Spring 2001

Course Descriptions

102 ANTHROPOLOGY: HUMAN ORIGINS AND CULTURE (4 hrs)

Professor Olga Soffer Office: 309H Davenport Hall PH: 333-2100

o-soffer@uiuc.edu

Professor Leslea Hlusko Office: 188B Davenport Hall PH: 244-4914

hlusko@uiuc.edu

This course is a basic introduction to the aims, methods, and results of archaeological and physical anthropological research into human origins. Topics include the nature of evolution, our primate ancestors, human evolution, human variation, origins of technology and tool use, evolution of language, art, domestication, and the development of civilization. Lectures introduce students to the basic concepts of prehistoric archaeology and physical anthropology; discussion sections clarify approaches used and permit discussion of topics covered in lecture. In addition to two hourly exams and a final exam, quizzes and assignments will be given in discussion sections.

*THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES GEN. ED. REQ.

103 INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Instructor: Tim Daniels Office: Davenport Hall PH: 333-3616

e-mail: tpdaniel@uiuc.edu

Cultural anthropology is the study of the various ways of living and thinking in the human community by means of fieldwork and comparative analysis. Thanks to its unique approaches, cultural anthropology offers a broad perspective on a wide range of important social issues. These issues are important because their consequences are determinative to the survival and well-being of all human societies which are increasingly interdependent.

In this introductory course, after briefly introducing what anthropology as a discipline is about and how anthropologists work, we will examine topics such as culture, language, gender, ethnicity, race, marriage and the family, social organization, economic systems, religion, ecology, globalization of the world system, etc.

This course should help you understand and appreciate cultural variation in time and space from a global perspective, enhance your awareness and sensitivity of cultural diversity and change in your living environment, and develop your interpretive skills for a variety of cultural phenomena.

Texts:

Keesing, Roger M. and Andrew Strathern. Cultural Anthropology: A Contemporary Perspective.

Lansing, Stephen. The Balinese.

Stack, Carol. Call to Home: African Americans Reclaim the Rural South.

Hart, C.W.M., Arnold R. Pilling, and Jane C. Goodale. The Tiwi of North Australia.

*THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES GEN. ED. REQ.

103(Discovery) INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (4 hrs)

Professor Bill Kelleher Office: 391 Davenport Hall PH: 244-3516

wkellehe@uiuc.edu

Cultural anthropology attempts to make the diverse cultures of the world understandable. It seeks to make the strange, familiar, and the familiar, strange. It assumes that if we learn about different cultures then we learn something about ourselves. This course introduces cultural anthropology. It places it in the field of general anthropology and describes the methods and research problems which both tie it to and distinguish it from anthropology's other subfields. The course focuses attention on cultural anthropology's major research form, ethnography. It delineates its methodologies and its significant research areas - language use, kinship, social structure, religion and ritual, symbolic systems, cultural change, social conflict, ethnicity, economic organization, health and healing, and the artistic dimensions of social life. It places anthropology in the history of Euro-American social thought and introduces some of the contemporary debates in the discipline through lecture and discussion of a variety of world areas. The course consists of three lectures and a discussion section per week. There will be two hour exams during the semester, a short paper and numerous discussion section exercises.

*THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES GEN.ED.REQ.

107 ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANCIENT EGYPT (3hrs)

Professor Douglas J. Brewer Office: Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory PH: 244-3518

d-brewer@uiuc.edu

A survey of Egyptian archaeology from prehistoric times through the New Kingdom. Subjects to be covered include lectures on modern archaeological techniques developed in Egypt and presentations on the history, life, gods, and architecture of this ancient civilization.

There are no prerequisites, but Anthropology 102 or 105 is suggested.

Texts:

Brewer/Teeter. Egypt and the Egyptians. Cambridge Univ. Press.

*THIS COURSE FULFILLS: A) THE HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES GEN. ED. REQUIREMENT AND B) COMP I

149 EVOLUTION AND HUMAN DISEASE (3 hrs.)

Professor Linda Klepinger Office: 209G Davenport Hall PH: 244-3513

klepinge@uiuc.edu

The course will familiarize students with the principles of evolution as they apply to changing patterns of human health and disease. Topics include: disease transmission, pathogen strategies, function of symptoms and spectrum of disease, evolution of virulence, concept of disease causality, antimicrobial antibiotic resistance, emerging diseases, stress and adaptation, nutrition, diabetes, and a diachronic overview of changing patterns of human disease and ecological factors. Specific examples of medical problems will be used to illustrate the operation of the basic biological and evolutionary concepts.

