Anthropology Department
2012-13
Course Offerings
Spring 2013
ANTH 0066R - Child and Youth Cultures
This first year seminar addresses childhood from two linked but distinctive theoretical perspectives. First, what is childhood? Rather than assuming it is a universal category, we will explore how childhood has been constructed differently through history and across cultures, in opposition to infancy, youth, and adulthood. Second, who are children? In contrast to conventional representations of young people as passive objects of socialization, we will review anthropological conceptions of children and youth as social actors with respect to identity formation, cultural expression, and political economy. Enrollment limited to 20 first year students. DVPS FYS WRIT
M 03:00 pm – 05:20 pm Instructor: J. Leinaweaver
ANTH 0100 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
This course provides an introduction to cultural anthropology, surveying its defining questions, methods, and findings. We will examine the history and utility of anthropology's hallmark method, ethnography, the long-term immersion of the researcher in the culture under study. We will compare cultural anthropology's findings and comportment in other cultures to its conclusions and conduct in our own. No prerequisites.
MWF 09:00 am – 09:50 am Instructor: J. Leinaweaver
ANTH 0302 - Anthropology of Gender and Globalization
We live in a global world in which the movements of people, goods, and ideas cause productive frictions, transforming the prevailing formations of gender and sexuality. This course examines the intersections of gender and globalization by looking at how globalization shapes cultural constructions and political configurations of gender, and exploring how an ethnographic focus on gender sheds light on various aspects of globalization. Topics covered include anthropological theory of gender and sexuality, gender and global capital, gender and the (colonial) state, and gender and global politics (including gender activism, human rights, and development). Open to undergraduates only.
TR 01:00 pm – 02:20 pm Instructor: A. Benton
ANTH 1110 - African Issues in Anthropological Perspective
In this course we engage with anthropological literature and films on the diverse ethnicities, cultures, and "traditions" of sub-Saharan Africa. We trace the histories and the processes of cultural, social, and political change, beginning with colonialism and ending with the contemporary period. We will deconstruct and debunk dominant Western ideas of Africa that present it as primitive and characterized by poverty, AIDS, famine, and violence. We will learn about how Africans see and represent themselves through reading ethnographies, engaging with African popular culture, and watching documentary films.
TR 01:00 pm – 02:20 pm Instructor: M. Hackman
ANTH 1151 - Ethnographies of the Muslim Middle East
This course is an introduction to ethnographic studies of the Muslim Middle East, with particular focus on: religion, language, modernity, gender, and expressive culture. This is not a comprehensive survey of Middle Eastern history or politics. Rather, it is a critical examination of the ways in which anthropologists have sought to capture Middle Eastern life, and the problems that have pervaded anthropological representation, both methodologically and theoretically. Thus, in this course you will learn, through the ways in which American anthropologists have sought to depict Middle Eastern "others," the processes by which we come to understand cultural difference, as well as the ways in which this encounter can shed light on our own selves and practices. A previous course in anthropology is suggested.
T 0:400 pm – 06:20 pm Instructor: I. Straughn
ANTH 1221 – Anthropology of Masculinity
In this course we will engage with literature and films from the social sciences and popular culture on masculinity. The class is based on the idea that gender is fluid and changeable, as well as awareness that cultural norms determine the possibilities for gendered expressions of the self. We pay attention to marked and unmarked categories and interrogate how “normal,” “natural,” and “traditional” forms of masculinity are formed and reinforced in everyday life. We will learn to deconstruct and contextualize social and cultural norms about who possesses culturally legitimate masculinities, who is excluded, and why. We will theorize personal choices, identities, and communities through understanding identities as intersecting, multiple, in flux, and contradictory. We will pay special attention to the intersections of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and national affiliation. We will critically access how power and inequality shape how masculinity is embodied, expressed, and experienced. Finally, students will learn about how social structure constrains and empowers the expression of masculinities and how the category of masculinity is produced and disrupted in a variety of contexts.
