Anthropology (ANTH)
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
ANTH 1001 [0.5 credit]
Introduction to Anthropology
An examination of a range of anthropological approaches to the study of humankind and culture; may include discussions of human evolution, the study of cultures and societies past and present, and the study of language and symbolism. Students in any Sociology and/or Anthropology program should consult that program section of this Calendar.
Introduction to Anthropology
An examination of a range of anthropological approaches to the study of humankind and culture; may include discussions of human evolution, the study of cultures and societies past and present, and the study of language and symbolism. Students in any Sociology and/or Anthropology program should consult that program section of this Calendar.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 1000, ANTH 1003 [1.0], and HUMS 1005.
Lectures three hours a week.
Lectures three hours a week.
ANTH 1002 [0.5 credit]
Introduction to Issues in Anthropology
Examination of anthropological issues in the study of social institutions such as the family, economy, politics and belief systems. Debates about gender, development, cultural differences, health and the environment may also be examined. Students in any Sociology and/or Anthropology program should consult that program section of this Calendar.
Introduction to Issues in Anthropology
Examination of anthropological issues in the study of social institutions such as the family, economy, politics and belief systems. Debates about gender, development, cultural differences, health and the environment may also be examined. Students in any Sociology and/or Anthropology program should consult that program section of this Calendar.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 1000 and ANTH 1003 [1.0].
Lectures three hours a week.
Lectures three hours a week.
ANTH 1003 [1.0 credit]
Introduction to Anthropological Perspectives
Examination of various anthropological approaches to the study of humankind and culture focusing on a particular theme. Introduction to anthropological perspective on human evolution, social institutions, economic practices, politics and belief systems with a particular social-cultural phenomenon as the threading theme.
Introduction to Anthropological Perspectives
Examination of various anthropological approaches to the study of humankind and culture focusing on a particular theme. Introduction to anthropological perspective on human evolution, social institutions, economic practices, politics and belief systems with a particular social-cultural phenomenon as the threading theme.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 1000, ANTH 1001, ANTH 1002, and HUMS 1005.
Lectures three hours a week.
Lectures three hours a week.
ANTH 2001 [1.0 credit]
Foundations in Socio-Cultural Anthropology
Exploration of basic anthropological concepts and analytical strategies through case studies. Emphasis is on socio-cultural diversity as documented by ethnographic research with attention to the role of culture in articulating gender, kinship, economic and political relations.
Foundations in Socio-Cultural Anthropology
Exploration of basic anthropological concepts and analytical strategies through case studies. Emphasis is on socio-cultural diversity as documented by ethnographic research with attention to the role of culture in articulating gender, kinship, economic and political relations.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1001 or ANTH 1002 or ANTH 1003 [1.0].
Lectures and discussions three hours a week.
Lectures and discussions three hours a week.
ANTH 2004 [0.5 credit]
Anthropological Theory and Methods
Introduction to the logic of inquiry. General methodological issues in anthropological research. Topics include the relation between theory and observation, problems of research design and fundamental techniques of ethnographic research, qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis.
Anthropological Theory and Methods
Introduction to the logic of inquiry. General methodological issues in anthropological research. Topics include the relation between theory and observation, problems of research design and fundamental techniques of ethnographic research, qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 2003.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit at the 1000 level in any of AFRI, ANTH, GEOG, HIST, HUMR, INDG, LACS, PSCI, RELI, SOCI, WGST.
Lectures three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit at the 1000 level in any of AFRI, ANTH, GEOG, HIST, HUMR, INDG, LACS, PSCI, RELI, SOCI, WGST.
Lectures three hours a week.
ANTH 2020 [0.5 credit]
Race and Ethnicity
Introduction to some of the recent theoretical literature and research on the issues of race, racism and ethnicity. Concepts, controversies and definitions dealing with race and ethnicity from the Canadian context and internationally.
Race and Ethnicity
Introduction to some of the recent theoretical literature and research on the issues of race, racism and ethnicity. Concepts, controversies and definitions dealing with race and ethnicity from the Canadian context and internationally.
Also listed as SOCI 2020.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit at the 1000-level in any of AFRI, ANTH, GEOG, HIST, HUMR, INDG, LACS, PSCI, RELI, SOCI, WGST.
Lectures and workshop three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit at the 1000-level in any of AFRI, ANTH, GEOG, HIST, HUMR, INDG, LACS, PSCI, RELI, SOCI, WGST.
Lectures and workshop three hours a week.
ANTH 2035 [0.5 credit]
Technology, Culture and Society
Introduction to the principal theories and methods used by Science and Technology Studies (STS) scholars to examine the social and cultural shaping of technology, with a substantive focus on the design, development, production, diffusion, consumption and use of technology.
Technology, Culture and Society
Introduction to the principal theories and methods used by Science and Technology Studies (STS) scholars to examine the social and cultural shaping of technology, with a substantive focus on the design, development, production, diffusion, consumption and use of technology.
Also listed as SOCI 2035, DIGH 2035.
Precludes additional credit for SOCI 2400.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit at the 1000-level in any of AFRI, ANTH, GEOG, HIST, HUMR, INDG, LACS, PSCI, RELI, SOCI, WGST.
Lectures and workshop three hours a week.
Precludes additional credit for SOCI 2400.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit at the 1000-level in any of AFRI, ANTH, GEOG, HIST, HUMR, INDG, LACS, PSCI, RELI, SOCI, WGST.
