ANT 220 Cultural Anthropology Instructor: Kristina Killgrove MonWed 7:15 8:30 Collins 261

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ANT 220 Cultural AnthropologyInstructor
Kristina KillgroveMon/Wed 715 830Collins
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Todays Handouts

• Info Card
• Name
• Year in school
• School attending (if not DTCC)
• Major
• Why are you interested in Cultural Anthropology?
• Syllabus
• Policies
• World Map (quiz 1/22/03)
• Article The Nacirema by Horace Miner

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Requirements

• Attendance and participation
• Grading
• Tests, quizzes, homework, paper
• Scale
• 100 90 A
• 89 80 B
• 79 70 C
• 69 60 D
• 59 and below F

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Texts

• Scupin, Cultural Anthropology (5th ed)
• Shostak, Nisa Life and Words of a !Kung Woman

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Policies

• Late assignments
• Tardiness
• Make-up assignments
• Withdrawing from class
• Cell phones/pagers
• Academic dishonesty
• Tutoring
• Student academic accommodation policy

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Websites

• Scupin on-line book site
• http//www.prenhall.com/scupin
• Class website
• http//www.killgrove.org/ANT220

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What is anthropology?

• From the Greek ???????? and ????? meaning the
  study of man
• Scope
• Historically from primates to modern man
• Geographically all over the world
• The concern with typical characteristics of
  particular populations is the most distinguishing
  feature of anthropology.

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Why study anthropology?

• Cultivate critical thinking skills
• Enhance perception of your own culture
• Cross-cultural perspective
• Combine science and humanities to develop rigors
  of scientific and humanistic inquiry

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What will I learn in this class?

• Definitions of culture
• Cultural theory
• Methods of examination, data collection, critical
  thinking skills
• Types of societies
• How anthropology affects the world