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1、8ANTHROPOLOGY 100INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY Fall Quarter, 2006Dr. Jane GranskogOffice Hours:Office: DDH/CC208 654-3117Tu Th:1:00-3:00e-mail: Or by appointmentwebpage: /jgranskog COURSE OBJECTIVESThe main objectives of this course are as follows:1.To acquaint

2、students with the basic components of the anthropological approach to the study of culture and society including current applications of anthropology in the real world today;2.To provide students with the basic conceptual tools utilized within the major theoretical orientations found within cultural

3、 anthropology;3.To provide students with the major research techniques used in the analysis of cultural data from a holistic perspective;4.To acquaint students with the variability of culture as expressed in the diversity of societies as well as in social divisions defined by race, class, gender, an

4、d ethnicity present in the world as compared to their own;5.To acquaint students with the various approaches to the study of socio-cultural change and salient globalization processes and the significant impact they have on all of our lives. REQUIRED TEXTBOOKSMiller, Barbara D. 2005. Cultural Anthrop

5、ology, Boston: Allyn and Bacon. (3rd edition, ISBN#: 0-205-40139-2)Spradley, James and David W. McCurdy 2006Conformity and Conflict, Boston: Allyn and Bacon. (12th edition, ISBN#: 0-205-44970-0)READINGS ON RESERVE Other readings will be placed on electronic reserve (online) through the Walter Stiern

6、 Library. To access materials on electronic reserve, visit and click on “Course Reserves.” Find the reserve readings for Anth 100 by course number or by my last name. Click on “Electronic Reserve Readings For” Click on the title of your required reading and login with your RunnerCar

7、d ID number and last name. If you need to download Adobe Reader to view the readings, you may do so at www.adobe.co.uk/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.Readings on Reserve include but are not limited to:Bean, Susan, Soap Operas: Sagas of American KinshipDiamond, Jared, “Race Without Color”Granskog, J

8、ane “In Search of the Ultimate: Ritual Aspects of the Hawaiian Ironman Triathlon”Hall, Edward and Mildred Hall, The Sounds of SilenceMcIntosh, Peggy, “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack”Miner, Horace, Body Ritual Among the NaciremaRynkiewich, Michael, Matrilineal Kinship: Coming Home

9、to BokelabCOURSE REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATIONAttendance & Classroom Etiquette - All students are expected to attend all the scheduled class meetings (on time and for the entire period) and contribute to the discussions. I encourage you to ask questions and make comments regarding the reading material

10、 and the lectures. This will make our class meetings more rewarding for all concerned. If you miss class, it is your responsibility to find out what you missed. Any more than three unexcused absences will negatively affect your grade. The assigned readings for each class are due on the day indicated

11、; response papers and short reports are due at the beginning of class on the day indicated. Please turn off all cell phones and pagers.Requirements - There will be two quizzes on relevant concepts covered in class and a final comprehensive exam with an emphasis on short essay questions. There will a

12、lso be two short research reports; guidelines for the reports are provided below. No make up quizzes/exams will be given. Two short response papers to selected videos and class presentations throughout the quarter will also be required. In addition to turning in a hard copy, please submit an electro

13、nic copy to before class begins on the day it is due. The Class ID number is 1642087 and the password is anthropology. You will each need to get a free account in order to do this. If you do not submit your paper to , the grade for your paper will be reduced

14、 by 10%.Evaluation: Quizzes (30 points each)60 ptsResponse papers (10 points each)20 ptsDiscussion & class participation20 ptsResearch reports (50 points each)100 ptsFinal Exam60 pts260 pts TotalPOLICY ON PLAGIARISMThe Department of Sociology and Anthropology will not accept or tolerate instances of

15、 academic fraud or plagiarism among its students or faculty. Plagiarism is an extremely serious offense. Using published or unpublished material without citing the source is plagiarism. You may use someone elses material if you enclose it in quotation marks and reference precisely its source. Such m

16、aterial, however, should be used sparingly, if at all. Simply paraphrasing someone elses material by minimal re-arrangement of the wording is also plagiarism. It is an equally serious offense if you write a paper for someone else, or copy someone elses work, or allow someone to copy your work. In al

17、l cases, this is cheating. All students must adhere to CSUBs policy on Academic Integrity, as outlined under Rights and Responsibilities in the Fall 2006 Class Schedule. Students who do not do so will receive an F in the course and will face disciplinary sanction by Student Discipline and Judicial A

18、ffairs. GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCH REPORT I: FAMILY AND KIN - THE MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE OF KIN RELATIONSThe principle of kinship upon which the family as well as larger kin groups are based, is an important mechanism of social organization in all societies. It is the primary principle underlying soc

19、ial organization in the majority of non-Western societies. Although kin groups are not recognized as being so significant within our own society, they still play a very important role in our lives. The purpose of this exercise is to focus on the meaning and importance of kinship within your own life

20、 in contrast to the way it is defined and used in other societies (matrilineal societies in particular) and to thus gain a better understanding of its importance in general.You have just been given the opportunity to spend three months in the somewhat remote village in the Marshall Islands (very sim