Lectures and workshop three hours a week.
ANTH 2040 [0.5 credit]
Anthropology and Gender
Aspects of anthropology and gender such as the role of men and women in non-Western societies over time; gender and the division of labour; gender and kinship; gender and symbols; gender and anthropological methods and theories; gender and “development.”.
Anthropology and Gender
Aspects of anthropology and gender such as the role of men and women in non-Western societies over time; gender and the division of labour; gender and kinship; gender and symbols; gender and anthropological methods and theories; gender and “development.”.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 2408.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit at the 1000 level in any of AFRI, ANTH, GEOG, HIST, HUMR, INDG, LACS, PSCI, RELI, SOCI, WGST.
Lectures and workshop three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit at the 1000 level in any of AFRI, ANTH, GEOG, HIST, HUMR, INDG, LACS, PSCI, RELI, SOCI, WGST.
Lectures and workshop three hours a week.
ANTH 2500 [0.5 credit]
Culture and Symbols
The representation and construction of culture through symbols. Topics may include material culture, rituals, archetypes, myths and mythmaking.
Culture and Symbols
The representation and construction of culture through symbols. Topics may include material culture, rituals, archetypes, myths and mythmaking.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 3304.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit at the 1000 level in any of AFRI, ANTH, SOCI, GEOG, HIST, HUMR, INDG, LACS, PSCI, RELI, WGST.
Lectures and workshop three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit at the 1000 level in any of AFRI, ANTH, SOCI, GEOG, HIST, HUMR, INDG, LACS, PSCI, RELI, WGST.
Lectures and workshop three hours a week.
ANTH 2510 [0.5 credit]
Theories of Human Nature
Critical, cross-cultural exploration of theories of human nature. Begins with a survey of western anthropological models of human consciousness and examines scientific, philosophical and religious perspectives with reference to ethnographic research on myth, religion and science produced by western and non-western cultures.
Theories of Human Nature
Critical, cross-cultural exploration of theories of human nature. Begins with a survey of western anthropological models of human consciousness and examines scientific, philosophical and religious perspectives with reference to ethnographic research on myth, religion and science produced by western and non-western cultures.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit at the 1000 level in any of AFRI, ANTH, SOCI, GEOG, HIST, HUMR, INDG, LACS, PSCI, RELI, WGST.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.
ANTH 2550 [0.5 credit]
Religion and Society
Cross-cultural survey of religious institutions, focussing on theories and methodologies in the study of religion. Topics may include myth, totemism, cults, ritual, belief systems, altered states of consciousness, new religious and/or new age movements and the relationship of religion with other social institutions and processes.
Religion and Society
Cross-cultural survey of religious institutions, focussing on theories and methodologies in the study of religion. Topics may include myth, totemism, cults, ritual, belief systems, altered states of consciousness, new religious and/or new age movements and the relationship of religion with other social institutions and processes.
Also listed as RELI 2736.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit at the 1000 level in any of AFRI, ANTH, GEOG,GEOG, HIST, HUMR, INDG, LACS, PSCI, RELI, SOCI, WGST.
Lectures and workshop three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit at the 1000 level in any of AFRI, ANTH, GEOG,GEOG, HIST, HUMR, INDG, LACS, PSCI, RELI, SOCI, WGST.
Lectures and workshop three hours a week.
ANTH 2610 [0.5 credit]
Studies in Indigenous Peoples of North America: Current Issues in Anthropological Research
Examination of a range of issues related to particular indigenous communities and regions of North America. Topics include political, socio-economic, and cultural transformations, Aboriginal title and rights, collaborative research, and other topics relevant to indigenous communities and indigenous - non-indigenous relations.
Studies in Indigenous Peoples of North America: Current Issues in Anthropological Research
Examination of a range of issues related to particular indigenous communities and regions of North America. Topics include political, socio-economic, and cultural transformations, Aboriginal title and rights, collaborative research, and other topics relevant to indigenous communities and indigenous - non-indigenous relations.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 3610.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit at the 1000 level in any of AFRI, ANTH, GEOG, HIST, HUMR, INDG, LACS, PSCI, RELI, SOCI, WGST.
Lecture three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit at the 1000 level in any of AFRI, ANTH, GEOG, HIST, HUMR, INDG, LACS, PSCI, RELI, SOCI, WGST.
Lecture three hours a week.
ANTH 2620 [0.5 credit]
Ethnography of Sub-Saharan Africa
Examination of selected areas of contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa through current anthropological research. Topics may include war and displacement, religion, politics, international development, history, popular culture, colonialism, witchcraft, health and kinship.
Ethnography of Sub-Saharan Africa
Examination of selected areas of contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa through current anthropological research. Topics may include war and displacement, religion, politics, international development, history, popular culture, colonialism, witchcraft, health and kinship.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 3620.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit at the 1000 level in any of AFRI, ANTH, GEOG, HIST, HUMR, INDG, LACS, PSCI, RELI, SOCI, WGST.
Lecture three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit at the 1000 level in any of AFRI, ANTH, GEOG, HIST, HUMR, INDG, LACS, PSCI, RELI, SOCI, WGST.
Lecture three hours a week.
