ANTH 101: Introduction to Anthropology
An in-depth analysis of culture revealed by world ethnography.
Course Description and Objectives
This course is an introduction to human nature and culture, the universal aspects of culture and the range of cultural variation as revealed by an examination of world ethnography. At course’s end, the student should be able to:
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At the start of every semester, I look into the faces of the new crop of students I've been entrusted with and I wonder. I wonder what sort of stories these new students will have to tell. I wonder what new things I will learn about their lives and cultures. I wonder what new connections will be made over the next few months-- connections between students, between ideas, even between communities. I wonder what new mistakes I'll make this semester, and how I'll fix them -- and what I'll leave broken for my students to piece back together.
Most of all, I simply wonder. Anthropology is a wonderer's discipline, revealing (without always solving) mysteries all around us in the most seemingly trivial everyday events.
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