COURSE: Anth 200 Cultural Anthropology (3 credits)
TIME: 9:00-10:15 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Fall 2004
PLACE: Kuykendall Hall 301, University of Hawai`i @ Manoa
INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. Les Sponsel, Professor
Director, Ecological Anthropology Program, UH
Office: Saunders Hall 317
Hours: Thursdays 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Phone: 956-8507
Email: sponsel@hawaii.edu
Website: http://www.anthropology.hawaii.edu
ORIENTATION:
“Man has always been a problem to himself. Throughout the ages he has sought to understand himself and to lead a harmonious existence in a society of men. The history of human civilization may, from one point of view, be understood as the history of man’s ideas of himself and of the practical consequences to which these ideas have led him” (David Bidney, 1967, Theoretical Anthropology, New York, NY: Shocken Books, p. 3).
“Anthropology is not a dispassionate science like astronomy, which springs from the contemplation of things at a distance. It is the outcome of a historical process which has made the larger part of mankind subservient to the other, and during which millions of innocent human beings have had their resources plundered and their institutions and beliefs destroyed, whilst they themselves were ruthlessly killed, thrown into bondage, and contaminated by diseases they were unable to resist. Anthropology is daughter to this era of violence: its capacity to assess more objectively the facts pertaining to the human condition reflects, on the epistemological level, a state of affairs in which 1 part of mankind treated the other as an object” (Claude Levi-Strauss, 1966, “Anthropology: Its Achievements and Future,” Current Anthropology 7(2):126).
A culture is the distinctive socially patterned, learned, and shared ideas and behaviors that relate a group of people to each other as well as to other societies, nature, and the supernatural. Contemporary cultural anthropology is the humanistic and scientific investigation, documentation, explanation, and celebration of the cultural diversity as well as the underlying unity of the human species. It assumes increasing importance as countries and societies are increasingly becoming multiethnic, in some cases contributing to conflict, violence, and even war.
Through reading and discussing three textbooks students will be exposed to the cultural diversity of humankind as studied by cultural anthropologists throughout the world. There are nearly 7,000 distinct cultures in the world. This diversity is generated by particular variations on panhuman themes called cultural universals that reflect an important component of the underlying unity of humanity. Also students will be provided with a solid foundation in the history, philosophy, theory, methods, data, problems, issues, controversies, politics, and ethics of cultural anthropology.
An ethnography is a description of a particular culture by an anthropologist. Through reading one book-length case study, videos, lectures, and discussions, this course will plunge students deeply into one very different cultural world in particular, that of the Yanomami. They live in the Amazon rainforest along the mountainous border between Brazil and Venezuela. The Yanomami provide a microcosm for a critical analysis of the following anthropological themes: culture and cultures; cultural ecology, cultural adaptation, and environmental problems and issues; violence, aggression, war, nonviolence, and peace; and missionaries, colonialism, genocide, ethnocide, and human rights. Moreover, the Yanomami also provide a microcosm for a critical analysis of anthropology itself, including its worldview, values, ethics, and politics as well as lingering elements of colonialism, ethnocentrism, racism, and classism. The instructor will discuss his own firsthand field research and human experience with the Yanomami in Venezuela including his publications about them.
FORMAT:
Course material will be covered through an integration of lectures, class discussions, small group discussions monitored by the instructor and teaching assistant, ongoing student reports from case studies, the instructor's personal accounts and slides, and selected videos. The class, quizzes, and final examination emphasize critical analytical thinking, rather than mere memorization of minutiae. This course is reading, thinking, and discussion intensive, but not writing intensive. It stresses active, participatory, and collaborative learning which means students must read and be prepared to discuss assignments on a regular and timely basis. This is reinforced by surprise quizzes.
This class is designed as an undergraduate core course for majors in anthropology, although non-majors are certainly welcome if they wish to do the work which is quite substantial. Accordingly, many non-majors may prefer to take instead the alternative course, 152 Culture and Humanity, which is intended for non-majors and offered in several sections.
OBJECTIVES:
This course has six primary goals:
1. provide a detailed systematic survey of cultural anthropology as an academic, scientific, and humanistic discipline focusing on basic concepts, principles, and issues;
2. familiarize students with cross-cultural variations, patterns, and processes throughout the world;
3. expose students in greater depth to one culture in particular that is strikingly different from their own, the Yanomami of the Brazilian and Venezuelan Amazon (see Appendix II);
4. introduce students to key resources such as books, encyclopedias, periodicals, bibliographies, videos, and web sites (see Appendices II-VI);
5. to give students a solid foundation in the subject to build on through the rest of their studies, especially for anthropology majors and most of all for those specializing in the cultural subfield; and
6. for anthropology majors in particular, provide indispensable information to prepare for a career as a professional anthropologist(especially through the Omohundro book).
GRADE:
The final grade for this course will be based on the following:
1. surprise quizzes (about five with ten questions each)(50%);
2. a book review essay on a Yanomami ethnographic case study of the student’s choice (see Appendices I-II)(25%); and
3. a final examination(25%).
Unfortunately, the large size of this class dictates that quizzes and the final examination will be mostly if not entirely objective.
