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| ANTHROPOLOGY |
| 070.103
(H,S)
(W) |
AFRICA AND THE MUSEUM (3) Guyer Limit 20 An introduction to Africa,
artistic creativity, collection and exhibition: as African
history, as anthropology of art and objects, and as
public controversy in our national institutions. Works
with the Baltimore Museum of Arts.
Cross-listed with Africana
Studies and the Program in Museums and Society. |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 11 |
| 070.216
(H,S)
(W) |
THE LOGIC OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL INQUIRY (3) Reynolds Limit
30 A close look at ethnography
as a mode of inquiry and as a genre of writing. This
will count as a required course for Anthropology majors
but open to all undergraduates. |
Sec. 01 |
T 12-3 |
| 070.221
(H,S) |
LANGUAGE, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY (3) Haeri
Limit 50 Provides
a basic understanding of the different ways in which
language interacts with culture and society. Contemporary
social problems will be examined through the lens of
language. This is hands-on course that emphasizes skills
in textual, narrative and conversation analysis. |
Sec. 01 |
ThF 10:30-12 |
| 070.318
(H,S)
(W) |
THE
WORK OF COMIC ART (3)
Carpenter
Limit
12 This course will look
at comic books in terms of creative acts, identity,
intellectual property law, production processes, and
social concerns. While comic characters often reflect
the views, experiences, and reference material of their
creators and publishers, once produced, comic characters
take on a life and meaning of their own amongst reading
publics. Students can expect to read, theorize, and
even make comics as a part of this class. |
Sec. 01 |
T 1-4 |
| 070.320 (H,S)
(W) |
FILM,
FATE AND LAW: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON THE OUTLAW
IN MEXICAN AND INDIAN FILMS (3) Khan/Poole Limit 35 What fates befall
filmic bandits? What do these fates tell us about the
ordinary experience of law and time? We explore these
questions through Mexican and Indian films about banditry
and crime.
Cross-listed with Latin American Studies and Studies
of Women, Gender, and Sexuality |
Sec. 01 |
W 1-4 |
| 070.330 (H,S) |
ANTHROPOLOGY AND HUMAN RIGHTS (3) Selby Limit 20 15
This course examines the
central debates on human rights, while emphasizing the
contributions anthropology has made to those debates,
and to providing innovations within the field of human
rights scholarship. Dean’s Teaching Fellowship
Course Cross-listed
with Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality |
Sec. 01 |
W 12-3 |
| 070.370
(H,S) |
THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF WORK (3) Mulla Limit 25 This
course examines the social aspects of work in everyday
life, specifically in relation to the religious belief
systems and values that work rewards, conflicts with,
perpetuates, imparts, or absorbs. Dean’s
Teaching Fellowship Course Cross-listed
with Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality |
Sec. 01 |
ThF 9-10:30 |
| 070.381 (H,S) |
TRANSFORMATIONS IN POST-SOVIET SOCIETIES
(3) Fournier
Limit 25 This
course examines the complexities of post-Soviet societies
as they undergo radical social change. It focuses
on local engagements with Western constructs such as
‘market’, ‘democracy’, and ‘civil society’.
Dean’s Teaching Fellowship Course |
Sec. 01 |
Th 1-4 |
| 070.393 (H,S) |
LAW
AND DEVELOPMENT: POSTCOLONIAL PERSPECTIVES (3) Obarrio
Limit 25 What is
"development"? How are connections between
"structural adjustment" and the "rule
of law" currently transforming the postcolonial
world? This course explores anthropological critiques
of development with a focus on law, land, and locality.
Course added 3/07/06 |
Sec. 01 |
M
1-4 |
| 362.220 (H,S)
(W) |
AFRICAN DIASPORA
(3) Vinson Limit
25 Cross-listed with Africana Studies and
History |
Sec. 01 |
T
2-4 |
| 191.340 (S) |
EDUCATION POLITICS IN URBAN AMERICA (3) Hayes Limit 25
15 Cross listed with Political Science, History,
Political Science, Sociology, Africana Studies |
Sec. 01 |
Th 2-4 |
| 090.341 (H) |
MARX,
FREUD AND MODERN CRITICAL THEORY (3) Gold Limit 20 Examines the importance
of Marxism and psychoanalysis for 20th century German
social thought. Topics include the tension between the
individual and authority; theories of mass culture,
particularly film; the relationship between modern society
and domination; and the liberating potential of art.