Grades will be based on performance on three hourly exams, a short paper in the form of a book review, and participation in class discussion.

Texts:

Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine by R. M. Nesse and G. C. Williams, Times Books, 1994.

Yellow Fever, Black Goddess: The Co-Evolution of People and Plagues by C. Wills, Addison-Wesley, 1996.

and either:

New Guinea Tapeworms and Jewish Grandmothers by R. Desowitz, W.W. Norton, 1981.

or:

The Hot Zone by R. Preston.

*THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE NATURAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GEN. ED. REQ.

157 THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ILLINOIS (3 hrs.)

Professor Tim Pauketat Office: 123 Davenport Hall PH: 244-8818

pauketat@uiuc.edu

This course promotes a sense of place that can be gained only from an awareness and understanding of the rich antiquity of Illinois and the vast cultural changes that are reflected in its past. We will trace the prehistory of Illinois from the first entry of people into the Midwest more than 13,000 years ago until the late 1700s and the beginning of historical records and Euro-American colonization of the region. The course is designed specifically for students with no background in archaeology or Illinois prehistory. The course requirements include midterm and final exams, and a term paper, due during the final quarter of the semester, that applies the course material to some aspect of Illinois archaeology.

*THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES GEN. ED. REQ.

165(Discovery) LANGUAGES AND PEOPLES OF NATIVE NORTH AMERICA (3hrs.)

Professor Brenda Farnell Office: 209E Davenport Hall PH: 244-9226

bfarnell@uiuc.edu

This course aims to develop an understanding of, and appreciation for, the rich diversity of languages and cultures found among contemporary indigenous peoples of the United States and Canada. We will focus on a selection of nations and address some contemporary issues rather than attempt a survey. Questions include; What effects has the Euro-American invention of the "Indian" had on our knowledge of Native American peoples today? How do different languages create particular views of "reality"? How do indigenous communities conceive of the connections between language and landscape? How is a nation's history, cosmology, and moral worldview transmitted through myth and storytelling?; What are "endangered languages" and why is preservation so important?; What do we know about gender relations among Native American peoples, past and present? Throughout the course students will be introduced to anthropological approaches to the study of language and culture.

*THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE NON-WESTERN CULTURES GEN. ED. REQUIREMENT

182 PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF SOUTH AMERICA (4 hrs.)

Professor Arlene Torres Office: 383 Davenport Hall PH: 244-3511

a-torres@uiuc.edu

This course will examine the peoples and cultures of South America in historical and contemporary perspectives. We begin with the colonial history of the region which reveals enduring themes and issues central to the understanding of Latin America today. Through case studies, guest lectures, accompanying articles, and visual media, we will explore, contrast, and compare aspects of different cultures from the diverse regions of this vast continent. Areas of exploration will include indigenous and/or  Afro-Latin peoples of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. Cultural themes being examined will be colonialism, gender, ethnicity, nationalism, political-economy through ritual and festivity.

*THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE NON-WESTERN CULTURES GEN. ED. REQ.

220 INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY (3hrs)

Professor Barry Lewis Office: 209F Davenport Hall PH: 244-3501

blewis@uiuc.edu

This course examines the conceptual basis of archaeological research, data collection, and analysis.  The objective is to familiarize the student with the strategies employed in the investigation of archaeological remains and how these strategies further the aims of an anthropological archaeology.

There will be a midterm exam, a final exam, and three section quizzes.  Problem sets that apply the principles covered in lecture will be assigned in the discussion sections.

Texts:

Renfrew, Colin and Paul Bahn (2000) Archaeology: Theories Methods and Practice. 3rd Edition. Thames & Hudson, New York.

Daniels, Steve and Nicholas David (1982) The Archaeology Workbook. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia.

