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                                                         Syllabus

Week 1 Aug. 29 What is anthropology? How did the field of anthropology develop and what are some key concepts?

1. Haines Chapt. 1 pp. 1-14
2. Haines Chapt. 1 pp. 1-14


Week 2 Sept. 5 Human Adaptations—Foraging 

1. Haines Chapt. 2, 3 pp. 17-35 (Film-N!ai: Story of a !Kung Woman)
2. Lee Chapt. 1-4

Week 3 Sept. 12 Human Adaptations--Horticulturalists

1. Haines Chapt. 4 pp. 38-50 
2. QUIZ 1 (15 POINTS) on all material through Week 3 (35 minutes)

Week 4 Sept. 19 Human Adaptations—Agriculturalists 

1. Haines Chapt. 5 pp. 52-63
2. READING on Electronic Reserve Film: Tentative, Songs of the Fourth World

Week 5 Sept. 26 Human Adaptations—Pastoralists and Industrialists

1. Haines Chapt. 6 pp. 65-75 and Chapt. 7 pp. 77-92 
2. QUIZ 2 (15 POINTS) on all material through Week 5, 35 minutes. (Film: Tentative-Saltmen of Tibet)


Week 6 Oct. 3 Social Organization and Social Structure

1. Haines Chapt. 8 pp. 93-102; 
2. Lee Chapter Five 

Week 7 Oct. 10 Kinship and Family

1. Holiday
2. Haines Chapter 9 pp. 104-118 Film, Tentative: Dadi’s Family

Week 8 Oct. 17 Marriage, Gender and Sexuality
1. Haines Chapter 10 pp. 119-133; 
2. Lee Lee Chapter 6 Film: Tentative, Arranged Marriages or Small Happiness

Week 9 Oct. 24 Economics and Culture

1. EXAM I All material since the beginning of the semester through Week 8.
2. Haines Chapter 11 pp. 135-149 Lee Chapter 7 

Week 10 Oct. 31 Politics and Culture

1. Haines Chapter 12 pp. 151-166
2. Lee Chapters 9 and 10 Film: Tentative, Ongka’s Big Moka

Week 11 Nov. 7 Religion and Culture

1. Haines Chapter 13 pp. 167-179 
2. Lee Chapter 8 Film: Tentative, Holy Ghost People


Week 12 Nov. 14 Meaning, Knowledge and Cognition

1. Haines Chapter 14 pp. 182-188 and Chapter 15 pp. 189-201
Lee Chapter 11 and 12 and Postscript
2. QUIZ 3 15 points, Material since Week 9 through Week 11. 

Week 13 Nov. 21 Language and Culture

1. Haines Chapter 16 pp. 202-216 Lessinger Introduction through Chapter 3 Film: Tentative, American Tongues

2. Thanksgiving Break

Week 14 Nov. 28 Bodies,Places, and Culture

1. Haines Chapter 17 pp. 218-229 Film: Tentative, Cannibal Tours
2. Lessinger Chapter 4 and 5 QUIZ 4: Weeks 12-14

Week 15 Dec. 5 Anthropology and Society

1. Haines Chapter 18 pp. 231-244
2. Lessinger Chapter 6 

Final EXAM WEEK Dec. 12 EXAM 2 Cumulative Final 60 points

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