ANTH 2630 [0.5 credit]
Studies in Asian Societies: Current Issues in Anthropological Research
Examination of contemporary Asia through anthropological research. Topics may include cultural practices, religion, health issues, economics, politics, history, colonialism and social change. Emphasis will vary by sub-region from year to year, e.g., focusing on South, East or Southeast Asia.
Studies in Asian Societies: Current Issues in Anthropological Research
Examination of contemporary Asia through anthropological research. Topics may include cultural practices, religion, health issues, economics, politics, history, colonialism and social change. Emphasis will vary by sub-region from year to year, e.g., focusing on South, East or Southeast Asia.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit at the 1000 level in any of AFRI, ANTH, GEOG, HIST, HUMR, INDG, LACS, PSCI, RELI, SOCI, WGST.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.
ANTH 2640 [0.5 credit]
Andean Ethnography
Ethnographic survey of the Andes that pays particular attention to the formation of “indigenous” communities and their relation to urban centres and nation-states. Topics covered may include state formation, social movements, agrarian reform, political economy of food, class, ethnicity and racism, rural-urban migration, community.
Andean Ethnography
Ethnographic survey of the Andes that pays particular attention to the formation of “indigenous” communities and their relation to urban centres and nation-states. Topics covered may include state formation, social movements, agrarian reform, political economy of food, class, ethnicity and racism, rural-urban migration, community.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit at the 1000 level in any of AFRI, ANTH, GEOG, HIST, HUMR, INDG, LACS, PSCI, RELI, SOCI, WGST.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.
ANTH 2650 [0.5 credit]
Ethnography of Mesoamerica
Ethnographic survey of Mexico and Guatemala that focuses on a variety of rural and urban communities throughout the area with particular emphasis on indigenous groups. Topics covered may include nationalism, ethnicity, social organization, gender, cosmology and material culture.
Ethnography of Mesoamerica
Ethnographic survey of Mexico and Guatemala that focuses on a variety of rural and urban communities throughout the area with particular emphasis on indigenous groups. Topics covered may include nationalism, ethnicity, social organization, gender, cosmology and material culture.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit at the 1000 level in any of AFRI, ANTH, GEOG, HIST, HUMR, INDG, LACS, PSCI, RELI, SOCI, WGST.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.
ANTH 2660 [0.5 credit]
Ethnography of North Africa
Introduction to societies and cultures of North Africa. Topics covered may include: history and socio-cultural role of Islam, the relations between Arabs and Berbers, ethnography of religious institutions, ritual practices, everyday life, gender, colonialism and post-colonialism, problems of state and religion.
Ethnography of North Africa
Introduction to societies and cultures of North Africa. Topics covered may include: history and socio-cultural role of Islam, the relations between Arabs and Berbers, ethnography of religious institutions, ritual practices, everyday life, gender, colonialism and post-colonialism, problems of state and religion.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit at the 1000 level in any of AFRI, ANTH, GEOG, HIST, HUMR, INDG, LACS, PSCI, RELI, SOCI, WGST.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.
ANTH 2670 [0.5 credit]
Ethnography of Brazil
Examination of selected areas of contemporary Brazil through current anthropological research. Topics may include: processes of nation-formation, colonialism, gender and sexuality, race and racism, health, everyday life, urban ethnography, popular culture, social movements, and institutions such as religion, the family and the state.
Ethnography of Brazil
Examination of selected areas of contemporary Brazil through current anthropological research. Topics may include: processes of nation-formation, colonialism, gender and sexuality, race and racism, health, everyday life, urban ethnography, popular culture, social movements, and institutions such as religion, the family and the state.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit at the 1000 level in any of ANTH, SOCI, GEOG, HIST, HUMR, INDG, PSCI, RELI, WGST, AFRI, LACS.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.
ANTH 2690 [0.5 credit]
Ethnography of a Selected Area
Ethnography of a selected area. Area to be announced.
Ethnography of a Selected Area
Ethnography of a selected area. Area to be announced.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit at the 1000 level in any of AFRI, ANTH, GEOG, HIST, HUMR, INDG, LACS, PSCI, RELI, SOCI, WGST.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.
ANTH 2815 [0.5 credit]
Selected Topics in Anthropology
Selected topics in anthropology not ordinarily treated in the regular course program. The choice of topics varies from year to year. Students should check with the Department regarding the topic offered.
Selected Topics in Anthropology
Selected topics in anthropology not ordinarily treated in the regular course program. The choice of topics varies from year to year. Students should check with the Department regarding the topic offered.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit at the 1000 level in any of AFRI, ANTH, GEOG, HIST, HUMR, INDG, LACS, PSCI, RELI, SOCI, WGST.
Lecture three hours a week, discussion one hour a week.
Lecture three hours a week, discussion one hour a week.
ANTH 2825 [0.5 credit]
Selected Topics in Anthropology
Selected topics in anthropology not ordinarily treated in the regular course program. The choice of topics varies from year to year. Students should check with the Department regarding the topic offered.
Selected Topics in Anthropology
Selected topics in anthropology not ordinarily treated in the regular course program. The choice of topics varies from year to year. Students should check with the Department regarding the topic offered.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit at the 1000 level in any of AFRI, ANTH, GEOG, HIST, HUMR, INDG, LACS, PSCI, RELI, SOCI, WGST.
Lecture three hours a week.
Lecture three hours a week.
