Anthropology
Director of Undergraduate Studies in Anthropology:
Russell Tuttle, H 134, 702-7719, r-tuttle@uchicago.edu
Departmental Secretary: Anne Chien, H 119, 702-8551,
amchien@uchicago.edu
Preceptor: TBA
Web: anthropology.uchicago.edu
Program of Study
Anthropology encompasses a variety of historical and comparative approaches to human cultural and physical variety, ranging from the study of human evolution and prehistory to the study of cultures as systems of meaningful symbols. Anthropology involves, at one extreme, natural science such as anatomy, ecology, genetics, and geology; at the other, various social sciences and humanities ranging from psychology, sociology, and linguistics to philosophy, history, and comparative religion. Anthropology can lead (through graduate study) to careers in research and teaching in university and museum settings. More often it provides a background for further work in other disciplines of the social sciences, humanities, and biological sciences, as well as for professional careers in government, business, law, medicine, social services, and other fields.
Program Requirements
Students must confer with the Director of Undergraduate Studies before declaring a major in anthropology and must obtain the endorsement of the Director of Undergraduate Studies on the Student Program Form before graduating with a major in anthropology. The B.A. program in anthropology consists of thirteen courses, of which at least eleven are typically chosen from those listed or cross listed as Department of Anthropology courses. A minimum of three must be chosen from the introductory group (ANTH 211XX, 212XX, 213XX, 214XX), plus eight others. The additional two related courses may be courses offered by other departments. Approval must be obtained from the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Anthropology before the end of the second week of the quarter in which the student is enrolled in the nondepartmental course, which includes courses based in other departments that are cross listed as ANTH.
Students are encouraged to construct individual programs; and, in so doing, they should consult regularly with the Director of Undergraduate Studies. We strongly urge students majoring in anthropology to complete several introductory courses before enrolling in upper-level courses. For a broad view of the human career and condition, one should include courses in archaeological, linguistic, physical, and sociocultural anthropology. Examples of courses currently offered are listed below:
Archaeological. ANTH 21247, 21307, 21415, 26100, 26600, 26700, 26800, 28410, 36200, 36400, 36500, 36600, 39800, 39900
Linguistic. ANTH 27001, 27002, 27003, 27400, 37301, 37302, 37500, 37700, 37801, 37802
Physical. ANTH 21102, 28300, 28400
Sociocultural. ANTH 20525, 20526, 20701, 20702, 21005, 21015, 21201, 21241, 21244, 21245, 21246, 21301, 21305, 21412, 21414, 22400, 22520, 22910, 23101, 23102, 23310, 24101, 24102, 24300, 25305, 25401, 25410, 25605, 25700, 31800, 33101, 33102, 34501, 34502
Courses numbered ANTH 211XX through 214XX do not presume any previous study of anthropology and may be taken in any order. However, students are strongly urged to take one of the following social sciences general education sequences before taking more advanced courses in sociocultural anthropology: Power, Identity, and Resistance (SOSC 11100-11200-11300) or Self, Culture, and Society (SOSC 12100-12200-12300). ANTH 211XX through 214XX are introductions to some of the substantive, methodological, and theoretical issues of sociocultural, archaeological and physical anthropology. Students emphasizing sociocultural anthropology are encouraged also to take one or more of the non-Western civilization sequences: African, South Asian, and Latin American. They typically feature anthropological approaches and content. With prior approval, other civilization sequences can be taken for anthropology credit (up to the two-course limit for nondepartmental courses) in accordance with the individual student's needs or interests.
The Director of Undergraduate Studies may refer students who wish to emphasize archaeological, linguistic, sociocultural, or physical anthropology to faculty in these fields for assistance in the development of their individual programs.
When desirable for a student's individual anthropology program and with the approval of the Director of Undergraduate Studies, preferably in advance, a student may also obtain course credit for supervised individual reading or research (ANTH 29700), as well as by attending field schools or courses offered by other universities (up to the two-course limit for nondepartmental courses). A maximum of two research credits (ANTH 29700, 29900) will count as additional anthropology courses beyond the required three introductory courses.
Summary of Requirements
3 ANTH 211XX, 212XX, 213XX, 214XX
8 additional anthropology courses (or courses
cross listed with anthropology)
2 anthropology courses or related courses
(with approval of the Director of
__ Undergraduate Studies)
13
Grades. Courses counted toward the thirteen required for the major must be taken for quality grades.