The final course grade will be calculated as follows:
100-90 = A, 89-80 = B, 79-70 C, 69-60 = D, 59-0 = F.
Student work will be evaluated for:
1. general knowledge of all reading assignments and of all material presented and discussed in class, but not minutiae;
2. regular, active, and meaningful participation in class discussion including incorporation of material from the chosen case study book on the Yanomami;
3. clear, concise, logical, critical, and analytical thinking; and
4. achieving the six objectives of the course.
Extra credit may be earned by writing a reaction (not summary) in one typed page about a video, journal article, book chapter, lecture, or discussion from any of the material covered in the syllabus or class. Five high quality extra credit papers can make the difference for a borderline course grade (e.g., B+ to A-), while ten such papers can elevate the grade to the next level (e.g., C to B). Other alternatives for more extra credit include writing a review of an extra book or a research report, but, in any case, the specifics have to be approved by the instructor. (See Appendices II-VI for resources). Thus, in principle, with enough high quality work any student can earn an A in this course.
Class attendance will be taken regularly. Students are expected to attend every one of the 29 meetings throughout the entire semester. The final course grade for the course will be reduced by one letter grade for each three unexcused absences. Students are expected to arrive at class on time and remain attentive during the entire period; that is, no sleeping, regular conversation, walkman, reading newspapers, and the like. Any students who wish to sleep or to carry on private conversations should do so outside of the classroom to avoid distracting other students and the instructor. In short, obviously the instructor takes this class very seriously and students are expected to do likewise. Anyone who does not is wasting the time of other students who are serious about their education as well as the instructor’s time, and therefore should find something to do elsewhere.
Students are required to be open minded as well as courteous and professional in class. Any student can say anything as long as it is relevant, concise, and polite. Being concise is important because the time in class is very limited and everyone who wishes should have an opportunity to contribute to discussion, rather than one or a few persons dominating the class for the entire semester. The ideals of freedom and democracy apply in this class, even if they are restricted elsewhere.
READINGS:
A combination of textbooks has been carefully selected in order to realize the course orientation and objectives. Every student should thoroughly read and discuss in class the three required textbooks listed below. In addition, each student is required to select one book-length case study of their choice on the Yanomami to draw on regularly in class discussions when appropriate and for their book review essay (see Appendices I-II).
Barrett, Stanley R., 1997, Anthropology: A Student's Guide to Theory and Method, Buffalo, NY: University of Toronto Press ($19.95 new, $15.20 used).
[Note that this book was chosen because it substantially enhances this course for majors in anthropology by elaborating on theory and method in the history of cultural anthropology].
Kottak, Conrad P., 2004, Cultural Anthropology (Tenth Edition), New York, NY: McGraw-Hill ($92.45 new, $70.30 used).
[Chapter 5 is not required reading but optional. Note that this book has been repeatedly improved through ten editions since it was first published in 1974. It is by far the best textbook available for this course in the instructor’s opinion which is why it is used, even though, unfortunately, it is extremely expensive. Some students may wish to take advantage of the website for this text, but that is optional, although strongly recommended for anthropology majors].
Welsch, Robert L., and Kirk M. Endicott, eds., 2003, Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Cultural Anthropology, Guilford, CT: McGaw-Hill/Dushkin ($24.35 new, $18.55 used).
[Issues 9, 13, and 15 are not required readings but optional]. [This text was chosen not only because it demonstrates that cultural anthropology is an exciting subfield, among other reasons because it is filled with controversy and debate, but also because it forces students to think critically in taking one side or another on an issue].
The following book is optional, but strongly recommended for majors.
Omohundro, John T., 2001, Careers in Anthropology, Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company (Second Edition) ($23.35 new, $17.75 used).
[This book can be most helpful with the practical aspects of developing a professional career, especially for anthropologists].
All four of these books should be available in the UH Bookstore for anyone who may wish to purchase one or more of them. Furthermore, the UH Bookstore now makes available purchases online: http://www.bookstore.hawaii.edu (successively click on Manoa, textbooks, anthropology, 200, Sponsel).
These books may also be available through local bookstores (e.g., Borders, Barnes and Noble) or an internet bookseller such as the following:
A copy of each of these four books should be available on One Day Reserve in Sinclair Library as well.
Students may reduce the cost of texts by purchasing used copies, reselling them at the end of the semester to the UH Bookstore, or sharing them.
In addition to required readings, students are encouraged to occasionally voluntarily read journal articles or other publications, view extra videos, and explore web sites recommended by the instructor or textbook authors. (See Appendices III-VI for lists of various kinds of resources for cultural anthropology).
Students who take advantage of the resources provided in this course will obtain a systematic and thorough overview of the subject in depth. Those who do not do so are simply short-changing their own education and future. Students who are not prepared to make a substantial investment of time and effort in this course should drop it immediately, rather than wait until the end of the semester to receive a poor grade or even fail.
If any student feels the need for reasonable accommodations because of the impact of a disability, then they should contact the KOKKA Program in QLCSS 013 (phones 956-7511 or 956-7612), or speak to the instructor in private to discuss specific needs. The instructor is quite willing to collaborate together with any student and KOKUA about access needs related to a documented disability.
