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syllabus you will also find links to relevant
resources that should help you as you study, embedded in the appropriate
sections. To download a copy of the syllabus hand out in class, right-click and
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110Syllabus2004.doc.
Regarding the links to online
readings below, please see the notes at the top of the Online Readings page,
which contains the full list of such readings.
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Part One:
INTRODUCING ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY
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When did
these two disciplines emerge, and why? What makes them different, yet
increasingly similar? In which ways do they overlap?
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Mon. 13
Sept:
Introduction to the Course
Weds. 15 Sept: Introducing
Anthropology
Assigned Reading:
Ch. 1, Anthropology and Human Diversity, pps.
1-18
Online Supplemental Reading:
Introduction
to Anthropology (411 Kb)
Body Ritual among the
Nacirema (52.7 Kb)
News:
"Cultural relativism and universal human rights", by Carolyn
Fluehr-Lobban, in AnthroNotes, Vol. 20, No. 2, Winter 1998.
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Sept:
FINAL DATE TO REGISTER FOR OR ADD A COURSE FOR FALL TERM
Week 2
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Introducing Sociology
Mon. 20
Sept. &Weds. 22 Sept.
Assigned Reading:
Ch. 2, A Sociological Compass, pps. 19-46
Online
Supplemental Reading:
Introduction
to Sociology (0.99 Mb)
Part Two:
Thinking about the
Ways We Think
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We often take our very thought processes for granted. Too often we rely on what
we believe to be “common sense”, old truisms, our buy arguments at face value.
Some might think that social scientific arguments are merely opinion, and
because everyone has a right to an opinion, all opinions are equally valid. Now
we will find out why this is all wrong.
Week 3
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Analysing and Evaluating Arguments
Mon. 27
Sept. & Weds. 29 Sept.
Assigned Reading:
Ch. 3, The Anatomy of Arguments: Identifying Premises and
Conclusions, pps. 47-74
Online
Supplemental Reading:
Six Steps
to Understanding and Evaluating Arguments (460 Kb)
Week 4
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Generalizations and Exceptions
Mon. 4 Oct.
& Weds. 6 Oct.
Assigned Reading:
Ch.
4, Should We Generalize about People? pps. 75-82
Online
Supplemental Reading:
Deciding What
to Believe (253 Kb)
Part Three:
Introducing Theories in Anthropology and Sociology
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Given the broad range of subjects covered by anthropology and sociology, there
are a great many theories that have been developed to explain a wide array of
human behaviour. Here we will learn of some of the classic and widely
disseminated theories at the core of these two disciplines.
Week 5
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Mon. 11 Oct. (Thanksgiving, Closed)
Weds. 13 Oct:
Introducing Theories in
Anthropology
Assigned Readings:
Ch. 5, Appendix, pps. 83-90
Ch. 6, The Development of Anthropological Thought, pps. 91-108
Online Supplemental
Reading:
Theories in Social
Research (459 Kb)
Related Website:
Anthropological Theories: A
Guide Prepared by Students, for Students.
http://www.as.ua.edu/ant/Faculty/murphy/436/anthros.htm
Week 6
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Introducing Theories in Sociology
Mon. 18 Oct.
& Weds. 20 Oct.
Assigned Reading:
Ch. 7, Three Sociological Perspectives, pps. 109-118
MON. 25 OCTOBER 2004:
IN-CLASS EXAM FOR PARTS ONE, TWO and THREE (20% of final grade)
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Armchair theorizing is no longer accepted in the social sciences. Claims to
truth have to be based on some foundation of supporting evidence—information
that can be acquired by others using the same methods of investigation (at
least, this is one approach to knowledge in the social sciences). Here we will
obtain an overview of some of the primary research methods used by
anthropologists and sociologists. We will compare and contrast them and discuss
which methods may be more appropriate given different research subjects.
Week 7
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Mon. 25 Oct. (EXAM, see above)
Weds. 27 Oct:
Research in Social-Cultural
Anthropology
Assigned Reading:
Ch. 8, Methods of Investigation, pps. 119-134
Online
Supplemental Reading:
Doing
Anthropological Research (1.3 Mb)
Doing Field
Research (397 Kb)
Week 8
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Research Methods in Sociology
Mon. 1 Nov. & Weds. 3 Nov.
Assigned Reading:
Ch. 9, Doing
Sociological Research, pps. 135-159
Online Supplemental
Reading:
Doing Sociological
Research (311 Kb)
Social scientists have handled populations through large categories such as
“society” and “culture”. We as individuals have been schooled in the ways of our
societies and instructed as to the appropriate cultural norms governing social
relationships. To a significant extent, we are also speaking of patterns and
processes of social control here, as well as the ways that societies reproduce
themselves. Institutions and norms governing socialization are thus focal
concerns of this part. We are concerning ourselves with some of the larger,
overarching institutions and values that mould individuals into particular
social and cultural relationships and frameworks of meaning.
Week 9
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Culture and Society: key concepts
Mon. 8 Nov. & Weds. 10 Nov.
Assigned Reading:
Ch. 10, Culture and Society, pps. 163-192
Week 10
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Socialization and the Learning of
Culture
Mon. 15 Nov. & Weds. 17 Nov.
Assigned Readings:
Ch. 11, Socialization, pps. 193-220
Ch. 12, Learning Culture, pps. 221-240
Online Supplemental Reading:
Socialization and the Life Course (982 Kb)
Online Tutorial:
PROCESS OF SOCIALIZATION
Mon. 22 Nov. & Weds. 29 Nov.
