Department of Sociology and Anthropology
(Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
Anthropology (ANTH) Courses
ANTH 1001 [0.5 credit]
Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology
What does it mean to be human? Anthropologists have approached this question by using the ethnographic method to understand the diverse ways people create shared worlds of meaning. In this course students will learn how culture shapes experience, and how ethnography describes this process.
Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology
What does it mean to be human? Anthropologists have approached this question by using the ethnographic method to understand the diverse ways people create shared worlds of meaning. In this course students will learn how culture shapes experience, and how ethnography describes this process.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 1000 (no longer offered), HUMS 1005.
Lectures/discussions three hours a week.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 1000 (no longer offered), HUMS 1005.
Lectures/discussions three hours a week.
ANTH 1002 [0.5 credit]
Introduction to Issues in Anthropology
This course introduces students to anthropology through in-depth consideration of selected issues facing contemporary cultures and societies. Selected issue(s) will reflect the expertise of the instructor and could include current debates related to race, gender, development, politics, economics, religion, technology, health and the environment.
Introduction to Issues in Anthropology
This course introduces students to anthropology through in-depth consideration of selected issues facing contemporary cultures and societies. Selected issue(s) will reflect the expertise of the instructor and could include current debates related to race, gender, development, politics, economics, religion, technology, health and the environment.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 1000 (no longer offered).
Lectures/discussions three hours a week.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 1000 (no longer offered).
Lectures/discussions 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 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 on socio-cultural diversity as documented by ethnographic research with attention to the role of culture in articulating gender, kinship, economic and political relations.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1001 or ANTH 1002.
Lectures and discussions three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1001 or ANTH 1002.
Lectures and discussions 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.
ANTH 2040 [0.5 credit]
Anthropology and Gender
The study of gender in anthropology, including its theoretical, cross-cultural and ethnographic aspects. Emphasis on gender as a sociocultural process that is at once discursive and embodied, and that varies in distinct cultural, socio-historical, geopolitical, and economic contexts.
Anthropology and Gender
The study of gender in anthropology, including its theoretical, cross-cultural and ethnographic aspects. Emphasis on gender as a sociocultural process that is at once discursive and embodied, and that varies in distinct cultural, socio-historical, geopolitical, and economic contexts.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 2408 (no longer offered).
Lectures and workshop three hours a week.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 2408 (no longer offered).
Lectures and workshop three hours a week.
ANTH 2060 [0.5 credit]
Girlhood in Contemporary Contexts: Anthropological and Sociological Perspectives
Drawing on anthropological and sociological approaches, students will explore girls’ lives in diverse cultural, political, economic, and social contexts. Topics may include: movement and migration, education, media, imaging and humanitarianism, consumerism, agency and activism, health, and violence.
Girlhood in Contemporary Contexts: Anthropological and Sociological Perspectives
Drawing on anthropological and sociological approaches, students will explore girls’ lives in diverse cultural, political, economic, and social contexts. Topics may include: movement and migration, education, media, imaging and humanitarianism, consumerism, agency and activism, health, and violence.
Also listed as SOCI 2060.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Two hour lecture plus one hour tutorial per week.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Two hour lecture plus one hour tutorial per week.
ANTH 2070 [0.5 credit]
Psychological Anthropology
Exploration of the relative and the universal in relations between the psychological self and the cultural environment. Topics may include anthropology of psychiatric institutions and practices, the cultural relativity of emotions, the self in everyday life and ritual.
Psychological Anthropology
Exploration of the relative and the universal in relations between the psychological self and the cultural environment. Topics may include anthropology of psychiatric institutions and practices, the cultural relativity of emotions, the self in everyday life and ritual.
Lecture/discussion groups three hours a week.
ANTH 2080 [0.5 credit]
Humans/Animals: the More-than-Human in Social Research
Examination of relationships between humans and animals in the sociological and broader social studies canon, including: multispecies ethnography, the role of the ‘more than human’ in Indigenous legal orders, posthumanist and STS theory, relationships between humans and animals and other non-human entities in the Anthropocene.
