Anthropology 100T: Cultural Anthropology

Dr. MaryCarol Hopkins

Fall 1999

Dates in ALL CAPS refer to class sessions, which are on Thursdays at 6:15, and are noted either required or optional. The other dates refer to the televised programs, which are on KET (channel 54) on Saturdays from 1:00 until 2:00, beginning September 4. Note that there are 2 half-hour programs each week, so you need to watch for the full hour. The programs will also be broadcast on KET and NKU cable at other times. For reading assignments, you will need to follow the Study Guide week by week for the assignments. Note that the assignments in Haviland are NOT keyed chapter by chapter to the telecourse, so you'll have to check for the appropriate Haviland assignment in the Study Guide. Notice also that there are generally two programs and two chapters in the Study Guide per week.

AUG. 26 FIRST NIGHT OF CLASS, ATTENDANCE REQUIRED

Introduction to the course, the syllabus, requirements, etc.

Read Chapters 1 & 2 of the Study Guide and the appropriate chapters in Haviland before September 4; each week, read the two Study Guide chapters as listed below and the appropriate chapters in Haviland before viewing the program.

Sat., Sept. 4 1) The Nature of Anthropology

2) The Nature of Culture

Sat., Sept. 11 3) How Cultures Are Studied

4) Language and Communication

Tues., Sept. 14 last day to drop a course without a grade

Sat., Sept. 18 5) Psychological Anthropology

6) Alejandro Mamani: A Case Study in Culture and Personality

Sat., Sept. 25 7) Patterns of Subsistence: Food Foragers and Pastoralists

8) Patterns of Subsistence: Food Producers

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 REVIEW SESSION

There will be a short quiz, which I will not collect, and which will not count, but we will grade it in class and it will give you some idea of how you are doing in the class. This will be your only feedback before the final drop time, which is October 19. Also come to class with questions regarding units 1-8 and the Kinship Project, which we will discuss.

Sat., Oct. 2 9) Economic Anthropology

10) The Highland Maya: A Case Study in Economic Anthropology

Sat., Oct. 10 11) Sex and Marriage

12) Family and Household

THURSDAY, OCT. 14 MIDTERM EXAM, ATTENDANCE REQUIRED (units 1-12)

You are not required, but are encouraged, to bring to class the kinship project you have been working on. It does not have to be perfect at this point, but the interview should be complete and the data laid out in three columns. Plan to spend some time after the test working on this in class. I will also give you the remainder of the assignment, which will make more sense if you have your data with you.

Sat., Oct. 16 13) The Yucatec Maya: A Case Study in Marriage and Family

14) Kinship and Descent, Part I

Tues., Oct. 19 last day to drop with a grade of W or remove incompletes

Sat., Oct. 23 15) Kinship and Descent, Part II

16) Age, Common Interest, and Stratification

THURSDAY, OCT. 28 WORKSHOP ON KINSHIP

This session is optional, but we'll work with the kinship project you have done. I'll help you with any errors and you'll have a chance to redo it before the due date, which is Nov. 11. This material is quite complicated, and most students will need this session in order to complete the assignment correctly.

Sat., Oct. 30 17) The Aymara: A Case Study in Social Stratification

18) Political Organization

Sat., Nov. 6 19) Social Control

20) Religion and Magic

Thursday, Nov. 11 Kinship Project Due­see assignment sheet for directions

Place the final project in a 9 x 12" envelope, put your name and my name on the envelope, and place it in my mailbox in the Sociology, Anthropology, and Philosophy suite, or mail it to me at: 246 Landrum Hall, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY 41099. If you'd like it returned, include a second self-addressed envelope.

Sat., Nov. 13 21) The Asmats of New Guinea: A Case Study in Religion and Magic

22) The Arts

Sat., Nov. 20 23) New Orleans Black Indians: A Case Study in the Arts

24) Culture Change

Mon., Nov. 22 extra credit work due; must be in my mailbox by 3:00 p.m.

Sat., Nov. 27 25) Cricket the Trobriand Way: A Case Study in Culture Change

26) The Future of Humanity

THURSDAY, DEC. 2 REVIEW SESSION, ATTENDANCE OPTIONAL

The course evaluation will also be done tonight (if possible­sometimes they are not available yet at this date, in which case they'll be done on exam night). This will also be our opportunity to discuss the very important and sometimes difficult section on Kinship and Descent.

THURSDAY, DEC. 17 FINAL EXAM­ATTENDANCE REQUIRED (units 13-26)

Note on the University Final Exam Schedule that our exam is scheduled for 6:30-8:30, rather than our regular class time.