W 12:00 pm – 02:20 pm Instructor: M. Hackman
ANTH 1224 - Human Trafficking, Transnationalism, and the Law
Designed to give students an opportunity to engage in transnational research on social issues through an extended case study of a new generation of international norms that identify and combat "human trafficking." The course format combines seminar discussions, lectures, and small group exercises. Students will learn by doing. As we consider legal instruments, UN and U.S. documentary archives, anti-trafficking media such as films and websites, and the prosecution of criminal networks, we will experiment with alternative methodologies for analyzing them. We will study the relation of texts to the social and political contexts of their production and circulation. Enrollment limited to 30. DVPS LILE WRIT
TR 06:30 pm – 07:50 pm Instructor: K. Warren
ANTH 1229 - Democracy and Difference: Political Anthropology, Citizenship and Multiculturalism
In seemingly endless contexts, the term "democracy" is employed toward a wide range of political and social goals. This course examines the question of cultural citizenship - the right to be different while remaining part of the national community - as observable in places where liberal democracy's focus on the individual citizen clashes with communal wishes for collective representations of difference. By reading case studies from multiple locales, this course examines the attempts of democratic regimes to govern varied populations through the lens of political anthropology. DVPS LILE WRIT
TR 02:30 pm – 03:50 pm Instructor: E. Koriouchkina
ANTH 1233: Ethnography of Global Connection
Historically, IR and Anthropology examined interactions within and among bounded objects, whether sovereign states or small-scale societies. Increasingly, through, they explore flows, circulations and exchanges across borders, and their impact on different societies. Through case-studies, the course will analyze evolving understandings of "globalization" and "culture," and explore how effectively different genres of research and representation capture their complex interactions.
TR 02:30 pm – 3:50 pm Instructor: S. Vanderhurst
ANTH 1255: Disasters of the 21st Century
In the last five years alone, the world has witnessed several significant disasters, including catastrophic earthquakes in China and Haiti, a tsunami in Japan, flooding in Australia, and major hurricanes impacting coastal regions of the United States. The number of these events and their impact has increased dramatically over the past three decades – characterized in many cases by persistent conditions of human vulnerability and suffering; impact leading to death and mass destruction; and long-term disruption of social, political, and environmental systems and structures. Long-term recovery from these events has been difficult and slow, revealing both the challenges as well as the successful strategies for building resilience and adaptive capacity. Whether caused by ‘natural’ agents or human agency (industrial accidents, environmental degradation, full-scale conflicts), the study of disasters reveals much about the complexity and fragility of human and environmental conditions, as well as the process and transition to a sustainable global future.
TR 09:00 am – 10:20 am Instructor: R. Carter
ANTH 1310 - International Health: Anthropological Perspectives
This upper-level medical anthropology course focuses on the social and cultural complexity of health problems in developing nations, employing anthropological approaches to public health. International health issues such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, leprosy, reproductive health, violence, and mental illness will be examined. The historical, political and socio-cultural dimensions of international health problems will be explored through reading ethnographic case studies.
MWF 01:00 pm – 01:50 pm Instructor: D. Smith
ANTH 1620 - Global Historical Archaeology
The course examines historical archaeology as a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the historic past. Draws in recent research from different parts of the world, including North America, South Africa, Australia, the Caribbean, and South America, to illustrate historical archaeology's contributions to interpreting peoples' everyday lives and the diversity of their experiences in the post-1500 era.
TR 10:30 am – 11:50 am Instructor: C. Porter
ANTH 1621 - Material Culture Practicum
Combines theory with hands-on study of artifacts from historical archaeological contexts in North and Latin America. Students will gain skills and experience in artifact identification, dating, recording, analysis, and interpretation, and will conduct individual or team research projects on material things as products of everyday life and history. Enrollment limited to 15. LILE
M 03:00 pm – 05:20 pm Instructor: P. Rubertone/F. Gaitan-Ammann
ANTH 1720 - The Human Skeleton
More than simply a tissue within our bodies, the human skeleton is gateway into narratives of the past--from the evolution of our species to the biography of individual past lives. Through lecture and hands-on laboratory, students will learn the complete anatomy of the human skeleton, with an emphasis on the human skeleton in functional and evolutionary perspective. We will also explore forensic and bioarchaeological approaches to the skeleton. By the course conclusion, students will be able to conduct basic skeletal analysis and will be prepared for more advanced studies of the skeleton from medical, forensic, archaeological, and evolutionary perspectives. Enrollment limited to 20. Not open to first year students. Instructor permission required. LILE
MWF 10:00 am – 10:50 am Instructor: A. Scherer
MWF 11:00 am – 11:50 am Instructor: A Scherer
ANTH 1810 - Language and Power
This course considers how language and power relate to each other in social life. We first consider theoretical approaches to the politics of language use, such as Foucault on discursive formations, Bourdieu on language as social capital, and Bakhtin on the oppression inherent in standard languages. We then consider specific issues, including joking as linguistic resistance, language death and revitalization, the cochlear implant debate, and racializing discourses. We end with language use in the U.S. "culture wars," covering such topics as the Ebonics controversy, language and electoral politics, hate speech, and English language legislation.