ANTH 2850 [0.5 credit]
Development and Underdevelopment
International development and its socio-cultural practices with consequences at local, national and international levels. Topics may include modernization, dependency, globalization, and development as discourse, political ecology, gender, indigenous knowledge, social movements, and non-governmental organizations.
Development and Underdevelopment
International development and its socio-cultural practices with consequences at local, national and international levels. Topics may include modernization, dependency, globalization, and development as discourse, political ecology, gender, indigenous knowledge, social movements, and non-governmental organizations.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit at the 1000 level in any of AFRI, ANTH, GEOG, HIST, HUMR, INDG, LACS, PSCI, RELI, SOCI, WGST.
Lectures and workshop three hours a week.
Lectures and workshop three hours a week.
ANTH 2915 [0.5 credit]
Course-Related Tutorials in Anthropology
Consult the Department for information.
Course-Related Tutorials in Anthropology
Consult the Department for information.
ANTH 2925 [0.5 credit]
Course-Related Tutorials in Anthropology
Consult the department for information.
Course-Related Tutorials in Anthropology
Consult the department for information.
ANTH 3005 [0.5 credit]
Ethnographic Research Methods
Exploration of methodological issues in ethnographic research through lectures, discussion and individual research projects. Research design, ethical review, participant observation, ethnographic interviewing, writing and analyzing fieldnotes, and examining how a researcher's subject position and relation to the community under study influence the creation of ethnographic knowledge.
Ethnographic Research Methods
Exploration of methodological issues in ethnographic research through lectures, discussion and individual research projects. Research design, ethical review, participant observation, ethnographic interviewing, writing and analyzing fieldnotes, and examining how a researcher's subject position and relation to the community under study influence the creation of ethnographic knowledge.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 2003.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 2001 [1.0].
Lectures three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 2001 [1.0].
Lectures three hours a week.
ANTH 3006 [0.5 credit]
Contemporary Theories in Anthropology
Contemporary trends in anthropological analyses. Discussion of anthropological theory in its contemporary, interdisciplinary context.
Contemporary Theories in Anthropology
Contemporary trends in anthropological analyses. Discussion of anthropological theory in its contemporary, interdisciplinary context.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 3100.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 2001 [1.0].
Lectures three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 2001 [1.0].
Lectures three hours a week.
ANTH 3007 [0.5 credit]
History of Anthropological Theory
Analysis of the development of anthropological thought since the end of the eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century. The development of various theoretical approaches within their historical, social, intellectual and biographical contexts. The implications of these issues may be explored through ethnographies.
History of Anthropological Theory
Analysis of the development of anthropological thought since the end of the eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century. The development of various theoretical approaches within their historical, social, intellectual and biographical contexts. The implications of these issues may be explored through ethnographies.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 2005 and ANTH 3100.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 2001 [1.0].
Lectures three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 2001 [1.0].
Lectures three hours a week.
ANTH 3010 [0.5 credit]
Ethnography of Communicative Practice
Theoretical and methodological contributions of anthropology to the study of communicative practices in a variety of social and cultural contexts. The intersection of language ideologies and communicative practices with culture, power, race, ethnicity, indigeneity, gender, nationhood and political economy in institutional and community settings.
Ethnography of Communicative Practice
Theoretical and methodological contributions of anthropology to the study of communicative practices in a variety of social and cultural contexts. The intersection of language ideologies and communicative practices with culture, power, race, ethnicity, indigeneity, gender, nationhood and political economy in institutional and community settings.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit in ANTH or SOCI at the 2000 level.
Lecture three hours per week.
Lecture three hours per week.
ANTH 3020 [0.5 credit]
Studies in Race and Ethnicity
Race, racism and ethnicity in Canada and internationally. Critical perspectives on race and ethnicity as they intersect with other social relations. Racism, Eurocentrism, Orientalism, nationalism, colonialism, international migration, citizenship, and diasporic cultures.
Studies in Race and Ethnicity
Race, racism and ethnicity in Canada and internationally. Critical perspectives on race and ethnicity as they intersect with other social relations. Racism, Eurocentrism, Orientalism, nationalism, colonialism, international migration, citizenship, and diasporic cultures.
ANTH 3025 [0.5 credit]
Anthropology and Human Rights
Examines the concepts of “cultural relativism” and “universalism.” What are human rights? Who has them? How do notions of “human rights” evolve? What about other, non-Western concepts of “individual,” “collectivity,” “rights” and “responsibilities”? What about human rights violations and abuses?.
Anthropology and Human Rights
Examines the concepts of “cultural relativism” and “universalism.” What are human rights? Who has them? How do notions of “human rights” evolve? What about other, non-Western concepts of “individual,” “collectivity,” “rights” and “responsibilities”? What about human rights violations and abuses?.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit 2000-level ANTH, or SOCI 1001 and SOCI 1002, or SOCI 1003[1.0] or HUMR 1001 [1.0].
Lecture three hours a week.
Lecture three hours a week.
ANTH 3027 [0.5 credit]
Studies in Globalization and Human Rights
Examination of the various dimensions and meanings of globalization and its relationship with human rights. Main emphasis will be on the implications of the emerging global economy for economic, social, political and cultural rights.
Studies in Globalization and Human Rights
Examination of the various dimensions and meanings of globalization and its relationship with human rights. Main emphasis will be on the implications of the emerging global economy for economic, social, political and cultural rights.
