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Document Type
Syllabus
Publication Date
Fall 8-29-2023
Abstract
Cultural anthropology emerged to study the differences among human beings (and between human and non-human beings). This course will cover the foundations of the discipline, including a critical perspective on anthropology’s ties to European colonialism and the rise of global capitalism. Students will come away with an understanding of how cultural anthropologists study culture, defined as “a set of beliefs, practices, and symbols that are learned and shared. Together, they form an all-encompassing, integrated whole that binds people together and shapes their worldview and lifeways” (Brown, McIlwraith & Tubelle de González 2020, 6). We will also pay close attention to how cultural patterns, such as race, class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and other forms of social difference, produce conflict, and shape unequal power relations within and between groups of people.
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