Overview of the course
Anthropology is about people in the broadest sense, what makes them different and what makes them the same.  This course will focus on cultural and social anthropology (or "socio-cultural" anthropology): the different ways people organize themselves into societies, and the ways they find meaning in their lives.  We will have three main goals: 1. to understand the history of the discipline of anthropology, and the main fissures of debate within it, 2. to expose ourselves to some variety of the different societies of the world, and 3. to understand different anthropological perspectives, that is, to grasp something of social theory.

Reading List: Books
Rabinow, Paul   
    2007 (1977)    Reflexions on Fieldwork in Morocco. Berkeley: UC Press
Wardlow, Holly
    2006    Wayward women : sexuality and agency in a New Guinea society. Berkeley: UC Press.

Reading List: Articles
Chagnon, N. (1997) Yanomamo. New York, Harcourt Brace. Pp. 121-158
Crawford, David L. (2001) How 'Berber' Matters in the Middle of Nowhere. Middle East  Report Summer 2001, 20-25.
--      (2007) On the Sluggishness of Cities. Anthropology News, April 2007, pg. 30.
--      (forthcoming) How Life is Hard: Visceral Notes on Meaning, Order, and Morocco
Geertz, Clifford. (1973). The Interpretation of Cultures. New York, Basic Books. Chapter 1, pp. 3-30 and Chapter 15, pp. 412-453.
Gell, Alfred. 1986. Newcomers to the world of goods: consumption among the Muria Gonds. In The Social Life of Things, edited by A. Appadurai. Cambridge: CambridgeUniversity Press.
Gordon, R. J. and S. Sholto Douglas (2000). The Bushman Myth: The Making of a Namibian Underclass. Boulder, Westview Press. Pp. 1-12 and 25-42.
Hatch, Elvin. (1973) Theories of Man and Culture. New York, ColumbiaUniversity Press. pp. 13-73
Herdt, Gilbert. H. (1982). Sambia Nosebleeding Rites and Male Proximity to Women. Ethos 10(3): 189-229.
Ibarra, Maria (2002) Emotional Proletarians in a Global Economy: Mexican Immigrant Women and Elder Care Work. Urban Anthropology 31(3-4):317-350.
Lansing, Stephen (1995) The Balinese. Forth Worth, Texas: Harcourt Brace. Pp. 75-102.
Lee, R. B. (2003) The Dobe Ju/'hoansi. New York, Harcourt Brace.  Chapter 4 (pp.37-58) and Chapter 5 (pp. 59 -76)
Levine, N. E. (1988). The dynamics of polyandry : kinship, domesticity, and population on the Tibetan border. Chicago, University of Chicago Press. Pp. 3-20.
Malinowski, Bronislaw. (1984 [1922]). Argonauts of the Western Pacific. Prospect Heights, Il., Waveland Press. (Introduction pp. 1-25) Nanda, Serena. (1999). Neither Man nor Woman. New York, Wadsworth Publishing. Pp. 1-23
Roseberry, W. (1989). Anthropologies and histories: essays in culture, history, and political economy. London, Rutgers University Press. Chapter 1 (pp. 17-29).
Shostak, Marjorie. (198). Nisa. New York: Vintage Books. Pp. 81-125
Weismantel, Mary. (2004) Moche Sex Pots: Reproduction and Temporality in Ancient South America. American Anthropologist 106 (3):495-505.
Wolf, Eric (1982). Europe and the People Without History. Berkeley, University of California Press. pp. 3-23

Grades
You will have a midterm exam, a final exam, a paper, and ten quizzes.  The exams are each worth  25% of your grade.  If you miss either of them you may substitute the other exam minus 20%.  There are no make up exams; pleases do not ask.  The paper is  worth 20%.  It will be a six page analysis of the two books we will read in class.  Your grade will depend on your ability to connect the books to the other course material..  One quarter of the paper grade (5% of the course grade) will be determined by the draft paper due April 11th, with the rest determined by the final paper you submit.  You must be in class on the day the draft is due in order to receive the 5%.  Plan accordingly.  The quizzes will each be worth 3% of your final grade (for a total of  30%) and will not be announced in advance.  I will give 12 quizzes and allow you to drop the lowest two scores.  There will be no make up exams or quizzes whatsoever.  You may not turn in your draft paper or your final paper late.  Please do not ask.  There is no attendance policy, so you do not need to explain when or why you are not in class.  However, students who consistently miss class never do very well.  A grading scale is posted at the bottom of this page.

Schedule of Readings and Assignments
January 15: Introduction, no reading assignment
January 18: read:  Hatch
January 22: read: Malinowski, Crawford (“How Berber Matters” and "Sluggishness of Cities")
January 25: read Geertz (Introduction)
January 29: read: Geertz (Balinese cockfight), Roseberry
February 1: No reading assignment; kinship lecture.  ***Optional: download the kinship lecture slides here
See this link for some useful terms and definitions. 
February 5: read: Chagnon, Lee (social organization)
February 8: read: Lee (mode of subsistence)
February 12: read: Wolf
February 15: Read Rabinow (Preliminary material and Chapter 1), Wardlow (Introduction, Chapter 1)
*** Click HERE to find your exam question writing group.
February 19:  Class canceled -- go to your MONDAY classes instead.
February 22:  Snow day (class cancelled)
February 26: Review – Click here for potential exam questions!!! 
February 29: EXAM I
SPRING BREAK
March 11: Nanda, Levine
March 14: Herdt, Weismantel
March 18: PBS website “Race: Power of an Illusion”
Easter Break
March 25: Shostak (Chapter 3) and Gordon and Sholto Douglas (Chapter 1 and Chapters 3 & 4)
March 28: Rabinow
April 1: Crawford "How Life is Hard: Visceral Notes on Meaning and Order in Morocco"
April 4: Wardlow
April 8: Wardlow
April 11: Draft papers due in class.  We will be evaluating the papers submitted, so please download the rubric linked here: paper guide
April 15: Lansing
April 18: Gell 
April 22: Ibarra
April 25: Final lecture and course evaluations; no reading assignment.
April 29: Review for final exam
*** Click here for potential final exam questions.
Here is a map to study for the final.   Be able to locate all the societies we have studied.

FINAL EXAM: Wednesday, May 7 at 6 p.m.

A	93-100
A-	90-92
B+	87-89
B	83-86
B-	80-82
C+	77-79
C	73-76
C-	70-72
D	60-69

Just so you know...
"Plagiarism is the appropriation of ideas, data, work, or language of others and submitting them as one’s own to satisfy the requirements of a course.  Plagiarism constitutes theft and deceit. Students are often confused by just what constitutes plagiarism.  When the ideas or writings of others are presented in assignments, these ideas or writing should be attributed to that source. Special care should be taken, when cutting and pasting materials or when paraphrasing, to cite sources correctly and to use quotation marks around exact words from source materials. Actions that result in plagiarism may be intentional or unintentional.  Consequently, students must understand the concept of plagiarism.  When reading, processing, or using materials from any source, appropriate documentation is always essential."

Resources such as the library (x2178) and the writing center (www.fairfield.edu/writingcenter) are available on campus to assist you in your academic endeavors.  You are encouraged to take advantage of these resources.  If you have a disability that may require special accommodation in this course, contact Student Support Services (x2614) to make arrangements.