Also listed as SOCI 3027, PSCI 3802.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit 2000-level ANTH, or SOCI 1001 and SOCI 1002, or SOCI 1003 [1.0], or HUMR 1001 [1.0].
Lectures three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit 2000-level ANTH, or SOCI 1001 and SOCI 1002, or SOCI 1003 [1.0], or HUMR 1001 [1.0].
Lectures three hours a week.
ANTH 3035 [0.5 credit]
Science, Culture and Society: Social Studies of Science
Principal theories and methods used by Science and Technology Studies scholars to examine the social construction of scientific knowledge. Topics may include the demarcation of science from non-science, the relationship between experts and laypersons, and the study of scientific controversies.
Science, Culture and Society: Social Studies of Science
Principal theories and methods used by Science and Technology Studies scholars to examine the social construction of scientific knowledge. Topics may include the demarcation of science from non-science, the relationship between experts and laypersons, and the study of scientific controversies.
Also listed as SOCI 3035.
Precludes additional credit for SOAN 3003 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 2035 or SOCI 2035 and third-year standing.
Lecture three hours a week.
Precludes additional credit for SOAN 3003 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 2035 or SOCI 2035 and third-year standing.
Lecture three hours a week.
ANTH 3037 [0.5 credit]
Studies in Information Systems and Social Power
Knowledge/power relations in historical and comparative perspective, with attention to information devices, techniques, and practices.
Studies in Information Systems and Social Power
Knowledge/power relations in historical and comparative perspective, with attention to information devices, techniques, and practices.
Prerequisite(s): O.5 credit 2000-level ANTH, or SOCI 1001 and SOCI 1002, or SOCI 1003 [1.0].
Lecture three hours a week.
Lecture three hours a week.
ANTH 3045 [0.5 credit]
Studies in Children and Childhood
A socio-historical and cross-cultural exploration of constructions, deconstructions, and the experience of childhood in Canada and internationally. Compulsory schooling, child labour, protection and regulation in law, the commodification and equalization of childhood, children's social movements, and the emergence of children's rights discourses.
Studies in Children and Childhood
A socio-historical and cross-cultural exploration of constructions, deconstructions, and the experience of childhood in Canada and internationally. Compulsory schooling, child labour, protection and regulation in law, the commodification and equalization of childhood, children's social movements, and the emergence of children's rights discourses.
Also listed as SOCI 3045.
Precludes additional credit for SOAN 3106.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1001 and ANTH 1002, or ANTH 1003 [1.0], or SOCI 1001 and SOCI 1002, or SOCI 1003 [1.0], and third-year standing.
Lecture three hours a week.
Precludes additional credit for SOAN 3106.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1001 and ANTH 1002, or ANTH 1003 [1.0], or SOCI 1001 and SOCI 1002, or SOCI 1003 [1.0], and third-year standing.
Lecture three hours a week.
ANTH 3215 [0.5 credit]
Selected Topics in Anthropology
Topics not ordinarily treated in the regular course program. The choice of topics varies from year to year. Check with the Department regarding the topic offered.
Selected Topics in Anthropology
Topics not ordinarily treated in the regular course program. The choice of topics varies from year to year. Check with the Department regarding the topic offered.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit 2000-level ANTH, or SOCI 1001 and SOCI 1002, or SOCI 1003 [1.0].
Lecture three hours a week.
Lecture three hours a week.
ANTH 3225 [0.5 credit]
Selected Topics in Anthropology
Topics not ordinarily treated in the regular course program. The choice of topics varies from year to year. Check with the Department regarding the topic offered.
Selected Topics in Anthropology
Topics not ordinarily treated in the regular course program. The choice of topics varies from year to year. Check with the Department regarding the topic offered.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit 2000-level ANTH or SOCI 1001 and SOCI 1002, or SOCI 1003 [1.0].
Lecture three hours a week.
Lecture three hours a week.
ANTH 3310 [0.5 credit]
Studies in Medical Anthropology
Cross-cultural study of the body, illness, healing, health and well-being. Sociocultural factors in the causation, diagnosis, management and meaning of illness. Biocultural and political-economic dimensions of ill health. Ritual and symbolic healing. Ethical concerns and public health applications of anthropology.
Studies in Medical Anthropology
Cross-cultural study of the body, illness, healing, health and well-being. Sociocultural factors in the causation, diagnosis, management and meaning of illness. Biocultural and political-economic dimensions of ill health. Ritual and symbolic healing. Ethical concerns and public health applications of anthropology.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1001 and ANTH 1002, or ANTH 1003 [1.0], or SOCI 1001 and SOCI 1002, or SOCI 1003 [1.0].
Lecture three hours a week.
Lecture three hours a week.
ANTH 3355 [0.5 credit]
Anthropology and the Environment
Environmental concerns affect everyone, unevenly. How does anthropology illuminate the cultural, social, political and ecological differentiation resulting from and constituting environmental processes? The range of responses considered may address issues of resource access and exploitation, as well as transnational transformations in the concept of nature.
Anthropology and the Environment
Environmental concerns affect everyone, unevenly. How does anthropology illuminate the cultural, social, political and ecological differentiation resulting from and constituting environmental processes? The range of responses considered may address issues of resource access and exploitation, as well as transnational transformations in the concept of nature.
Prerequisite(s): 1.0 credit in ANTH, SOCI, GEOG, ENST or INDG and second-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
Lectures three hours a week.
