This course examines reading and writing from an anthropological perspective. It looks at how writing originated based on archeological evidence and...
Students explore the human experience, past and present, by learning about differences and similarities in societies and cultures across time and...
An introduction to the basic concepts used in the anthropological study of non-Western social and cultural institutions that focuses on the unity and...
An introduction to aspects of biological anthropology and archaeology which help us to understand the place of humankind in nature. Topics to be...
Introduction to basic concepts and methods of modern linguistics. Topics include articulatory and acoustic phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax...
The field of archaeology, with emphasis on the major discoveries of the discipline. Topics include the evolution of humans, their spread throughout...
In this course the student will learn the basics of a particular North American aboriginal language (Mohawk) and will examine the relationships of...
An ethnographic and social-ecological approach to towns and cities examining small and large urban and peri-urban sites as complex cultural and...
Using ethnography to challenge the hetero-normative assumption, this course explores queer sexual and erotic diversity, examining local and historical...
An examination of natural resource development emphasizing the interplay between indigenous people, the state and transnational developers. Topics...
An introduction to the Caribbean and circum- Caribbean, emphasizing religion, aesthetic styles, current political processes, and relationships of the...
The cultures of Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia with an emphasis on indigenous social structures. Other topics include ecology and economy,...
This course will examine the traditional cultures and culture areas of Native North America. Contemporary peoples will be compared in Canada and the...
The cultural history of Latin American societies. Topics include the historical formation of indigenous communities, and a wide variety of...
Cultural and linguistic areas of Canada, subsistence patterns, social and political organization, religion, ethnohistory of the fur trade and Metis,...
Education, land claims, sovereignty, social justice, hunting and fishing rights, co-management of resources, spirituality, pow-wows, oral history,...
A critical examination of approaches that tend to homogenize and dehistoricize Middle Eastern peoples. The course provides an historical overview that...
Through the in-depth examination of Iroquoian (Mohawk) language, mythology, legends, and ceremonial texts, this course offers an introduction to the...
An overview of socio-cultural theory accomplished through the reading of a number of anthropological classics. Each will be examined critically...
A cross-cultural exploration of religion as a system of practices, knowledge and belief. Topics include: human predicaments and ideas of the sacred;...