TR 10:30 am - 11:50 am Instructor: P. Faudree
ANTH 1901 - Anthropology in/of the Museum
This course provides an introduction to the history, purposes, transformations, and workings of museums from an anthropological perspective. Topics include collecting and cultural property, politics of representation, identity and belonging, and community engagement. Assignments involve work with collections at the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology. The course focuses on museums dedicated to natural and cultural history and on anthropological concerns, but provides a theoretical and practical grounding for thinking about and working in other institutions. It covers the relevance of anthropological training to careers in the museum field, as well as the importance of conducting anthropological investigations in the museum environment. Enrollment limited to 20.
W 03:00 pm – 05:20 pm Instructor: J. Stampe
ANTH 1910C – Senior Seminar: Campus Culture
Colleges and universities are normative microcosms of the societies they serve. They create, partition, validate and communicate knowledge to rising generations. Their architectures, landscapes, daily routines, yearly cycles, and centennial celebrations are infused with symbolic meanings. Degree awarding ceremonies are among the most attended pilgrimages in our culture. Colleges and universities are gateways to society's essential professions and portals to a succession of alumni/ae bound by tradition. We will look at these institutions, their values, symbols, communities, governance, financial sources, academic structures, tensions, and adaptive strategies through the seeing eye of anthropology.
M 03:00 pm – 05:20 pm Instructor: W. Simmons
ANTH 1941 – Context research for Innovation
This course brings design thinking into conversation with anthropological research methods, examining the elements of a comprehensive perspective of context. It introduces students to design research methods, ethnographic methods, and how they work together. Students will learn how to use these methods to identify and engage in ‘deep hanging out’ with the problem, gap or inefficiency in question. They will then move on to patient, contextualized opportunity identification for meaningful innovation. By the end of the course, students will have developed a process for effective context analysis. This course is relevant for designers of products, services, organizations, and experiences.
W 06:00 pm – 08:20 pm Instructor: L. DiCarlo
ANTH 2010 – Principles of Anthropology
A seminar exploring fundamental theoretical and ethnographic currents in 20th-century cultural anthropology.
W 12:00 pm – 02:20 pm Instructor: S. Hamdy
ANTH 2020 - Methods of Anthropological Research
A seminar on the methodological problems associated with field research in social and cultural anthropology. Designed to help students prepare for both summer and dissertation research.
M 03:00 pm – 05:20 pm Instructor: M. Hollos
ANTH 2300 - Anthropological Demography
A seminar devoted to the investigation of the interface of anthropology (especially sociocultural anthropology) and demography. A wide variety of demographic topics-fertility, mortality, marriage, migration-are considered, and the links between anthropological and demographic writings on and approaches to these areas are examined
R 03:00 pm – 05:20 pm Instructor: D. Kertzer
ANTH 2520 - Mesoamerican Archaeology and Ethnohistory
Seminar focusing on current issues in the archaeology and history of Mesoamerica, including Mexico and Northern Central America. Draws on rich resources at Brown, including the John Carter Brown Library.
W 03:00 pm – 05:00 pm Instructor: S. Houston
ANTH 2800 - Linguistic Theory and Practice
An introduction to theoretical and methodological issues in the study of language and social life. We begin by examining semiotic approaches to language. We turn to classical research on language as a structured system - covering such topics as phonology and grammatical categories - but we focus on the implications of such work for broader social scientific and humanistic research. We then consider areas of active contemporary research, including cognition and linguistic relativity, meaning and semantics, pronouns and deixis, deference and register, speech acts and performativity, interaction, verbal art and poetics, reported speech, performance, and linguistic ideology.