See Appendix VII for the instructor’s philosophy of education.
SUMMARY:
This core course for anthropology majors surveys the academic subject of cultural anthropology and the phenomena of culture through discussing three carefully selected textbooks complemented by the instructor’s lectures, commentary, and videos. Students are plunged in depth into another very different cultural world through a book on the Yanomami, videos, and the instructor’s lectures and discussion. The final course grade is based on surprise quizzes, a written book review of a case study on the Yanomami, and a final examination.
SCHEDULE:
PART I. FACETS OF ANTHROPOLOGY
August
24 T Orientation to course and instructors
(A helpful hint: Look ahead in the Schedule and read ahead).
26 Th Here come the Yanomami!
Video: "Warriors of the Amazon" [Venezuelan Yanomami](18554)
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31 T What is Anthropology? So what?
Reading: Barrett - Preface, Kottak Preface & Chapter 1, Welsch and Endicott - Preface & Introduction
Issue: Should cultural anthropology model itself on the natural sciences? (WE 1)
September
2 Th Applying Anthropology (K 2)
Video:"Anthropologists at Work" (11984)
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7 T Ethics and Methods in Cultural Anthropology (K 3)
Video: "To Find the Baruya Story" [New Guinea] (1677)
9 Th Issue: Was Margaret Mead's fieldwork about Samoan adolescents fundamentally flawed? (WE 4)
Video: "Anthropology on Trial" (893) [Margaret Mead]
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PART II. GALLERY OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY
14 T Culture (K 4)
Issue: Do native peoples today invent their traditions?
(WE 2)
16 Th Theory-Method I (B 1-3)
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21 T Ethnicity (K 6)
Video: "Becoming American" (7060)
Issue: Do museums misrepresent ethnic communities around the world? (WE 3)
23 Th Language and Communication (K 7)
Issue: Does language determine how we think? (WE 5)
Canada (K pp. 183-186)
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28 T Making a Living (K 8)
Video: "Ecology of the Mind" (6355)
30 Th Theory-Method II (B 4-5)
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October
5 T Issue: Are San hunter-gatherers basically pastoralists who have lost their herds? (WE 6)
Issue: Do hunter-gatherers need supplemental food sources to live in tropical rain forests? (WE 7)
7 Th Political Systems (K 9)
Videos:"Ax Fight" (5736), "The Feast" (7939
The Basques (K pp. 340-343)
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12 T Issue: Are Yanomami violence and warfare natural human efforts to maximize reproductive fitness? (WE 11)
14 Th Video:"Yanomami Homecoming" (17918)
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19 T Families, Kinship, and Descent (K 10)
Marriage (K 11)
21 Th Gender (K 12)
Video: "N!ai: The Story of a !Kung Woman" (1095)
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26 T Issue: Do sexually egalitarian societies exist? (WE 8)
Issue: Has the Islamic revolution in Iran subjugated women? (WE 10)
Issue: Should anthropologists work to eliminate the practice of female circumcision? (WE 16)
28 Th Theory-Method III (B 6-7)
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November
2 T HOLIDAY: Election Day
4 Th Religion (K 13)
The Arts (K 14)
Video: "The Eleven Powers" (6205)
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PART III. THE CHANGING WORLD
9 T The Modern World System (K 15)
Video: "The Africans Revisited" (15204)
Issue: Is ethnic conflict inevitable? (WE 12)
11 Th HOLIDAY: Veteran's Day
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16 T Colonialism and Development (K 16)
18 Th Videos: "Ocamo is My Town" (6696),
"New Tribes Mission" (6695)
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23 T Videos: "Yanomamo: A Multidisciplinary Study" 4553), "Contact: Yanomami Indians of Brazil" (4962)
25Th HOLIDAY: Thanksgiving Day
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30 T Issue: Did Napoleon Chagnon and other researchers harm the Yanomami Indians of Venezuela? (WE 14)
Issue: Do anthropologists have a moral responsibility to defend the interests of "less advantaged" communities? (WE 17)
December
2 Th Cultural Exchange and Survival (K 17)
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7 T Theory-Method IV (B 8-9)
9 Th American Popular Culture (K Appendix)
The Biology and Culture of Overconsumption (K pp. 483-486)
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T 14 FINAL EXAMINATION
The final examination for this course is scheduled from 9:45-11:45 a.m. on Thursday, December 16, in Kuykendall Hall 301.
The book review is due at the beginning of this period.
If you wish to have your final examination, book review, and any other papers returned to you, then be sure to include a self-addressed and stamped mailing envelope of adequate size when you turn them in.
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APPENDIX I: NOTES ON WRITING A CRITICAL BOOK REVIEW
We live in an information age, a period in which we are overwhelmed by seemingly unmanageable amounts of often conflicting information from diverse sources including cyberspace. Therefore, it is increasingly important to know where to quickly find relevant and reliable information to meet your specific needs. Book reviews published in newspapers, magazine, journals, and so on are one especially useful tool. Writing reviews helps to develop skills in digesting, summarizing, and evaluating information, skills which are later applicable in a wide range of tasks including future jobs and careers.
