CULTURALANTHROPOLOGYANT24103CREDITS

SummerA2017 UNIVERSITYOFFLORIDA-ONLINE

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INSTRUCTOR:DonaldBerces,Ph.D.CandidateOfficeHours:Monday11am-12:30pm,Tuesday2:30-4pmContact:donaldberces@ufl.eduorviae-learningCOURSETA:KimberlyAbbott(ForstudentslastnameA-G)OfficeHours:Monday6-9pmContact:kimabbott@ufl.eduorviae-learningCOURSETA:BenBurgen(ForstudentslastnameH-R)OfficeHours:TuesdaysandWednesdaysfrom5to6:30pmContact:burgen@ufl.eduorviae-learningCOURSETA:MeghannO’Brien(ForstudentslastnameS-Z)OfficeHours:Tuesdays10:30amtoNoonandThursdays5:30to7pmContact:mco75e@ufl.eduorviae-learning

COURSEWEBSITE:https://ufl.instructure.com/courses/339642 COURSECOMMUNICATIONS:Wehaveseveralavenuesforcommunicationinthiscourse.First,thereisageneralCourseQuestionsDiscussionBoardwhereyouareencouragedtoaskgeneralquestionsaboutthecourseandquestionsabouthowtouploadassignments.ThereisalsoaDiscussionBoardfortheSyllabus.PrivatequestionsshouldbeemaileddirectlytotheinstructororTA,orthroughe-Learning.Youcanexpectapromptreplyduringofficehours,exceptduringholidays.Pleaseallow24hoursforrepliesnotpostedduringofficehours.REQUIREDTEXTBOOK:Guest,Kenneth2014CulturalAnthropology:AToolkitforaGlobalAge.1stEdition.NewYork:W.W.Norton(ISBN:9780393929577)*Ifyouareunabletolocateacopyofthe1stEdition,youmayalsousethe2ndEditionforthiscourse.ADDITIONALREADINGS:AdditionalreadingswillbepostedonCanvas.ADDITIONALRESOURCES:AmericanAnthropologicalAssociation http://www.americananthro.org/TheSocietyforCulturalAnthropology https://culanth.org/AmericanEthnologicalSociety https://americanethnologist.org/COURSEDESCRIPTION:Anthropologyistheacademicdisciplinethatstudieshumanityacrossallspaceandtime.CulturalAnthropologyisoneofthefourmajorsubfieldsofthediscipline,withanexplicitfocusonthemostsignificantaspectsofwhatitmeanstobehuman.Culturalanthropologistsconsiderwhatitmeanstobehumanatmultiplescales:asanindividual,asaproductofsocietyandasamakerofhistoryandculture.It’sthenatureofourhumanconditiontolivewithinstructuresofsymbolism,belief,andpowerofourownfashioning.Thesestructuresbecomevisibletousthroughcriticalanalysesofreligion,art,gender,war,ecosystems,racerelations,kinship,colonialism,language,nationsandstates,massmedia,sufferingandpleasure.Inaword,culture.Andanthropologistsstudyallthisandmore.Understandinghumancultureiscrucialtounderstandingourincreasinglyinterconnectedplanetandthemanyproblemscontemporarysocietyfaces.Throughthiscourse,youwilllearntoapproachcurrentissuesandhumanbehaviorholistically,likeananthropologist.COURSELEARNINGOBJECTIVES:Uponsuccessfulcompletionofthiscourse,eachstudentwill:

• Understandtheholisticnatureofthestudyofhumansthroughanthropology• Understandthebroadconceptsusedinculturalanthropology• Understandhowtheanthropologicalperspectiveisusefulinmanyacademicdisciplines• Developanunderstandingandappreciationofthediversityofhumanculture• Understandtheinterconnectednessofourworldandhowitisbeingtransformed

throughglobalization,development,andmigration

COURSEFORMAT:CANVASThisisanon-linecoursethatusesCanvastodistributeandsubmitallcoursematerials.Youwillfindthecoursesyllabus,modules,readingassignments,quizzes,discussionboards,videos,gradesandcourseupdatesandannouncementsonthecoursewebsite.COURSEREQUIREMENTS:

DiscussionBoards 150points30%Assignments 200points40%Quizzes 150points30%TOTAL 500points100%

