Acquaints the student with contemporary social and cultural variation. The basic mechanisms of society and culture will be explained within a comparative framework.
Note: Students with previous credit for ANTH 110 may not take this course for credit.
Outlines the major social and cultural theories which have been developed by anthropologists. It also surveys the principles of social structure (with a special emphasis on kinship) as well as economic and political organization.
This survey offers a general overview of the development of North American anthropology and reviews New World prehistory. Compares and contrasts culture traits in various culture areas and deals with the specific cultural traditions of representative tribes in each culture area. Focuses on Canadian native traditions by dealing with native cultures in Saskatchewan and comparing their current political and administrative status with Indians in Mexico and the United States.
Surveys Athabascan and Algonkian ethnohistory, ethnography and ecological adaptation with some emphasis on the contemporary situation in Boreal and Sub-Boreal Canada.
A comprehensive survey of the ethnography and ethnohistory of the cultures of the North American plains and prairies. The composition and development of the "plains culture complex" will be treated together with the impact of acculturation on this life-style.
General survey of the social, economic, political and religious institutions of the countries of East Asia from an anthropological perspective. Traditional culture and social organization, and contemporary responses to modernization are considered with an emphasis on minorities. China will be the primary focus, with secondary focus on Japan and Korea.
ANTH 226.3
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session»Business and Industrial Anthropology 1/2(3L) Prerequisite(s): ANTH 111 or completion of 30 credit units of university including an introductory social science course.
Examination of the utility of cultural anthropology's concepts, theory, methodology and insights in creatively influencing the conduct of domestic and international business. Cross-cultural business etiquette, understanding of marketing and consumer behaviour, and importance of intercultural negotiation in solving business problems in multicultural/transnational organizational settings are also discussed.
Examines some of the major dimensions of non-material culture including religion, magic, and constructs of space and time. It also examines processes of enculturation and culture change.
Examines the medical systems of practice and belief utilized by non-Western traditional societies in contending with the universal realities of disease and mental illness. The attempts to extend Western medical systems into traditional societies will also be considered.
A general survey of the social, economic, political and religious institutions of the countries of South Asia from an anthropological perspective. Both the traditional cultures and the changes which are taking place are considered. Although the primary emphasis in the course is on the peoples and cultures of India, comparative materials from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and other areas of South Asia are also examined.