A good review provides an assessment as well as a concise summary of an entire book. The review comprehensively and fairly reports (1) what the author does in the book, and (2) how well this is accomplished. Furthermore, (3) the reviewer offers specific evidence to substantiate these two matters by providing summaries or a few quotations of key passages with page citations.
To prepare a good review you must read the entire book with the intention constantly in mind from the outset of reviewing it. Accordingly, brief notes should be taken throughout the reading for later reference in drafting your review. Your notes should include three or four key points for each chapter and select one or two passages from each that may later be summarized or quoted to illustrate your generalizations about the book. From the beginning you should pay special attention to any available Preface, Introduction, or Conclusion in order to identify as soon and clearly as possible the book author’s purpose, scope, argument, and organizational framework. Taking brief notes will help to focus your reading and eventual writing as well as save time.
Start the essay in an attractive way to capture the reader’s attention and create a desire to read further. You might begin by introducing the author and explaining why she or he wrote the book; summarizing the subject, problem, question, or argument the author is pursuing; giving a quick overview of the book; classifying the book with an emphasis on how it differs from similar ones; or using some combination of the above.
As you develop your essay avoid common weaknesses such as
dwelling on only a portion of the book instead of covering the whole; getting distracted with tangents that express your ideas instead of those of the author of the book; allowing your writing style to dominate the review and detract from its real purpose; and being too general by failing to get into some specifics such as examples to illustrate your points. You must elaborate general points in order to make them clear and convincing. Keep the purpose of the review in mind as you read, take notes, and draft your essay. Keep your obligation to the reader of the review in mind as well; namely, to provide a fair and comprehensive summary and assessment of the book with sufficient evidence to substantiate these matters.
In the context of this course it is vital that your review of a Yanomami case study provide a specific illustration of several of the key points covered in classes. This might be done in the final section of your review before the conclusions.
Your review should not be around 1250 words, about five pages, typed, double-spaced.
After you read the book and draft the review you may wish to find published reviews to compare with your own out of curiosity, but be careful to avoid any plagiarism which will be rewarded with an automatic failure of the entire course together with a formal report to the Dean.
Your review is due at the start of the final examination on December 16.
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APPENDIX II. YANOMAMI CASE STUDIES FOR REVIEWS
Berwick, Dennison, 1992, Savages: The Life and Killing of the Yanomami, London, CA: Hutchinson. [This is a journalist's investigation of the catastrophic consequences of the invasion of illegal gold miners into Yanomami territory in Brazil during the 1980s].
F 2520.1 .Y3 B478 1992
Biocca, Ettore, 1996, Yanoama: The Story of Helena Valero, a Girl Kidnapped by Amazonian Indians, New York, NY: Kondasha International. [This is a remarkable biographical account of a girl kidnapped by the Yanomami who matured, married, and lived among them until late in her life with many ethnographic observations and insights].
Borofsky, Robert F., ed., 2004, Yanomami: The Fierce Controversy And What We Might Learn From It, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. [This edited book documents an unprecedented debate among six anthropologists on different sides of the Darkness in El Dorado controversy with extraordinarily informative and penetrating commentary by the editor].
Chagnon, Napoleon A., 1974, Studying the Yanomamo, New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston [This is a technical survey of field methods employed by the author in his extensive studies of Yanomami social organization, demography, politics, history, and related matters].
GN 345 .C45
Chagnon, Napoleon A., 1992, Yanomamo: The Last Days of Eden, San Diego, CA: Harvourt Brace Jovanovich. [This is a popular version of his college case study].
F 2520.1 .Y3C5 1992
Chagnon, Napoleon A., 1997, Yanomamo, Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace (Fourth Edition). [This is the classic ethnography which made the Yanomami and the author celebrities in anthropology and the world beyond, although it has been called into serious question in recent years by Patrick Tierney's book and the ensuing controversy and debate which erupted in the profession and media].
F 2520.1 .Y3 C5 1997
Donner, Florinda, 1993, Shabono: A Visit to a Remote and Magical World in the South American Rainforest. [This is a novel about the personal experiences, observations, and insights of a female anthropologist living and working among the Yanomami which most ably portrays their humanity].
F 2520.1 .Y3 D66 1992
Ferguson, R. Brian, 1995, Yanomami Warfare: A Political History, Santa Fe, NM: School for American Research Press. [This is a most thorough and penetrating ethnohistorical and ethnological analysis of the impact of Western trade goods and other external forces of cultural change among the Yanomami in relation to the intra- and inter-village dynamics of conflict and aggression].
F 2520.1 .Y3 F47 1995
Good, Kenneth R., with David Chanoff, 1991, Into the Heart: One Man's Pursuit of Love and Knowledge among the Yanomami, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley. [This is a remarkably candid personal account of fieldwork among the Yanomami over a period of more than a dozen years with equally remarkable observations and comments on the Yanomami, American life and culture, anthropology, and academia].
F 2520.1 .Y3 G66 1991
Lizot, Jacques, 1985, Tales of the Yanomami: Daily Life in the Venezuelan Forest, New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. [In many respects this remains the best ethnography on the Yanomami in spite of allegations against the author which surfaced in the Darkness in El Dorado controversy].
