Course Schedule

Lecture, Reading & Exam Schedule for

INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

(ANTHROPOLOGY 212)
Spring 2017

Last Update 1/2/17

Texts:
Yanomamö N. Chagnon, (6^th ed.)
The Netsilik Eskimo. A. Balikci
The Isthmus Zapotecs: A Matrifocal Culture of Mexico, B. Chiñas (2^nd ed.)

Key for text readings:
B=Balikci, C=Chagnon, BC=Chiñas

COURSE SCHEDULE

Week of	Topic	Readings	Exams and Due Dates	Web Readings & Videos
January 9	Fieldwork & Cultural Theory	B: ix-xxiv; C: 1-44; BC: xi-xx; 1-5		Video: A Man Called "Bee" Reading:Chimpanzee Culture?
January 16	Cultural Evolution	C: 45-60; BC: 6-15		Reading: Ethnocentrism
January 23	Ecology & Human Adaptation	C: 60-72; B: 1-22; BC: 16-22		Reading: Noble or Savage?
January 30	Demography & Subsistence	B: 23-90; BC: 23-41
February 6	Food Extraction Systems Settlement Pattern	C: 72-100	1st exam Feb 9th	Reading: Some Like it Hot
February 13	Family Life	B: 93-109 & 147-162; C: 123-139; BC 43-60		Video: Mende
February 20	Kinship	B: 111-131; C:140-162 BC: 72-84;		Video: Dadi's Family Reading:
Feb 27	Marriage & Infanticide	B: 133-144;		Cousin Marriage & Inbreeding Depression
March 6	The Incest Taboo	C 163-188 and 211-231	Second Exam Review
March 13	Division of Labor Review		2^nd Exam March 14^th
March 19-26: Spring Break
March 27	Sex/Gender Differences	C:189-210; BC: 85-112		Video: Some Women of Marrakech
April 3	Warfare	B: 163-193; C: 72-100		Video: The Feast
April 10	Politics & Conflict Management Sexual Behavior			Reading: More Peace Today?
April 17	Religion	BC: 61-71 C: 101-122. B: 241-257; B: 197-238;	3rd Exam April 18^th Book Report: Preliminary (optional) due April 21^st	Video: We are Mehinaku Readings: Evolution and Morality
April 24	Acculturation & Change: current situations	C: 233-268 BC:113-125 Review Dead Week	Final Book Report due: 4/28, midnight	Readings: Moral Gods & Cooperation Rice, Psychology, & Culture
May 2 Finals Week			4th Exam May 1, 1-3 PM

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March 19-26: Spring Break