21、ilar to the one described by Rynkiewich). You will be staying with a respected family while there. Upon your arrival you are surprised to find out that they speak English fluently but that many of their other customs - particularly the way they define relatives and family - differ significantly from

22、 your own. They live in large matrilineally extended families with up to 20-30 people, all under the same roof. After dinner one evening, shortly after your arrival, you are asked to explain to them what family life is like in your culture.Your assignment is to write an essay (4-5 pages typed, doubl

23、e spaced) describing the American family (i.e., based on the characteristics of your own family/household) and how it may be both similar and different from the matrilineal extended family that you are visiting. Conclude your essay with the insights you have gained about the importance of “kin” rela

24、tions in your life.Pre-writing Tasks for Research Report I1.Read the articles by Bean (Soap Operas: Sagas of American Kinship) and Rynkiewich (Matrilineal Kinship: Coming Home to Bokelab) in the readings on reserve along with Chapter 8 in Miller. Use the information presented in these articles as a

25、basis for understanding American family relationships and how they differ from family and kin relations in matrilineal indigenous, horticultural societies such as that discussed by Rynkiewich.2.Draw a kin diagram of your own family that is at least three generations deep, but no more than three gene

26、rations. Label each individual, indicating the most frequently used term of address (what you call them, e.g., Mom, Sis, Toots, etc.). Circle those individuals who you consider to be most important, those who you count on (see #3 below). If you have friends that you consider to be family - who may b

27、e more important to you than your blood kin - include them in your diagram also. (You may use a dotted line to indicate the nature of this fictive kin relation - e.g., someone you may relate to as an aunt, sister etc.)3.Think about the individuals in your family (including friends as kin). Jot down

28、notes describing the nature of your relationship to each member. Include the following: (1) frequency of interaction - how often do you communicate with them, what is the nature of the communication; (2) what areas of life do you share with different members - economic (they support you, you support

29、 them etc.), social (get together at family reunions, spend the week-end in shared activities, etc.), religious (go to church together) etc.; (3) role obligations and/or responsibilities - what have you done for them within the last year and what have they done for you?, when you get into trouble (a

30、ny kind of emergency), who are you most likely to call upon? Note any patterns in the nature of your interaction with kin - do you interact with some more than others and if so why? Is it because they live close by, share common interests and values, and/or because they are relatives?EvaluationGrade

31、s will be based on: (1) length; (2) clarity and logical organization of the essay including the description of your household as contrasted with a matrilineal household - your essays should be free of misspellings and typographical errors and grammatically correct; (3) analysis - insights into the s

32、ignificance of kin in your society as contrasted with others. Include your kin chart as an appendix to your essay. Your fieldnotes (#3) do NOT have to be included. All references used are to be included at the end of your essay. Guidelines for the appropriate anthropological style for citations and

33、references can be found on the web at /pubs/style_guide.htm.GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCH REPORT II: DOING ANTHROPOLOGY IN EVERYDAY LIFE - THE SIGNIFICANCE AND MEANING OF RITUALAs we have seen throughout the quarter, to a large extent, what makes anthropology unique is its reliance on

34、fieldwork as a reflexive experience. The focus of this report is to exercise your newly acquired skills in participant observation by examining the significance and meaning of ritual in your own life. The particular rituals that we will be looking at deal with the way in which we handle significant

35、events that take place during the course of the life cycle. The specific purpose of this exercise is to describe and analyze a significant ritual that has taken place within the family (however you may define it, including metaphorical kin) context within the past year. You may choose any ONE of var

36、ious different types of events: (1) the ritual celebration of birthdays in your family; (2) activities surrounding marriage - bridal shower/pre-wedding activities OR the wedding itself; (3) baby shower/activities surrounding the birth of a child; (4) if a friend or family member has died recently, t

37、he ritual activities surrounding the funeral; (5) any other special secular or sacred/religious event that you and your “family” has participated in regularly.Your assignment will be to write a short essay (4-5 pages typed, double spaced) that describes the major features of the ritual event. Conclu

38、de with an analysis of the significance of ritual in your experience as contrasted with the emphasis on ritual in non-western, indigenous societies as discussed in the readings. What new insights have you gained about the importance of ritual in society?Pre-writing Tasks for Research Report II1.Read

39、 the articles by Gmelch, (Baseball Magic) and Dubisch (“Run for the Wall: An American Pilgrimage) in Spradley & McCurdy and Granskog (“In Search of the Ultimate: Ritual Aspects of the Hawaiian Ironman Triathlon”) and Miner (Body Ritual Among the Nacirema) on reserve. Also review the major points in

40、Miller, Chapter 13, particularly regarding the comments made about ritual. In order to conduct an investigation of ritual in the field, anthropologists often will ask a number of key questions that help them define the characteristics of the ritual event. These generally include the following kinds

41、of questions (Taken from Grimes, 1995. Beginnings in Ritual Studies, pp. 24-38):a.Ritual space - What are the characteristics of the location within which the event takes place - within someones home, a public setting etc.? Natural setting? Boundaries - rigid/flexible, clear? Permanence? Access? His