T 01:30 pm – 03:50 pm Instructor: P. Faudree
The following Semester 2 cross-listed courses may be of interest to students concentrating
in Anthropology and fulfill certain concentration requirements:
AFRI 0710A - Racial and Gender Politics in Contemporary Brazil
Brazil is commonly understood as an example of a "racially democratic" nation, but as scholars have recently shown, racism permeates all aspects of Brazilian society. This course traces the development of the theorization of race, racial identity and race relations in contemporary Brazil. The approach of the course will be interdisciplinary, drawing upon works from anthropology, literature, history, music, and film. Topics will include colonialism and enslavement, nationalism, social activism and popular culture. We will also consider how Brazilian social relations differ from or conform to other racialized patterns in other nation-states in the Americas. Particular attention will be placed on the interrelationship between race, gender, class, and nation.
TR 9:00 am-10:20am Instructor: Keisha-Khan Y. Perry
AMST 1612S Introduction to American Indian Studies
Interested students must register for ETHN 1890H S01 (CRN 24626).
AMST 1700I - Community Engagement with Health and the Environment
This junior seminar explores how local community organizations are taking up issues of health and the environment in culturally relevant contexts. We will examine issues of environmental justice, health disparities and the basic tenets of community based participatory research. We will then partner with a local community organization and, depending on need, assist in the design, implementation, and/or evaluation of a program designed to improve the local environment and/or health status of the community. Enrollment limited to 20 junior and senior American Studies concentrators. WRIT
W 3:00 pm – 5:20 pm Instructor: Elizabeth M. Hoover
AMST 1904S - Ethnic American Folklore: Continuity and the Creative Process
The course investigates how folklore and the oral culture of diverse cultural groups have transformed within their texts and in their creative representations and meanings. It looks into the dynamics of cultural continuity and the creative process involved, from oral narratives, foodscape, family lore, the senses of place, and the senses of home. At the juncture of the oral, the written, the popular, and the high tech, what are the new cultural forms, new cultural products, communication milieu and venues negotiated and contested. Anthropological field research methods and training will be a major emphasis of the course. Enrollment limited to 20.
T 4:00 pm – 6:20 pm Instructor: Wanni W. Anderson
ARCH 0030 - Art in Antiquity: An Introduction
What went into the creation of the Parthenon? Who lived in the Tower of Babel? Why do we still care? This course offers an introduction to the art, architecture, and material culture of the ancient world. Things of beauty and of power will be explored, from Egyptian pyramids and Near Eastern palaces, to the 'classical' art of Greece and Rome.
MWF 11:00 am – 11:50 am Instructor: Omur Harmansah
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FALL 2012
ANTH0066D: Freshman Seminar: Who Owns the Past?
Examines the role of the past in the present. Using examples from the U.S. and other parts of the world, we will look at how archaeological evidence is implicated in contemporary cultural and political issues. Students will learn that the past is not just the focus of archaeologists’ interest and scientific inquiries, but is also a subject romanticized by antiquarians, mobilized in nation-building, marketed for profit, re-enacted as entertainment, consumed by tourists, and glorified in commemoration. Understanding these different and competing valuations, claims, and uses of the archaeological past will provide an introduction to why the past matters in the present and to the future. Enrollment limited to 20 first year students. FYS DVPS
M 03:00 pm - 05:20 pm Instructor: P. Rubertone
ANTH0066S: Freshman Seminar: Contemporary Egypt in Revolution
On January 25, 2011 protestors in Egypt amassed in Tahrir Square in Cairo with basic demands: Bread, Freedom, Social Equality, and Human Dignity. After hundreds of peaceful protestors were killed at the hands of riot police and hired thugs, eighteen days later, President Husni Mubarak resigned. Yet since then, hundreds more have been killed, Egypt's revolution continues, and the basic demands are as crucial today as they were at its inception. We will read contemporary Egypt from the perspectives of anthropologists and social historians, and discuss the value of social theory and analysis for understanding current political turmoil. Enrollment limited to 20 first year students. DVPS FYS. S/NC
W 03:00 pm – 05:20 pm Instructor: I. Straughn
ANTH0110: Anthropology and Global Social Problems: Humanitarianism and Human Rights
The course introduces anthropology approaches to some of the central problems humans face around the world, including environmental degradation and cultures of consumption, hunger and affluence, war, racial division and other forms of inequality. Not open to students who have taken ANTH 1322. Instructor permission required.
M W 03:00 pm – 04:20 pm Instructor: A. Murray
ANTH0200: Culture and Human Behavior
The goal is to challenge our beliefs about some taken for granted assumptions about human behavior and psyche by examining cultures with different conceptions of self and cognition. We will examine the issues of the role of nature and nurture in development, the nature of intelligence, coming of age, the association of psychological characteristics with gender and the naturalness of emotions.