Honors. Students who wish to be considered for honors must apply to the Director of Undergraduate Studies before the end of their third year. Eligible candidates must have a GPA of 3.6 or higher in courses in the major and typically a GPA of 3.25 overall. To receive honors in anthropology, students must develop an extended piece of research via a bachelor's essay under the approved supervision of a faculty member. Registration in ANTH 29900 may be devoted to the preparation of the senior honors essay. For award of honors, the essay must receive a grade of A or A- from the faculty supervisor and by the second reader who were approved by the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Students being recommended for honors must submit two copies of the completed paper to the Director of Undergraduate Studies no later than fifth week of the quarter of graduation. The faculty supervisor must be chosen from among anthropology faculty listed below. The second reader may be any credentialed scholar/scientist approved by the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
This program may accept a B.A. paper or project used to satisfy the same requirement in another major if certain conditions are met and with the consent of the other program chair. Approval from both program chairs is required. Students should consult with the chairs by the earliest B.A. proposal deadline (or by the end of their third year, when neither program publishes a deadline). A consent form, to be signed by both chairs, is available from the College adviser. It must be completed and returned to the College adviser by the end of Autumn Quarter of the student's year of graduation.
Faculty
M. Carneiro da Cunha, J. Cattelino, J.
Comaroff, J. L. Comaroff, S. Dawdy, M. Dietler,
J. Farquhar, K. Fikes, R. D. Fogelson,
S. Gal, J. D. Kelly, K. Knorr Cetina, A. L. Kolata,
N. Kouchoukos, J. P. Masco, W. T. S. Mazzarella, K. D. Morrison, S. Palmie,
D. Rutherford, M. Silverstein, A.
T. Smith, M.-R. Trouillot, R. H. Tuttle
Courses: Anthropology (anth)
Many of the department's offerings at the 40000- and 50000-levels that are not listed below are open to qualified undergraduates with consent of the instructor. For information on additional course offerings, students should see course descriptions on the departmental bulletin board outside H 119, the quarterly Time Schedules, or the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
20525. Anthropology and Ethnographic Film. This course focuses on three core anthropological concepts (i.e., culture, ritual, kinship) and discusses them through ethnographic films and accompanying anthropological readings. It thus both introduces key disciplinary issues and deals with central questions (e.g., power, the visual, the politics and poetics of representation). A. Muehlebach. Summer.
20526. The Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Medicine. In the last decades, anthropologists have gone to the field by staying home to study scientific practice, virtual communities, and the cultural meanings of bio-medicine. This class introduces the anthropology of science, medicine, and technology, as well as assesses methodological implications that arise from the study of these domains of practice. E. G. Coleman. Summer.
20600/31100. Film in India. (=SALC 20500/30500) Some knowledge of Hindi helpful but not required. R. Inden. Autumn.
20701-20702. Introduction to African Civilization I, II. (=HIST 10101-10102, HUDV 21401 [II], SOSC 22500-22600) General education social science sequence recommended. This sequence meets the general education requirement in civilization studies. The first portion of this two-quarter sequence begins with some very general introduction to Africa, and we then focus on two areas/peoples of West Africa: the Mande and the Igbo. Both sections deal with precolonial, colonial, and contemporary issues. The approach throughout includes anthropological, historical, and literary analysis. The second quarter of African Civilization explores processes of historical transformation in Africa, and more specifically the complex legacy of the colonial encounter. Over the course of the late nineteenth century, the African continent was divided up among different European powers. Although sometimes at odds with each other, colonial governments, traders and missionaries all sought, in different ways, to transform African peoples. In this class we consider some of those interventions, how diverse African peoples responded, and the more general experience of African modernity. R. Austen, Autumn; J. Cole, Winter.
21005. Human Rights, Cultural Rights, and Economic Rights: Views from the South. (=HMRT 23300) Using cases from the "developing world," particularly Southern Africa and the Amazon Basin, this course examines critical issues of individual and group claims to social, political, and economic rights. We bring into dialog the paradigm of universal human rights and anthropologically informed notions of culture, agency, and moral economy. J. Schoss. Summer.
21015. Media, Culture, and Society. The goal of this course is for students to gain a theoretical and ethnographic overview of past, current, and future directions of anthropological research on the mass media. We study issues as diverse as political and economic pressures on the selectivity of media representation; the social, professional, and institutional contexts of media production; and the codeterminate relationship between new technologies, social organization, and cultural identities. D. Boyer. Summer.
21102/38400. Classical Readings in Anthropology: History and Theory of Human Evolution. (=EVOL 38400, HIPS 23600) This course is a seminar on racial, sexual, and class bias in the classic theoretic writings, autobiographies, and biographies of Darwin, Huxley, Haeckel, Keith, Osborn, Jones, Gregory, Morton, Broom, Black, Dart, Weidenreich, Robinson, Leakey, LeGros-Clark, Schultz, Straus, Hooton, Washburn, Coon, Dobzhansky, Simpson, and Gould. R. Tuttle. Winter.
Numerous courses under the number ANTH 212XX are offered that are not included on the list that follows. Please consult the Department of Anthropology and the quarterly Time Schedules for final information.
21201. Intensive Study of a Culture: Chicago Blues. This course is an anthropological and historical exploration of one of the most original and influential American musical genres in its social and cultural context. The course examines transformations in the cultural meaning of the blues and its place within broader American cultural currents, the social and economic situation of blues musicians, and the political economy of blues within the wider music industry. M. Dietler. Winter.
