REQUIRED TEXTS

Haviland, W. A. (1999). Cultural Anthropology. Ninth Edition. Fort Worth, etc: Harcourt Brace College Publishers.

Chevannes, B. (2001). Learning to Be a Man~~. Mona, etc: University of the West Indies.~~

Lee, R. B. (2001). The Dobe Ju/'hoansi. Third Edition. Toronto, etc: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.

***Weiner, A. B. (1988). The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea. Fort Worth, etc: Harcourt Brace College Publishers.

PRESENTATION GROUPS

A	Sarah, Leonardo, Sarahn, Delano, Eulicia	Ward, Michael, Petura, Monique, Yo-Anne
B	Shawnell, Monique, Ward, Apryl	Leonardo, Apryl, Tamara, Uvancha
C	Petura, Kovah, Michael, Tamara, Kayanne	Delano, Ryan, Christy, Sarahn, Eulicia
D	Uvancha, Christy, Yo-Anne, Ryan	Kovah, Shawnell, Sarah, Kayanne

WEEKS 1-8: FOUNDATION

TEXTS FOR WEEKS 1-5: Haviland, Lee

WEEK 1: August 25

ü Journal assignment: Aim to finish the Dobe Ju/'hoansi (Lee) by Week 3. Note any questions, problems, issues or difficulties you have with the content in your journal. (Please note: finding the book "boring" or "difficult" does not constitute a legitimate problem!)

Ø Readings for next week’s class: Haviland Ch. 1

Lee Chs. 1 & 2

Miner, "The Body Ritual of the Nacirema" (handout)

WEEK 2: September 1

Ø Readings for next week’s class: Haviland Ch. 6

Lee Chs. 3 & 4

WEEK 3: September 8

ü Assignment #1: Short essay on subsistence among the Ju/'hoansi (questions to be supplied) – Due Wednesday September 17

1. To what degree does the Ju/'hoansi way of life exemplifies a "typical" food foraging society?

2. Lee calls the Ju lifestyle "affluent". Would you agree? Why/why not?

3. Describe and evaluate the technology used in Ju subsistence.

4. Haviland says that egalitarianism is an important characteristic of food foraging societies. Discuss to what extent this is true of the Ju/'hoansi.

Ø Readings for next week’s class: Haviland Chs. 8 & 9

Lee Ch. 5

WEEK 4: September 15

ü Presentation #1: Due Wednesday October 1

Group A: Lee Ch. 7: Aging and Caregiving among the Ju/'hoansi and The Bahamas
Group B: Weiner/Keesing: Trobriand Kinship described and explained
Group C: Arranging a Marriage in India/Dowry Deaths in India/In Japan, Who Needs Love?
Group D: Smith: West Indian Kinship: household settlement and economics in The Landlord

Consider subsistence, kinship, marriage, reproduction, household and descent in your presentation
Provide the class with specific ethnographic information
Provide the class with an interpretation of the information according to the anthropological principles you have learned

Ø Readings for next week’s class: Haviland Ch. 10

Lee Ch 6

WEEK 5: September 22

v Class 2: Quiz #1: weeks 1-4

ü Journal assignment: Write down any questions you may have about Ju/'hoansi kinship/kin terms. Think laterally. How does the Ju/'hoansi case relate to the theory presented by Haviland? Are there any parallels with Bahamian culture?

Ø Readings for next week’s class: Haviland Ch. 7

Lee Ch. 8

TEXTS FOR WEEKS 6-10: Haviland, Weiner

WEEK 6: September 29

v Class 2: presentations on Kinship & Subsistence

· Unit 3: Economics and Exchange

Ø Readings for next classes: Keesing Economic Systems (handout)

Weiner Chs 1-2

WEEK 7: October 6

ü Journal assignment: Aim to finish The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea (Weiner) by Week 9. Note any questions, problems, issues or difficulties you have with the content in your journal. (Please note: finding the book "boring" or "difficult" does not constitute a legitimate problem!)

v Mid-semester exam

WEEK 8: October 13

· Unit 3: Economics and Exchange (cont'd)

· Unit 4: Politics and Order

ü Presentation #2: Due Wednesday October 29

Group A: Chagnon, The Yanomamo – Political Alliances, Trading, and Feasting
Group B: The Trobrianders – Funerary Exchanges and The Kula
Group C: Eating Christmas in the Kalahari, Too Many Pineapples, Why Can't People Feed Themselves?
Group D: The Secrets of Haiti's Living Dead/The Serpent and the Rainbow

Consider all the relevant anthropological concepts you have covered so far in your presentation
Provide the class with specific ethnographic information
Provide the class with an interpretation of the information according to the anthropological principles you have learned

Ø Readings for next week’s class: Haviland Ch. 11-12

Chevannes Ch 3

WEEKS 9-14: APPLICATION

WEEK 9: October 20

v Class 2: Quiz #2: weeks 5-8

ü Journal assignment: If you have not yet done so, develop ideas for your term paper in your journal. You may write a theoretical paper, using books from the library and your ethnographies to explore some aspect we have covered in the course, or you may decide to carry out some kind of ethnographic study of your own. Explain what you have chosen and (more importantly) why.

Ø Readings for next week’s class: Chevannes Ch 5

WEEK 10: October 27

v Class 2: presentations on economics and politics

ü Assignment #2: Short essay on politics/economics/kinship (questions to be supplied) – Due Wednesday November 12

Ø Readings for next week’s class: Chevannes Ch 7

WEEK 11: November 3

Ø Readings for next week’s class: Haviland Ch. 15

Keesing Selections (handout)

WEEK 12: November 10

Ø Readings for next week’s class: Haviland Ch. 16

Lee Chs 11-13

WEEK 13: November 17

v Class 2: Quiz #3: weeks 9-12

WEEK 14: November 24

Ø TERM PAPERS DUE