Course Details
Country:
Multiple
Institution:
External - Semester at Sea
Course Title:
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Course Number:
29368
Course Description:
This class ask students to think about two fundamental questions: 1).What does it mean to be human?; and 2). Is inequality inevitable? We will utilize the anthropological “toolkit” to explore culture, power, and identity in the 21st Century. The class will provide students with the theoretical framework to understand and appreciate the tremendous cultural, social and linguistic diversity of human culture (without falling prey to "exotification") as well as crosscultural universals of human behavior. Using ethnography, films, lectures, and the first-hand experiences of students in every port of call, students will utilize ethnology, the unique anthropological approach to cross-cultural comparison. We will explore the importance of culture and cultural norms of behavior in the every-day lives of all humans (including students' own culture) by conducting ethnographic observations both on and off the ship. The field component of the course will focus specifically on stratification and the lived experience of social
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
ANTH 114
Attachment Files:
IntroCulturalAnthro.pdf