21217. Intensive Study of a Culture: The Luo of Kenya. This course offers an overview of the history and contemporary culture of the Luo, a Nilotic-speaking people living on the shores of Lake Victoria. It examines the migration of the Luo into the region, the history of their encounter with British colonialism, and their evolving situation within the postcolonial Kenyan state. The course also uses the wide variety of studies of the Luo to illuminate transformations in the nature of ethnographic research and representations. M. Dietler. Not offered 2005-06; will be offered 2006-07.
21241. Intensive Study of a Culture: Representing the American Southwest. This course provides an overview of the social, historical, and environmental factors that characterize the American Southwest and an ethnographic introduction to the groups that have settled there, including American Indians, Hispanics, and Anglo Americans. We examine the politics of cultural representation and the ways in which anthropologists, tourism promoters, artists, and others have inscribed and imaged the Southwest. The course foregrounds issues of land, water, race, ethnicity, and identity in the region. T. Guthrie. Autumn.
21244. Intensive Study of a Culture: Sentimental and Unsentimental Tahiti. This course examines cultural change in a Polynesian island popularized as a paradise lost: Tahiti. It starts with very sad accounts of its fall through European contact and colonialism, and then it moves to accounts that revise, challenge, and de-sentimentalize this history. Studied intensively, post-European Tahiti offers an opportunity to think theoretically about agency, practice, and cultural continuity and discontinuity. Readings are drawn from classic and contemporary anthropology, ethnohistory/ archaeology, novel and film adaptations, and some primary sources. C. Krizancic. Winter.
21245. Intensive Study of a Culture: Anthropology of Islam, Approaches to a Religious Tradition. This course examines various anthropological approaches to Islam. Throughout the course we investigate it as a religious tradition, with relationships to foundational texts, discourses, historical events, and, above all, social practice. In particular, the course examines how anthropologists offer a particular disciplinary lens for analyzing Islam and Muslim society. A major aim is to interrogate the distinction drawn between Islam and Islams and the various representations of what is orthodox and heterodox practice. I. Straughn. Autumn.
21246. Intensive Study of a Culture: Haiti. This course explores Haitian culture and society through historical and ethnographic studies of crisis and disorder, from the personal crises of sickness and trauma to wider crises of political and economic forms. Emphasis is given to the democratic movement in Haiti, from the fall of the Duvalier dictatorship to the present political crisis. We also consider the problems and possibilities of various forms of cultural representation, including ethnography, fiction, and film. G. Beckett. Spring.
21247. Intensive Study of a Culture: The Caucasus. A. T. Smith. Spring.
21301. Modern Readings in Anthropology: Shamanism. (=HUDV 21301) The venerable topic of shamanism is explored in its original Siberian manifestations; North American variations; and extensions into Central America, South America, and elsewhere. The New Age and not-so-New Age interest in shamanism is also considered. R. Fogelson. Autumn.
21304/42100. Modern Readings in Anthropology: Kinship and Everyday Life. PQ: Third- or fourth-year standing. This course provides a critical survey of debates, old and new, in the study of kinship with an eye towards exploring their relevance to research on the reproduction and erosion of sociocultural difference. Readings range from classical treatments to recent reformulations that use kinship as a lens for exploring the dynamics of history, memory, and power. D. Rutherford. Not offered 2005-06; will be offered 2006-07.
21305/45300. Modern Readings in Anthropology: Explorations in Oral Narrative (The Folktale). This course studies the role of storytelling and narrativity in society and culture. Among these are a comparison of folktale traditions; the shift from oral to literate traditions and the impact of writing; the principal schools of analysis of narrative structure and function; and the place of narrative in the disciplines: law, psychoanalysis, politics, history, philosophy, and anthropology. J. Fernandez. Spring.
21307. Modern Readings in Anthropology: History, Ethnohistory, and Archaeology. We critically examine both the intellectual history of and the recent renewal of claims to historical perspectives in archaeology. The goals of this course are twofold: first, to examine the many uses of and understandings of history as evidentiary source, subject matter, and conceptual framework in the archaeological literature; and second, to assess the logic and methods used by researchers to incorporate documentary, ethnohistorical, and archaeological evidence. M. Lycett. Winter.
21406/38300. The Practice of Anthropology: Celebrity and Science in Paleoanthropology. (=HIPS 21100) This seminar explores the balance among research, "show biz," big business, and politics in the careers of Louis, Mary, and Richard Leakey; Alan Walker; Donald Johanson; Jane Goodall; Dian Fossey; and Biruté Galdikas. Information is gathered from films, taped interviews, autobiographies, biographies, pop publications, instructor's anecdotes, and samples of scientific writings. R. Tuttle. Not offered 2005-06; will be offered 2006-07.
