3 credits
Fall 2025 Lecture Upper Division
Connects the theoretical foundations of anthropology throughout the development of the discipline and related disciplines. Unpacks the when, how, and why of various theoretical positions, their shaping of research, and their concomitant logics of evidence.
Learning Outcomes1Meet the Graduate School learning objectives of knowledge, communication, critical thinking, and ethical research through the goals listed here.
2Learn about the foundations of theory in anthropology and the development of the discipline over time up to approximately
33. Understand when and how various theoretical positions and logics of interpretation have emerged.
4Review several genres of anthropological writing to understand anthropology and its representation in past and present.
5Analyze a series of case studies that illustrate dominant positions and fissures in anthropological thought and practices.
Restrictions
made by Purdue students.