ANT 202-601:

ANT 102

INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Instructor: Neathery Batsell Fuller

Behavioral Sciences Office rm. 230

Office Hours: 9 to 10 MWF 9 – 11 TR

Office Phone: (314) 984-7987

Email: nfuller@stlcc.edu

Blackboard: http://blackboard.stlcc.cc.mo.us

Website: http://users.stlcc.edu/nfuller/

Purpose of the Course:

This class is an introduction to the great diversity of human culture. Economic, social, political and religious practices are covered, including such topics as the nature of culture, ways of making a living, marriage and family, magic and religion, language and communications, and cultural change. A number of ethnographic films will be viewed.

Textbook

Lenkeit, Roberta Edwards

2009 Introducing Cultural Anthropology. 4^rd edition

McGraw Hill.

Objectives:

1. To learn about the major scholars in Cultural Anthropology.

2. To investigate the differences between the subfields in Anthropology.

3. To explore the concept of culture.

4. Study the economic systems of several traditional societies.

5. Learn about social structure in traditional societies.

6. Learn about political systems in non-western societies.

7. Study the family and kinship structures of several non-western societies.

8. Explore the concepts of cultural change and the impact of contact between traditional societies and industrial societies.

Course Requirements:

Quizzes will consist of 30 multiple choice questions given ONLINE through blackboard. The questions will be taken from the assigned reading, the films and videos and the class discussions.

• Short homework assignments and reaction papers will be worth 30 points. They will be focused around the World Wide Web and local cultural events.

• Reports about your assigned Culture Group will be worth 30 points. Research will be done using the online eHRAF Collection of Ethnography . The topics will follow class discussion. These reports must be presented in class or no points will be awarded.

• Video Assignments will be worth 30 points and must be submitted through Blackboard. They will consist of questions to be answered in the videos. The answers will require some thought and your growing knowledge of anthropology. The questions will be available through Blackboard and handed out in class.

• Special Assignment: Pow Wow . TBA Indian Pow Wow, sponsored by Cahokia Mounds.

• Missed exams may be taken during the final exam or at the instructor’s convenience.

• Your attendance is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, but I do not penalize you for being absent. Because this class is ITV... copies of the class will be available in the library. Please remember to let me know you will be gone so I can insure that the class will be taped. You will discover that each absence is a severe handicap in terms of answering the questions on my examinations!

• I do not give Incompletes!

• An Honors Contract can be developed for this class if your GPA is 3.5 or higher. Please contact the Honors Coordinator for more information.

Culture Groups

Akan, FE12-

Alorese, OF05-

Amhara, MP05-

Andamans, AZ02

Aranda, OI08-

Assiniboine, NF04-

Aymara, SF05-

Azande, FO07-

Badaga, AW50-

Bagisu, FK13-

Bakairi, SP07

Baluchi, AT02-

Banyoro, FK11-

Bemba, FQ05-

Bena, FN31-

Bengali, AW69-

Betsileo, FY11-

Bororo, SP08-

Bosnian Muslims, EF09

Central Thai, AO07-

Chukchee, RY02-

Chuuk, OR19

Croats, EF04

Dogon, FA16-

Early Icelanders, EQ02

Eastern Toraja, OG11

Ganda, FK07

Garifuna, SA12

Garo, AR05

Ghorbat, AU07

Guaraní, SM04

Hausa, MS12

Igbo, FF26

Kogi, SC07

Maasai, FL12

Monguor, AE09

Okinawans, AC07

Ona, SH04-

Orokaiva, OJ23

Ovimbundu, FP13-

Pashtun, AU04

Quinault, NR17-

Rungus Dusun, OC13-

Saami, EP04

San, FX10-

Santa Cruz Islanders, ON13

Santal, AW42

Saramaka, SR15

Serbs, EF06

Sherpa, AK06

Shipibo, SE26-

Shluh, MW11

Sinhalese, AX04-

Slovenes, EF07

Somali, MO04

Southern Toraja, OG13

Stoney, NF12-

Taiwan Hokkien, AD05

Tajiks, RO02

Tarahumara, NU33-

Tikopia, OT11

Tiv, FF57

Tlingit, NA12

Trobriands, OL06-

Tukano, SQ19

Tupinamba, SO09

Turkmens, RM02

Tzeltal, NV09

Uzbeks, RN05

Yanoama,

Topics and Schedule:

I will follow a schedule of topics as indicated below. Unexpected delays, film schedules, and special opportunities may lead to adjustments at the discretion of the instructor.