21412. The Practice of Anthropology: Anthropological Perspectives on Democracy. Anthropology's unique contribution to the study of democracy has been its focus on forms of political legitimacy, subjectivity, power, and desire. This course explores democracy from an anthropological perspective through a wide variety of ethnographic and critical theoretical texts. In looking at how anthropologists approach democracy as social practice, we consider ways to study political ideals, commitments, and actions as they form key aspects of people's everyday lives. J. Greenberg. Winter.
21414. The Practice of Anthropology: Health, Wealth, and Welfare; the Anthropology of Statecraft in Europe. Violence and the state's monopoly over legitimate physical force have long been central to the social scientific study of the state. This course shifts focus by looking at the equally crucial ways through which states act or appear to be acting for the health, wealth, and welfare of nations. Focusing on Europe, we read ethnographic texts on states as particular moral orders that rely on a range of techniques of intervention, management, and control. A. Muehlebach. Spring.
21415. The Practice of Anthropology: The Oraibi Split. On September 7, 1906, roughly half of the population of the Hopi Pueblo of Oraibi abandoned their village, homes, and lands. This course is a critical examination of the substantial anthropological literature that has focused on this ethnographic moment and its theorization. Beginning with ethnographies, oral histories, and documentary sources, we discuss this event and its context as a means to examine (1) Western Pueblo society since European colonial incorporation; (2) the intellectual history of the anthropological research among the Pueblo; and (3) the relationship between event, process, and history. M. Lycett. Spring.
22000/35500. The Anthropology of Development. (=ENST 22000) This course applies anthropological understanding to development programs in "underdeveloped" and "developing" societies. Topics include the history of development; different perspectives on development within the world system; the role of principal development agencies and their use of anthropological knowledge; the problems of ethnographic field inquiry in the context of development programs; the social organization and politics of underdevelopment; the culture construction of "well-being"; economic, social, and political critiques of development; population, consumption, and the environment; and the future of development. A. Kolata. Not offered 2005-06; will be offered 2006-07.
22400/34900. Big Science and the Birth of the National Security State. (=HIPS 21200) This course examines the mutual creation of big science and the American national security state during the Manhattan Project. It presents the atomic bomb project as the center of a new orchestration of scientific, industrial, military, and political institutions in everyday American life. Exploring the linkages between military technoscience, nation-building, and concepts of security and international order, this class interrogates one of the foundation structures of the modern world system. J. Masco. Winter.
22520/41020. Media and Mediation I: Walter Benjamin as Critic of Mass Culture. Walter Benjamin's seminal writings on mass culture have generally filtered into social science and media studies in the form of one or two key essays. In this intensive seminar, we situate and rethink such well-known pieces as "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" and "The Storyteller" within the wider context of Benjamin's reflections on cinema, photography, built form, experience, and the politics of "the masses." W. T. S. Mazzarella. Spring.
22910/42900. Performance and Politics in India. (=SALC 22900) With the explosion of commercial media in India during the last twenty years, much attention has been given to the relationship between political action and mass media. This seminar considers and pushes beyond such much-debated recent instances as the alleged complicity between the televised "Ramayana" and the rise of a violently intolerant Hindu nationalism. We consider the potentials and entailments of various forms of mediation and performance for political action on the subcontinent, from "classical" textual sources, through "folk" traditions and "progressive" dramatic practice, to contemporary skirmishes over "obscenity" in commercial films. W. T. S. Mazzarella. Winter.
23101-23102-23103. Introduction to Latin American Civilization I, II, III. (=HIST 16101-16102-16103/36101-36102-36103, LACS 16100-16200-16300/34600-34700-34800, SOSC 26100-26200-26300) May be taken in sequence or individually. This sequence meets the general education requirement in civilization studies. This course is an introduction to the history and cultures of Latin America (e.g., Mexico, Central America, South America, Caribbean Islands). Autumn Quarter examines the origins of civilizations in Latin America with a focus on the political, social, and cultural features of the major pre-Columbian civilizations of the Maya, Inca, and Aztec. The quarter concludes with consideration of the Spanish and Portuguese conquest and the construction of colonial societies in Latin America. Winter Quarter addresses the evolution of colonial societies, the wars of independence, and the emergence of Latin American nation-states in the changing international context of the nineteenth century. Spring Quarter focuses on the twentieth century, with special emphasis on the challenges of economic, political, and social development in the region. E. Kouri, Autumn; Staff, Winter, Spring.
23310. Anthropology of Travel. The objective of this course is to consider how the recognition of "difference" is coordinated through transnational networks of state monitored travel. Focusing on the movements of colonials and colonial subjects from the eighteenth century to decolonization (in addition to contemporary issues around immigrant, exile, and leisure travel), this course details how travel regulations locally tailor social life. K. Fikes. Winter.
