Cultural and sociolinguistic explanations of school successes and failures are examined. While not really existing outside the social order, technological systems are basic to civilization. While comparative, it concentrates on England and America. Examines life-history research as a method for understanding the cultural and psychological experience of people. Combines reading of life-histories with training in life history research methods.
Students develop a life-history project, conduct interviews, and analyze data.
Return to top. Representatives are considered, and societies from all parts of sub-Saharan Africa studied intensively. This course examines the characteristics of Latin American cultures that have influenced the development of democracy in contemporary Latin American societies. Topics of discussion will include the effects of colonialism, immigration, populism, dictatorships, and social movements, among other political phenomena. The emergence and consolidation of the state in ancient Israel is explored by using archaeological data, Biblical texts, and anthropological theories.