223 MEMOIRS OF AFRICA

Professor Alma Gottlieb Office: 386C Davenport Hall PH: 244-3515

ajgottli@uiuc.edu

Aims of the Course:

If you have read little or nothing about the continent that is the cradle of humanity, this course will offer you a user-friendly introduction to Africa, which is so often (mis-) represented in stereotypic terms in Western mass media. The texts are a combination of memoirs written by African men and women (about their childhood experiences growing up in various regions of Africa) and by non-African scholars and authors who have spent significant amounts of time on the continent. In looking back at their engagements with Africa, the authors of these books weave individual, society and history in complex tapestries, affording multiple windows into what might appear as distant historical eras and cultural settings, making the exotic approachable while still retaining a sense of the extraordinary. In encountering these works, the class offers you approaches into the daily lives of individuals whose leaders may make newspaper headlines but whose own quotidian struggles and joys alike are largely invisible to the wider world.

Readings:

We'll read a few essays and articles as well as the following books:

Bernard Dadi‚, The City Where No One Dies

Buchi Emecheta, Head above Water: An Autobiography

Alma Gottlieb and Philip Graham, Parallel Worlds: An Anthropologist and a Writer Encounter Africa

Camara Laye, Dark Child

Mark Mathabane, Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa

Marjorie Shostak, Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman

Assignments:

No quizzes or tests will be given. Instead, through your writings you will be constantly challenged to think through the material and, in so doing, to confront previous stereotypical images that you may have held, and that popular Western media images regularly reproduce, about Africa. Assigned work will include several genres, including a trip journal (from a class trip to the Field Museum and an African restaurant in Chicago); media drop files and commentaries, and a final media poster; an in-class debate; and three short essays.

Course Prerequisites: None

Eligibility: This course is restricted in the first instance to students who are enrolled in the Campus Honors Program. If there are still openings toward the end of the enrollment period, others may be permitted to enroll at the discretion of the instructor please inquire first.

*THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE FOLLOWING GEN. ED. REQUIREMENTS: NON-WESTERN CULTURES AND CIVILIZATIONS, and the COMP II REQUIREMENT

230 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY (3 hrs)

Professor Norman Whitten Office: 382 Davenport Hall PH: 244-3514

nwhitten@uiuc.edu

This course explores the social anthropological study of human societies by focusing on the development of anthropological theories of social relations and social structures, culture history, ritual and power, aesthetics and social movements, and modernity and alternative modernities in a changing world. We begin with an examination of critical works in the discipline of anthropology. The complex anthropological task of creating models that weave structure, social relations, history, symbolic interpretations and representions is then addressed and illustrated by reference to two African American ethnographies: the Saramaka of Suriname and the Black Frontiersmen of Ecuador and Colombia . Finally, we re-examine these concepts and techniques by specific reference to two contemporary people of the Republic of Ecuador: the Afro-Latin Americans of the Western rain forest, and the Canelos Quichua indigenous people of the Upper Amazon.

Texts:

Adam Kuper. Anthropology for Anthropologists: The Modern British School (1983).

Roger Keesing. Kin Groups and Social Structure (1975).

Norman E. Whitten, Jr, Black Frontiersmen: Afro-American Culture of Ecuador and Colombia (1994: fourth edition).

Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney (editor). Culture Through Time: Anthropological Approaches (1990).

Dorothea S. Whitten and Norman E. Whitten, Jr. From Myth to Creation: Art From Amazonian Ecuador (1988).

Selected readings on the Saramaka of Suriname and the Canelos Quichua of Amazonian Ecuador will be distributed. These include readings on the Indigenous Uprising of 1990, and the Indigenous March for Land and Life in 1992.

240 INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (3 hrs.)

Professor Brian Richmond Office: 189 Davenport Hall PH: 333-3676

brich@uiuc.edu

This course provides an in-depth review of fields of study in biological anthropology. Key issues and topics in contemporary biological anthropology are examined. The course investigates include genetics and adaptation in human populations, humans in biological and comparative context, and the fossil evidence for human evolution.. Students should develop an appreciation of problems in this field, and should be prepared to enter 300-level courses in the subject. Evaluation is based on a class paper and examinations (midterm and final).

Text: Relethford, J (1999). Fundamentals of Biological Anthropology. Mayfield Press.

Supplemental readings will be distributed during the course.