DISCUSSIONBOARDS30%DiscussionBoardparticipationconsistsof30%ofyourfinalgrade.Youwillbebrokenupintodiscussiongroupstofacilitateeaseofparticipation,thusthediscussionwillnotbecoursewide.Therearetwopartstoparticipatinginthediscussionboardseachweek.YouarerequiredtowriteaninitialdiscussionboardPOSTbasedontheinstructionsforthatweek’sdiscussion(15points).YouthenmustREPLYtoatleastoneofyourclassmate’sposts(10points).Allpostsandrepliesmustbeoriginalmaterial;plagiarismwillnotbetolerated.Initialdiscussionpostsaredueby11:59pmETonThursdayseachweek.Yourdiscussionrepliesaredueby11:59pmETonFridayseachweek.Therewillbeatotalof6gradeddiscussionboards.Bothpostsandrepliesmustbeatleast150wordsinlength(acombined300words).Pleasebesuccinctandalwaysrespectful.Youwillreceivezero(0)pointsifanycontentfromanotherstudentortheinternetiscopied.Therubricfordiscussionboardsispostedine-Learning.Youareexpectedtotakeyourpostsseriouslyandreviewandeditthembeforeposting.Grammarandspellingcounttowardyourgrade.Besuretoreadallmessagesinathreadbeforereplying.Alwaysprovideaproperreferencewhenusingorquotinganothersource.Donotrepeatanotherpost.Youmustbeoriginal;thus,itmaybehelpfultopostearly.Avoidshort,genericpostssuchas“Greatpost!”or“Iagree.”Ifyouagreeordisagree,explainwhy,inarespectfulway,andprovideevidencetosupportyourposition.Assignments(40%)Therewillalsobeawrittenassignmentforeachweek.Theassignmentsaresubmittedinessayformandarerelatedtothethemesfortheweek.Youwillbegradedbasedonthequalityofthecontent,followingtherubricprovided,andbydemonstratingthatyouarefamiliarwiththematerialthatwehavecoveredthatweek.SpecificinstructionsforeachassignmentaredescribedinCanvas.AssignmentsmustbesubmittedviaCanvasby11:59p.m.ETontheduedate.AllassignmentsmustbeuploadedinMicrosoftWordformat(.docor.docx)andwillbeprocessedthroughanti-plagiarismsoftware.Ifyouattempttouploadyourassignmentinanincorrectformat,Canvaswillnotacceptthefile.Theassignmentwillnotbegradeduntilitisuploadedinthecorrectformatandmightbeconsideredlate.

Quizzes(30%)Quizzescomprise30%ofyourfinalgrade.Eachmodulewillhaveitsownquiz.Studentswillbeexpectedtocompleteallquizzesbytheduedateprovidedinthecoursescheduleby11:59pmET.Ifanapproved,excusedabsenceisnotprovided,studentsshouldexpecttoreceiveazero(0)forthequiz.Ifyouhaveaquestionaboutaquizpriortotheduedate,pleaseusetheCourseQuestionsdiscussionboard,orcommunicatewiththeinstructororTAnolessthan48hoursbeforethedeadline.Whenquizzesaremadeavailable,youmaybeginthematanytime,buteachquizwillhaveatimelimit.Pleaseallowenoughtimetotakethequizinonesitting,asyouwillnotbeabletostopandcomebacktoit.

GRADINGSCALEA 93-100% C 73-76.9%A- 90-92.9% C- 70-72.9%B+ 87-89.9% D+ 67-69.9%B 83-86.9% D 63-66.9%B- 80-82.9% D- 60-62.9%C+ 77-79.9% E 0-59.9%

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TheHelpDeskislocatedonthegroundflooroftheHubontheUFcampus.Iftechnicaldifficultiesthatarebeyondyourcontrolcauseyoutomissaduedate,youMUSTreporttheproblemtotheHelpDeskandthenemailyourinstructorandtheDSO.IncludetheticketnumberthatyouaregivenfromtheHelpDeskinane-mailtotheinstructortoexplainthelateassignment/quiz/test.Proofoftechnologicalfaultmustbeprovidedbythestudent,whichwillthenneedtobeverifiedthroughappropriatechannels:

• http://helpdesk.ufl.edu• (352)392-HELP

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• Donotcopyandpastefromanywebsite• Writeyourownwords• Donotcollaboratewithfellowstudentsonanyassignmentunlessotherwisenoted• Usein-textcitationswhenusingdirectquotes,whenparaphrasing,orwhenciting

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COURSESCHEDULE

NOTE:Pleaserefertothescheduleine-Learningforallduedates,itwillbethemostuptodateifanydeadlinesshouldchangeduringthesemester.Youwillbenotifiedofanyrevisionstothisscheduleviaemailande-Learning.

Week Dates OnlineModules/Topics Readings

Week1 May8-12

Module1:CourseIntroductionModule2:Anthropology&GlobalizationModule3:TheCultureConcept

CourseSyllabusCulturalAnthropology:Ch.1,2

Week2 May15-19

Module4:Fieldwork&EthnographyModule5:Language,Culture,Art&Media

CulturalAnthropology:Ch.3,4,17

Week3 May22-26

Module6:BioculturalAnthropologyandRace&Racism

CulturalAnthropology:Ch.5,6,7

Week4 May29-June2

Module7:SexandGenderModule8:KinshipandSocialNetworksModule9:ClassandInequality

CulturalAnthropology:Ch.8,9,10,11

Week5 June5-9Module10:ReligionModule11:EconomicAnthropologyModule12:Migration

CulturalAnthropology:Ch.15,12,13

Week6 June12-16

Module13:PoliticalAnthropologyModule14:MedicalAnthropologyModule15:ConclusionandSummary

CulturalAnthropology:Ch.14,16

Note:Thissyllabusrepresentscurrentplansandobjectives.Aswegothroughthesemester,thoseplansmayneedtochangetoenhancetheclasslearningopportunity.Suchchanges,communicatedclearly,arenotunusualandshouldbeexpected.