Examples of methods associated with these approaches will be studied to learn their strengths and weaknesses. In addition, students will participate in original research. This course should be taken just before DS 224. This anthropology course will explore the art of writing about culture, using ethnography as the basis for understanding both human similarities and diversity and the practice of anthropology itself. Special attention will be given to new directions in written ethnography and ethnographic film.
Students produce their own written or visual ethnographies as a final project.
An anthropology course that presents a historical survey of major trends in cultural anthropology from the late nineteenth century to the present. Considers the relationship between theory, fieldwork, and ethnography. An anthropology course which surveys the cultures, languages, and histories of indigenous peoples of North America. We will examine the theories and beliefs about the origins of the First Americans, how anthropologists have traditionally studied American Indian cultures, the impact of Europeans and European-Americans on the culture of Native Americans, and the lives of American Indians today. SC 111 is recommended.