Examples highlight questions of political economy and history while focusing on specific ethnographic or historical readings. Second part of a two-course sequence that reviews the major theoretical traditions and schools of thought in anthropology. Required for anthropology majors and usually taken as a senior seminar. Examination of recent important works, issues, and controversies in anthropology. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits.
Course considers evolution as a biological as well as cultural concept.
Parallels and contrasts among conceptual approaches allow a critique of the potential of evolution as a unifying biosocial theory. Individual research on a topic to be organized in advance by student and instructor. May be repeated for credit. Examination of contemporary human problems from cross-cultural and biocultural perspectives. Historical background and future implications of current cultural and biocultural issues are discussed.