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disease in human cultures in such areas as ethnomedicine, alternative
medicines, shamanism, gender, and the human life cycle.
ANTH 4761G Medical Anthropology
3 cr.
Prerequisite: three hours of anthropology or consent of department.
Holistic and cross-cultural examination of medical systems
as systems knowledge and as theories of reality. Includes ecological,
sociopolitical, historical, and comparative analyses of health and
disease in human cultures in such areas as ethnomedicine, alternative
medicines, shamanism, gender, and the human life cycle.
ANTH 4765 Ethnicity in Contemp Society
3 cr.
Prerequisite: three hours of Anthropology or consent of department.
Cross-cultural analysis of concepts of race, ethnicity and national
identity. Course draws on theoretical debates within anthropology
and on ethnography in Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South
America in order to identify cultural contexts and process behind
deployment of recent ethnic conflicts around the world and on
comparative study of ethnicity, race and racism in American society.
Students will develop a field project related to ethnicity in the
New Orleans metropolitan area.
ANTH 4765G Ethnicity in Contemp Society
3 cr.
Prerequisite: three hours of Anthropology or consent of department.
Cross-cultural analysis of concepts of race, ethnicity and national
identity. Course draws on theoretical debates within anthropology
and on ethnography in Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South
America in order to identify cultural contexts and process behind
deployment of recent ethnic conflicts around the world and on
comparative study of ethnicity, race and racism in American society.
Students will develop a field project related to ethnicity in the
New Orleans metropolitan area.
ANTH 4766 Sex and Gender
3 cr.
Inquires into the anthropology of sex and gender in historical, evolutionary,
critical, and cross-cultural perspective. The course considers
anthropological theories of sex and gender in the context
of social, political, economic, and biological systems. Drawing on
feminist anthropological theory, the significance and meanings of
diversities between cultures and within American society is examined.
Topics include: the nature/nurture debate; stereotyping; sex
and gender roles, erotica, sexuality; homosexuality; gender origins
and social change; status and power relationships.
ANTH 4766G Sex and Gender
3 cr.
Inquires into the anthropology of sex and gender in historical, evolutionary,
critical, and cross-cultural perspective. The course considers
anthropological theories of sex and gender in the context
of social, political, economic, and biological systems. Drawing on
feminist anthropological theory, the significance and meanings of
diversities between cultures and within American society is examined.
Topics include: the nature/nurture debate; stereotyping; sex
and gender roles, erotica, sexuality; homosexuality; gender origins
and social change; status and power relationships.
ANTH 4767 Race & Racism
3 cr.
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2051 or 2052 or consent of department.
Using anthropological perspectives, this course critically focuses on
the “concept of race” and the practice of interpreting “races” as natural
and real categories for dividing the human species based on
perceivable physical differences. It examines the social construction
of race in cross-cultural context, and the social, economic, religious,
and political (colonial) contexts that shape it. A critical assessment
of the essentialist claim that “race” is a self-evident description of
physical and sociocultural reality. Race, racism, and cultural racism
examined as ideology, worldview, and cultural myth.
ANTH 4767G Race & Racism
3 cr.
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2051 or 2052 or consent of department.
Using anthropological perspectives, this course critically focuses on
the “concept of race” and the practice of interpreting “races” as natural
and real categories for dividing the human species based on
perceivable physical differences. It examines the social construction
of race in cross-cultural context, and the social, economic, religious,
and political (colonial) contexts that shape it. A critical assessment
of the essentialist claim that “race” is a self-evident description of
physical and sociocultural reality. Race, racism, and cultural racism
examined as ideology, worldview, and cultural myth.
ANTH 4768 Anthropology and Policy
3 cr.
Prerequisite: consent of department. This course explores the links
between research in cultural anthropology and policy. It will
examine areas where ethnographic research has shaped social
policy and debates that have defined the relationship between
anthropology and government. Particular attention will be paid to
research methods and presentation strategies used by anthropologists
engaged in policy research. Case studies will be drawn from
recent ethnographic research in urban settings including work on
health policy and substance abuse housing and homelessness and
community development and activism.
ANTH 4768G Anthropology and Policy
3 cr.
Prerequisite: consent of department. This course explores the links
between research in cultural anthropology and policy. It will
examine areas where ethnographic research has shaped social
policy and debates that have defined the relationship between
anthropology and government. Particular attention will be paid to
research methods and presentation strategies used by anthropologists
engaged in policy research. Case studies will be drawn from
recent ethnographic research in urban settings including work on
health policy and substance abuse housing and homelessness and
community development and activism.
ANTH 4770 Contact Chg Cultural Survival
3 cr.
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2051 or 2052 or consent of department.
Explores anthropological and ethnohistorical approaches to issues
of contact, culture change, resistance, and cultural survival among
traditional indigenous societies. Special focus is on early contacts of
the colonial era and the impact of the industrial world’s economic,
political and social order on indigenous peoples and cultures up the
present postcolonial era. The “global” dimension of the anthropological
perspective on colonialism is emphasized.
ANTH 4770G Contact Chg Cultural Survival
3 cr.
Prerequisite: Anthropology 2051 or 2052 or consent of department.
Explores anthropological and ethnohistorical approaches to issues
of contact, culture change, resistance, and cultural survival among
traditional indigenous societies. Special focus is on early contacts of
the colonial era and the impact of the industrial world’s economic,
political and social order on indigenous peoples and cultures up the
present postcolonial era. The “global” dimension of the anthropological
perspective on colonialism is emphasized.
ANTH 4772 Applied Anthropology
3 cr.
Prerequisite: six hours of anthropology or consent of department.
The relevance of anthropology to business, government and local
communities. Application of anthropological theories and research
methods to urban social policy and human services, international
and domestic development, health care, community organization,
education, advocacy, tourism, market research, work environments
and product design. Discussion of ethics of applied fieldwork and
intervention. Students will design and carry out an applied field
project in the New Orleans metropolitan area.
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