23600. Medicine and Society in Twentieth-Century China. (=HIPS 22601) This course is a survey of historical and anthropological approaches to medical knowledge and practice in twentieth-century China. Materials cover early modernizing debates, medicine and the state, Maoist public health, traditional Chinese medicine, and health and medicine in popular culture. J. Farquhar. Not offered 2005-06; will be offered 2006-07.
24101-24102. Introduction to the Civilization of South Asia I, II. (=HIST 10800-10900, SALC 20100-20200, SASC 20000-20100, SOSC 23000-23100) Must be taken in sequence. This course meets the general education requirement in civilization studies. This sequence of courses provides an introduction to core themes in the formation of culture and society in South Asia before colonialism. In Autumn Quarter, readings selected mainly from Sanskrit and vernacular sources address ideas and practices relating to space, time, self, power, language, love, beauty, death, and spirit. Winter Quarter focuses on Islam in South Asia, Hindu-Muslim interaction, Mughal political and literary traditions, and South Asia's early encounters with Europe. Autumn, Winter.
24300/40300. Medicine and Culture. (=HIPS 27300) This course examines diverse systems of thought and practice concerning health, illness, and the management of the body and person in everyday and ritual contexts. We seek to develop a framework for studying the cultural and historical constitution of healing practices, especially the evolution of Western biomedicine. J. Comaroff. Spring.
25305. Anthropology of Food and Cuisine. Contemporary human foodways are not only highly differentiated in cultural and social terms, but often have long and complicated histories. Anthropologists have long given attention to food. But, until quite recently, they did so in an unsystematic, haphazard fashion. This course explores several related themes with a view towards both the micro- and macro-politics of food by examining a range of ethnographic and historical case studies and theoretical texts. It takes the format of a seminar augmented by lectures (during the first few weeks), scheduled video screenings, and individual student presentations during the rest of the course. S. Palmie. Spring.
25401/35401. Consumption. (=SOCI 20150/30150) The modern period was associated with industrial production, class society, rationalization, disenchantment, the welfare state, and the belief in salvation by society. Starting from the question "why do we want things," we discuss theories and empirical studies that focus on consumption and identity formation; on shopping and the consumption of symbolic signs; on consumption as linked to the re-enchantment of modernity; as a process of distinction and of the globalization of frames; and as related to time and information. K. Knorr Cetina. Autumn.
25410/35410. Anthropology of Everyday Life. In an effort to clarify the field of everyday life ethnography and stimulate critical reflection on the everyday lives we all lead, this course draws on three bodies of literature: (1) classic anthropological approaches to studying social life (e.g., behaviorism and utilitarianism, the sacred/profane distinction, phenomenology, habitus and practice); (2) twentieth-century cultural Marxist critical theory; and (3) recent studies of popular culture. The course includes a workshop component to accommodate student projects. J. Farquhar. Spring.
25605/35805. Technoscience and Information. (=CHSS 32300, HIPS 23301, SOCI 20149/30149) This course opens the black box of scientific knowledge production and technological work. We draw on the new science and technology studies (STS) and on ethnographic work in surveying constructivist, actor-network, cultural, historical, and feminist approaches to the study of science and knowledge. A first goal of the course is to examine the theoretical concepts and empirical findings of current approaches to science and technology. A second goal is to examine how these elements extend to and are complemented by theories of information and the creative character of contemporary societies. K. Knorr Cetina. Winter.
25700/35700. Globalization: Empirical/Theoretical Elements. (=GEOG 20114/30114, SOCI 21700/31700) This course examines how different processes of globalization transform key aspects of, and are in turn shaped by, major institutions (e.g., sovereignty, citizenship) and major processes (e.g., urbanization, immigration, digitalization). Particular attention goes to analyzing the challenges for theorization and empirical specification. S. Sassen. Autumn.
25905. Introduction to the Musical Folklore of Central Asia. (=EEUR 23400/33400, MUSI 23503/33503, NEHC 20765/30765) This course explores the musical traditions of the peoples of Central Asia, both in terms of historical development and cultural significance. Topics include the music of the epic tradition, the use of music for healing, instrumental genres, and Central Asian folk and classical traditions. Basic field methods for ethnomusicology are also covered. Extensive use is made of recordings of musical performances and of live performances in the area. K. Arik. Not offered 2005-06; will be offered 2006-07.
25906. Shamans and Oral Poets of Central Asia. (=EEUR 23500/33500, NEHC 20766/30766) This course follows NEHC 20765 and explores the rituals, oral literature, and music associated with the nomadic cultures of Central Eurasia. K. Arik. Spring.
26100/46500. Ancient Celtic Societies. (=ANST 24700) This course explores the prehistoric societies of Iron Age "Celtic" Europe and their relationship to modern communities claiming Celtic ancestry. The course aims to impart an understanding of (1) the kinds of evidence available for investigating these ancient societies and how archaeologists interpret these data, (2) processes of change in culture and society during the Iron Age, and (3) how the legacy of Celtic societies has both persisted and been reinvented and manipulated in the modern world. M. Dietler. Autumn.