Humans/Animals: the More-than-Human in Social Research
Examination of relationships between humans and animals in the sociological and broader social studies canon, including: multispecies ethnography, the role of the ‘more than human’ in Indigenous legal orders, posthumanist and STS theory, relationships between humans and animals and other non-human entities in the Anthropocene.
ANTH 2180 [0.5 credit]
Foundations in Community Engagement
Study of theoretical debates and practical applications relating to community engagement with a focus on Canadian examples. Exploration of the contested and complex meanings of community engagement in and between diverse communities, public institutions, non-profit sector and private enterprise with an emphasis on social justice.
Foundations in Community Engagement
Study of theoretical debates and practical applications relating to community engagement with a focus on Canadian examples. Exploration of the contested and complex meanings of community engagement in and between diverse communities, public institutions, non-profit sector and private enterprise with an emphasis on social justice.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Also listed as SOCI 2180.
Prerequisite(s): Second year standing or permission of instructor.
Lecture, discussion and project work three hours a week.
Also listed as SOCI 2180.
Prerequisite(s): Second year standing or permission of instructor.
Lecture, discussion and project work 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.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 3304 (no longer offered).
Lectures and workshop three hours a week.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 3304 (no longer offered).
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.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.
ANTH 2550 [0.5 credit]
Religion and Society
Cross-cultural survey of religious institutions, focusing 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, focusing 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.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Also listed as RELI 2736.
Lectures and workshop three hours a week.
Also listed as RELI 2736.
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 (no longer offered).
Lecture/discussion groups three hours a week.
Lecture/discussion groups 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 (no longer offered).
Lecture/discussion groups three hours a week.
Lecture/discussion groups 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.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.
ANTH 2635 [0.5 credit]
Tradition and Modernity in the Pacific
Relationships between contemporary Pacific societies and the rest of the world. Topics may include colonialism and its aftermaths, cultural revival, mining, Christianity, alternative modernities, diasporas, and indigenous media.
Tradition and Modernity in the Pacific
Relationships between contemporary Pacific societies and the rest of the world. Topics may include colonialism and its aftermaths, cultural revival, mining, Christianity, alternative modernities, diasporas, and indigenous media.
Lecture/discussion groups three hours a week.
ANTH 2640 [0.5 credit]
Andean Ethnography
Ethnographic survey of the Andes. The formation of “indigenous” communities and their relation to urban centres and nation-states. Topics 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. The formation of “indigenous” communities and their relation to urban centres and nation-states. Topics may include state formation, social movements, agrarian reform, political economy of food, class, ethnicity and racism, rural-urban migration, community.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.
ANTH 2645 [0.5 credit]
The Postcolonial Middle East
How do people live in the Middle East? What political, historical and religious forces shape their everyday life? This class draws on essays, ethnographies, and movies to challenge the narratives of chronic violence, excessive religiosity, and prehistoric misogyny that haunt our understanding of this region.
The Postcolonial Middle East
How do people live in the Middle East? What political, historical and religious forces shape their everyday life? This class draws on essays, ethnographies, and movies to challenge the narratives of chronic violence, excessive religiosity, and prehistoric misogyny that haunt our understanding of this region.
Lecture and discussion three hours a week.
ANTH 2650 [0.5 credit]
Ethnography of Mesoamerica
Ethnographic survey of Mexico and Guatemala focusing on a variety of rural and urban communities throughout the area with emphasis on indigenous groups. Topics may include nationalism, ethnicity, social organization, gender, cosmology and material culture.
Ethnography of Mesoamerica
Ethnographic survey of Mexico and Guatemala focusing on a variety of rural and urban communities throughout the area with emphasis on indigenous groups. Topics may include nationalism, ethnicity, social organization, gender, cosmology and material culture.
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 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 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.
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.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.
ANTH 2680 [0.5 credit]
Anthropology of "Mainstream" North America
Examination of contemporary North American society. Topics may include social class, success myths, schooling, immigration, cities, the self, television, romance, youth sub cultures; how what is seen as “mainstream” is determined.
