ANTH 205: Human Cultural Diversity

0 or 3 credits

Spring 2025 Lecture Recitation Distance Learning Lower DivisionBehavioral/Social SciencesJEDI
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Offers an engaging introduction to concepts, themes, methods, and ethical concerns that guide research and analysis in cultural anthropology. Students will learn how to identify and interpret the complexities of human culture - what makes cultures different, and in what ways are they more alike than we might assume? Topics include: race and racism; ethnicity and nationalism; gender; sexuality; kinship, family, and marriage; class and inequality; the global economy; politics and power; religion; and health and illness.

Learning Outcomes

1Define cultural anthropology as one of anthropology's four subfields and situate its history within the discipline.

2Display an understanding of anthropological use of 'culture' as analytical concept by giving examples of how cultures differ in social practices, and how cultures are learned, negotiated, and transformed over time.

3Demonstrate proficient knowledge of key themes in classic and contemporary cultural anthropological texts, such as race and racism; ethnicity and nationalism; gender; sexuality; kinship, family and marriage; class and inequality; global economy; politics and power; religion, health and illness, through question posing, thoughtful discussion, short and long form writing, oral presentations, and in-class exams.

4Demonstrate command of the methods for conducting anthropological fieldwork, and apply these methods towards completion of two mini-ethnographic projects.

5Display professional skills in research, analysis, and presentation, as well as constructively commenting on peer work products.

6Discuss the importance of anthropology in the study of contemporary life.

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