ANTH 3510 [0.5 credit]
Ritual
Cross-cultural study of ritual, religious and secular, its role in various social processes and its relation to other activities. Exploration of the variability of ritual and the range of theories that have been developed to account for what ritual does, including intellectualist, functionalist and performative approaches.
Ritual
Cross-cultural study of ritual, religious and secular, its role in various social processes and its relation to other activities. Exploration of the variability of ritual and the range of theories that have been developed to account for what ritual does, including intellectualist, functionalist and performative approaches.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit 2000-level ANTH, or SOCI 1001 and SOCI 1002, or SOCI 1003 [1.0].
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.
ANTH 3550 [0.5 credit]
Studies in Visual Anthropology
Examination of the anthropological experience as reflected in film/video and still photography. A number of problems are considered, including selectivity, bias, the effect of the observer's presence, and problems in reconstructing past events in film. Issues of media-literacy will be examined.
Studies in Visual Anthropology
Examination of the anthropological experience as reflected in film/video and still photography. A number of problems are considered, including selectivity, bias, the effect of the observer's presence, and problems in reconstructing past events in film. Issues of media-literacy will be examined.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 3107.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit in 2000-level ANTH, or SOCI 1001 and SOCI 1002, or SOCI 1003 [1.0].
Lecture three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit in 2000-level ANTH, or SOCI 1001 and SOCI 1002, or SOCI 1003 [1.0].
Lecture three hours a week.
ANTH 3570 [0.5 credit]
Studies in Art, Culture and Society
Thematic investigation of genres, forms and styles of art, culture and society. Topics may include current debates on social structure and artistic creativity; ideology, cultural memory and politics, patronage and art; cross-cultural representations, taste, social mobility and art; modernism and the avant-garde.
Studies in Art, Culture and Society
Thematic investigation of genres, forms and styles of art, culture and society. Topics may include current debates on social structure and artistic creativity; ideology, cultural memory and politics, patronage and art; cross-cultural representations, taste, social mobility and art; modernism and the avant-garde.
Also listed as SOCI 3570.
Precludes additional credit for SOAN 3803.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1001 and ANTH 1002, or ANTH 1003 [1.0], or SOCI 1001 and SOCI 1002, or SOCI 1003 [1.0], or an introductory course in Art History, and third-year standing.
Lecture three hours a week.
Precludes additional credit for SOAN 3803.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1001 and ANTH 1002, or ANTH 1003 [1.0], or SOCI 1001 and SOCI 1002, or SOCI 1003 [1.0], or an introductory course in Art History, and third-year standing.
Lecture three hours a week.
ANTH 3580 [0.5 credit]
Anthropology of Material Culture and Museums
Examination of how diverse societies are materialized in a wide range of cultural materials from clothing, housing and memorials to more ephemeral materializations such as food, gardens, dance, ritual props and music-making. Emphasis is placed on museum practices and the cultural politics of display and visiting.
Anthropology of Material Culture and Museums
Examination of how diverse societies are materialized in a wide range of cultural materials from clothing, housing and memorials to more ephemeral materializations such as food, gardens, dance, ritual props and music-making. Emphasis is placed on museum practices and the cultural politics of display and visiting.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit 2000-level ANTH or SOCI 1001 and SOCI 1002, or SOCI 1003 [1.0].
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.
ANTH 3600 [0.5 credit]
Studies in Anthropology and Indigenous Peoples
Problems in the interpretation and analysis of various forms of encounters between indigenous peoples and colonizing powers will be examined. Topics may include patterns and practices of contact, cultural syncretism, conquest, domination, relations of ruling, cultural hegemony, resistance and non-compliance.
Studies in Anthropology and Indigenous Peoples
Problems in the interpretation and analysis of various forms of encounters between indigenous peoples and colonizing powers will be examined. Topics may include patterns and practices of contact, cultural syncretism, conquest, domination, relations of ruling, cultural hegemony, resistance and non-compliance.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 3109.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit 2000-level ANTH or SOCI 1001 and SOCI 1002, or SOCI 1003 [1.0].
Lecture three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit 2000-level ANTH or SOCI 1001 and SOCI 1002, or SOCI 1003 [1.0].
Lecture three hours a week.
ANTH 3800 [0.5 credit]
Studies in Applied and Participatory Anthropology
History, significant approaches, and key topics of applied anthropology and participatory research. Participatory and non-participatory anthropological research on social problems within activities of intervention, which may include policy processes, development projects, evaluation exercises, impact assessments, and advocacy work.
Studies in Applied and Participatory Anthropology
History, significant approaches, and key topics of applied anthropology and participatory research. Participatory and non-participatory anthropological research on social problems within activities of intervention, which may include policy processes, development projects, evaluation exercises, impact assessments, and advocacy work.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit 2000-level ANTH.
Lecture three hours a week.
Lecture three hours a week.
ANTH 3915 [0.5 credit]
Course-Related Tutorials in Anthropology
Consult the Department for information.
Course-Related Tutorials in Anthropology
Consult the Department for information.
ANTH 3925 [0.5 credit]
Course-Related Tutorials in Anthropology
Consult the Department for information.
Course-Related Tutorials in Anthropology
Consult the Department for information.