MWF 10:00 am – 10:50 am Instructor: S. Chase
ANTH0300: Culture and Health
An introduction to the field of Medical Anthropology. Lecture reading and discussion will examine the social context of health and illness, looking at the diverse ways in which humans use cultural resources to cope with disease and develop medical systems. The course will provide an introduction to the overall theoretical frameworks that guide anthropological approaches to studying human health related behavior. Medical anthropology offers a unique and revealing perspective on the cultural diversity that characterizes human experiences of sexuality, disease, aging, mental illness, disability, inequality and death. DVPS LILE
T R 06:30 pm – 07:50 pm Instructor: S. Hamdy
ANTH0301: Gender and Politics
This course focuses on ideologies of gender and sexuality cross-culturally and how they influence peoples' involvement in political processes. We begin with a broad working definition of politics-power dynamics and arrangements whereby groups are affected by one another. The course looks at the circumstances under which peoples' gender and sexual identities are mobilized into social movements, and the conditions and social consequences of public visibility. Our broader aim is to understand ways in which gendered inequalities produce--and are produced by--forms of political exclusion, as well as innovative ways in which people transform existing structures of power.
T R 09:00 am - 10:20 am Instructor: M. Hackman
ANTH 0500 - Discovering the Past: Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory
This course is an introduction to the biological origins and cultural developments of mankind over the past 4 millions years. In particular we shall address the following: human evolution, the methods and aims of archaeological research, human dispersal throughout the world, first from Africa to Eurasia, and from there to North and South America, Australia and the Pacific. We will look into hunting and fishing and gathering lifeways. We will study the beginnings and results of settled life, agriculture, and animal domestication, the evolution of complex societies and rise (and fall) of Civilization.
MWF 02:00 pm – 02:50 pm Instructor: D. Anderson
ANTH 0515 - Pirates! Archaeologies of Piracy in the Atlantic World
The figure of the pirate is an all-time favorite in Western imagination. It has inspired some of the most popular narratives of the past, solidly grounded in classic literature and contemporary visual culture. Focusing on the mid-17th century, the golden age of piracy in the Atlantic World, this course will use historical and archaeological date to investigate the way in which the image of the pirate has been constructed in the West, as an embodiment of cultural, legal, moral and sexual transgression, and as an object of both fascination and fear which is still current in the contemporary, global world. DVPS LILE
M W 08:30 am – 09:50 am Instructor: F. Gaitan-Ammann
ANTH0680: Foragers, Farmers, Feasts, and Famine: An Anthropology of Food
An exploration of the human experience of food and nutrition from evolutionary, archaeological, and cross-cultural perspectives. The course will review the various approaches employed by anthropologists and archaeologists to understand diet and subsistence in the past and present. Starting with the evolutionary roots of the human diet in Plio-Pleistocene Africa, we will trace patterns of human subsistence to the present, including the social and health implications of the agricultural revolution. We will then explore modern foodways in cross-cultural perspective, focusing on the interplay of ecology, politics, technology, and cultural beliefs. LILE
MWF 02:00 pm – 02:50 pm Instructor: J. Leinaweaver
ANTH0800: Sounds and Symbols: Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
This course is an introduction to ethnographic studies of the Muslim Middle East, with particular focus on: religion, language, modernity, gender, and expressive culture. This is not a comprehensive survey of Middle Eastern history or politics. Rather, it is a critical examination of the ways in which anthropologists have sought to capture Middle Eastern life, and the problems that have pervaded anthropological representation, both methodologically and theoretically. Thus, in this course you will learn, through the ways in which American anthropologists have sought to depict Middle Eastern "others," the processes by which we come to understand cultural difference, as well as the ways in which this encounter can shed light on our own selves and practices. A previous course in anthropology is suggested.
MWF 12:00 noon – 12:50 pm Instructor: P. Faudree
ANTH1100: Circumpolar Ethnography
An examination of the traditional and modern lifeways of native peoples across the Arctic and subarctic from European Lapland through Siberia, Alaska, Canada, and Greenland. Topics covered are society; ethnic relations; religion (Shamanism); art; and politics, including issues of land claims and home rule.