Chapter to Read	Quizzes & Projects
Chapter 1: Perspectives In Anthropology: What Are It's Subfields and Perspectives?	Take Assessment on BlackBoard. It must be completed in the first two weeks of the semester!
Chapter 2: Culture: What Makes Us Strangers When We Are Away From Home?
Chapter 3:Field Work: How Are Data Gathered?	Parking lot experiment
Quiz 1
Chapter 5: What challenges face foragers?	Subsistence activities
Chapter 6: Subsistence Strategies and Resource Allocation II: How did Food Production Transform Culture?
Chapter 7: Marriage, Family, and Residence: What Are the Possibilities?	MARRIAGE
Quiz 2
Chapter 10:Political Order, disorder and social control. Who decides?	Political system
Chapter 11:Belief Systems: How Do We Explain The Unexplainable	RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, 770
Quiz 3
Chapter 8: Kinship and Descent: Are these the ties that bind?	KIN GROUPS
Chapter 9:Gender and Sexuality: Nature or Nurture	GENDER ROLES AND ISSUES
Quiz 4
	Washington University Powwow
	Ethnic Dining

Recommendations:

1. Do the assigned readings from the textbook. It will require your quiet, concentrated attention. Yes, you may have to look up some new words.

2. If you are going to be absent, have someone tape record the class or ask a friend for a copy of their notes. This is your responsibility - not mine! Call:

3. Make a friend in the class who you can telephone and study with during the week before the examination.

4. DON'T postpone working on your assignments until the last minute.

5. See me if you are having problems with the course.

6. INSTANT KARMA. Translation: you will be given a failing grade if you cheat on a test, cheat on the paper, or act in an uncivil manner.

7. All work must be finished and turned in to me by the last day of class.

Cultural Experiments in Dinning

Ethnic Restaurant Assignment

Name:

Go to a restaurant that specializes in Ethnic Cuisine for a meal or appetizers. It would be preferable if you chose one that you have not eaten at before.

Fast food restaurants; i.e. Taco Bell or restaurants with the work BUFFET DO NOT COUNT!

Answer the following questions

Date: Time:

Name of Restaurant:

Location:

Type of food served:

Who is with you? (i.e. mother and sister, boyfriend, daughter)

Served or buffet? Table Cloth? Cloth Napkins?

Your server:

He/she is from what country?

How long have he/she worked at the restaurant?

Restaurant

What is the most popular dish or dishes at the restaurant?

When is the restaurant the busiest?

Who else is eating at the restaurant?

Families Parties Couples Single people

What is the Ethnic background of the other customers (make your best guestimate!)

Are there "American" dishes on the menu?

What is the average price of an entry?

What sort of traditional beverages are served?

How many entrees contain:

Pork	Fish	Noodles	Other:
Lamb	Shrimp	Pasta
Beef	Clam, Mussels	Vegetarian
Chicken	Squid/ Octopus

On the back, describe the restaurant's decorations (ambiance):

Create your own Kinship Diagram

Draw part of you own kindred from either your mother or father's ancestral line. Chart this part of your family back at least to your grandparents. You should include affines and consanquines, cousins and siblings. Birth, death, marriage and divorce dates should be noted. If anything is unusual such as remarriages, half siblings, or adoptions mention it in the accompanying notes.

Treat yourself as EGO.

Trace only your father or only your mother's line.

At least three generations must included on the diagram. And there should be at least 10 individuals represented.

Each individual should be listed by a first and last name if the name is newly introduced into the family by marriage (i.e. the surname of a groom taken by his bride and children.)

Birth, death, marriage and divorce dates must be included. Birth and death dates are listed under the individuals symbol and name. Marriage and divorce dates are listed above or below the marriage equals sign.

Clear, clean representation is important. Footnotes are encouraged to clarify anything unusual in the family. Members of one generation must be on the same longitude so that cousins aren't stacked unevenly on the pages.

You may use 8 1/2 x 11 paper taped together or butcher paper- so the diagram can be folded to 8 1/2 x 11 size. Rolled poster paper is cumbersome to transport.

Lines must be straight, symbols consistent and any unknown date or name noted with a question mark.

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What do all human beings have in common?

How would you define the term culture?

Members of ethnic and culture group may share certain characteristics.

Can you think of some of these characteristics? Sometimes these traits are called stereotypes, others may see them as group personality traits.

i.e.

Asian Americans excel at science and math.

The French tend to be hard to get along with

Italians are very passionate.

