100831 intro
- 1. Introduction to Cultural Anthropology A&S 102 Allison Alexy alexya@lafayette.edu
- 2. What does anthropology mean to you?
- 3. What does anthropology mean to you? What associations do you have with it?
- 4. What does anthropology mean to you? What associations do you have with it? What words or images do you think of when you hear “anthropology”?
- 5. What does anthropology mean to you? What associations do you have with it? What words or images do you think of when you hear “anthropology”? Or, why did you sign up for this class?
- 13. Indiana Jones digging things up archaeology fieldwork
- 14. Indiana Jones digging things up archaeology fieldwork
- 15. Indiana Jones digging things up archaeology fieldwork
- 16. Indiana Jones digging things up archaeology fieldwork
- 25. difference and distance? going someplace far away? studying why different looking people do different (looking) things
- 26. difference and distance? going someplace far away? studying why different looking people do different (looking) things
- 27. difference and distance? going someplace far away? studying why different looking people do different (looking) things
- 28. CULTURE
- 36. How is culture being used in these examples?
- 39. “Oh, well, that’s just their culture”
- 42. “Their culture made them do it.”
- 45. “The culture can explain it all”
- 46. “The culture can explain it all”
- 47. When and how culture is used to explain ...
- 48. When and how culture is used to explain ...
- 49. When and how culture is used to explain ... it’s their culture
- 50. When and how culture is used to explain ... it’s their culture it’s obvious
- 51. When and how culture is used to explain ... it’s obvious
- 52. When and how culture is used to explain ... it’s obvious it’s their culture
- 53. When and how culture is used to explain ... it’s obvious it’s their culture that’s just the way it is
- 54. When and how culture is used to explain ... it’s obvious that’s just the way it is it’s their culture
- 55. When and how culture is used to explain ... it’s obvious that’s just the way it is it’s their culture that’s enough, we don’t need to ask more
- 56. When culture is used to explain ...
- 57. When culture is used to explain ... it is often the end of a question, rather than a beginning
- 58. When culture is used to explain ... it is often the end of a question, rather than a beginning
- 59. When culture is used to explain ... it is often the end of a question, rather than a beginning In this course we will move beyond thinking of “culture” as a way to end questions... and come to use “culture” as a way to begin asking a series of questions.
- 60. When culture is used to explain ... it is often the end of a question, rather than a beginning In this course we will move beyond thinking of “culture” as a way to end questions... and come to use “culture” as a way to begin asking a series of questions.
- 61. So how do we do that?
- 62. So how do we do that? In this course, we will do two things:
- 63. So how do we do that? In this course, we will do two things: 1) read about the cultural differences that anthropologists have described
- 64. So how do we do that? In this course, we will do two things: 1) read about the cultural differences that anthropologists have described 2) describe, challenge, and understand what it means to think about a question -- any question -- anthropologically;
- 65. So how do we do that? In this course, we will do two things: 1) what you can do with anthropology;
- 66. So how do we do that? In this course, we will do two things: 1) what you can do with anthropology; 2) ways of thinking anthropologically
- 67. So how do we do that? In this course, we will do two things: 1) the people / groups / cultures that anthropologists study
- 68. So how do we do that? In this course, we will do two things: 1) the people / groups / cultures that anthropologists study 2) anthropologists
- 69. And, now, a fair warning: This class is not going to be easy, and it will probably be hard in ways that surprise you. Why? Because many things you think you know aren’t as right, or obvious, or natural, or universal as you might think...
- 70. And, now, a fair warning: This class is not going to be easy, and it will probably be hard in ways that surprise you. Why? Because many things you think you know aren’t as right, or obvious, or natural, or universal as you might think...
- 71. And, now, a fair warning: This class is not going to be easy, and it will probably be hard in ways that surprise you. Why? Because many things you think you know aren’t as right, or obvious, or natural, or universal as you might think...
- 72. And, now, a fair warning: This class is not going to be easy, and it will probably be hard in ways that surprise you. Why? Because many things you think you know aren’t as right, or obvious, or natural, or universal as you might think...
