Course Schedule
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Date |
Topic |
Readings |
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Th 8-30 |
Introduction and orientation |
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Tu 9-4 |
Should the subfields of anthropology be separate disciplines? |
Morrell*, Gibbons*, Shea*, Cartmill*, and Calcagno* (Class Read & Discuss all) |
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Th 9-6 |
Is "Intelligent Design" a viable alternative to Evolutionary Theory? | Natural History Forum*, Rennie*, Tyson* |
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Tu 9-11 |
Is race a useful concept for understanding human variation? |
Issue #1 |
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Th 9-13 |
No Class-College Break | |
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Tu 9-18 |
Are humans inherently violent? Guest: Craig Bielert? |
Issue #2 |
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Th 9-20 |
Can apes learn language? |
Issue #7 |
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Tu 9-25 |
Did Neandertals interbreed with modern humans? Guest: John Relethford Reaction paper # 1 due. Choose from topics covered between 8-30 & 9-20. |
Issue #3 |
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Th 9-27 |
What does archaeology tell
us about the behavior of our ancestors, and were they “human”? |
Ambrose*, Boaz* |
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Tu 10-2 |
No Class-Dr. Walker working with Oneonta Middle School Students | |
| Th 10-4 |
What happened to the Classic Mayan civilization? |
Haugh*, Webster*, National Geographic* |
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Tu 10-9 |
Was there a goddess cult in Europe? Guest: Cindy Klink |
Issue #5 |
| Th 10-11 |
Was there Cannibalism in the Southwestern US? |
Issue #6 |
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Tu 10-16 |
When did people first arrive in the New World? Reaction Paper #2 due. Choose from topics covered between 9-25 & 10-11. |
Issue #4 |
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Th 10-18 |
Where did the first Polynesians come from? | Diamond*, Gibbons* |
| Tu 10-23 | Why did humans become agricultural? | Feder*, Richarson* |
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Th 10-25 |
Was Margaret Mead’s Samoan research flawed? | Issue #10 |
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Tu 10-30 |
Is Ethnic Conflict Inevitable? |
Issue #15 |
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Th 11-1 |
No Class-Dr. Walker at Conference | |
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Tu 11-6 |
Do sexually egalitarian societies exist? Guest: Cindy Klink |
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Th 11-8 |
Do native peoples invent their traditions? Guest: Brian Haley? Reaction Paper #3 due. Choose from topics covered between 10-16 & 11-6 |
Issue #11 |
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Tu 11-13 |
The cultural ordering of mind over body Guest: Sallie Han? | Ingold |
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Th 11-15 |
Does language determine how we think? Guest: Don Hill? |
Issue #8 |
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Tu 11-20 & Th 11-22 |
No Class-Thanksgiving Break | |
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Tu 11-27 |
Are San H-g’s pastoralists who have lost their herds? |
Issue #13 |
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Th 11-29 |
Should anthropologists work to eliminate the practice of female circumcision? Reaction paper #4 due. Choose from topics covered between 10-8 & 11-27. |
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| Tu 12-4 |
What is the Anthropological concept of Holism? |
Harris*, Lowie*, Herskovits* & Scupin* (Class Read & Discuss all) |
| Th12-6 |
Should the remains of prehistoric Native Americans be reburied rather than studied? |
Issue #16 |
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Tu 12-11 |
Did Chagnon’s research methods endanger the Yanomami? Response to Questions on Holism Due |
Issue #17 |
| Th 12-13 |
Do museums misrepresent ethnic communities? Guest: Lisa Sorenson-Stahl |
Issue #18 |
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Tu 12-18 |
Final Class Meeting 2:00 pm Reaction paper #5 due. |
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