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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.

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.

Drawing on a range of different methods (oral histories, excavation, and archival research) historical archaeology seeks to understand the histories of colonialism, capitalism, slavery, and globalization that defined the development of the modern world (1400-present) and in many ways continue to define our world today. In this seminar course, students will learn about the theoretical foundations of historical archaeology through a focus on archaeological case studies and material culture from around the world.

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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