26700/36100. Nomads and Settlers. This lecture course examines the ancient and modern nomadic societies of Southwest Asia, Central Asia, and North Africa in comparative historical perspective, focusing on their interactions with sedentary polities, states, and empires. Emphasis is placed on the creation and transformation of social relationships in the process of this interaction and implications for analyses of the economy, political organization, and emergence and development of nomadic groups. N. Kouchoukos. Spring.
26800/36800. Rise and Fall of Early Complex Societies. This course examines contemporary approaches to the problems associated with the rise and fall of early complex polities and undertakes a comparative examination of five pivotal case studies: Sumer, Egypt, China, the Maya lowlands, and Teotihuacan. An introduction to the role of early complex societies in nineteenth- and twentieth-century social thought is followed by an evaluation of the major theoretical frameworks archaeologists have constructed to explain the rise of states. A. T. Smith. Winter.
26900/46900. Archaeological Data Sets. This course focuses on the methodological basis of archaeological data analysis. Its goals are twofold: (1) to provide students with an opportunity to examine research questions through the study of archaeological data; and (2) to allow students to evaluate evidential claims in light of analytical results. We consider data collection, sampling and statistical populations, exploratory data analysis, and statistical inference. The course is built around computer applications and, thus, also provides an introduction to computer analysis, data encoding, and database structure. M. Lycett. Not offered 2005-06; will be offered 2006-07.
27001-27002-27003/37001-37002-37003. Introduction to Linguistics I, II, III. (=LING 20100-20200-20300/30100-30200-30300, SOSC 21700-21800-21900) Must be taken in sequence. This course is an introductory survey of methods, findings, and problems in areas of major interest within linguistics and of the relationship of linguistics to other disciplines. Topics include the biological basis of language, basic notions of syntax, semantics, pragmatics, basic syntactic typology of language, phonetics, phonology, morphology, language acquisition, linguistic variation, and linguistic change. Autumn, Winter, Spring.
27400/37400. Language, Power, and Identity in Southeastern Europe: A Linguistics View of the Balkan Crisis. (=HUMA 27400, LING 27200/37200, SLAV 23000/33000) This course familiarizes students with the linguistic histories and structures that have served as bases for the formation of modern Balkan ethnic identities and that are being manipulated to shape current and future events. The course is informed by the instructor's thirty years of linguistic research in the Balkans as well as his experience as an adviser for the United Nations Protection Forces in Former Yugoslavia and as a consultant to the Council on Foreign Relations, the International Crisis Group, and other organizations. Course content may vary in response to current events. V. Friedman. Winter.
27610. Creation and Creativity. (=BPRO 27600, HUMA 27600, ISHU 27650, SOSC 28601) PQ: Third- or fourth-year standing. This seminar explores several creation stories from anthropological, literary, philosophical, and psychological perspectives. We compare the accounts of the beginning in Genesis, Hesiod's Theogony, Ovid's Metamorphoses, Bhagavad Gita, the Maya's Popol Vuh, and other sources (e.g., Native American). We explore the ways cosmic creation has been imagined in world culture. (Are there universals? What is culturally specific?) We also delineate human literary creativity and ask about the relationship between individual creativity and the cultural myths of creation. We consider at least one modern theory of the beginning of the universe. P. Friedrich, K. Mitova. Spring.
27705/47905. Language and Globalization. (=BPRO 24500, LING 27500/37500) PQ: Third- or fourth-year standing. One of those terms with a varying meaning that has become more and more challenging to characterize in a uniform way, globalization names phenomena that have been associated with important transformations in our cultures, including the languages we speak. Distinguishing myths from facts, this course articulates the different meanings of globalization, anchors them in a long history of socioeconomic colonization, and highlights the specific ways in which the phenomena it names have affected the structures and vitalities of languages around the world. We learn about the dynamics of population contact and their impact on the evolution of languages. S. Mufwene, W. Wimsatt. Not offered 2005-06.
28100/38100. Evolution of the Hominoidea. (=EVOL 38100) PQ: Third- or fourth-year standing and consent of instructor. This course carries 200 units of credit. A detailed consideration of the fossil record and the phylogeny of Hominidae and collateral taxa of the Hominoidea is based upon studies of casts and comparative primate osteology. R. Tuttle. Not offered 2005-06; will be offered 2006-07.
28300/38200. Comparative Primate Morphology. (=EVOL 38200) This course carries 200 units of credit. This course covers functional morphology of locomotor, alimentary, and reproductive systems in primates. Dissections are performed on monkeys and apes. R. Tuttle. Spring.
