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Fall 2011 – Anth 1100


This page is for Anthropology 1100 students at Douglas College. This class meets on Mondays and Wednesdays in New Westminster throughout the Fall semester of 2011.



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Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
Textbooks:
Ember, Carol R. and Melvin Ember. 2009. Human Culture: Highlights of Cultural Anthropology. Toronto: Pearson Ed.

Barker, John. 2008. Ancestral Lines: The Maisin of Papua New Guinea and the Fate of the Rainforest. Toronto: Broadview.

Lecture Schedule

Week 1&2: Course Introduction, ‘What is Culture?’, and Methods (Sep 7, 12, 14)
Syllabus, Questions for Readings, and Assignment Handouts (Fall 2011; 1 pdf file)
Film Questions for ‘Cannibal Tours’

Week 3: Economic Anthropology (Sep 19, 21)
Questions for Tahltan Slides

Week 4: Exchange Systems (Sep 26, 28)
Film Questions for ‘Ongka’s Big Moka’
Midterm I Study Guide

Weeks 5-7: Kinship, Midterm I (October 3, 5, 12, 17)
Blank Kinship Charts and Other Kinship Handouts

Midterm I is on October 5
There is no class on October 10.

Week 7-8: Religion and Ritual (Oct 19, 24, 26)
Questions for Film ‘Witchcraft Among the Azande’
Religion Slides

Week 9: Political Anthropology (Oct 31, Nov 2)
Film Questions for ‘The Mursi’
Political Anthropology Slides

Week 10: Social Stratification (Nov 7, 9)
Film Questions for ‘Man without Pigs’
Midterm II Handout
Social Stratification Slides

Weeks 11-12: Barker’s Ancestral Lines, Language/Communication and Midterm II (Nov 14, 16, 21, 23)
Language-related Worksheets
Worksheets for Ancestral Lines
Language Slides
Other Week 10 Slides

Midterm II is on November 16

Week 13: Culture Change (Nov 28, 30)
Final Quiz Guide

Week 14: Final Quiz (Dec 5)