, and lab exercises to allow students to gain introductory hands-on archaeobotanical experience alongside the theoretical foundation.

CriticalPedagogy&PeerFacilitn

This course introduces the practice of critical, engaged pedagogy, and trains students in a methodology of facilitating academically rigorous, community-engaged learning circles in the context of the university. The aim of critical teaching/learning is to promote the practice of critical solidarity, justice and community. Through this course, students will learn to apply theoretical concepts of critical pedagogy as they develop specific skills in preparation for acting as peer facilitators of critical, self-reflective learning about structural injustice and community organizing.

Problems in Anthropology I

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.

Problems in Anthropology I

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.

Problems in Anthropology I

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.

Problems in Anthropology I

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.

Methods/LinguisticAnthropology

This course provides and introduction to linguistic anthropological research methods. Over the course of the semester, we will read about different methods used in the field and familiarize ourselves with examples of how such methods have been used in ethnographic research on language, culture, and communication. Most importantly, however, students will have the opportunity to practice utilizing a range of methodological approaches in a collective research project on The Everyday Politics of Language Use at UMass Amherst.

Skeleton Keys:Research Methods

This course offers a "hands on" introduction to the human skeleton as a means to reconstruct the lifeways of past populations. We will learn how to reconstruct the biological profile (e.g. age, sex, health), and various aspects of behavior (e.g. diet, physical activity). Students will work in teams of 2-3 with the skeletal remains from the Italian Medieval site of San Paragorio (11th-16th centuries AD).

Primate Behavior

Analysis of the behavior and ecology of nonhuman primates in their natural habitats. Topics include: the adaptive diversity of primates; ecological niche differentiation in primates; social organization and interactions; social cognition; mating and reproductive behavior; mother-infant interactions; development, life histories, and population survival; and primate conservation. Draws heavily on field studies. (Gen.Ed. BS)
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