28400/38800. Bioarchaeology and the Human Skeleton. This course is designed to provide students in archaeology with a thorough understanding of bioanthropological and osteological methods used in the interpretation of prehistoric societies. The goal of this course is to introduce students to bioanthropological methods and theory. In particular, lab instruction stresses hands-on experience in analyzing the human skeleton; whereas, seminar classes integrate bioanthropological theory and application to specific cases throughout the world. Lab and seminar-format class meet weekly. M. C. Lozada. Winter.
28410/38810. Zooarchaeology. (=NEAA 20035/30035) PQ: Prior introductory course in archaeology. This course introduces the use of animal bones in archaeological research. Students gain hands-on experience analyzing faunal remains from an archaeological site in the Near East. The class also addresses some of the major theoretical and methodological issues involved in the use of animal bones as a source of information about prehistoric societies. The course consists of lectures, lab sessions, and original research projects using collections of animal bone from the archaeological excavations at Hacinebi, Turkey. G. Stein. Spring.
28600/38600. Apes and Human Evolution. (=BIOS 23253, EVOL 38600, HIPS 23700) BIOS 23241 recommended. This course is a critical examination of the ways in which data on the behavior, morphology, and genetics of apes have been used to elucidate human evolution. We emphasize bipedalism, hunting, meat-eating, tool behavior, food sharing, cognitive ability, language, self-awareness, and sociability. Visits to local zoos, films, and demonstrations with casts of fossils and skeletons required. R. Tuttle. Not offered 2005-06; will be offered 2006-07.
29700. Readings in Anthropology. PQ: Consent of instructor and Director of Undergraduate Studies. Students are required to submit the College Reading and Research Course Form. At the discretion of the instructor, this course is available for either P/F or a quality grade. Autumn, Winter, Spring.
29900. Preparation of Bachelor's Essay. PQ: Consent of instructor and Director of Undergraduate Studies. Students are required to submit the College Reading and Research Course Form. At the discretion of the instructor, this course is available for either P/F or a quality grade. For Honors requirements, consult the Honors section under Program Requirements. Autumn, Winter, Spring.
31800. Religious Movements of Native North America. (=HUDV 31801) New Agers essentialize and romanticize Native American religions. Religious beliefs and practices are assumed to be primordial, eternal, and invariable. However, a closer examination reveals that Native American religions are highly dynamic and adaptive, ever reactive to internal pressure and external circumstances. We examine classic accounts of the Ghost Dance, often considered to be the prototypical Native American religious movement; the Handsome Lake Religion among the Senecas; and other Native American religious movements. R. Fogelson. Spring.
33101-33102. Native Peoples of North America I, II. (=HUDV 33101-33102) PQ: Third- or fourth-year standing. This course is a comprehensive review of Native American cultural history, including consideration of intellectual context, prehistory, ethnology, history, and the contemporary situation. The last half of the third quarter is devoted to a mutually agreed-on topic in which students pursue individual research, the results of which are presented in seminar format. R. Fogelson, J. Cattelino, Autumn; R. Fogelson, Winter.
33400. Ethnographic Writing: Narrative and Experimental Ethnography. PQ: Third- or fourth-year standing and consent of instructor. This is a study of ethnography as a problem of narration and employment, based mainly on the study of the reflexive ethnographies written in the last fifteen years under the epistemological and methodological pressures of phenomenology, critical theory, interpretivism, and postmodernism. We mainly consider ethnographies that have won the Victor Turner Prize for Ethnographic Writing of the American Anthropological Association over the last decade. J. Fernandez. Not offered 2005-06; will be offered 2006-07.
34501-34502. Anthropology of Museums I, II. (=HUDV 34501-34502, MAPS 34500-34600, SOSC 34500-34600) PQ: Advanced standing and consent of instructor. This sequence examines museums from a variety of perspectives. We consider the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, the image and imagination of African-American culture as presented in local museums, and museums as history and memorials as exemplified by Holocaust exhibitions. Several visits to area museums required. R. Fogelson, M. Fred. Winter, Spring.
36200. Ceramic Analysis for Archaeologists. PQ: Consent of instructor. This course introduces the theoretical foundations and analytical techniques that allow archaeologists to use ceramics to make inferences about ancient societies. Ethnographic, experimental, and physical science approaches are explored to develop a realistic, integrated understanding of the nature of ceramics as a form of material culture. Practical training in the use of the ceramic labs is included. M. Dietler. Autumn.
36400. Archaeological Field Studies: Southwestern Archaeology. PQ: Must be taken concurrently with ANTH 36500. Consent of instructor. Class limited to sixteen students. Students participate directly in an ongoing scientific research project while pursuing studies in archaeological theory, method, and data collection. These courses are set in the Middle Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico. Current archaeological, historical, and paleo-environmental research in the North American Southwest and beyond are introduced through direct field experience and evening seminars and lectures. M. Lycett. Summer.