Germans are very efficient

Have you ever visted in a culture other than the one into which you were born?

If you could be a member of another culture, which one would it be?

Warriors of the Amazon

1. What is the Yanomamu code of ethics?

2. What relationship do the Yanomamu have with the anthropologist and film crew?

3. What relationship do the Yanomamu have with their neighbors?

4. Why does the other village come for a visit?

5. How do the Yanomamu look at death? What happens to the dead person?

6. How do the Yanomamu look at death? How are the dead remembered? )

7. How do the Yanomamu look at death? Where does the soul go? And what does this suggest about their view of an afterlife?

8. What relationship do the Yanomamu have with the spirit world?

9. What is expected of a son-in-law?

10. What is the importance of trade?

Go Tigers Video

1.What is expected of every baby born in Massilon Culture?

2.What is the “World View” of a Masslon Tiger?

3.What part does the Supernatural play in the Massilon Culture?

4.What are the marriage patterns of the seen in the Massilon Culture?

5.What did you find the most interesting about Masillon Culture?

6.Is the Massilon culture Ethnocentric?

7.Is the Yanomamu Culture Ethnocentric?

8.What qualities are needed to make a good Captain of the Tigers?

9.What qualities are needed to make a good Shaman of the Yanomamu?

10. Are these similar?
Tell me about the Pygmies of the Rain Forest!

Use this sheet as a guide as you watch the video. Then answer the questions on Blackboard!

1. How is their leadership organized?

2. Do they share their food with others?

3. How are their relations with their neighbors?

4. What is their technology like?

5. What do the men do?

6. What do the women do?

7. What do the children do?

8. What is their World View?

9. How do the Pygmies World View differ from the Yanomamu?

Mangetubu Video Questions

1. What kind of leader do the Mangetubu have? Explain.

2.How does this leader differ from Ongka and the Yamamamu Shaman? Give examples

3. What do you think of the Priest? Is he ethnocentric or cultural relativist?

4. The Mangetubu view the outside world from their prospective. What do they believe about the Europeans?

5. What similarities and differences can you see between the Mangetubu hunting strategy and the Pygmy net hunting?

6. All of the different types are reciprocity are shown in this film. I can see 3 types.. Give an example of Generalized Reciprocity !

7. What are they and give an example. Negative Reciprocity.

8. Give an example of Market exchange.

9. How do the Mangetubu “synchronize” their traditional supernatural beliefs with Catholicism?

10. What is the Mangetbu world view? How does it compare to the Yanomanu and the Pygmies?

The Kawelka Video

Watch the videos and answer the questions.

1.What kind of leader is Ongka?

2.What type of power does Ongka have? (Please give at least two examples.)

3. Who tries to spoil the moka? How does he do it?

Why do you think he wants to spoil it?

4. What is the marriage system like?

5. Where does Ongka sleep at night?

6. Who does Ongka share food with everyday?

7. What is the world view of the Kawelka?

8. How does the Kawelka world view differ from the Yanomamu and the Pygmy world view?

"The Raven is My Totem " Video Guide

Watch the Video and answer the following Questions:

1. What is the Grandfather’s place in the household? How is he treated by the family?

2. What is happening to the boy to signal it is time for the “trip”?

3. How does the boy change as he spends time with his grandfather?

4. What happens to the grandfather?

Video Guide for Nannook of the North

Watch the Video and answer the following questions about how well Nanook fits into the Hunter/Gatherer Life style.

The video says that Nannook is a “Chief”. Do you think this is true?

What type of settlement pattern does Nannook and his family live in during the warmer months?

What type of settlement pattern does Nannook and his family live in during the cold months?

How do the hunting practices differ between these two seasons?

What jobs does Nanook do? Does this fit in with what you know about Hunter/Gatherer life style?

What jobs does his wife(s) do? Does this fit in with what you know about Hunter/Gatherer life style?

How does Nanook and his family relate to the sled dogs?

How many children does Nanooke have? Does this fit in with what you know about Hunter/Gatherer life style?

How is Nanook’s life style similar or different than the Pygmies?

How is Nanook’s life style similar or different than the Yanomano?

Name:

Thanksgiving Ethnography

How many people?

Where was it held?

Who was responsible for the food? (Did guests bring dishes? If so what? And how was it decided?)

How was the food served (passed, buffet or other)?

Traditional dishes (check if served):

Turkey

Cranberries

Dressing/ Gravy

Mashed Potatoes

Sweet Potatoes

Pumpkin Pie