ANTH 3660-- ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY AND CONTEXT

Fall 2018

Tuesday and Friday, 8:00-9:50 pm, Sturm Hall 154

Professor Dean Saitta

This course introduces graduate students and advanced undergraduates to the intellectual perspectives, approaches, conceptual frameworks, and languages—i.e., the major paradigms—that characterize contemporary anthropology. The course will provide:

(1) An overview of the history of anthropology and the socio-political contexts in which anthropological paradigms were developed,

(2) Some intellectual tools with which to recognize and critically evaluate different intellectual approaches in anthropology,

(3) An understanding of how and why anthropology has achieved its distinctive character as a social science, and

(4) Direction for developing a Master’s thesis/exhibit/paper project or Undergraduate thesis project that's anchored by what you discover to be the most useful perspective or approach.

Banner Image: Eyes of Margaret Mead, Samoa

Syllabus Fall 2018

Reading Smart

Article Analysis Form

List of Writing Assignments

Research Paper Guidelines

Final Exam for Undergraduates

AAA Style Guide

Harris Obituary, New York Times

Levi-Strauss Obituary, New York Times

Geertz Obituary, New York Times

Wolf Obituary, New York Times