ANT 100-01
INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY I: SOCIETY
Dr. N. Bethel
MW 6-8
Tentative Semester Plan - Fall 2003
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Personal
introductions; introduction to the course, objectives & grading system
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Distribution
of texts
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Prerequisites:
Eng 119
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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!)
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Readings
for next weekÕs class: Haviland
Ch. 1
Lee Chs. 1 & 2
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Definitions:
what is anthropology?
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the main
branches of anthropology in the academy:
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archaeology
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physical anthropology
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biological
anthropology
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medical
anthropology
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social and
cultural anthropology
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definition of
society
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definition of
social anthropology
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definition of
ethnocentrism
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introduction
to ethnographic writing
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classical
assumptions about ÔsocietyÕ
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Class discussion
on the Miner article
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Readings
for next weekÕs class: Haviland
Ch. 6
Lee Chs. 3 & 4
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Unit
1: Subsistence
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food foraging
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horticulture
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agriculture
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pastoralism
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urbanization
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industrialism
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Class
discussion on subsistence among the Ju/'hoansi
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Assignment
#1: Short essay on subsistence
among the Ju/'hoansi (questions to be supplied) Ð Due Wednesday September 17
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Readings
for next weekÕs class: Haviland
Chs. 8 & 9
Lee Ch. 5
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Class
discussion on the Ju/'hoansi kinship
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Unit
2: Kinship and the formation of
groups
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marriage
& reproduction
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family &
household
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Presentation
#1: Due Wednesday October 1
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Readings
for next weekÕs class: Haviland
Ch. 10
Lee Ch 6
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Unit
2: Kinship and the formation of
groups (cont'd)
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kinship &
descent
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Class 2: Quiz #1: weeks 1-4
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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?
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Readings
for next weekÕs class: Haviland
Ch. 7
Lee Ch. 8
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Class 2: presentations on Kinship & Subsistence
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Unit 3:
Economics and Exchange
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Readings
for next classes: Keesing
Economic Systems (handout)
Chevannes Chs 1-2
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Journal
assignment: Aim to finish Learning
to be a Man (Chevannes) 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!)
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Unit 3:
Economics and Exchange (cont'd)
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Unit 4:
Politics and Order
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groupings
beyond the kin group
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associations
& common interest groups
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stratification:
specialization and class
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Presentation
#2: Due Wednesday October 29
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Readings
for next weekÕs class: Haviland
Ch. 11-12
Chevannes Ch 3
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Class 2: Quiz #2: weeks 5-8
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Unit 4:
Politics and Order
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political
systems
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uncentralized
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bands
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tribes
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centralized
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chiefdoms
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kingdoms
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states
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nations
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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.
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Readings
for next weekÕs class: Chevannes
Ch 5
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Class 2: presentations on Learning to be a Man
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Unit 4:
Politics and Order
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maintenance
of order
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internalized
social controls
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taboo
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religion
& ritual as social control
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witchcraft as
social control
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externalized
social controls
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negotiation
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mediation
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adjudication
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sanctions
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laws
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force
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Assignment
#2: Short essay on
politics/economics/kinship (questions to be supplied) Ð Due Wednesday November
12
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Readings
for next weekÕs class: Chevannes
Ch 7
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Unit 4:
Politics and Order (cont'd)
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Unit 5:
Social Change
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internal
change
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innovation
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diffusion
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loss
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forcible
change
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acculturation
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genocide
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directed
change
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Readings
for next weekÕs class: Haviland Ch. 15
Keesing Selections (handout)
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Unit 5:
Social Change
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development
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colonization
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industrialization
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world systems
theory
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dependency
theory
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responses to
forced change
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revitalization
movements
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rebellion and
revolution
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loss
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Readings
for next weekÕs class: Haviland
Ch. 16
Lee Chs 11-13
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Class 2: Quiz #3: weeks 9-12
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Conclusion
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limitations
of the concept of ÔsocietyÕ
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the politics
of social anthropology
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social
contact and social change
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agency,
resistance and rebellion
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globalization
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applications
of the concept of ÔsocietyÕ in a postcolonial world
WEEK 14:
November 24
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TERM
PAPERS DUE
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.