Browsing Anthropology (21A) - Archived by Title
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21A.01 How Culture Works, Fall 2012
(2012-12)This course introduces diverse meanings and uses of the concept of culture with historical and contemporary examples from scholarship and popular media around the globe. It includes first-hand observations, synthesized ... -
21A.100 Introduction to Anthropology, Fall 2004
(2004-12)This class introduces students to the methods and perspectives of cultural anthropology. Readings emphasize case studies in very different settings (a nuclear weapons laboratory, a cattle-herding society of the Sudan, and ... -
21A.112 Seminar in Ethnography and Fieldwork, Fall 2003
(2003-12)Introduction to ethnographic practices: the study of and communicating about culture. Reading and discussion of classics of anthropological field work, contemporary critiques, and innovative practices. From the course home ... -
21A.215 Medical Anthropology, Fall 2002
(2002-12)Examination of how medicine is practiced cross-culturally, with particular emphasis on Western biomedicine. Analysis of medical practice as a cultural system, focusing on the human, as opposed to the biological, side of ... -
21A.215 Medical Anthropology, Fall 2004
(2004-12)Examination of how medicine is practiced cross-culturally, with particular emphasis on Western biomedicine. Analysis of medical practice as a cultural system, focusing on the human, as opposed to the biological, side of ... -
21A.215 Medical Anthropology: Culture, Society, and Ethics in Disease and Health, Fall 2008
(2008-12)This course looks at medicine from a cross-cultural perspective, focusing on the human, as opposed to biological, side of things. Students learn how to analyze various kinds of medical practice as cultural systems. Particular ... -
21A.216J / SP.622J / WGS.622J Dilemmas in Bio-Medical Ethics: Playing God or Doing Good?, Spring 2005
(2005-06)This course is an introduction to the cross-cultural study of bio-medical ethics. It examines moral foundations of the science and practice of western bio-medicine through case studies of abortion, contraception, cloning, ... -
21A.218J / SP.454J / WGS.454J Identity and Difference, Fall 2002
(2002-12)How can the individual be at once cause and consequence of society, a unique agent of social action and also a social product? Why are some people accepted and celebrated for their particular features while other people ... -
21A.218J / SP.454J / WGS.454J Identity and Difference, Spring 2007
(2007-06)How can the individual be at once cause and consequence of society, a unique agent of social action and also a social product? This course explores how identities, whether of individuals or groups, based on single behaviors ... -
21A.225J / SP.621J / WGS.621J Violence, Human Rights, and Justice, Fall 2004
(2004-12)This course examines the contemporary problem of political violence and the way that human rights have been conceived as a means to protect and promote freedom, peace and justice for citizens against the abuses of the state. -
21A.226 Ethnic and National Identity, Fall 2009
(2009-12)An introduction to the cross-cultural study of ethnic and national identity. We examine the concept of social identity, and consider the ways in which gendered, linguistic, religious, and ethno-racial identity components ... -
21A.226 Ethnic and National Identity, Spring 2003
(2003-06)An introduction to the cross-cultural study of ethnic and national identity. Students explore the history of nationalism, focusing on ideologies about the nation-state, and look at the ways gender, religious and racial ... -
21A.226 Ethnic and National Identity, Spring 2005
(2005-06)This course is an introduction to the cross-cultural study of ethnic and national identity. We examine the concept of social identity, consider how gender, religious and racial identity components interact with ethnic and ... -
21A.230J / WGS.456J The Contemporary American Family, Spring 2004
(2004-06)We begin by considering briefly the evolution of the family, its cross-cultural variability, and its history in the West. We next examine how the family is currently defined in the U.S., discussing different views about ... -
21A.232J / WGS.172J Rethinking the Family, Sex, and Gender, Fall 2010
(2010-12)Through investigating cross-cultural case studies, this course introduces students to the anthropological study of the social institutions and symbolic meanings of family, household, gender, and sexuality. We will explore ... -
21A.235 American Dream: Exploring Class in the U.S., Spring 2007
(2007-06)Americans have historically preferred to think of the United States in classless terms, as a land of economic opportunity equally open to all. Yet, social class remains a central fault line in the U.S. Subject explores the ... -
21A.265 Food and Culture, Spring 2011
(2011-06)Explores connections between what we eat and who we are through cross-cultural study of how personal identities and social groups are formed via food production, preparation, and consumption. Organized around critical ... -
21A.337J / CMS.917J Documenting Culture, Spring 2004
(2004-06)How — and why — do people seek to capture everyday life on film? What can we learn from such films? This course challenges distinctions commonly made between documentary and ethnographic films to ... -
21A.340J / STS.075J Technology and Culture, Fall 2003
(2003-12)This course examines relationships among technology, culture, and politics in a variety of social and historical settings ranging from 19th century factories to 21st century techno dance floors, from colonial Melanesia to ... -
21A.340J / STS.075J Technology and Culture, Fall 2006
(2006-12)This course examines relationships among technology, culture, and politics in a variety of social and historical settings ranging from 19th century factories to 21st century techno dance floors, from colonial Melanesia to ...