260 PEOPLES OF THE WORLD: INTRODUCTION TO ETHNOGRAPHY (3 hrs)

Instructor: Sarah Phillips Office: Davenport Hall PH: 333-3616

sdphilli@uiuc.edu

This course will explore many facets of the practice of ethnography the detailed and long-term study of diverse cultures around the world. We will take a historical approach, starting the semester with Margaret Mead, one of the most popularly known and influential American anthropologists. We then investigate more recent ethnographic works, exploring ways in which ethnographic fieldwork and writings have changed since Mead's time. By examining ethnographies that cover a wide geographic spectrum and a broad range of topics, we will examine the multidimensionality of ethnography in cultural anthropology. Students will read seven ethnographies written by anthropologist who work in different parts of the world on various topics of crucial importance to anthropological inquiry: religion, gender, language, identity, aging, health and the body, political economy, modernity, and transnationalism. Geographic regions covered include Oceania, Southeast Asia, the United States, the Caribbean, North Africa, West Africa, and Eastern Europe. We will discuss the problems and pitfalls of fieldwork and ethnographic writing, and especially the complex ethical dilemmas involved in ethnographic inquiry and interpretation. The course will also introduce students to ethnographic film.

Texts:

Mead, Margaret. 1973 [1928]. Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilization. William Morrow & Co.

Myerhoff, Barbara. 1980 [1978]. Number Our Days. Simon & Schuster.

Farmer, Paul. 1992. AIDS and Accusation: Haiti and the Geography of Blame. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Abu-Lughod, Lila. 1993. Writing Women's Worlds: Bedouin Stories. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press.

Ries, Nancy. 1997. Russian Talk: Culture and Conversation during Perestroika. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

Piot, Charles. 1999. Remotely Global: Village Modernity in West Africa. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Cannell, Fenella. 1999. Power and Intimacy in the Christian Philippines. New York: Cambridge University Press.

*THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE SOCIAL SCIENCES PERSPECTIVES GEN. ED. REQ.

266 AFRICAN FILM AND AFRICAN SOCIETY (3hrs)

Professor Mahir Saul Office: 309J Davenport Hall PH: 244-3502

m-saul@uiuc.edu

A course on recent feature films produced in African countries. These films are used to provide an introduction to contemporary Africa. Some of these films have received prestigious international awards. The films shown in the class are treated as entertainment, as art, and as documents revealing social issues in contemporary Africa. The course will include readings on Africa, on the countries where the films were made, and on the topics that they deal with. After the first two introductory weeks the students will watch one film per week. Attendance of these screenings and of the period of lecture and discussion is obligatory. There will be exams and weekly writing assignments.

Texts:

I. Bakari & M. Cham, African Experiences of Cinema

M. Diawara, African Cinema, Politics & Culture

N. Thiong'o, Decolonizing the Mind

*THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE NON-WESTERN CULTURES GEN ED. REQ.

270 INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY (3 hrs.)

Professor Brenda Farnell Office: 209E Davenport Hall PH: 244-9226

bfarnell@uiuc.edu

This course provides an in-depth introduction to the sub-field of linguistic anthropology, and examines the dynamic intersections between language, self, culture and society. We explore language and identity; language and mind; language and culture; and discourse, power and performance in social interaction. Students will be introduced to a variety of theoretical approaches; learn basic analytical procedures, and have opportunities to apply these to problems. This course can be taken as a standard offering or for COMP II credit.

Prerequisites: None, but ANTH 104 recommended.

**THIS COURSE SATISFIES THE COMP II REQUIREMENT FOR UNDERGRADUATES.

276 AZTEC CIVILIZATION (3 hrs)

Professor Susan Gillespie Office: 386A Davenport Hall PH: 244-5920

sgillesp@uiuc.edu

This course provides an in-depth examination of the best known precolumbian civilization of Mesoamerica: the Aztecs. The methodological approach is ethnohistorical, utilizing information from 16th century documents written in the colonial period by both Aztecs and Spaniards. The first two-thirds of the course investigates Aztec society and culture at about 1500 A.D. We begin with the perspective of the individual's daily life and life cycle, moving on to the household, the capital city and the Valley of Mexico, and then the larger conquest empire. Aesthetic and religious concerns, which help to define Aztec culture, also receive extensive coverage. The last third of the course is devoted to lesser-known peoples in central Mexico (Tarascans, Mixtecs, Huaxtecs, and Tlaxcaltecans) with whom the Aztecs traded, allied, and battled. A final topic is the Spanish Conquest (began 1519), seen from the viewpoints of both the Europeans and the Aztecs.