F 2520.1 .Y3 L592 1991
Peters, John, 1998, Life Among the Yanomami: The Story of Change Among the Xilixana on the Mucajai River in Brazil, Orchard Park, NY: Broadwview Press. [In this book a former missionary turned anthropologist analyzes cultural change among the Yanomami based on more than a decade of living and working with them along with his own family].
F 2520.1 .Y3 P47 1998 Maui & Hilo
Rabben, Linda, 1998, Unnatural Selection: The Yanomami, the Kayapo and the Onslaught of Civilization, Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. [This is a sensitive comparative study of cultural contact and change by an anthropologist specializing in the Amazon, Brazil, indigenous societies, and human rights activism].
Ramos, Alcida Rita, 1995, Sanuma Memories: Yanomami Ethnography in Times of Crisis, Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. [This is a penetrating analysis of cultural contact and change among Brazilian Yanomami in tandem with the author's changing approach from basic research to human rights advocacy by a Brazilian anthropologist who has worked with the Yanomami for decades including in dangerous crisis situations].
Ritchie, Mark, 2000, Spirit of the Rainforest: A Yanomamo Shaman's Story, Chicago, IL: Island Lake Press (Second Edition). [This is the first “autobiographical ethnography” by a Yanomami and includes a critique of some anthropologists who have worked among them in Venezuela, especially Jacques Lizot].
Salamone, Frank, 1996, Who Speaks for the Yanomami?, Williamsburg, VA: Studies in Third World Societies Publication No. 57. [This is a fascinating and important record of a controversy and debate between anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon and Catholic missionaries over the latter’s impact on the Yanomami in Venezuela].
F 2520.1 .Y3 S25 1997
Salamone, Frank, 1997, The Yanomami and Their Interpreters: Fierce People or Fierce Interpreters? Lanham, MD: University Press of America. [This is another version of the above book].
HN 980 .S8 No. 57
Smole, William J., 1976, The Yanoama Indians: A Cultural Geography, Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. [This is a general cultural ecology of Parima highland Yanomami subsistence and economy with extensive historical notes].
F 2520.1 .Y3 S56
Tierney, Patrick, 2001, Darkness in El Dorado: How Scientists and Journalists Devastated the Amazon, New York, NY: W.W. Norton and Co. [This is an extremely controversial book by an investigative journalist based on a decade of archival and field research which alleges numerous, diverse, and repeated violations of professional ethics and human rights by anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon and several associates while working among the Yanomami in Venezuela].
F 2520.1 .Y3 T54 2000
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APPENDIX III. PERIODICALS IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Abstracts in Anthropology GN1 .A37
American Anthropologist GN1 .A5
American Ethnologist GN1 .A53
American Indian Culture and Research Journal E75 .A5124
American Indian Quarterly E75 .A547
Annual Review of Anthropology GN1 .A623
Anthropological Forum GN4 .A5
Anthropological Literature Z5112 .A57
Anthropological Quarterly GN1 .P7
Anthropology Today GN1 .R69
Anthropos Gn1 .A7
Critique of Anthropology GN1 .C73
Cultural Anthropology GN301 .C85
Cultural Survival Quarterly GN357 .Q37
Current Anthropology GN1 .C8
Development and Change HB82 .D387
Dialectical Anthropology HX550 .A56 D53
Ethnohistory E51 .E8
Ethnology GN1 .E88
Ethnos BF1 .E73
History of Anthropology Newsletter GN1 .N52
Human Ecology GF1 .H84
Human Organization GN1 .H88
International Bibliography of Social and Cultural Anthropology Ref Z7161 .I593 & .I594
International Journal of Anthropology GN2 .I57
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs Newsletter
GN380 .N18
Journal of Anthropological Research GN1 .S6
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography HT 101 .U79
Journal of Developing Areas HC59 .A1 J68
Journal of Developing Societies DS1 .J693
Journal of Development Studies HC10 .J58
Journal of Economic Development HC59.7 .J684
Man GN1 .M25
Political Anthropology JA26 .P63
Reviews in Anthropology GN1 .R4
Society and Change HX542 .S572
Studies in Third World Societies HN980 .S8
Survival International Newsletter GN380 .S9 folio
Theory, Culture & Society H1 .T482
Third World Quarterly HC59.7 .T458
Visual Anthropology GN 347 .V573
World Development HC59.7 .W67
Worldviews: Environment, Culture, Religion BL65 .N35 W675
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APPENDIX IV. KEY BOOKS IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
BOOKS
Adams, William Y., 1998, The Philosophical Roots of Anthropology, Stanford, CA: Leland Stanford Junior University, Center for the Study of Language and Information.
GN 33 .A33 1998
Amnesty International, 1992, Human Rights Violations Against Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, New York, NY: Amnesty International.
Atkinson, Paul, 1992, Understanding Ethnographic Texts, Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
GN 307.7 .A87 1992
Barrett, Stanley R., 1997, Anthropology: A Student's Guide to Theory and Method, Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto Press.
GN 25 .B39 1996
Bernard, H. Russell, 2002, Research Methods in Anthropology: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods, Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press (Third Edition).
GN 345 .B77 1988
Bernard, H. Russell, ed., 1998, Handbook of Methods in Cultural Anthropology, Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.