In addition to works by Marx and Freud, we will read
texts by T.W. Adorno, Herbert Marcuse, Walter Benjamin,
and others. Conducted in English Cross-listed with
German, History, Philosophy, and Political Science
Course added 7/05/06 |
Sec. 01 |
MTh
3-4:30 |
| 300.343
(H) |
BERGSON AND THE PROBLEM
OF NOVELTY IN PHILOSOPHY (3) Marrati Limit 20
Cross-listed with German & Romance Languages,
Humanities
Center, and Political Science |
Sec. 01 |
T 2-4:30 |
| 360.376
(H,S) |
THE
BODY OF ISLAM (3) Baxstrom Limit 15 “The Body of Islam”
seeks to understand how, through the interplay between
bodies, behavior and belief, notions of proper human
living, gender and sexuality are constituted in the
Muslim World. Cross-listed with Interdepartmental & Studies of Women,
Gender, and Sexuality |
Sec. 01 |
ThF 10-11:30 |
| 070.503 |
INDEPENDENT STUDY Staff |
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| 070.505 |
DIRECTED RESEARCH Staff |
|
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| 070.507 |
DIRECTED READINGS Staff |
|
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| 070.551 |
INTERNSHIP Staff |
|
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| 070.561 |
SENIOR ESSAY Staff |
|
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| 070.616 |
PROSEMINAR ON ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY Guyer This course will consist
of close reading of anthropological texts in order
to elicit the relation between knowledge and institutions.
Will not provide a survey but will select one or two
salient concepts and place them within the conceptual
and institutional history of various anthropologies.
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Sec. 01 |
M 3-5 |
| 070.617 |
ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODS Poole An introduction to basic ethnographic and
historical methods for anthropological fieldwork. Required
course for all second year anthropology graduate students.
Will build on fieldwork conducted during the previous
summer. |
Sec. 01 |
T 1-3 |
| 070.654 |
ON
THE QUESTION OF ETHICS Das How are questions of ethics posed
in relation to knowledge? This course looks at classical
and contemporary writings on this issue. |
Sec. 01 |
M 6-8pm |
| 070.656 |
THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION
Cannell This course has two aims: Firstly,
it examines a range of central topics in the anthropology
of religion through classic and new readings. Secondly,
it interrogates the rootedness of anthropological approaches to religion in
‘methodological atheism’ (Gell),
asks what the limitations of this paradigm might be,
and what alternatives are proposed in both ‘faith’ and
‘scientific’ perspectives. |
Sec. 01 |
W 1-3 |
| 040.601 |
MYTHOLOGY OF GREEK GODS: HERMES AND APOLLO
Detienne Limit 10 Cross-listed
with Classics, Humanities
Center, and Philosophy |
Sec. 01 |
W 3-5 |
| 300.623 |
MIRACLES,
EVENTS, EFFECTS deVries Limit 20 Cross-listed with Humanities Center, Anthropology, Political
Science, Philosophy |
Sec. 01 |
TH 1-4 |
| 300.678 |
DIFFERENCE
AND REPITITION AND ITS SOURCES Marrati Cross-listed
with Philosophy, Political Science, the Humanities Center, and German and Romance
Languages |
Sec. 01 |
M 2-5 W 10-12:30 |
| 070.801 |
DISSERTATION RESEARCH Staff |
|
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| 070.871 |
DIRECTED READING AND RESEARCH Das |
Sec. 01 |
|
| 070.877 |
DIRECTED
READING AND
RESEARCH Northcott |
Sec. 01 |
|
| 070.879 |
DIRECTED
READING AND
RESEARCH Guyer |
Sec. 01 |
|
| 070.883 |
DIRECTED
READING AND
RESEARCH Reynolds |
Sec. 01 |
|
| 070.885 |
DIRECTED
READING AND
RESEARCH Poole |
Sec. 01 |
|
| 070.889 |
DIRECTED
READING AND
RESEARCH Haeri |
Sec. 01 |
|
| 070.891 |
DIRECTED
READING AND
RESEARCH Khan |
Sec. 01 |
|
| 070.895 |
DIRECTED READING AND RESEARCH Schoenberger |
Sec. 01 |
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| 070.897 |
DIRECTED READING AND
RESEARCH
Berry |
Sec. 01 |
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