ANTH 3999 [0.0 credit]
Co-operative Work Term
Co-operative Work Term
ANTH 4000 [0.5 credit]
Field Placement in Anthropology
Students spend up to one day a week participating in a research organization, and prepare a report on their placement experience. Consult the Honours Anthropology Co-ordinator.
Field Placement in Anthropology
Students spend up to one day a week participating in a research organization, and prepare a report on their placement experience. Consult the Honours Anthropology Co-ordinator.
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year Honours Anthropology standing and permission of the Department.
ANTH 4007 [0.5 credit]
Advanced Studies in Anthropological Theory and Methods
The course examines debates in theory and methodology currently facing the discipline through a survey of leading-edge issues and approaches. Topics in evolutionary anthropology/psychology, transpersonalism, traditional knowledge systems, gender, and ethnohistorical research may be explored.
Advanced Studies in Anthropological Theory and Methods
The course examines debates in theory and methodology currently facing the discipline through a survey of leading-edge issues and approaches. Topics in evolutionary anthropology/psychology, transpersonalism, traditional knowledge systems, gender, and ethnohistorical research may be explored.
ANTH 4020 [0.5 credit]
Advanced Studies in Race and Ethnicity
An advanced seminar that explores selected topics in race and ethnicity in an international context. Specific topics will vary according to instructors' research interests.
Advanced Studies in Race and Ethnicity
An advanced seminar that explores selected topics in race and ethnicity in an international context. Specific topics will vary according to instructors' research interests.
Also listed as SOCI 4020.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 3020 or SOCI 3020, and fourth-year standing.
Seminar three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 3020 or SOCI 3020, and fourth-year standing.
Seminar three hours a week.
ANTH 4036 [0.5 credit]
Science and Technology Studies: Selected Topics
The course is concerned with broadening students’ understanding of Science and Technology Studies (STS) by focussing on a particular topic relevant to this field of study. The topic selected will vary from year to year. Students should check with the Department regarding the topic offered.
Science and Technology Studies: Selected Topics
The course is concerned with broadening students’ understanding of Science and Technology Studies (STS) by focussing on a particular topic relevant to this field of study. The topic selected will vary from year to year. Students should check with the Department regarding the topic offered.
Also listed as SOCI 4036.
Precludes additional credit for SOCI 4401.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 3035 or SOCI 3035, and fourth-year standing.
Seminar three hours a week.
Precludes additional credit for SOCI 4401.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 3035 or SOCI 3035, and fourth-year standing.
Seminar three hours a week.
ANTH 4200 [0.5 credit]
War, Security and Citizenship
Critical theoretical and multidisciplinary examination of violent conflict, security and citizenship. How wars produce a variety of abject and new subjects, create and reproduce citizenship hierarchies, and expand and contract citizenship entitlements.
War, Security and Citizenship
Critical theoretical and multidisciplinary examination of violent conflict, security and citizenship. How wars produce a variety of abject and new subjects, create and reproduce citizenship hierarchies, and expand and contract citizenship entitlements.
ANTH 4215 [0.5 credit]
Selected Topics in Anthropology
Topics not ordinarily treated in the regular course program. The choice of topic varies from year to year. Check with the department regarding the topic offered.
Selected Topics in Anthropology
Topics not ordinarily treated in the regular course program. The choice of topic varies from year to year. Check with the department regarding the topic offered.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit 3000-level ANTH or ANTH 2001 [1.0]or SOCI 1001 and SOCI 1002, or SOCI 1003 [1.0], and third-year standing.
Seminar three hours a week.
Seminar three hours a week.
ANTH 4225 [0.5 credit]
Selected Topics in Anthropology
Topics not ordinarily treated in the regular course program. The choice of topic varies from year to year. Check with the department regarding the topic offered.
Selected Topics in Anthropology
Topics not ordinarily treated in the regular course program. The choice of topic varies from year to year. Check with the department regarding the topic offered.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit 3000-level ANTH, or SOCI 1001 and SOCI 1002, or SOCI 1003 [1.0] and third-year standing.
Seminar three hours a week.
Seminar three hours a week.
ANTH 4500 [0.5 credit]
Advanced Studies in Culture and Symbols
The course explores contemporary debates in theory and methods regarding analysis of the symbolic processes.
Advanced Studies in Culture and Symbols
The course explores contemporary debates in theory and methods regarding analysis of the symbolic processes.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 4705.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit 3000-level ANTH or ANTH 2001 [1.0].
Seminar three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit 3000-level ANTH or ANTH 2001 [1.0].
Seminar three hours a week.
ANTH 4550 [0.5 credit]
Advanced Studies in Visual Anthropology
Exploration of media representations of the cultural othe through student projects based on contemporary anthropological analysis of cross-cultural multimedia: video, photography, mapping and the Internet. The role of media in the dissemination of anthropological research and as the subject of anthropological analysis.
Advanced Studies in Visual Anthropology
Exploration of media representations of the cultural othe through student projects based on contemporary anthropological analysis of cross-cultural multimedia: video, photography, mapping and the Internet. The role of media in the dissemination of anthropological research and as the subject of anthropological analysis.
ANTH 4560 [0.5 credit]
Economic Anthropology
Anthropology’s holistic, comparative and critical contribution to the study of livelihood. How practices and understandings of production, circulation, consumption, and property vary cross-culturally. Relevant theoretical debates including those among formalist (neo-classical), substantivist, Marxist, and interpretive approaches over the applicability of capitalist thinking.
