Investigation of emerging issues in the relationship between institutions of law and science. You must enter the HASS-D lottery to take this subject. Exploration and conquest. Missionizing and culture contact. Cases include struggles of Maya, Iroquois, and native New Englanders.
Students learn to use primary documents.
The role of the family in human evolution, and as a symbol in our own social and political lives. An introduction to the anthropological study of human sexuality, gender constructs, and the sociocultural systems that these are embedded in. Examines current critiques of Western philosophical and psychological traditions, and cross-cultural variability and universals of gender and sexuality. Examines the motives of documentary and ethnographic filmmakers, including curiosity about exotic peoples, concern with documentary as a form of science, and an interest in capturing the truth about cultural life. Examines some of the root causes of inequality world-wide and the different consequences that poverty, economic transformations, and development policies often have for women and men.