GN 345 .H37 1998
Bodley, John H., 1999, Victims of Progress, Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Co. (Fourth Edition).
GN 358 .B63 1982 (Second Edition)
Bohannan, Paul, and Mark Glazer, 1998, High Points in Anthropology, New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf (Third Edition).
GN 17 .H54 1988 (Second edition)
Borofsky, Robert, ed., 1994, Assessing Cultural Anthropology, New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, Inc.
GN 316 .A83 1994
Deutsch, Richard, 1999, Perspectives: Anthropology, St. Paul, MN: Coursewise Publishing Co
GN 25 .P45 1999
Ervin, Alexander M., 2000, Applied Anthropology, Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
GN 397.5 .E78 2000
Ferrante, Joan, 1998, Let's Go Anthropology: Travels on the Internet, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co.
Freeman, Milton M.R., ed., 2000, Endangered Peoples of the Arctic: Struggles to Survive and Thrive, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Fitzpatrick, Judith M., ed., 2001, Endangered Peoples of Oceania: Struggles to Survive and Thrive, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
PAC GN 662 .E53 2001
Forward, Jean S., ed., 2001, Endangered Peoples of Europe: Struggles to Survive and Thrive, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Gwynne, Margaret A., 2003, Applied Anthropology: A Career Oriented Approach, Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
GN 397.5 .G99 2003
Gwynne, Margaret A., 2003, Anthropology Career Resources Handbook, Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
GN 397.5 .G993 2003 (second copy in REFERENCE)
Hammersley, Martyn, 1990, Reading Ethnographic Research: A Critical Guide, New York, NY: Longman.
GN 307.5 .H35 1998
Handwerker, W. Penn, 2001, Quick Ethnography, Walnut Creek, CA: AtlaMira Press.
Harris, Marvin, 1999, Theories of Culture in Postmodern Times, Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press.
GN 357 .H39 1999
Hoopes, John, Jennifer Campbell, and Michael Keene, 1997, Mayfield's Quick View Guide to the Internet for Student's of Anthropology, Mountain View, CA: Mayfield.
Howell, Nancy, 1990, Surviving Fieldwork, Washington, D.C.: American Anthropological Association Special Publication No. 26.
GN 343 .F53 H68 1990 Windward and Hilo
Ingold, Tim, ed., 1996, Key Debates in Anthropology, New York, NY: Routledge.
GN 345 .K49 1996
Kottak, Conrad Phillip, 2004, Cultural Anthropology, New York, NY: McGraw-Hill (Tenth Edition).
Kuznar, Lawrence A., 1997, Reclaiming a Scientific Anthropology, Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.
GN 42 .K89 1997 Hilo
Maybury-Lewis, David, 2002, Indigenous Peoples, Ethnic Groups, and the State, Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon (Second Edition).
GN 380 .M392 1997 (First Edition)
Miller, Marc, ed., 1993, State of the Peoples: A Global Human Rights Report on Societies in Danger, Boston, MA: Beacon Press.
K 3242 .S73 1993
Moore, Jerry D., 1997, Visions of Culture: An Introduction to Anthropological Theories and Theorists, Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press.
GN 33 .M587 1997 Hilo
Naroll, Raoul, and Ronald Cohen, ed.s, 1973, A Handbook of Method in Cultural Anthropology, New York, NY: Columbia University Press.
GN 345 .N37 1993
Nolan, Riall W., 2003, Anthropology in Practice: Building a Career Outside the Academy, Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
GN 397.5 .N63 2003
Omohundro, John T., 2001, Careers in Anthropology, Mountain View, CA: Mayfield (Second Edition).
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GN 397.5 .A68 1991 Kauai
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Salzman, Philip Carl, and Patricia C. Rice, eds., 2004, Thinking Anthropologically: A Practical Guide for Students, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Schensul, Jean J., and Margaret D. LeCompte, eds., 1999, The Ethnographer's Tool Kit, Volumes 1-7, Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.