Economic Anthropology
Anthropology’s holistic, comparative and critical contribution to the study of livelihood. How practices and understandings of production, circulation, consumption, and property vary cross-culturally. Relevant theoretical debates including those among formalist (neo-classical), substantivist, Marxist, and interpretive approaches over the applicability of capitalist thinking.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit 3000-level ANTH or ANTH 2001[1.0] or SOCI 1001 and SOCI 1002, or SOCI 1003[1.0] and fourth year standing or permission of the instructor.
Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 5560, for which additional credit is precluded.
Seminar three hours a week.
Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 5560, for which additional credit is precluded.
Seminar three hours a week.
ANTH 4590 [1.0 credit]
Capstone Seminar in Globalization, Culture, and Power
This course is dedicated to developing individual student research projects. Through seminar discussions, these student projects will benefit from an introduction to research design and methodologies, analysis and interpretation, as well as issues surrounding ethics, representation, and knowledge production.
Capstone Seminar in Globalization, Culture, and Power
This course is dedicated to developing individual student research projects. Through seminar discussions, these student projects will benefit from an introduction to research design and methodologies, analysis and interpretation, as well as issues surrounding ethics, representation, and knowledge production.
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year standing in the BGINS Globalization, Culture and Power program.
Seminar three hours a week.
Seminar three hours a week.
ANTH 4610 [0.5 credit]
Advanced Studies in Indigenous Peoples of North America: Current Issues in Anthropological Research
This research-based seminar focuses on specific conceptual and methodological issues pertaining to contemporary anthropological research involving Indigenous communities of North America.
Advanced Studies in Indigenous Peoples of North America: Current Issues in Anthropological Research
This research-based seminar focuses on specific conceptual and methodological issues pertaining to contemporary anthropological research involving Indigenous communities of North America.
ANTH 4620 [0.5 credit]
Advanced Studies in Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa: Current Issues in Anthropological Research
Research-based seminar that explores the issues and debates related to anthropological research in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa with emphasis on theoretical, methodological, analytical, ethical, practical and applied problems in anthropological research in that area.
Advanced Studies in Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa: Current Issues in Anthropological Research
Research-based seminar that explores the issues and debates related to anthropological research in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa with emphasis on theoretical, methodological, analytical, ethical, practical and applied problems in anthropological research in that area.
ANTH 4730 [0.5 credit]
Colonialism and Post-Colonialism
Comparative ethnographic and historical approaches to colonialism including topics such as the formation of colonial regimes, colonial governmentality, servile labour systems, missionization, anti-colonial resistance, cultural hybridization and post-colonial memory. Exploration of debates over the relation between colonialism and the production of social scientific knowledge.
Colonialism and Post-Colonialism
Comparative ethnographic and historical approaches to colonialism including topics such as the formation of colonial regimes, colonial governmentality, servile labour systems, missionization, anti-colonial resistance, cultural hybridization and post-colonial memory. Exploration of debates over the relation between colonialism and the production of social scientific knowledge.
ANTH 4750 [0.5 credit]
Advanced Studies in Globalization and Citizenship
Selected topics on the confluence of processes of globalization, development and citizenship. Examination of debates about the meaning and impact of globalization on patterns of inequality and citizenship both internationally and within Canada, and about strategies for progressive development.
Advanced Studies in Globalization and Citizenship
Selected topics on the confluence of processes of globalization, development and citizenship. Examination of debates about the meaning and impact of globalization on patterns of inequality and citizenship both internationally and within Canada, and about strategies for progressive development.
ANTH 4780 [0.5 credit]
Anthropology of Personhood
Exploration of anthropological approaches to personhood and diversity in constructions of the self in various socio-cultural and historical contexts.
Anthropology of Personhood
Exploration of anthropological approaches to personhood and diversity in constructions of the self in various socio-cultural and historical contexts.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit 3000-level ANTH or ANTH 2001 [1.0] or SOCI 1001 and SOCI 1002, or SOCI 1003 [1.0] and third-year standing.
Seminar three hours a week.
Seminar three hours a week.
ANTH 4900 [1.0 credit]
Honours Research Paper in Anthropology
Candidates with a GPA in ANTH of 9.0 or above, can present a research essay. Students develop their essay proposal and HRP through seminar discussion. Problems of style, sources, conceptualization, design, analysis and interpretation are discussed. Students are strongly encouraged to take this course.
Honours Research Paper in Anthropology
Candidates with a GPA in ANTH of 9.0 or above, can present a research essay. Students develop their essay proposal and HRP through seminar discussion. Problems of style, sources, conceptualization, design, analysis and interpretation are discussed. Students are strongly encouraged to take this course.
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year Honours standing.
ANTH 4915 [0.5 credit]
Tutorial in Anthropology
Consult the Department for information.
Tutorial in Anthropology
Consult the Department for information.
ANTH 4925 [0.5 credit]
Tutorial in Anthropology
Consult the Department for information.
Tutorial in Anthropology
Consult the Department for information.
Summer session: some of the courses listed in this Calendar are offered during the summer. Hours and scheduling for summer session courses will differ significantly from those reported in the fall/winter Calendar. To determine the scheduling and hours for summer session classes, consult the class schedule at central.carleton.ca
Not all courses listed are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for the current session and to determine the term of offering, consult the class schedule at central.carleton.ca