- 73. And, now, a fair warning: This class is not going to be easy, and it will probably be hard in ways that surprise you. Why? Because many things you think you know aren’t as right, or obvious, or natural, or universal as you might think...
- 74. And, now, a fair warning: This class is not going to be easy, and it will probably be hard in ways that surprise you. Why? Because many things you think you know aren’t as right, or obvious, or natural, or universal as you might think... A few examples:
- 75. What was / is life like for hunter-gatherers?
- 76. What was / is life like for hunter-gatherers?
- 77. What was / is life like for hunter-gatherers?
- 78. What was / is life like for hunter-gatherers?
- 79. What was / is life like for hunter-gatherers?
- 80. What was / is life like for hunter-gatherers?
- 81. What was / is life like for hunter-gatherers? Rough, working all the time, very little food, right?
- 83. “the original affluent society”
- 84. “the original affluent society” use less energy sleep more work less So why do we have this incorrect image of them?
- 85. “the original affluent society” use less energy sleep more work less So why is such an incorrect image of them so popular?
- 87. Lesson is? What you probably think is “primitive” isn’t by your own definition.
- 88. Lesson is? What you probably think is “primitive” isn’t by your own definition.
- 89. Lesson is? What you probably think is “primitive” isn’t by your own definition. And, “primitive” is far from a scientific designation. It’s a word that is powerful because it sounds scientific, but is actually quite subjective, like...
- 90. Anthropology is about finding the subjectivity -- the specificity -- hidden behind things that sound objective -- universal.
- 92. A second example... In social terms, what is adolescence like?
- 93. A second example... In social terms, what is adolescence like?
- 94. A second example... In social terms, what is adolescence like?
- 95. A second example... In social terms, what is adolescence like? “The teenage years are a time of transition from childhood into adulthood. Teens often struggle with being dependent on their parents while having a strong desire to be independent. They may also feel overwhelmed by the emotional and physical changes they are going through.”
- 97. Anthropology is difficult because, to be good at it, you must be able to reconsider the assumptions you are always making.
- 99. The Organization of the Course
- 104. other readings on the course website syllabus page print them, take notes on them, bring them to class
- 105. other readings on the course website syllabus page print them, take notes on them, bring them to class
- 106. other readings on the course website syllabus page print them, take notes on them, bring them to class
- 107. other readings on the course website syllabus page print them, take notes on them, bring them to class films available online need to be watched before class
- 108. other readings on the course website syllabus page print them, take notes on them, bring them to class films weekly screenings need to be watched before class
- 109. other readings on the course website syllabus page print them, take notes on them, bring them to class films weekly screenings need to be watched before class writing assignments 1) discus sion questions - due 9am on the day of class 2) writing assignments
- 110. other readings on the course website syllabus page print them, take notes on them, bring them to class films weekly screenings need to be watched before class writing assignments 1) discus sion questions -quizzes in on the day of class pop due 9am class about the readings 2) writing assignments in the first 5 minutes always can’t be made-up
- 111. other readings on the course website syllabus page print them, take notes on them, bring them to class films weekly screenings need to be watched before class writing assignments 1) discus sion questions -quizzes in on the day of class pop due 9am class about the readings 2) writing assignments in the first 5 minutes always can’t be made-up
- 112. other readings on the course website syllabus page print them, take notes on them, bring them to class films weekly screenings need to be watched before class writing assignments 1) discus sion questions -quizzes in on the day of class pop due 9am class about the readings 2) writing assignments in the first 5 minutes always can’t be made-up
- 113. three exams in class October 10 details on the course website final writing assignment ongoing ethnographic project research proposal
- 114. three exams in class October 10 details on the course website final writing assignment ongoing ethnographic project research proposal
- 115. three exams in class details on the course website final paper final writing assignment ongoing ethnographic project research proposal
- 116. For next time... three articles to read discussion questions social rules project
- 117. For next time... three articles to read discussion questions social rules project