Schedule of Class
Week | Dates | Read | Watch/Listen | Do |
Week One: What is Anthropology? | Start: August 26 End: August 30 (Short Week) | The Nacirema Power Point One | Babies (trailer/movie) | Discussion Board Post and Introductions |
Week Two: Ethnography – Product and Process | Start: August 31 End: Sept 6 (Short Week) | Spradley and Sterk Power Point Two | Podcast/Ear Hustle Episode | Quiz |
Week Three: Language and Society | Start: Sept 7 End: Sept 13 (Short Week) | Deutscher Power Point Three | Film: American Tongues | Movie Viewing Guide |
Week Four: Race (Pt. 1) | Start: Sept 14 End: Sept 20 (Short Week) | Jablonski Power Point Four | Film: Race: The power of Illusion | Quiz |
Week Five: Race (Pt. 2) | Start: Sept 21 End: Sept 27 | Fish and Baugh Power Point Five | Podcast: Code Switch Video: Reverse Racism | Response Paper |
Week Six: Sex, Gender and Sexuality | Start: Sept 28 End: Oct 4 (Short Week) | Kulick/Lorber Power Point Six | Miss Representation or The Mask of Masculinity | Movie Viewing Guide |
Week Seven: Capitalism and Class (Pt. 1) | Start: Oct 5 End: Oct 11 | Class Power Point Seven | Film: People Like US | Discussion Board |
Week Eight | Start: Oct 12 End: Oct 18 (Short Week) | Review Sheet | Zoom Review Session (Zoom) | Midterm Exam |
Week Nine | Start: Oct 19 End: Oct 25 | Hegemony Power Point Eight | The Story of Stuff | Discussion Board |
Week Ten | Start: Oct 26 End: Nov 1 | Neoliberalism and Globalization Power Point Nine | Film: Life and Debt | Quiz |
Week Eleven | Start: Nov 2 End: Nov 8 | International Development Power Point Ten | Film: Second Nature | Movie Viewing Guide |
Week Twelve | Start: Nov 9 End: Nov 15 | Ritual Baseball Magic: Gmelch Power Point Eleven | Azande Witchcraft | Discussion Board |
Week Thirteen | Start: Nov 16 End: Nov 22 | Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving – Ebu-Lughod Power Point Twelve | On Orientalism w/Edward Said | Response Paper |
Week Fourteen: OFF | Start: Nov 23 End: Nov 29 (Short Week) | Thanksgiving Holiday – No Reading | N/A | Nothing Due |
Week Fifteen | Start: Nov 30 End: Dec 6 | Andrea Smith – Intersectionality Power Point Thirteen | Kimberle Krenshaw | Quiz |
Week Sixteen | Start: Dec 7 End: Dec 9 (LDOC) (Short week) | Alverson and Peace Corps and Review Power Point Fourteen | Cannibal Tours | Movie Viewing Guide |
Final Exam: | Start: Dec 14 End: Dec 20 | Cumulative, Open Note Final Exam | N/A | Final Exam |