Anthropology of "Mainstream" North America
Examination of contemporary North American society. Topics may include social class, success myths, schooling, immigration, cities, the self, television, romance, youth sub cultures; how what is seen as “mainstream” is determined.
Lectures/discussion groups 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.
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.
Lecture/discussion groups three hours 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.
Lectures/discussion groups 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.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
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
Broad overview of methods through lectures, discussion, and hands-on activities. Research design, ethics, participant-observation, interviewing and other methods, data analysis and ethnographic writing. Prepares students to apply methodological knowledge in careers and projects undertaken for the fourth-year honours research paper and/or ethnographic field course.
Ethnographic Research Methods
Broad overview of methods through lectures, discussion, and hands-on activities. Research design, ethics, participant-observation, interviewing and other methods, data analysis and ethnographic writing. Prepares students to apply methodological knowledge in careers and projects undertaken for the fourth-year honours research paper and/or ethnographic field course.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 2003.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 2001 [1.0].
Lectures three hours a week.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 2003.
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 3008 [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 3006 (no longer offered), ANTH 3100.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 2001.
Lecture/discussion groups three hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 2001.
Lecture/discussion groups three hours per week.
ANTH 3010 [0.5 credit]
Language, Culture, and Globalization
Theoretical and methodological contributions of anthropology to the study of communicative practices in a variety of social and cultural contexts. Language practices, ideologies, and globalization as they intersect with culture, power, race, ethnicity, indigeneity, gender, nationhood and political economy.
Language, Culture, and Globalization
Theoretical and methodological contributions of anthropology to the study of communicative practices in a variety of social and cultural contexts. Language practices, ideologies, and globalization as they intersect with culture, power, race, ethnicity, indigeneity, gender, nationhood and political economy.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
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.
Also listed as SOCI 3020.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Lectures three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Lectures three hours a week.
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): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
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.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Lecture three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
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): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Lecture three hours a week.
Lecture three hours a week.
ANTH 3040 [0.5 credit]
The Global Middle Class
The growing numbers of people who could be considered “middle class” are central to both “cultural” and “economic” globalization. This course examines what it means to be middle class theoretically, historically, and cross-culturally.
The Global Middle Class
The growing numbers of people who could be considered “middle class” are central to both “cultural” and “economic” globalization. This course examines what it means to be middle class theoretically, historically, and cross-culturally.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Lecture/discussion groups three hours a week.
Lecture/discussion groups three hours a week.
ANTH 3045 [0.5 credit]
Children and Childhood in a Globalized World
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.
Children and Childhood in a Globalized World
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.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit ANTH, or SOCI 1001 and SOCI 1002, or SOCI 1003 and third-year standing.
Lecture three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit ANTH, or SOCI 1001 and SOCI 1002, or SOCI 1003 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): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
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): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
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): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
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): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Lectures three hours a week.
Lectures three hours a week.
ANTH 3360 [0.5 credit]
Jokes, Humor, Laughter
Anthropological inquiries into the phenomenon of humor. Psychoanalytic, semiotic and phenomenological perspectives are applied to ethnographic materials from a variety of cultural contexts.
Jokes, Humor, Laughter
Anthropological inquiries into the phenomenon of humor. Psychoanalytic, semiotic and phenomenological perspectives are applied to ethnographic materials from a variety of cultural contexts.
Lecture/discussion groups three hours per week.
ANTH 3510 [0.5 credit]
Ritual
Cross-cultural study of ritual, religious and secular, its role in various social processes and relation to other activities. Exploration of variability of ritual and the range of theories that have been developed to account for what ritual does, including intellectualist,functionalist and performative.
Ritual
Cross-cultural study of ritual, religious and secular, its role in various social processes and relation to other activities. Exploration of variability of ritual and the range of theories that have been developed to account for what ritual does, including intellectualist,functionalist and performative.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
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 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Lecture three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
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.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Lecture three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Lecture three hours a week.
