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An interdisciplinary introduction to the history and development of African Studies with Africa's place in the wider world a key theme. Students critically engage with African and diasporic histories, cultures, social structures, economies, and belief systems. Course material is drawn from Archaeology, History, Anthropology, Geography, Literatures, the Arts and Women's Studies.
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An introduction to Biological/Physical Anthropology and Archaeology.
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An introduction to socio-cultural anthropology. Addresses the concepts of culture, society, and language and the anthropological perspective on cultural difference and societies of varying scale. Family, economic, political, and religious systems are illustrated from a variety of the world's cultures.
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This course examines human-environmental relations from an anthropological perspective. Throughout the semester, we explore how peoples from different parts of the globe situate themselves within culturally constructed landscapes. Topics covered include ethnoecology, conservation, green consumerism, the concept of 'wilderness', and what happens when competing and differentially empowered views of the non-human world collide.
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An introduction to the analysis of archaeological artifacts of stone, ceramics, metal and bone. Emphasis on identification, construction, and function of material culture in ancient societies, together with the ways that this information helps to reconstruct the past.
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An overview of the range and diversity of African social institutions, religious beliefs and ritual, kinship, political and economic organization, pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial experience.
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This course investigates the societies and cultures of the Chinese diaspora, with special but not exclusive focus on Southeast Asia and elsewhere in the Asia Pacific.
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The development of art, technology, religion and lifeways of hunters and gatherers living during the Paleolithic, from two million to ten thousand years ago. Emphasis is placed on ecological-adaptive factors and archaeological evidence bearing on the beginnings of human culture.
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An examination of the agricultural and urban transformations which gave rise to modern human societies. The course emphasizes the ecological-adaptive factors and the archaeological evidence bearing on the beginnings of permanent human settlements, the domestication of plants and animals, and the development of complex social and technological systems.
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This course surveys humanity's origin. The synthetic theory of evolution, its principles, processes, evidence and application underlie this course. Lecture topics and laboratory projects include: evolutionary theory, human variation, human adaptability, primate biology, and behaviour, taxonomy and classification, paleontological principles and human origins.
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Basic to the course is an understanding of the synthetic theory of evolution and the principles, processes, evidence and application of the theory. Laboratory projects acquaint the student with the methods and materials utilized by the Physical Anthropologist. Specific topics include: the development of evolutionary theory, the biological basis for human variation, the evolutionary forces, human adaptability and health and disease.
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This course has two objectives: to explore the regional and ethnic diversity of contemporary Canadian cultures, and to examine the forces which operate to bind Canadians together through Canadian literature, myth and symbolism, mass media, and political culture.
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An introductory survey of social-cultural anthropology and approaches to understanding the global diversity of human societies. Topics include the culture concept in anthropology, the nature of fieldwork, the social dimensions of language, and the various dimensions of social organization, including the cross-cultural study of economic and political institutions.
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A further examination of approaches to the study of human cultural diversity. Subjects to be discussed include the study of such cultural identities as ethnicity and nationalism, globalization and the creation of a global culture, the political dimensions of culture, religion, and the anthropological study of kinship, marriage and family.
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A general introduction to the study of the life ways of non-human primates with particular emphasis on observing and recording primate behaviour. Readings and lectures develop the context in which observations are analyzed. Tools of recording and analysis are practiced and presented in seminars.
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A fundamental question in anthropology asks: is there a "human nature?" We investigate this desire to see ourselves reflected in other creatures by exploring myths, legends, and film which use monkeys and apes as metaphor virtually creating the "innate" being of humans.
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Anthropological approaches to the origin and function of religion, and the nature of symbolism, myth, ritual, sorcery, spirit possession, and cosmology, with primary reference to the religious worlds of small-scale societies.
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An introduction to the origin and diversification of aboriginal traditions in Canada and the United States from the late Pleistocene to the present. The course will emphasize environmental and social factors in the processes of culture change including the origins of food production and the growth of ethnic diversity.
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The rise of social complexity among aboriginal peoples in the Americas, with examples drawn from the Northwest Coast, the Pueblos, the Mississippian peoples, the Maya and the Aztec. Emphasis on social, political and belief systems, together with a consideration of the role of war, art and science in developing states.
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An exploration of the range of cultures, languages, religions, and practices of the Middle East and North Africa, with particular focus on Islam.
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Described literally as 'deathtraps of humankind', urban centres prior to 1900 subjected their inhabitants to crowded living conditions, poor sanitation, increased inter-personal contact and, at times, excessive mortality through acute infections. Using a holistic approach, the course will trace the origin and development of cities with particular emphasis on the importance and development of housing infrastructure, food by-laws, water supply, sanitation system, medical facilities and their role in influencing the health of urban dwellers.
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A directed exploration of specific topics in Anthropology, based on extensive investigation of the literature.
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Complements ANTB05H by giving closer examination to selected issues in African ethnography. Case studies from different parts of the continent are used to highlight specific themes and issues.
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Complements ANTB04H . An investigation of the origins and development of material and immaterial artifacts which make up modern society. We will examine tools, toys, ornaments, housing, clothing, food and communications media, and we will consider this information as used in culture resource management, forensic anthropology and museology.
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Addresses agrarian policies, immigration, modernization and dependency theories, structural adjustment and free trade, U.S. foreign policy and militarism, especially post-World War II, as well as revolution, liberation theology and other movements for alternative development. Who speaks for the poor and marginalized? Who is served by development aid?
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