Assigned Reading:
Ch. 13, Social Control, pps. 241-262
Online Supplemental Reading:
Social Structure
and Interaction in Everyday Life (952 Kb)
Online Tutorial:
SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
Week 12
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Deviance
Mon. 29 Nov. & Weds. 1 Dec.
Assigned Reading:
Ch. 14, Deviance and Crime, pps. 263-290
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EXAMINATIONS: 6-17 December
EXAM FOR PARTS FOUR AND FIVE, during examinations period
(30% of final grade)
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> Dec. 23:
Fall grades accessible online
Please Note:
You do
have some work to do over the Winter holiday break (you should start getting
accustomed to this fact), and it merely consists of doing the assigned readings
for the start of class in January. If you are particularly enterprising, you
will take the opportunity to read ahead on your own.
Winter Semester, 2005
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We have studied how
concepts such as culture and society can aid us to develop theories of
socialization and enculturation that underpin social order, social control and
social reproduction. We are still concerned with how individuals are schooled in
various social and cultural norms, through particular institutional vehicles,
such as the family, systems of kinship, ethnic organizations, gender relations,
religion, and even language. These topics will be our focus for this section.
Week 13
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Mon. 3
Jan. (Closed, classes begin on 4 Jan)
Weds. 5 Jan: Language & Culture:
an ambiguous relationship
Assigned Readings:
Ch. 15, Culture, pps. 291-314
Ch. 16, Language, pps. 315-342
Online Supplemental Reading:
Language (712 Kb)
Online Tutorial:
LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
Week 14
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Religion in Anthropology and
Sociology
Mon. 10 Jan. &
Weds. 12 Jan.
Assigned Readings:
Ch. 17, Religion, pps. 343-370
Ch. 18, The Sociological Perspective on Religion, pps. 371-394
Online Supplemental Reading:
Sociology of Religion
(238 Kb)
Online Tutorial:
ANTHROPOLOGY OF
RELIGION
Week 16
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Gender Relations
Mon. 24 Jan. &
Weds. 26 Jan.
Assigned Reading:
Ch.
20, Gender in Comparative Perspective, pps. 429-454
Online Supplemental Reading:
Gender and Sexuality
(858 Kb)
> 28 Jan:
FINAL DATE TO WITHDRAW FROM A FULL-YEAR (6 CREDIT) COURSE WITHOUT ACADEMIC
PENALTY.
Week 17
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Kinship Systems
Mon. 31 Jan. &
Weds. 2 Feb.
Week 18
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Families
Mon. 7 Feb. & Weds.
9 Feb.
Assigned Reading:
Ch.
22, The Family, pps. 477-506
Online Supplemental Reading:
Families (650 Kb)
Online Tutorial:
SEX AND MARRIAGE
Week 19
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Mon. 14 Feb.
(Reading Week - Closed)
Weds. 16 Feb.
(Reading Week - Closed)
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You will most likely use this time to study for the next exam. However, you
should also use the time afforded by Reading Week to read ahead in the
syllabus.
MON. 21 FEBRUARY
2005:
IN-CLASS EXAM FOR PART SIX (20% of final grade)
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Societies are structured to meet certain material or economic ends and there are
definite social and political relations accompanying such patterns of
production. We will therefore look at patterns of work in different societies,
the cultural values associated with work, as well as political systems and
social stratification. We will then examine production, power and inequality on
a global scale. Our interest in the latter we lead us to focus on colonialism
and its legacy in the so-called “Third World”, the emergence of what some call a
modern world system that is capitalist and global in extent, and the
transnational linkages formed between and among peoples.
Week 20
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Mon. 21 Feb. (EXAM,
see above)
Weds. 23 Feb:
Introducing Social Inequality/Stratification
Assigned Readings:
Ch.
23, Concepts and Theories of Stratification, pps. 507-528
Ch. 24,
Who Rules America? The Corporate Community and the Upper Class, pps. 529-534
Week 21
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Understanding Social Stratification
Mon. 28 Feb. &
Weds. 2 Mar.
Assigned Reading:
Ch.
25, Social Inequality and Stratification, pps. 535-550
Week 22
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Production,
Distribution and Exchange
Mon. 7 Mar. & Weds.
9 Mar.
Assigned Reading:
Week 23
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Political Organization
Mon. 14 Mar. &
Weds. 16 Mar.
Assigned Reading:
Ch.
27, The Organization of Political Life, pps. 577-594
Online Supplemental Reading:
Political and
Economic Systems (1.68 Mb)
Week 24
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Colonialism, Globalization and World Poverty
Mon. 21 Mar. &
Weds. 23 Mar.
Assigned Readings:
Ch.
28, Cultural Change, pps. 595-622
Ch. 29, Global Stratification, pps. 623-648
Online Supplemental Readings:
The
McDonaldization of Society (78 Kb)
The Disneyization
of Society (71 Kb)
Online Tutorial:
CULTURE CHANGE
Week 25
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Mon. 28 Mar.
(Easter Monday - Closed)
Weds. 30 Mar:
Non-Western Critiques of Progress and
Development
Assigned Reading:
Ch. 30, Nature, Culture, and Development, pps. 649-end.
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EXAMINATIONS: 4-15 April
EXAM FOR PART SEVEN, during examinations period (30% of final grade)
> 29 April:
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