NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY

ANT 309W Cultural Anthropology (4)
      Proseminar in sociocultural anthropology for majors and minors.

CALENDAR & ASSIGNMENTS
Fall 2007
Ver 1.1

  Dates        
Week 1
AUG
    Mon 28
    Wed 30 		1. Introductions
  2. "What kind of science is this?"
        ethnography, controlled comparison
Week 2
SEP
    Mon _4
    Wed _6
Labor Day Holiday

4. Founders:
       Tylor, Morgan, Boas and Durkheim - i

Week 3
SEP
    Mon 11
    Wed 13

   5. Founders:
       Tylor, Morgan, Boas and Durkheim - ii

6. The Nature of Culture:
       Kroeber, Benedict, Sapir and Mead - i
Week 4
SEP
    Mon 18
    Wed 20 		7. The Nature of Culture:
       Kroeber, Benedict, Sapir and Mead - ii 		8. The Nature of Society:
       Mauss, Malinowski, Radcliffe-Brown and Evans-Pritchard - i
Week 5
SEP
    Mon 25
    Wed 27

9. The Nature of Society:
       Mauss, Malinowski, Radcliffe-Brown and Evans-Pritchard -ii

10. Marx & Engels and Weber - i
Week 6
OCT     Mon _1
    Wed _3

11.Marx & Engels abd Weber - ii

12. Evolution, Adaptation and Materialist ...:        White, Steward, Harris, Leacock - i
Week 7
OCT
    Mon _8
    Wed 10

13. Evolution, Adaptation and Materialist ...:        White, Steward, Harris, Leacock - ii

14. Structure, Symbols, Meaning:
        Levi-Strauss, Turner, Geertz, Douglas - i
Week 8
OCT
    Mon 15
    Wed 17 		15. Structure, Symbols, Meaning:
       Levi-Strauss, Turner, Geertz, Douglas - ii 		16. Structures, Practice, Agency, Power:
       Fernandez, Ortner, Bourdieu, Wolf - i
Week 9
OCT
    Mon 22
    Wed 24

17. Structures, Practice, Agency, Power:
       Fernandez, Ortner, Bourdieu, Wolf - ii

18. Methods _, _, _,

Week 10
revised schedule
OCT
    Mon 29
    Wed 31		 19. Methods 9, 10, 11 20. Methods 1, 2, 3
Week 11
NOV
    Mon _5
    Wed _7 		21. Methods 4, 12 22. Spradley and Cognitive Anth & Rapid Assessment
Week 12
NOV
    Mon 12
    Wed 14
Veterans' Day Holiday
24. Downs The Navajo - i
Week 13  
NOV
    Mon 19
    Wed 21 		25. Downs The Navajo -i 26. pre-Thanksgiving holiday
Week 14
NOV
    Mon 26
    Wed 28 		27. Small, Voyages - i 28. Small, Voyages - ii
Week 15
END OF TERM WEEK
DEC
    Mon _3
    Wed _5 		29. Dubisch, In A Different Place -i . 30. Dubisch, In A Different Place -ii
Week 16
FINAL WEEK
DEC
    Mon 10
    Thr 13
FINAL EXAM
15:00-17:00
Tuesday 11 DEC
DEC
Fri 14
COMMENCEMENT
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