T R 02:30 pm - 03:50 pm Instructor: D. Anderson
ANTH1211: Cross Cultural Perspectives on Children
Explores how the behavior and psychological functioning of children are shaped by culture and how different cultures tend to produce children with characteristic personalities, selves, thought patterns and behaviors. Every cultural community provides developmental pathways for children. These pathways are shaped by history and by the goals of parents, communities and children themselves. The course will focus on how human knowledge is transmitted through multiple cultural channels in both informal and formal contexts. This is a service-learning course in which students provide a needed service: Mentoring and tutoring Liberian young people in a literacy program. This will serve as a basis for conducting research on this refugee population and the final paper will be the recording of oral histories from teenagers. Enrollment limited to 30.
T R 02:30 pm – 03:50 pm Instructor: M. Hollos
ANTH1236-S02 Urban Life: Anthropology in and of the City
This course examines how anthropologists have worked in the city -- to understand dwelling and lived experience from the center to the margins of society; as well as how anthropologists have contributed to the study of the city -- conceptualizing the city itself in relation to its inhabitants, and working to understand how cities develop, decline, or are sustained. Anchored in key theory, classic texts, and contemporary ethnography, the course traces also the history, present, and possible futures of the discipline. Students learn the methods of urban ethnography, and gain hands-on experience through local field exercises and related writing assignments.
T R 09:00 am– 10:20 am Instructor: R. Carter
ANTH1240: Religion and Culture
Looking at religion as a mode of thought, we examine theories that attempt to explain the origins, world-wide manifestation, and vitality of myths, rituals, magic, witchcraft, and other ways of thinking and acting that are typically associated with (or against) the concept of religion. Collaterally, we examine the methodologies by which we hope to understand the meaning of these concepts.
W 03:00 pm – 05:20 pm Instructor: B. Singh
ANTH1250: Film and Anthropology: Identity and Images of Indian Societies
The course examines representation of Indian society in film and anthropological literature. We compare how gender, national identity, religious practices, and historical events are portrayed in films and anthropological literature. We will explore the relationship between visual and textual, showing how film reflect and make comprehensible anthropological concepts of Indian culture, and creates different images of the society.
T R 10:30 am – 11:50 am Instructor: L. Fruzzetti
ANTH1650: Ancient Maya Writing
Nature and content of Mayan hieroglyphic writing, from 100 to 1600 CE. Methods of decipherment, introduction to textual study, and application to interpretations of Mayan language, imagery, world view, and society. Literacy and Mesoamerican background of script.
MWF 11:00 am – 11:50 am Instructor: S. Houston
ANTH1880: From Magic Mushrooms to Big Pharma: Anthropology of Drugs
This course considers the social, political, and medical issues associated with illegal and pharmaceutical drugs. Some of the topics we consider are debates over the commercialization and criminalization of hallucinogenic plants such as marijuana, the politics of antiretroviral distribution, the ethics of medical and ethnic tourism, the legacies of colonialism and botanical migrations, "biopiracy" and indigenous knowledge, and critiques of modern food production, including the "locavore movement" and opposition to genetically modified foods. Through it all, we consider how the ways people talk and write about these issues affect concrete realities in daily life. Enrollment limited to 20 juniors and seniors. DVPS LILE
W 03:00 pm – 05:20 pm Instructor: P. Faudree
ANTH1900: History of Anthropology: Anthropological Theories
Looks at the way anthropological methods and theories have interlaced through history to understand the dominant concerns in present-day anthropology. What were the important issues that influenced the discipline's history? Who were the significant, and not so well known, historic personalities who shaped anthropological practice and gave it its identity? Enrollment limited to 20.
T 04:00 pm – 6:20 pm Instructor: B. Singh
ANTH1910: Senior Seminar: Politics and Symbols
Examination of the key role played by symbols, myth, and ritual in politics. We examine how symbols, myths, and rituals are used to win support, to create political reality, and to form political groups, whether in defense of the status quo or creating movements seeking to overthrow it. The 2012 U.S. presidential and congressional election campaigns receive special attention. Students, in part working in groups, will engage in their own original research both on the 2012 American elections and on a wide variety of other historical and contemporary political developments, from the Arab Spring to the Occupy Wall Street movement. Enrollment limited to 25. Prerequisites: ANTH 1621 or 1900; and either ANTH 1940 or 1950.
W 03:00 pm – 05:20 pm Instructor: D. Kertzer
ANTH1940: Ethnographic Research Methods
To understand the different theoretical assumptions that shape research efforts; to examine how hypotheses and research questions are formulated; and to appreciate the ethical and scientific dimensions of research by hands-on experience in fieldwork projects. Prerequisite: One Anthropology course.