36500. Archaeological Field Studies: Design and Method. PQ: Must be taken concurrently with ANTH 36400. Consent of instructor. Class limited to sixteen students. This course provides practical experience in the design and implementation of archaeological fieldwork and basic lab procedures and an introduction to the analysis of chipped stone, ceramic, floral, and faunal materials recovered from archaeological contexts. Through field and lab work, students do archaeological research, including surface documentation, transit mapping, excavation, artifact processing, and preliminary artifact analysis. Students may pursue a directed research project under the guidance of the instructor. M. Lycett. Summer.
36600. Archaeological Field Studies: Advanced Analytical Methods. PQ: Consent of instructor. Offered in conjunction with ANTH 36400 and 36500. Class limited to sixteen students. This course provides an opportunity to participate in the intensive laboratory analysis of materials recovered from archaeological contexts. Students receive closely supervised instruction in advanced techniques of analysis while working with expert consultants and staff members of the Archaeological Field School in New Mexico. Topics may include study of faunal, botanical, ceramic, metallurgical, and chipped stone material. Students develop a supervised research project as part of their course work. M. Lycett. Summer.
37201-37202. Language in Culture I, II. (=ISHU 35400, LING 31100-31200, PSYC 47001) PQ: Consent of instructor. Must be taken in sequence. This two-quarter course presents the major issues in linguistics of anthropological interest. Among topics discussed in the first half of the sequence are the formal structure of semiotic systems, the ethnographically crucial incorporation of linguistic forms into cultural systems, and the methods for empirical investigation of "functional" semiotic structure and history. The second half of the sequence takes up basic concepts in sociolinguistics and their critique. We then discuss topics such as the linguistic analysis of publics, performance and ritual, and language ideologies. M. Silverstein. Autumn, Winter.
37301. Phonology I. (=LING 20800/30800) PQ: ANTH 27001-27002-27003/37001-37002-37003 or 37700, or equivalent. This course is an introduction to the general principles of phonology as a discipline. The emphasis is on fundamental notions that have always been central to phonological analysis and that transcend differences between theoretical approaches: contrast, neutralization, natural classes, distinctive features, and basic phonological processes (e.g., assimilation). We focus on generative phonology, both "classical" and autosegmental models, with brief discussion of optimality theory. Winter.
37302. Phonology II. (=LING 20900/30900) PQ: ANTH 37301. This course deals with the interfaces between phonology, morphology, and phonetics. Topics vary but generally include issues in prosodic morphology and optimality theory. Spring.
37500. Morphology. (=LING 21000/31000) This course deals with linguistic structure and patterning beyond the phonological level. We focus on analysis of grammatical and formal oppositions, as well as their structural relationships and interrelationships (morphophonology). Spring.
37700. Phonetics. (=LING 20600/30600) PQ: ANTH 27001-27002-27003/37001-37002-37003 or consent of instructor. This course is an introduction to the study of speech sounds. Speech sounds are described with respect to their articulatory, acoustic, and perceptual structures. There are lab exercises both in phonetic transcription and in the acoustic analysis of speech sounds. Autumn.
37801. Syntax I. (=LING 20400/30400) PQ: ANTH 27001-27002-27003/37001-37002-37003 or equivalent. This course is an introduction to basic goals and methods of current syntactic theory through a detailed analysis of a range of phenomena, with emphasis on argumentation and empirical justification. Major topics include phrase structure and constituency, selection and subcategorization, argument structure, case, voice, expletives, and raising and control structures. Autumn.
37802. Syntax II. (=LING 20500/30500) PQ: ANTH 37801 or consent of instructor. This course is a continuation of LING 20400/30400. Major topics include wh-movement in questions, relative clauses, clefts, and comparatives. We also cover islands, crossover, parasitic gaps, superiority, resumptivity, wh-in-situ, multiple wh-fronting, reconstruction, and anaphora. Special attention is given to understanding their properties and distribution cross-linguistically. Winter.
39800. Archaeology of Technology. PQ: Advanced standing and consent of instructor. Must be taken concurrently with ANTH 39900. This course is an introduction to the social organization of material production and to the methods archaeologists use to make inferences about past societies from their material remains. Drawing on ethnographic, historical, and experimental evidence, the range of ways in which specific technical goals can be accomplished socially is examined, with particular emphasis on natural resource use, labor organization, style, and innovation. N. Kouchoukos, A. Yener. Winter.
39900. Instrumental Analysis in Archaeology. PQ: Advanced standing and consent of instructor. Must be taken concurrently with ANTH 39800. This lab course is an introduction to the principles, instruments, and practices archaeologists use to extract information about ancient societies from their artifacts. Weekly case studies and hands-on demonstrations in different experimental facilities on campus survey the ways in which physical and chemical measurements, set within the theoretical frameworks developed in the companion course, can illuminate the processes, knowledge systems, and social relationships that governed the manufacture, distribution, and use of material objects. A. Yener, N. Kouchoukos. Winter.