Texts:

Frances Berdan: The Aztecs of Central Mexico: An Imperial Society

Patricia de Fuentes: The Conquistadors: First-Person Accounts of the Conquest of Mexico

A packet of additional readings from books and journals, plus lecture outlines.

Grading:

Two midterms and the final exam constitute 85% of the final grade. The remaining 15% is based on three short writing projects that allow students to interpret information from 16th century Aztec documents.

Prerequisite (Mandatory): ANTH 102, 103, or 105

*THIS COURSE FULFILLS NON-WESTERN CULTURES GEN. ED. REQ.

281 INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE CULTURE AND SOCIETY (3 hrs)

Professor C.K. Shih Office: 387 Davenport Hall PH: 333-7507

ckshih@uiuc.edu

This course is a comprehensive introduction to Chinese culture and society based on ethnographic studies, theoretical analysis, and historical survey. We will read stories of a working woman in traditional China told by herself, detailed description of changes in a village through the eyes of a native leader in the 1980s, analytical essays by leading Western and Chinese scholars, and English translation of primary Chinese sources. Topics cover crucial issues concerning China's past, present and future, with an emphasis on the conditions in the last two decades of the 20th century. In addition to the reading materials, the award-winning documentary film series "The Hart of the Dragon" will be shown on a weekly basis. Through lectures, readings, films, and class discussions, students will obtain an insightful and intimate understanding of China.

Texts:

Dernberger, Robert F. et al., eds. 1991. The Chinese: Adapting the Past, Facing the Future. Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan.

Huang Shu-min. 1989. The Spiral Road: Change in a Chinese Village Through the Eyes of a Communist Party Leader. Boulder: Westview Press.

Pruitt, Ida. 1967. A Daughter of Han: The Autobiography of a Chinese Working Woman. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

Sullivan, Lawrence R., ed. 1995. China Since Tiananmen: Political, Economic, and Social Conflicts. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe.

Whyte, Martin King and William L. Parish. 1984. Urban Life in Contemporary China. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

*THIS COURSE FULFILLS NON-WESTERN CULTURE GEN. ED. REQ.

199/282 BODY, PERSONHOOD, AND CULTURE

Professor Andy Orta Office: 396D Davenport Hall PH: 244-7108

andyorta@uiuc.edu

Many anthropologists travel to other places to better learn about "culture," but they need not look farther than their own bodies to observe this basic anthropological concept.  In this course we will explore the anthropological concept of culture through an examination of the human body as a site of sociocultural processes.  From fashion and bodily adornment, to gender and sexuality, to debates about pornography, to concerns to specify the beginning and end of human life, to the ethical challenges of research on human genetic material, to the basic premises of human rights and notions of individualism, these facets of social life --some hotly contested, others rarely drawing our attention-- rest upon and help shape fundamental understandings of the human body and its connection to social personhood.  The course will engage classic discussions in the social and behavioral sciences regarding the relationship of the individual and society, and of nature and culture. We then turn to examine in closer detail the issues of body, personhood, and culture in a variety of Western and non-Western contexts. The final section of the course brings this comparative perspective to bear on a set of issues of contemporary debate or concern.  Requirements include bi-weekly reaction papers, an ethnographic project, and a final paper or final take home essay exam.

In addition to a course packet, readings for the class will likely include:

Andrew Strathern. Body Thoughts  Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press., 1996.

Don Kulick. Travesti. Sex, Gender, and Culture Among Brazilian Transgendered Prostitutes. University of Chicago, 1998.

Catherine Lutz. Unnatural Emotions: Everyday Sentiments on a Micronesian Atoll and Their Challenge to Western Theory.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1988.

Jessica Mittford: The American Way of Death Revisited. New York: Knopf, 1998

Elizabeth Haiken. Venus Envy: A History of Cosmetic Surgery. Johns Hopkins, 1998.

Faye Ginsburg and Rayne Rapp, eds. Conceiving the New World Order: The Global Politics of Reproduction. California, 1995.

321 SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE (3 hrs. or 3/4 or l unit)

Professor Mahir Saul Office: 309J Davenport Hall PH: 244-3502

m-saul@uiuc.edu

This course deals with fundamental issues of social structure. It is organized loosely chronologically, moving from classical British Social Anthropology to French Structuralism and then to interpretive approaches and recent American developments. The emphasis, however, is on basic ideas and their applications rather than the history of the field. The core of each class session consists of discussion about the assigned reading. The course grade is based upon three short take-home examination papers. The texts will be photocopied articles and excerpts.