M 03:00 pm - 05:20 pm Instructor: L. Fruzzetti
ANTH2000: History of Ethnological Theory
A seminar investigating some themes in the history of anthropological theory. Starting with the delineations of the scope and nature of social science by Marx, Durkheim, and Weber, the seminar then considers various explorations of the concepts of structure, function, and agency, concluding with Bourdieu's reformulation of social anthropology for a new generation in the form of practice theory.
M 03:00 pm – 05:20 pm Instructor: W. Simmons
ANTH2100A: Contemporary Ethnography on Latin America and Beyond
This graduate seminar addresses contentious and creative issues in anthropology by focusing on the science and art of ethnography. Readings feature new transnational ethnographic writers. Topics: alternative research framing, the relation of field research to writing, representing violence and porous borders in practice.
M 06:30 pm – 08:50 pm Instructor: K. Warren
ANTH2110: Critical Perspective: Social and Cultural Issues in Africa
Focuses on debates over significant social and cultural issues in Africa. Historical and cultural continuities are premised as a way of understanding political, economic, and religious complexities in present-day Africa.
W 6:30 pm – 08:20 pm Instructor: D. Smith
ANTH2210: Analysis of Social Structure
This course will discuss the analysis of kinship and the construction of the person cross culturally.
T 01:30 pm – 3:50 pm Instructor: J. Leinaweaver
ANTH2500A: Problems in Archaeology: Culture Contact and Colonialism
Explores the theoretical discourses shaping anthropological approaches and defining archaeological projects on culture contact and colonialism. Attention will be given to examining colonial encounters between Europeans and indigenous peoples as ongoing processes rather than particular historical moments, and to looking at recent efforts at decolonizing archaeological practice.
R 04:00 pm – 06:20 pm Instructor: P. Rubertone
ANTH2501: Principles of Archaeology
Examines theoretical and methodological issues in anthropological archaeology. Attention is given to past concerns, current debates, and future directions of archaeology in the social sciences.
W 03:00 pm – 05:20 pm Instructor: S. Houston
The following Semester I courses, listed in other departments, may be of interest to students concentrating in Anthropology:
AFRI 0600 - Race, Gender, and Urban Politics
This course will introduce students to the methods and practice of studying black urban life with a primary focus on US cities. We will critically examine the urban cultural studies debates concerned with race, gender, class and sexuality. The approach of the course will be interdisciplinary, drawing upon works from anthropology, literature, history, music, and film. Topics include tourism, immigration, poverty, popular culture, gentrification, violence, and criminalization. WRIT
T R 09:00 am – 10:20 am Instructor: K. Perry
AFRI 2101 – Africana Studies and Interdisciplinarity
This graduate seminar brings together various methodological and theoretical approaches to interpreting Africana life, culture, thought, and politics. Placing special emphasis on emergent scholarship that shapes and reshapes the discipline of Africana Studies, we examine a selection of humanistic and social scientific studies of various local, national, and international contexts. The texts demonstrate the ways in which innovative interdisciplinary methods are crucial for understanding the complexity of the Africana world. We will give attention to the strategies scholars utilize to formulate their research questions, design their methodologies, and create new ideas that contribute to the advancement of Africana Studies scholarship. Enrollment limited to 20.
M 03:00 pm – 05:20 pm Instructor: K. Perry
AMST 1904F - The American Experience: The Southeast Asian Refugees/Americans
Explores the complexity of the American experience, the displacements and diasporas of the Vietnamese, the Cambodians, the Hmong, the Lao, and the Iu Mien in America through multiplicity of perspectives and interdisciplinary approach. Special emphases are on the reinvention of new lives in New World, the American-born generation, how the American-ness and the sense of "home" are constructed, defined, and contested through literary and cinematic works, self-representations, and cultural productions written and produced by these new Asian Americans themselves. Enrollment limited to 20. DVPS
T 04:00 pm – 06:20 pm Instructor: W. Anderson
AMST 1904W - Native American Environmental Health Movements (ETHN 1890J)
Interested students must register for ETHN 1890J S01 (CRN 15276).
