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Prof. Trubitt's World Cultures course
ANT 4053 - SOC 4063 - ANT 5053
This course is a survey of non-Western cultures from small-scale communities of foragers and farmers to complex states. The approach taken in this course is anthropological. On the one hand, we will look comparatively at ways that different people solve universal human problems. On the other hand, we will examine specific societies in depth to look at how social, economic, political, and religious organizations work together in cultural systems. A theme throughout the semester will be changes in both Western and non-Western societies due to globalization, industrialization, migrations, and the increasing flow of people, materials, and information around the world. By learning more about other cultures and historical interactions between societies, we get insights into our own culture and the development of the modern world. This course meets HSU’s non-Western culture requirement.
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Your professor: Mary Beth Trubitt, Ph.D.
Office: Huneycutt House
Telephone: 870-230-5510
email: trubitm@hsu.edu
SPRING 2013
Class location: McBrien 307
Tues/Thurs 8:00-9:15 a.m.
Students: for more detailed info, see ANGEL.
Map clipart courtesy of WorldAtlas.com
(http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm ).
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Web page last updated: March 2, 2013.
Web page contact: M. B. Trubitt, trubitm@hsu.edu .
Our textbooks are:
Globalization and Change in Fifteen Cultures: Born in One World, Living in Another,
edited by G. Spindler and J. E. Stockard (Thomson Wadsworth, 2007), and
The Anthropology of Islam, by Gabriele Marranci (Berg, Oxford, 2008).
Both texts are available at the HSU bookstore. The Islam book can be accessed as an e-book through Huie Library’s website.
Additional readings are on reserve in the library or linked to Angel. For the "World Cultures" course reserve listing, click here.
Brief schedule of topics:
Week 1: What is culture? What do anthropologists do?
Weeks 2, 3, 4, and 5: Cultures of North, South, and Central America. Subsistence patterns. Political organization. Migration.
First midterm exam is on February 21st.
Weeks 7, 8, 9, and 10: Islam in the Middle East, Africa, China, and Indonesia. Anthropology of Religion. Kinship patterns.
Second midterm exam is on April 4th.
Weeks 12, 13, 14, and 15: Cultures of Africa, Oceania, and Australia. Marriage and family, status of women, sex and gender. Exchange systems and money. Applied anthropology and careers in anthropology.
Final exam is Tuesday, May 7, 8-10 a.m.
Here are some handy websites for further information about anthropology:
| Links on the field of anthropology: American Anthropological Association Smithsonian's NMNH, Anthropology |
Links on careers in anthropology: visit American Anthropological Association's new This is Anthropology website. Careers in archaeology (special issue of SAA Archaeological Record) |
Handy tools for students: A good source for maps is the Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection (UT-Austin) Handy source for world information is CIA's World Factbook Avoid plagiarism by looking at these Northwestern Univ. or Univ. of California-Davis webpages |
Picture credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's 'The North American Indian': The Photographic Images, 2001. |
