21A.100 Introduction to Anthropology, Fall 2004
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Author(s)
Howe, James
Alternative Title
Introduction to Anthropology
Date Issued
December 2004
Abstract
This class introduces students to the methods and perspectives of cultural anthropology. Readings emphasize case studies in very different settings (a nuclear weapons laboratory, a cattle-herding society of the Sudan, and a Jewish elder center in Los Angeles). Although some of the results and conclusions of anthropology will be discussed, emphasis will be on appreciating cultural difference and its implications, studying cultures and societies through long-term fieldwork, and most of all, learning to think analytically about other people's lives and our own.
Subjects
Anthropology
methods
culture
case studies
nuclear weapons laboratory
cattle-herding
society
Sudan
Jewish elder center
Los Angeles
cultural difference
fieldwork
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Anthropology Program
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