(See ETHN 1890J Studies)
ARCH 0520 - Roman Archaeology and Art
Anyone who has ever watched 'Gladiator', 'Spartacus', 'Life of Brian' or 'Bugs Bunny: Roman Legion Hare' has some image of Rome, the Romans and their empire. This course, while exploring and assessing these influential popular preconceptions, introduces a more balanced view of Roman archaeology and art, examining not only the 'eternal city' of Rome, but its vast and diverse imperial domain.
MWF 11:00 am – 11:50 am Instructor: S. Alcock
ARCH 1551 - Who Owns the Classical Past? (CLAS 1120O)
Interested students must register for CLAS 1120O S01 (CRN 16018).
ARCH 1709 - Places of Healing: Memory, Miracle, and Storytelling (HMAN 1970D)
Interested students must register for HMAN 1970D S02 (CRN 15735).
ARCH 2240 - Key Issues in Mediterranean Prehistory
This course's scope is the entire Mediterranean basin, from its first peopling until ca. 500 BC. The focus is on key transformations in economic, social, and political structures and interactions; on explanations for these changes; and on current issues where fresh data or new approaches are transforming our understanding. This seminar is intended for students both with and without prior knowledge of this field, and particularly for those preparing for the Joukowsky Institute's Mediterranean Prehistory field exam. Enrollment limited to 15 juniors, seniors, and graduate students.
W 03:00 pm – 05:20 pm Instructor: J. Cherry
ARCH 2245 - Rural Landscapes and Peasant Communities in the Mediterranean
The broad aim of this course is to explore rural settlement and agrarian production in the Mediterranean, both in the ancient and the recent past. The archaeological starting-point is provided by the numerous scatters of surface remains that archaeological surveys across the Mediterranean have collected and that are usually interpreted as 'farmsteads' broadly datable to Classical Antiquity. We will look well beyond these scatters to examine the social and economic significance of rural settlement through comparison with ethnographic and historical rural studies from across the Mediterranean and to explore household and community organisation as well as agrarian production in Classical Antiquity. Enrollment limited to 15.
R 04:00 pm – 06:20 pm Instructor: P. van Dommelen
ETHN 0980 - The Research Process: Qualitative and Ethnographic Methods
Paying attention to methodology and research design can enhance the capacity of research in any field and contribute to knowledge production. The purpose of this seminar is to introduce students to a variety of social science research methods with an emphasis on ethnographic, mixed-methods research (research-design, data-collection, and data analysis). Social science research is a craft, and like any other craft, it takes practice to do it well. This seminar emphasizes a "hands-on," "applied," and/or practical approach to learning. The course is suited to students who have an on-going research project they plan to pursue throughout the semester. Enrollment limited to 20.
TBA – Instructor: H. Lloréns
ETHN 1890J - Native American Environmental Health Movements
American Indian reservations are home to countless sources of environmental contamination, which impact residents' health and ability to maintain cultural practices. In response to this assault, and the numerous scientific studies that often follow, Native communities are taking charge of the research process, and partnering with scientists to explore health affects and remediation possibilities. Through case studies, we will examine how Native communities are pushing to "indigenize" the research process. This class is broadly interdisciplinary, and will be useful for students interested in contemporary issues in Native American communities, and students intending to conduct scientific research in minority communities. Enrollment limited to 20.
T R 10:30 am – 11:50 am Instructor: E. Hoover
PHP 1070 - The Burden of Disease in Developing Countries
Defines and critically examines environmental, epidemiologic, demographic, biomedical, and anthropological perspectives on health and disease in developing countries. Emphasis on changes in the underlying causes of morbidity and mortality during economic development. Focuses on the biosocial ecology of diseases. Guest lecturers cover different diseases and public health perspectives. Enrollment limited to 80. Instructor permission required. Special application form available at the International Health Institute website: bms.brown.edu/ihi/ DVPS LILE WRIT
W 08:30 am – 09:50 am Instructor: S. McGarvey
SOC 1117 - Focus Groups for Market and Social Research
This course introduces students to a range of qualitative research methods commonly used in market and social science research. It is designed to provide students with a skill set that will allow them to conduct and design market and social research that gets below the surface of the traditional survey. Focus groups, ethnographic observation and user-centered research are widely used in product design, communications, marketing and entrepreneurship research. Students will learn and practice all of the methods introduced in the course by conducting a semester-long research project, will gain insight into which methods are most appropriate for particular research needs.
T R 06:30 pm - 07:50 pm Instructor: L. Dicarlo