ANTH 1000-81: Other People’s Worlds (ONLINE SUMMER CLASS)

Instructor: Jocelyn Linnekin
Course dates: 07/07/2014 – 08/15/2014

This course is an introduction to the discipline of Cultural Anthropology, which studies the diverse life-ways, social arrangements, and cultural beliefs found in human groups around the world. By comparing different societies and cultures with our own, students will acquire conceptual tools for understanding global issues and current events. The course emphasizes the connections between social institutions, cultural ideas and customs, and historical outcomes. Students will learn how cultural anthropologists apply their methods and insights to the solution of contemporary human problems.

Students in the online Honors section will have the opportunity to design and carry out a short-term field research project on a social, cultural, or environmental problem. Working closely with Professor Linnekin, who teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in methodology and research design, Honors students will learn about anthropological methods by actually using them in their own local settings. Student-investigators will receive ongoing feedback on their research from Professor Linnekin and other students through online and offline discussions.

(CA2, CA4-Int)