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Description
What does it mean to be human? This course addresses this question at the center of anthropology using a holistic approach and drawing on multiple subfields of anthropology: archaeological, biological, cultural, and linguistic anthropology. Each version of the course is organized around a central theme which will be addressed with theory and literature from at least two anthropological fields. Course themes will vary but may include topics such as the body, colonialism, food, sex or violence. Meets the Critical Perspectives: Global Cultures requirement.
Theme: Human Diversity—Block 4—Investigates how the past can be used to inform our understanding of human and cultural diversity, with emphasis on archaeological and biological perspectives.
What does it mean to be human? This course addresses this question at the center of anthropology using a holistic approach and drawing on multiple subfields of anthropology: archaeological, biological, cultural, and linguistic anthropology. Each version of the course is organized around a central theme which will be addressed with theory and literature from at least two anthropological fields. Course themes will vary but may include topics such as the body, colonialism, food, sex or violence. Meets the Critical Perspectives: Global Cultures requirement.
Theme: Human Diversity—Block 4—Investigates how the past can be used to inform our understanding of human and cultural diversity, with emphasis on archaeological and biological perspectives.
required -- Additional readings will be posted on canvas
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Privilege, Power, and Difference
By Allan G. Johnson McGraw-Hill, 2nd Edition (2005) ISBN: 978-0072874891 |
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My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student By Rebekah Nathan Penguin Books Reprint edition (2006) ISBN: 978-0143037477 |