GN 345 .E846 1999 Hilo
Smith, Sheldon, and Philip D. Young, 1998, Cultural Anthropology: Understanding a World in Transition, Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
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APPENDIX V. VIDEOS IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Anthropology
Anthropologists at Work (applied) 11984
To Find the Baruya Story (New Guinea) 1677
A Man Called Bee: Studying the Yanomamo 5836
Yanomamo: A Multidisciplinary Study 4553
History
Anthropology on Trial (Margaret Mead) 893
Firth on Firth: Reflections of an Anthropologist 10323
Ishi, the Last Yahi 9383
The Last Tasmanians: Extinction 425
Margaret Mead: American Anthropologist 1681
Economics
Ahupua`a Fishponds and Lo`i (Hawaiians) 7194
Baka (African pygmy foragers) 3354
Bitter Melons (San, Kalahari, Africa) 5846
Dani Sweet Potatoes (Irian Jaya) 6392
The Desert People (Australian Aborigines) 7833
Ecology of Mind (Millennium Series Pt. 10) 6355
The Greening of Thailand (Mini Dragons II) 10571
The Hunters (San, Kalahari, Africa) 1504
Ifugao (Philippines) 264
Mini-Dragons II (Indonesia 10569, Malaysia 10570, Thailand 10571)
Murut Agriculture (Borneo) 6349
The Nuer (cattle herders, Sudan, Africa) 7624
Rice Farmer in Thailand 7531
Sakuddei (Indonesia) 1706
Shadows of the Forest (Efe Pygmies) 18392
Slash and Burn (Miskito of Nicaragua) 8499
Spirits of the Yellow Leaf (Mlabri, north Thailand) 11880
Tree House People (Papua New Guinea) 11895
The Turtle People (Miskito Indians, Nicaragua) 8508
Yanomami of the Orinoco 6864
Social organization
The Feast (Yanomami) 7939
Politics and Human Rights
Amazon Journal 15243
Ax Fight (Yanomami) 5736
Batak: A Forgotten People 7165
Blowpipes and Bulldozers: The Story of the Penan Tribe and Bruno Manser (Borneo) 1332
Contact: Yanomami Indians of Brazil 4962
Gertrude Blom: Guardian of the Forest (Maya, Guatemala) 6611
East Timor: Turning a Blind Eye 13680
First Contact (Papua New Guinea) 4387
Half-Life: A Parable for the Nuclear Age (Marshall Islands) 851
Hawaiian Sovereignty 10136
The Hmong Hill Tribe People of Laos 9903
Kayapo: Out of the Forest (Brazilian Amazon) 5297
Keepers of the Flame (Yanomami) 9860
The Meo 6562
To Protect Mother Earth (Shoshoni in Nevada) 5413
Sky Chief (Ecuador) 13744
Surviving Columbus: The Story of the Pueblo People 9464
The Tribe That Time Forgot (Arawa) 10873
USA on Trial: Indigenous Tribunal (2 parts) 7926
Culture and Cultural Change
Becoming American 7060
Culture Change 11132
Man Blong Custom 7354
N!ai: The Story of a !Kung Woman 1095
Trobriand Cricket: An Indigenous Response to Colonialism 2288
Missionization
New Tribes Mission (Yanomami) 6695
Ocamo is My Town (Yanomami) 6696
Sky Chief (Waorani) 13744
Vietnam Mission 13740
Religion
The Eleven Powers 6205
From the Heart of the World (Kogi, Colombia) 6070
The Goddess and the Computer (Bali) 4047
I am a Monk 7166
Keeping the Faith 13215
Ladakh 11602
Listen to the Forest (Hawaii) 9093
Magical Death (Yanomami) 7938
Spirit and Nature 5326
Art
Man Belong Custom 7354
War
Angels of War (New Guinea WWII) 702
Dead Birds (3 parts, Dani of New Guinea) 614
Miscellaneous
The Africans (9 parts) 1609
Millennium Series (10 parts)
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APPENDIX VI. WEB SITES [See CAGuide and Jobs for active links. Also there are lists of active web site under various topis and courses on this home page].
ANTHROPOLOGY
UH Department of Anthropology
http://www.anthropology.hawaii.edu
American Anthropological Association
http://www.aaanet.org
Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org
Anthropological Theories
http://www.as.ua.edu/ant/Faculty/murphy/436/anthros.htm
Anthropology Biography
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography
Anthropology and Environment Section AAA
http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/ej/jpe/anthenv/
Anthropology of Religion
http://www.uwgb.edu/sar/links.htm
Anthropology in the News
http://www.tamu.edu/anthropology/news.html
AnthroTech Context-Based Research Group
http://www.anthrojob.com
Careers in Anthropology
http://www.nku.edu/~anthro/careers.html
CountryReports
http://www.countryreports.org
Country Studies/Area Handbook
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Cultural Anthropology Tutorials
http://anthro.palomar.ed/tutorials/cultural.htm
Cultural Survival
http://www.cs.org
Cyberanthropology
http://www.cyberanthropology.com/index.cfm
Darkness in El Dorado Controversy (Douglas Hume web site)
http://members.aol.com/archaeodog/index.htm (Darkness in El Dorado)
Ethnologue
http://www.ethnologue.com/
Explore Linguistics
http://logos.uoregon.edu/explore/
Handbook on Ethical Issues in Anthropology
http://www.aaanet.org/committees/ethics/toc.htm
History of Anthropology Newsletter
http://anthropology.uchicago.edu/han/Default.htm
Human Relations Area Files (HRAF)
http://www.yale.edu/hraf/
International Group for Indigenous Affairs
http://www.
