| ANTH 100-01 |
Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Instructor: Alyson Caine
Course Description:
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of biological anthropology. We will examine the development of evolutionary theory. We will then apply evolutionary theory to understand principles of inheritance, familial and population genetics in humans, human biological diversity and adaptations to different environments, behavioral and ecological diversity in nonhuman primates, and the analysis of the human skeleton and fossil record to understand the origin and evolution of the human family.
Three hours classroom and three hours laboratory a week. Offered three semesters over a two-year period.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
DENNY 317
01:30 PM-04:30 PM, M
DENNY 115 |
| ANTH 100-02 |
Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Instructor: Alyson Caine
Course Description:
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of biological anthropology. We will examine the development of evolutionary theory. We will then apply evolutionary theory to understand principles of inheritance, familial and population genetics in humans, human biological diversity and adaptations to different environments, behavioral and ecological diversity in nonhuman primates, and the analysis of the human skeleton and fossil record to understand the origin and evolution of the human family.
Three hours classroom and three hours laboratory a week. Offered three semesters over a two-year period.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
DENNY 317
01:30 PM-04:30 PM, W
DENNY 115 |
| ANTH 101-01 |
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Instructor: Shawn Bender
Course Description:
This course is a comprehensive introduction to how cultural anthropologists study culture and society in diverse contexts. We will use ethnographic case studies from across the world to examine the ways people experience and transform social relationships and culture in areas including families, gender, ethnicity, health, religion, exchange, science, and even what it means to be a person. We will examine how culture and society are embedded within, shape, and are shaped by forces of economics, politics, and environment.
Offered every semester.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, MR
DENNY 304 |
| ANTH 205-01 |
Listening Across Cultures
Instructor: Ellen Gray
Course Description:
Cross-listed with MUAC 209-01.Is music a "universal language"? How might we listen to, consume, and participate in music across a diverse cultural spectrum without engaging in "cultural tourism" or appropriation? Can we listen across cultures? Working with a wide range of approaches to these questions, this course introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of ethnomusicology (the study of music and sound in relation to social life). Students will study sound recordings and ethnographic films, read widely, and examine material objects (like musical instruments) drawn from socio-politically and geographically diverse case studies. No previous musical training or note reading skills are necessary.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
EASTC 411 |
| ANTH 205-02 |
The Social Life of Music and Sound
Instructor: Ellen Gray
Course Description:
Cross-listed with MUAC 356-01.Come explore soundscapes, from Dickinsons campus to soundscapes of human rituals (bells, cries, sung weeping, hollers), to soundscapes of urban spaces and soundscapes in nature. Come investigate diverse musical and performance worlds. This seminar introduces students to ethnography as a genre, as a set of practices for understanding music and sound in relation to social life. Some questions we consider: What is the relationship between fieldwork and story, music and representations of music? What might be some of the ethical considerations when conducting research with musical communities in the present? We will do deep dives into sound recordings, films, texts, and photographs; do local sound walks; and students will develop basic skills in interviewing, sound recording, and ethnographic writing. Each student will develop an independent small-scale ethnographic project on a topic of their choosing. Musical note reading not required. Interested non-majors who do not meet prerequisites are encouraged to seek permission of instructor. Prerequisite: One of the following (MUAC 209, 210, 211, 212) OR one anthropology course OR permission of instructor.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, W
EASTC 411 |
| ANTH 236-01 |
Japanese Society
Instructor: Shawn Bender
Course Description:
Cross-listed with EASN 236-01. This course is an introduction to contemporary Japanese society. The course examines what everyday life is like in Japan from anthropological and historical perspectives. It explores such major social institutions as families, gender, communities, workplaces, and belief systems. The course focuses as well on the ways in which modernization has affected these institutions and the identities of Japanese people.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
DENNY 103 |
| ANTH 242-01 |
Research Methods in Global Health: Quantitative, Qualitative and Anthropological Approaches
Instructor: Amalia Pesantes Villa
Course Description:
This course introduces students to different methodological approaches used in global health to understand health needs in the global south and design appropriate interventions to address them. Through readings and discussions about the theoretical underpinnings of qualitative and quantitative research students will learn the different ways in which each approach contributes to understanding a health problem and developing solutions, with a special emphasis on the growing role of anthropological perspectives in conducting socially relevant and context appropriate global health research. Pre-requisites: ANTH 100 or 110 (ARCH 110) or 101 or 216 or permission of instructor.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
DENNY 112 |
| ANTH 245-01 |
Stuff! The Material World of Global Inequality
Instructor: Andrew Dufton
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ARCH 200-01."We are the 99%." It has been over a decade since the Occupy Movement and Black Lives Matter first raised global awareness of the severe systems of racism and inequality that shape 21st century life. Yet in a world post-Covid, the situation seems to be getting worse. While the world's richest doubled their fortunes during a global health emergency, the 99% are becoming poorer. How did we get here? A social system dividing haves and have-nots, those with the power to acquire more 'stuff' and those without, is not a modern phenomenon. As a discipline dedicated both to the study of materials and understanding long-term cultural change, archaeology makes a unique contribution to these debates. This class considers social injustice across time and on a global scale, examining the ways in which the material world of objects, buildings, landscapes, and resources is created by-and creates-social divisions.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, MR
DENNY 211 |
| ANTH 260-01 |
Environmental Archaeology
Instructor: Matthew Biwer
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ARCH 260-01. The study of the human past requires knowledge of the biological and geophysical systems in which cultures developed and changed. This course explores past environments and the methods and evidence used to reconstruct them. Emphasis is on the integration of geological, botanical, zoological, and bioarchaeological data used to reconstruct Quaternary climates and environments.
This course is cross-listed as ARCH 260. Offered every two years.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MWF
DENNY 304 |
| ANTH 300-01 |
Archaeological Theory and Interpretation
Instructor: Matthew Biwer
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ARCH 300-01. This course explores the concepts and theories archaeologists employ to develop interpretations about and reconstructions of past societies. It examines the history of archaeological inquiry from amateur collecting to a profession and science dedicated to the systematic discovery and analysis of material remains and their interpretation. It will explore different traditions of archaeological inquiry particularly in Europe and the study of Classical archaeology and in the Americas with its roots in anthropology. Students will become conversant with contemporary trends in archaeological theory in both areas from evolutionary, ecological, and systems theory perspectives to agent-based approaches that consider gender, power, and daily practices in shaping past societies. Finally, students will engage with pertinent ethical issues surrounding archaeological patrimony.
Prerequisite: ARCH 290. This course is cross-listed as ARCH 300. Offered every spring.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
DEAL 1 |
| ANTH 345-01 |
The Future in Ruins
Instructor: James Ellison
Course Description:
Cross-listed with AFST 320-03.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
DENNY 212 |
| ANTH 400-01 |
Senior Colloquium
Instructor: Amalia Pesantes Villa
Course Description:
Offered every fall semester, senior anthropology majors will meet to learn about professional career opportunities in anthropology as well as a write a research paper that incorporates primary sources in anthropological writing and/or original anthropological scholarship involving fieldwork or laboratory research.Prerequisite: Research in Anthropology course.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, M
DENNY 204 |
| ANTH 500-01 |
Advanced Medical Anthropology: Syndemics and Public Health
Instructor: Amalia Pesantes Villa
Course Description:
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