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WEEKLY SYLLABUS

Fall 2003
SORRY FOR ANY BROKEN LINKS!
Let Dr. K. know if you find any--and keep your eye out for relevant web sites to add.

WK 1 8/26    INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE     ** BB=Blackboard Electronic Reserves.

            8/28    CONCEPT-METAPHORS OF CULTURE

                                   Homework Questions to Get you Started

WK 2    9/2  US AND THE OTHER: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH THE THIRD WORLD WK 3 9/9  FIELD/WORK AND ETHNO/GRAPHY            9/11 HISTORIES OF ANTHROPOLOGY: ETHNO/LOGY WK 4  9/16 ETHNOGRAPHIC SURREALISM; HUMANISM / COLONIALISM
Handout: See Reading Guide for weeks 4-5 to help guide your "big-picture" reading  
9/18 ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE WORLD SYSTEM: TWO WORLDINGS
WK 5    9/23    VENUS: BLACK/BLONDE
Check out web links related to the Hottentot Venus
and also the Venus H Community web site (from spring 2003)

Venus H
WK 6  9/30 QUESTION OF THE GAZE: IS THE GAZE MALE / WESTERN / WHITE / STRAIGHT?
eye  
HANDOUT: Handy chart on "the gaze" highlights key angles from our readings

         10/2      THE ROMANCE OF THE WILD WOMAN
DUE: Mini-Presentation #1 (1-2 minutes) on the gaze; bring in one ad from a magazine or newspaper and prepare a quick analysis in light of WK 5-6 materials
************REQUIRED OF EVERYONE************
WK 7  10/7     MODES OF PRODUCTION: HUNTER-GATHERERS/HORTICULTURALISTS WK 8  10/14   ETHNOGRAPHIC HYPERREALISM?
WK 9   10/21 MODES OF PRODUCTION: PEASANTRY/WORLD CAPITALIST SYSTEM
Read about the Menchu controversy:

 
10/23 TRANSNATIONAL INCORPORATIONS, INFORMAL
                     DEVELOPMENTS, POPULAR RESPONSES         DUE: Critical Essay #2 on Rigoberta Menchu


WK10  10/28 MENCHU WHO? Controversy about Menchu's testimony (see web)

WK 11   11/4   "SILICON WOMAN" & THE NEW TRANSNATIONAL DIVISION OF LABOR

NOTE: Take-home Exam Questions to be handed out today
Also check out these web sites:

 
11/7  THE ROMANCE OF THE SILICON WOMAN-- DISCUSSION



WK 12     11/11 VETERAN'S DAY----NO CLASS

11/13        EXAM DUE TODAY--
Take-home Essays due--maximum 5 pp double spaced
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 WK 13  11/18  SUBCULTURES: HEGEMONY & SUBALTERN SPEECH (culture & power)  WK 14 11/25 SUBCULTURES: DISCUSSION WK 15 12/2 CYBORG CULTURES: VIRTUAL REALISMS----CYBERPUNK ANTHROPOLOGY? 
William Gibson--Neuromancer's opening line:
"The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel."
Cyberpunk/Neuromancer Web Links
there are zillions of sites out there! here's a few--if broken, try another
  12/4  COLLAGE GALLERY GRAND OPENING! (Last Class)

WK 16 12/9    OVERFLOW CLASS FOR CATCH-UP OR FREE FOR RESEARCH TIME

              12/11    THURSDAY 9:30-10:20 am  DUE: ETHNOGRAPHY FIELD PROJECT

(see key readings from 11/13 and 9/18 to guide your thinking)

YOUR ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED!!
NOTE TIME CHANGE!! (scheduled exam time)

ALL ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE IN TODAY!! 
(Check to see if you owe any assignments!
a zero is terribly damaging to your grade!!)


NO EXCEPTIONS!!
WARNING: NO INCOMPLETES ! !
Withdrawal deadlines: 
unrestricted 9/26 restricted 10/31/03.
Graduation filing period 9/2-10/31/03

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