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Comparative Studies of World Cultures

Anthropology 306

Spring 2000

 

Writing: Your work should reflect an analytical grasp of concepts and issues.  All written work should be typed and double-spaced.  Submit all assignments in class.  No late work will be accepted.  Writing will be evaluated for originality, clarity of thought, and organization (argument or thesis).  All relevant bibliographic citations, including Internet sources, must be cited following standard anthropological style.  For writing and documentation tips, consult the following Internet sites:

 http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/strunk/
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/MLAStyleSheet.html

Semester Paper: You will select a topic or an activity that interests you (10 page maximum, double-spaced) paper combining ethnographic research, a literature review, and research on the World Wide Web.  Your work should articulate an informed and coherent theoretical perspective, synthesizing recent contributions to the relevant literature.  Meet with me by February 9, 2000 to discuss your paper ideas.

Four Quizzes: These quizzes should reflect a grasp of the salient ideas and issues raised in the required readings, lectures, and film viewing. No make-up quizzes will be given, and no extra-credit is available.

Academic Integrity: Without exception, all students are expected to know, understand, and conform to the Iowa State University Policy on Academic Integrity.  Zero tolerance applies to all violations.

Evaluation:

            Four Quizzes                                                    80 points (20 points per quiz)

            Semester Paper                                                50 points

            Final Exam (take-home essay exam)                 50 points

            Attendance/participation                                   20 points

                                                Total                            200 points

Required Readings:

Bodley, John
1999  Cultural Anthropology: Tribes, States, and the Global System.  Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company.

Hobbs, Joseph
1989  Bedouin Life in the Egyptian Wilderness.  Austin: University of Texas Press.

Huang, Shu-min
1998    The Spiral Road: Change in a Chinese Village Through the Eyes of a Communist Party Leader.  Second Edition.  Boulder: Westview.

Kapchan, Deborah
1996  Gender on the Market: Moroccan Women and the Revoicing of Tradition. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

Lansing, John Stephen
1991  Priests and Programmers: Technologies of Power in the Engineered Landscape of Bali.  Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Sheridan, Thomas
1988  Where the Dove Calls: The Political Ecology of a Peasant Corporate Community in Northwestern Mexico.  Tucson: University of Arizona Press.

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