42、tory? Shape? Size?b.Ritual objects - What are the major ritual objects employed? How many? Making & history of the objects ritualized? Nature of power associated with the object? Owned? Status of keeper? Are there ritual foods that are consumed as part of the event, what meaning do they have?c.Ritua

43、l time/timing - At what time of day does the ritual take place (morning, midday, evening), season of the year? Is it a one-time affair or recurring every year? Coordination w/ natural cycles? Coincide/conflict with ordinary social time (e.g., working time, sleeping time? Duration of ritual, are ther

44、e breaks in the ritual, how long is necessary to prepare for it?d.Ritual sound and language - Non-linguistic sounds, music, shouting? Does the ritual presume literacy? Importance of language to performance of rite? Books used in the rite? Newspaper announcements that advertise the event before or de

45、scribe it afterwards?e.Ritual identity - What ritual roles and offices are of significance - teacher, elder, healer, priest, musician? Who participates most fully, most marginally? What groups receive ritual recognition - clergy, laity, men, women, children, adults, rich, poor? Who initiates, plans,

46、 and sustains the rite? Who is excluded? Feelings while performing vs after experience? Does the rite include meditation, possession, consciousness-altering elements? What emphasized - action, feeling, thought, or intention? Are masks, costumes, face paint used as ways of marking a transformation of

47、 identity? What rules mark identity transformation? Where are pretending, playing or other fictive moods allowed or denied?f.Ritual action - Kinds of actions performed - sitting, bowing, dancing, touching, gazing, walking, eating? In what order do they take place? What are the central gestures, do s

48、ome mark transitions? What meanings, causes, or goals do participants attribute to their actions? Parts of body emphasized? Senses used most often? How do the social and environmental contexts influence the actions? What actions are done with objects (e.g., eating of ritual foods by participants)? I

49、s activity or passivity most pronounced? Actions inner or outer directed, viewed as work or play, optional or required?2.Select the ritual event that you wish to examine. Using the above questions as a guideline, note what you consider to be the major features of the ritual event and its significanc

50、e. Pay particular attention to the timing of the event, the status, roles and ritual identity of the participants, the actions of the participants (and the order in which they occur), the ritual foods consumed, and the meaning of the event for the participants. Be sure to conclude your essay with yo

51、ur evaluation of the significance of the ritual that you have described as compared to rituals in our and other cultures discussed in the readings. EvaluationGrades will be based on: (1) length; (2) clarity and logical organization of the presentation - your essays should be free of misspellings and

52、 typographical errors and grammatically correct; (3) analysis - insights into the significance of ritual in your society as contrasted with others. All references used are to be included at the end of your essay. Guidelines for the appropriate anthropological style for citations and references can b

53、e found on the web at /pubs/style_guide.htm . TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE AND READINGSWeek 1 (9/12, 14):Introduction to Anthropology and the Other Social Sciences. Readings:Miller: Ch. 1 (pp. 1-25); Spradley & McCurdy (pp. 1-14): #1 (Spradley)Week 2 (9/19, 21):Explaining Culture, Et

54、hnicity and Human Diversity - Theories & Methods Ethnography and Participant ObservationReadings:Miller: Ch. 2 (pp. 27-49); Spradley & McCurdy (pp. 15-56): #2 (Lee); #3 (Bohannan); #4 (Sterk); #5 (Gmelch). Video on Margaret MeadWeek 3 (9/26, 28): Culture and Communication: The Uniqueness of Humankin

55、dReadings:Miller: Ch. 12 (pp. 273 - 295); Spradley & McCurdy (pp. 59-84, 93-101): #6 (Thompson); #7 (Spradley & Mann); #9 (Tannen). Hall & Hall (The Sounds of Silence)9/28 -Small group discussion on S&M #6, 7, & 9 + Hall & HallWeek 4 (10/3, 5): Communication Contd. 10/3 - Video: “You Just Dont Under

56、stand Me”QUIZ 1 - THURSDAY, 10/5 Culture, Cultural Relativism, Ethnographic Methods, Language. Intro. to economic systems (10/5).Week 5 (10/10, 12) -: Economy and Ecology: Making a Living;Readings:Miller: Ch. 3&4 (pp. 52-103); Spradley & McCurdy (pp. 102-121, 132-164): #10 (Lee); #12 (Reed); 13 (Cro

57、nk); #14 (Weatherford); selections from Ehrenreich10/12 Small group discussion on S&M #10, 12, 13, & 14 contrast w/ Nickel & DimedWeek 6-7 (10/17, 19, 24): Marriage and Kinship/Sex and Gender: Making a FamilyReadings:Miller: Ch. 8 (pp. 175-239); Bean (Soap Operas: Sagas of American Kinship); Rynkiewich (Matrilineal Kinship: Coming Home to Bokelab); Spradley & McCurdy (pp. 179-217): #16 (Scheper-Hughes); #17 (McCurdy); #18 (Geertz); # 19 (Wolf). 10/19 Video: “Dadis Family”RESEARCH REPORT I ON FAMILY AND KIN D