339 ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY IN CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE (3hrs. or 3/4 or l unit)

Professor F. K. Lehman Office: 209H Davenport Hall PH: 333-8423

f-lehman@uiuc.edu

An exploration of current theory in social-cultural anthropology, with emphasis on examining theories in the light of contemporary ideas about theoretical adequacy and argumentation designed especially for anthropology concentrators and anthropology graduate students. Midterm and final exam. Required paper.

Texts:

Harris, M., Theories of Culture in Postmodern Times. Altamira Press, 1999.

340 ANTHROPOLOGY: HUMAN EVOLUTION I (3hrs or 3/4 or 1 unit)

Professor Brain Richmond Office: 189 Davenport Hall PH:333-3676

brich@uiuc.edu

This class focuses on the morphological evolution of the human lineage over the last five million years. Specifically, morphological variation through time is studied and interpreted in an evolutionary framework. The course employs theories and methods from diverse fields such as primate behavior, comparative anatomy, archaeology, and molecular biology in order to gain an integrated understanding of the evolutionary biology of the human lineage. Interpretation of present and past human variability is emphasized.

Required Texts:

Conroy, G (1997), Reconstructing Human Origins. WW Norton, New York.

Ciochon, RL and Fleagle, JG (1993), The Human Evolution Source Book. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

352 THEORY AND METHOD OF LITHIC ANALYSIS (3 hrs)

Professor Stanley Ambrose Office: 381 Davenport Hall PH: 244-3504

ambrose@uiuc.edu

Stones and bones modified and transported by prehistoric humans are two of the main classes of archaeological evidence of prehistoric human behavior. In order to integrate these classes of data into archaeological analyses and for informed anthropological interpretations one must have a clear understanding of physical properties of stone and bone raw materials, and of principles and techniques of artifact manufacture. This course will involve lectures, readings, discussions and practical laboratory exercises on a variety of aspects of lithic analysis, including identification, description, experimental manufacture, illustration, determination of function, metrical measurement, statistical analysis, graphic presentation of data and typological classification systems. The conceptual emphasis will be on the use of lithic analysis of test anthropological models of human behavior.

Grading and evaluation of student performance will be based on participation in class discussions, two practical exams (midterm and final exams), artifact illustrations, and the accuracy, completeness and organization of the laboratory and lecture notebook. Readings on library reserve will be assigned on a weekly basis.

Texts:

Whittaker, John C. (1994) Flintknapping: Understanding and Making Stone Tools. University of Texas Press, Austin. 341 pp.

(Recommended) Inizan, M. -L., H. Roche and J. Tixier (1992) Technology of Knapped Stone. CREP : Meudon, France.

A manual of lithic analysis and typology will also be required.

353 FIELDWORK IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: THEORY AND METHODS (3 hrs. or 1 unit)

Professor Arlene Torres Office: 383 Davenport Hall PH: 244-3511

a-torres@uiuc.edu

This course primarily focuses on theoretical and qualitative research techniques.  Instruction,  and supervised practice in qualitative methods of  field research as a basic tool of  the social sciences will be provided. An emphasis will be placed on the role of the field researcher as participant, observer and interviewer in various kinds of  research settings. Approaches to and interpretations of field data as an engaging and creative endeavor will also be a critical component of this course.

Required Readings:

Briggs, Charles L. Learning How To Ask: A Sociolinguistic Appraisal of the Role of the Interview in Social Science Research. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986.

Denzin, Norman K. and Yvonna S. Lincoln (eds.) Handbook of Qualitative Research. (2nd Edition). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 2000.

Emerson, Robert M., Rachel I. Fretz and Linda Shaw Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995.

Fog Olwig, Karen and Kirsten Hastrup (eds.) Siting Culture: the Shifting Anthropological Object. New York: Routledge, 1997.

Hall, John R. Cultures of Inquiry: From Epistemology to Discourse in Sociohistorical Research. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Johnson, Jeffrey C. Selecting Ethnographic Informants. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1990.

A course packet will also available for purchase.