ANTH 3580 [0.5 credit]
Anthropology of Material Culture and Museums
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 on museum practices and the cultural politics of display.
Anthropology of Material Culture and Museums
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 on museum practices and the cultural politics of display.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
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.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 3109 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Lecture three hours a week.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 3109 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
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.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Lecture three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the instructor.
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
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
ANTH 4000 [0.5 credit]
Field Placement in Anthropology
This course is intended to provide students with practical experience through a field placement equivalent to one day a week. Students are responsible to secure their field placement in a relevant organization with the approval of a Faculty member acting as Field placement coordinator.
Field Placement in Anthropology
This course is intended to provide students with practical experience through a field placement equivalent to one day a week. Students are responsible to secure their field placement in a relevant organization with the approval of a Faculty member acting as Field placement coordinator.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year Honours Anthropology standing and permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year Honours Anthropology standing and permission of the Department.
ANTH 4005 [0.5 credit]
Health and Globalization
An anthropological examination of the health impacts of global processes, relationships, and movements. May include topics such as economic development and disease, migration and health, medical tourism, transnational reproduction, and the global circulation of bodies, organs, medical technologies, drugs, and pathogens.
Health and Globalization
An anthropological examination of the health impacts of global processes, relationships, and movements. May include topics such as economic development and disease, migration and health, medical tourism, transnational reproduction, and the global circulation of bodies, organs, medical technologies, drugs, and pathogens.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours a week.
Seminar three hours a week.
ANTH 4006 [0.5 credit]
Decolonizing Methodologies in the 21st Century: Practicing Engaged Anthropology
Examination of the breadth of critical literature on ‘decolonizing methodologies’ within and adjacent to anthropology in the 20th and 21st centuries. The course will equip students with an in-depth understanding of critiques of the discipline’s methods and ethics while practicing an engaged anthropology.
Decolonizing Methodologies in the 21st Century: Practicing Engaged Anthropology
Examination of the breadth of critical literature on ‘decolonizing methodologies’ within and adjacent to anthropology in the 20th and 21st centuries. The course will equip students with an in-depth understanding of critiques of the discipline’s methods and ethics while practicing an engaged anthropology.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours per week.
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.
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.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours a week.
Seminar three hours a week.
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): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
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 focusing on a relevant topic. Topics may 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 focusing on a relevant topic. Topics may vary from year to year. Students should check with the Department regarding the topic offered.
Precludes additional credit for SOCI 4401 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours a week.
ANTH 4100 [0.5 credit]
Ethnographic Field Course
In this class, we explore a significant issue in our communities, learning how ethnographic methods can add new perspectives to our own experience and help us appreciate the experience of others. Students learn-through-doing their own small ethnographic projects, peer-to-peer feedback, and reflective discussion.
Ethnographic Field Course
In this class, we explore a significant issue in our communities, learning how ethnographic methods can add new perspectives to our own experience and help us appreciate the experience of others. Students learn-through-doing their own small ethnographic projects, peer-to-peer feedback, and reflective discussion.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Prerequisite(s): fourth year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): fourth year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours per week.
ANTH 4109 [0.5 credit]
Ethnography, Gender and Globalization
Intersections of gender and globalization; ethnographic focus on how the movements of people, goods, ideas, and capital are transforming existing formations of gender and sexualities. Topics and approaches may vary from year to year.
Ethnography, Gender and Globalization
Intersections of gender and globalization; ethnographic focus on how the movements of people, goods, ideas, and capital are transforming existing formations of gender and sexualities. Topics and approaches may vary from year to year.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of instructor.
Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 5109, for which additional credit is precluded.
Seminar three hours a week.
Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 5109, for which additional credit is precluded.
Seminar three hours a week.
ANTH 4171 [0.5 credit]
Community Engagement Capstone
Students in the capstone will reflect on their engagement experiences and advance their critical understanding of community through a series of in-class activities and readings. Students will produce a public-facing artifact (e.g., blog, podcast, video) related to their experiences, potentially in collaboration with community partners.