Internet Anthropologist
http://www.sosig.ac.uk/vts/anthropologist/index.htm
Islam Today
http://www.islamtoday.com
Kalahari !Kung
hgtp://www.ucc.uconn.edu/~epsadm03/Kung.html
Linguistic Society of America
http://www.lsadc.org
Margaret Mead
http://www.interculturalstudies.org/IIS/index.html
National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
http://www.aaanet.org/napa
National Geographic Society
http://www.nationalgeographic.com
Native Web
http://www.nativeweb.org
Public Anthropology
http://www.publicanthropology.org
Society for Applied Anthropology
http://www.sfaa.net
Summer Institute of Linguistics
http://www.sil.org/linguistics/
Survival International
http://www.survival-international.org
Theory in Anthropology
http://www.indiana.edu/~wanthro/theory.htm
Third World Network
http://www.twnsidee.org.sg
Warriors of the Amazon
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shaman/
World Fact Book
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook
WWW Virtual Library: Anthropology
http://vlib.anthrotech.com
Yahoo!: Regional: Countries
http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries
Yanoama Cultural Summary HRAF
http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/cgi/e/ehraf/
ehraf-idx?c=ehrafe&view=owc&owc=SQ18
The Yanomamo
http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/anthropology/tutor/
case_studies/yanomamo/
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JOB AND CAREERS
About
http://about.com
AcademicCareers.com
http://www.AcademicCareers.com
American Anthropological Association
http://www.aaanet.org/careers.htm
America's Career InfoNet
http://www.acinet.org/acinet/
America's Job Bank
http://www.ajb.dni.us/
AnthroTECH Career Connection
http://www.anthrotech.com/career/
Career Builder
http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSereker
Career Magazine
http://www.careermag.com
Career Path
http://www.careerpath.com
Career Shop's Resume, Job and Employment Site
http://www.careershop.com/
Careers at UN
http://www.icsc.un.org/vab/index.htm
Careers in Anthropology
http://www.aaanet.org/careers.htm
Careers in Anthropology: Where the Jobs Are
htpp://www.nku.edu~anthro/careers.html
Careers in Anthropology
http://www.iupui.edu/it/anthropo/careers.htm
Catapult Summer Jobs and Internships
http://www.jobweb.org/catapult/10/300/1500
Chronicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com
Context-Based Research Group
http://www.anthrojobl.com/
Department of State Recruitment
http://www.state.gov/m/dghr/hr/
Development Gateway
http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/130664/
DevNetJobs
http://www.DevNetJobs.org
Development Organizations
http://www.devdir.org
The Employment Guide's Career Web
http://www.cweb.com/
Employment Opportunities
http://www.sha.org/nl-e,p.htm
Ethnographic Research Inc.
http://www.ethnographic-research.com
Federal Government Jobs
http://www.udajobs.opm.gov
Finding a Job in Anthropology
http://www.anthro.umt.edu/jobs
Flipdog
http://joboptions.cxareers.flipdog.com/
Getting Past Go
http://www.mongen.com/getgo
Goodworks First
http://www.goodworksfirst.org/
Govt Jobs
http://wwww.govtjobs.com
GovtJobNet
http://www.govtjob.net/
H-Net Job Guide for the Humanities and Social Sciences
http://www.matrix.msu.edu/jobs/
Headhunter
http://www.headhunter.net
HigherEdJobs.com
http://www.HigherEdJobs.com
Hot Jobs
http://www.hotjobs.com/
Idealist.org
http://www.idealist.org
Interaction
http://www.interaction.org
International Career Employment Weekly
http://www.internationaljobs.org
International Development
http://www.oneworld.org/jobs/
International Jobs Center
http://www.internationaljobs.org/
Job Star
http://www.jobstar.org
Jobs and Internships in Anthropology
http://www.online.sfsu.edu/~mgriffin/jobs.html
Jobs in Anthropology
http://anthropology.about.com/science/anthropology/msubjobs.htm
Job Vacancies
http://www.sihr.si.edu/vacancy/vacany.cfm?close=close,mpanum
Jobweb
http://www.jobwweb.com
The Monster Board
http://www.monster.com/
Monster.com
http://www.jobsearch.monster.com
National Association of Colleges and Employers
http://jobweb
NGOs, etc.
http://www.foundationcenter.org
NGO Worldline
http://www.sover.net/~paulven/ngo.html
Nonprofit Jobs
http://www.acinet.org/acinet/
http://www.nonprofitjobs.org/
One World Net
http://www.oneworld.net
Opportunity Knocks
http://opportunitynocs.org
Peace Corps
http://www.peacecorps.gov/home.html
Plans
http://www.pplans.com
Postdoctoral Opportunities in Anthropology
http://www.unm.edu/~acstone/postdocs/post-doc.html
Resume-O-Matic
http://www.ypn.com/jobs/resumes/index.html
Salary
http://www.salary.com
Society for Applied Anthropology Job Announcements
http://www.saa.org/Careers/job-listing.html
http://www.sfaa.net/sfaajobs.html
StudentJobs
http://www.studentjobs.gov/
United Nations
http://www.un.org/MoreInfo/ngolink/ngodir.htm
USA JOBS
http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/
Volunteers in Technical Service
http://www.vita.org
Wet Feet
http://www.wetfeet.com/asp/home.asp
What Works
http://www.whatworks.org
WWW Virtual Library: Anthropology: Job Opportunities
http://vlib.anthrotech.com/Job_Opportunities/
Yahoo
http://www.careers.yahoo.com
NOTE: For additional web sites and related matters see:
Carlson, David, 2003, Researching Anthropology on the Internet, New York, NY: Thomson/Wadsworth.
Google
http://www.google.com
Ferrante, Joan, 1998, Let's Go Anthropology: Travels on the Internet, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company.
Hoopes, John W., et al., 1999, The Mayfield Quick View Guide to the Internet for Students of Anthropology, Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company.