ANTH 499

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Topics in Anthropology

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Credit: 4 hours.

Research seminar on specialized topics in anthropology.

4 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

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ANTH 499 class schedule data for spring 2021
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
30173	Online Lecture	BR	12:30PM -1:50PM	TR	n.a.	Ritchison, B	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Section Title: Archaeology of Time Section Info: In archaeology, our chronologies are the foundations upon which all other interpretations of the past are built. In this class we will confront concepts, methods, and techniques in study of archaeological temporalities and chronology building. Using case studies and examples from around the world, we will examine some of the chief foci of the current literature, which includes time perspectivism, unit issues, radiocarbon dating, tree ring analysis, Bayesian statistics, geochronology, and seriation, among others. Students will gain an in depth understanding of issues and core concepts and a focused understanding of Bayesian analysis of radiocarbon dates.
44538	Online Lecture	FH	9:00AM -11:50AM	W	n.a.	Harrison, F	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Section Title: Race, Racism, Antiracism Section Info: During the long hot summer of 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, civil unrest erupted to protest the deadly outcomes of racism, particularly anti-Blackness. People from widely diverse backgrounds marched in the streets to affirm the mantra, Black Lives Matter and attest to its relevance not only in the United States but also in other parts of the world. The existential vulnerability of the racially subjected—Black, Brown, & Indigenous—to police and civilian violence, under the guise of criminal suspicion and self-defense, is a problem that anthropological analysis illuminates. Anthropological scrutiny also belies claims that systemic racism is nonexistent and that critical race theory and related perspectives in the social sciences are unfounded propaganda. This course examines what anthropological research reveals about the cultural meanings, social relations, and power dynamics that create conditions for race, racism, and antiracism in their varied modalities in the United States and other world contexts.
68910	Online Lecture	HE	11:00AM -1:50PM	W	n.a.	Erten, N	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Anthropology of Surgery Section Info: This course explores the relationship between medicine and culture through the lens of surgery. The focus of this course will be on surgeries, including plastic surgeries, C-sections, bariatric surgeries, sex reassignment surgeries and organ transplantation. Taking surgery as a tool that is “good to think with”, in this course we will think, talk and write about surgical lives. Drawing upon readings from varied perspectives and disciplines, students will be encouraged to think critically about the body, health, and medicine as they relate to questions/structures of culture and power.
62007	Online Lecture	JM	7:00PM -9:50PM	W	n.a.	Martin, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Section Title: Anthropology of Modern China