Community Engagement Capstone
Students in the capstone will reflect on their engagement experiences and advance their critical understanding of community through a series of in-class activities and readings. Students will produce a public-facing artifact (e.g., blog, podcast, video) related to their experiences, potentially in collaboration with community partners.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Also listed as SOCI 4171.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 2180 and fourth year standing or permission of instructor.
Lecture, discussion and project work three hours per week.
Also listed as SOCI 4171.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 2180 and fourth year standing or permission of instructor.
Lecture, discussion and project work three hours per 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): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
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): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours a week.
Seminar three hours a week.
ANTH 4355 [0.5 credit]
Anthropology of Natural Resources
Anthropology of natural resources. Topics may include economies, ecologies, cultural and social dynamics of fishing, forestry, lands, mining, oil, wildlife, at varying analytical scales, including a critical examination of the term “natural resource” itself.
Anthropology of Natural Resources
Anthropology of natural resources. Topics may include economies, ecologies, cultural and social dynamics of fishing, forestry, lands, mining, oil, wildlife, at varying analytical scales, including a critical examination of the term “natural resource” itself.
Prerequisite(s): third- year standing or permission of the instructor.
Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 5355, for which additional credit is precluded.
Lectures and discussions three hours a week.
Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 5355, for which additional credit is precluded.
Lectures and discussions three hours a week.
ANTH 4500 [0.5 credit]
Advanced Studies in Culture and Symbols
Contemporary debates in theory and methods regarding analysis of the symbolic processes.
Advanced Studies in Culture and Symbols
Contemporary debates in theory and methods regarding analysis of the symbolic processes.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 4705 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours a week.
ANTH 4550 [0.5 credit]
Advanced Studies in Visual Anthropology
Exploration of media representations of the cultural other 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 other 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.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours a week.
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): third-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 4570 [0.5 credit]
Political Anthropology
Can anthropology help us understand politics? Can ethnographic encounters help us approach political theory and political action differently? This seminar will focus on concepts (power, authority, equality) and practices (resistance, subjection, solidarity) through which anthropologists invite us to rethink the way we live together.
Political Anthropology
Can anthropology help us understand politics? Can ethnographic encounters help us approach political theory and political action differently? This seminar will focus on concepts (power, authority, equality) and practices (resistance, subjection, solidarity) through which anthropologists invite us to rethink the way we live together.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 5570, for which additional credit is precluded.
Seminar three hours a week.
Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 5570, 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.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year standing in the BGINS Globalization, Culture and Power program with a minimum 9.0 GPA or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year standing in the BGINS Globalization, Culture and Power program with a minimum 9.0 GPA or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours a week.
ANTH 4610 [0.5 credit]
Advanced Studies in Indigenous Peoples
This research-based seminar focuses on specific conceptual and methodological issues pertaining to contemporary anthropological research involving Indigenous peoples and communities. Topical focus may vary from year to year.
Advanced Studies in Indigenous Peoples
This research-based seminar focuses on specific conceptual and methodological issues pertaining to contemporary anthropological research involving Indigenous peoples and communities. Topical focus may vary from year to year.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours a week.
Seminar three hours a week.
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.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours a week.
Seminar three hours a week.
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.
Also listed as SOCI 4730.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours a week.
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): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
Seminar three hours a week.
Seminar three hours a week.
ANTH 4900 [1.0 credit]
Honours Research Paper in Anthropology
This course offers Honours students the opportunity to write an original research paper in their final year of study. Supported by the HRP supervisor, students develop their projects through seminar discussion addressing issues of research design, ethics, methodology, anthropological analysis, interpretation, and representation.
Honours Research Paper in Anthropology
This course offers Honours students the opportunity to write an original research paper in their final year of study. Supported by the HRP supervisor, students develop their projects through seminar discussion addressing issues of research design, ethics, methodology, anthropological analysis, interpretation, and representation.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year Honours standing.
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