Topics include the ethics of fieldwork, organizing data, and ethnographic writing. Students will conduct short fieldwork assignments on cultural and linguistic topics in the local area. Prerequisite ANTH 111A. Students conduct an enthnographic field project under the direction of the instructor, employing methods such as participant observation, interviewing, and audiovisual media. The course involves field trips and may include weekend sessions. Prerequisite ANTH 111B. Students continue work on an ethnographic field project begun in ANTH 111B. Under the direction of the instructor, students employ methods such as participant observation, interviewing, and audiovisual media.
Students produce a substantial written review combining secondary sources with their own data.
An examination of contemporary issues in anthropology based on evidence from both classical and modern ethnographies. Considers strategies of qualitative research and reporting, including ethics and the application of enthographic research in modern societies. Examines the patterned belief systems of the world's tribal, peasant, and sectarian societies. Stresses the role of religion in individual and group perception, cognition, ritual, and social organization. Topics include myth, magic, shamanism, mysticism, witchcraft, trance, hallucinogens, and cultism.