Category: anthropology
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notes, seminar. anthro in a nutshell
handout: http://wiki.adelantemac.org/Anthropology_in_a_Nutshell british don’t like “culture” -> colonial mission, maintaining french -> things inside the head, rationalism foucault, levi strats -> like comets! they come and go LTAM new anthro, no impact school training is system-adaptive, thoughts extensions notes on the handout: culture -> cultivate ethnography=cultural anthro ethnology=comparative cross-cultural study of human cultures fight against…
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anth380 sexual networks in jefferson school article
Medical Anthropology class, this is the coverage on the study of high school romantic and sexual networks that I mentioned today in class. This is the link to the paper: Chains of Affection: The Structure of Adolescent Romantic and Sexual Networks Peter S. Bearman, Columbia University James Moody, Ohio State University Katherine Stovel, University of…
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anth490 sample letter to prospective employer
Assignment: Write a one-page introduction of yourself to a specific, prospective employer or graduate school.
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anth490 negoatiating the course
Assignment: Bring in a list of at least 5 topics or skills you would like covered in the course. spotting statistical exaggerations and issues of overinterpretation as a student who had at most two weeks of training doing linear regressions, I want to learn the basics of faulty statistical analyses. macro phenomenoms as anthropologists mainly…
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[Jack Weatherford] ANTH490 Checklist for Invited Speakers
Checklist for Invited Speakers: Anthropology 490 Before the Class: 1. Explain to the speaker carefully what you want the speaker to do. 2. Find out if any special equipment or handouts are needed. 3. Decide on the format with the speaker. How long will the speaker speak? Is the speaker one member of a panel?…
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Strategic repositioning within academia
arguing for the statement that Cultural Anthropology belongs to the humanities and not to the social sciences December 20, 2004 History of Anthropological Ideas Yongho Kim This paper defends the position that Cultural Anthropology, as a field of study, belongs (and should belong) to the humanities division. In so doing, I argue along two main…