Thread:Comments on course outline (1)

I have posted comments throughout your outline—these are just thoughts or questions about the course organization and teaching elements.

''Putting cult anth in perspective and framework for class: will you introduce anthropology and the 4 field approach or just cultural anth? will you introduce anthropology as relevant today and possible careers in cult anth? Will you have an applied section or will you incorporate examples using the Conformity and conflict reader?Italic text'' I. What is culture? a. definitions II. What are the major concepts in cultural anthropology? a. cultural relativism b. holism c. ethnocentrism d. worldview e. naive realism f. values, norms, roles

III. What is language? a. definition b. verbal communication c. non-verbal communication d. Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis e. Sociolinguistics Critical discourse analysis Language change, extinction, and revitalization

IV. How does culture impact identity a. gender b. race (?)

V. What methodologies are used by cultural anthropologists? a. participant observation b. interviews c. questionnaires

What about multidisciplinary approach and digital anth? Ethics and human subjects? Participant observation vs. collaborative research Safety in the field

VI. What theories are used in cultural anthropology? a. Unilineal Evolution b. Historical Particularism c. Materialism and Neomaterialism d. Neoevolution e. Postmodernism f. Structuralism g. Functionalsim h. Symbolic Anthropology Unit 2: Social Institutions I. How do people get what they need to eat? a. Subsistence strategies b. Economic systems II. How do people organize themselves? a. Marriage b. Family households c. Kinship social groups ?? gangs etc. 	social stratification o	status, etc. o	race and racism o	gender and sexism III. How do people get things done? a.	Political Organization conflict and inequality IV. How do people care for themselves? a. Health care b. Death and dying Culture and fertility: reproduction, infanticide/abortion, sex trafficking at family, state and global level. Social inequality and poverty

V. What (HOW) do people interpret the world around them? a. Belief systems Expressive culture: art, music, sports—etc.

Unit 3: Globalization and Modern Development I. What is globalization, modernization and development? II. What is the history of globalization? a. Legacy of European Colonialism b. Decolonization and WWII c. United Nations and Bretton Woods Institutions d. World Trade Organization III. Neocolonialism IV. Anti-globalization movement Migration, displaced persons, immigrants Human rights…//global and local Cultural heritage development