Grading:

a. Students are expected to provide an oral and written summary of their on-going work throughout the semester.  An oral presentation of the final proposal/project is also expected. (25%)

b. Students are expected to conduct preliminary research this semester. A pilot field research proposal of  8 (double-spaced) pages in length and a statement on the use of human subjects is due by the sixth week of class. (20%)

c. Students are expected to develop a questionnaire and obtain data for their research project by developing a focus group or by conducting long interviews with a key informant. The pilot questionnaire and a short paper of  5 -7 (double-spaced) pages in length that addresses the following issues is due by the eleventh week of class.(25%)

d. A final research paper of 20-25 (double-spaced) pages, excluding tables and references based on the student's  proposed plan of research and/or  research findings. The final paper should include a critical assessment  of  the theoretical and methodological approaches adopted, research results and suggestions for future research. (30%)

*THIS COURSE IS REQUIRED OF GRADUATE STUDENTS WHO INTEND TO APPLY FOR NSF FUNDS TO DO SUMMER FIELD RESEARCH.

359 FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY (3 hrs or 3/4 or 1 unit)

Professor Eugene Giles Office: 209J Davenport Hall PH: 333-0801

e-giles1@uiuc.edu

Professor Linda Klepinger Office: 386A Davenport Hall PH: 244-3513

klepinge@uiuc.edu

This course focuses on the use of anthropology in legal and law enforcement procedures. Topics to be covered include skeletal identification (both gross and microscopic techniques), legal applications of human genetics, principles of forensic dermatoglyphics, and footprint evidence.

Prerequisite: Anthropology 356 or consent of instructors.

Required Texts:

Reichs, Kathleen J, ed. Forensic Osteology: Advances in the Identification of Human Remains, 2nd Ed. (Charles C. Thomas: Springfield, 1998).

360 PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF OCEANIA

Professor Janet Dixon Keller Office: 109B Davenport Hall PH: 333-3616

jdkeller@uiuc.edu

This course will introduce cultural traditions and contemporary social issues in the Pacific and Australia through ethnography, film and museum exhibits. We will explore the impact of negotiated authority and collaboration on the final form of products in these diverse media. Field trips will be scheduled to the Field Museum in Chicago and the St. Louis Art Museum.

Substantive topics to be explored include: cultural and political geography; tradition, colonialism and nationalism in identity formation; indigenous literature from oral performance to English composition; religious transformations in island communities; tourism; and diasporic movements of Pacific peoples. The place of Oceania in the development of anthropological theory will also be addressed.

Student projects for the class will involve opportunities to trace the history of a material artifact or artifacts, investigate the mix of traditional and foreign ideas in contemporary religions or political formations, explore islanders' perspectives on issues such as nuclear testing or fishing rights, and/or interrogate stereotypes of island life as "paradise."

Texts will include:

Cathy Small - Voyages: From Tongan Villages to American Suburbs 1997

Nicholas Thomas - Entangled Objects: Exchange, Material Culture and Colonialism in the Pacific 1991

Francesca Merlan - Caging the Rainbow: Places, Politics and Aborigines in a North Australian Town 1998

Batiri Bataua et al - Kiribati: A Changing Atoll Culture 1985

Ben Burt and Michael Kwa'ioloa - Living Tradition: A Changing Life in Soloman Islands 1997

Jan Rensel and Margaret Rodman (eds) - Home in the Islands: Housing and Social Change in the Pacific 1997

Shorter readings will include:

Miriam Kahn - "Tahiti Intertwined: Ancestral Land, Tourist Postcard and Nuclear Test site." American Anthropologist 2000.

Pamela Rosi - "Papua New Guinea's New Parliament House: A Contested National Symbol." The Contemporary Pacific 1991.

Epeli Hau'ofa - "The Glorious Pacific Way." In Tales of the Tikongs 1983.

361 PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF MEXICO AND GUATEMALA (3 Hours, 3/4 or 1 Unit)

Professor Susan Gillespie Office: 386A Davenport Hall PH: 244-5920

sgillesp@uiuc.edu

This course is a survey of Mesoamerican ethnology, focusing on the indigenous peoples of Mexico and Guatemala.  Course content is both regional and topical.  Ethnographic monographs provide an indepth examination of various communities, each representing one of the major cultural sub-areas of Mesoamerica.  They also serve as a basis for inv