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Department of Sociology
SOC 205 | Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Name |
Cultural Anthropology
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
(hour/week) |
Application/Lab
(hour/week) |
Local Credits
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ECTS
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SOC 205
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Fall
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3
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0
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3
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4
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| Prerequisites |
None
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| Course Language |
English
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| Course Type |
Required
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| Course Level |
First Cycle
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| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | The goal of the course is to demonstrate the importance of culture in the organization of social life and to familiarize students with basic concepts in cultural anthropology. It also aims to provide basic knowledge on the ethnographic research method. |
| Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | The course will provide an anthropological perspective on social life and discuss how cultural anthropology can help us understand the cultures that we encounter, including our own. The course will define the discipline of anthropology and the place of cultural anthropology in it. It will discuss the theoretical origins of cultural anthropology. It will describe the ethnographic method and explain how this method is used in practice. It will focus on several major themes such as culture, family, gender, economy, politics, religion, urban life, and health and healing. |
| Related Sustainable Development Goals |
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Core Courses |
X
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| Major Area Courses | ||
| Supportive Courses | ||
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| Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Anthropology | Lavenda, R. H. & Schultz, E. A. (2009). "Anthropology", chap. 1 in Core Concepts in Cultural Anthropology, (4th ed.) Boston: McGraw Hill, 1-14. Watch a documentary: The Akha Tribe in Laos: Between Tradition and Modernity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sNFveHpkwI |
| 3 | Culture | Lavenda, R. H. & Schultz, E. A. (2009). "Culture", chap. 2 in Core Concepts in Cultural Anthropology, (4th ed.) Boston: McGraw Hill, 15-32. Spradley, J. & McCurdy, D. W. (2012). “Culture and ethnography”, in Conformity and Conflict. Readings in Cultural Anthropology, (14th ed.) Boston: Pearson. 2-12. |
| 4 | Ethnographic Method | “Eating Christmas in the Kalahari,” Conformity and Conflict (14th edition), pp. 13-19 (Richard Borshay Lee) “Shakespeare in the Bush,” Conformity and Conflict (14th edition), pp. 41-48 (Laura Bohannan) “How does it feel to be Black and Poor?” in Gang Leader for a Day: a Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets, 2008, pp. 1-25 (Sudhir Venkatesh) Video: “Gang leader for a day: Sudhir Venkatesh” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRq1AhFAN-4 |
| 5 | Religion and Magic | Lavenda, R. H. & Schultz, E. A. (2005). "Expressive Culture: Religion, Worldview and Art", chap. 5 in Core Concepts in Cultural Anthropology, (4th ed.) Boston: McGraw Hill, 67-88. “Baseball Magic,” Conformity and Conflict, (14th edition) (George Gmelch) “Body Ritual among the Nacimera,” Conformity and Conflict (14th edition) (Horace Miner) |
| 6 | Family and Kinship | Lavenda, R. H. & Schultz, E. A. (2005). "Kinship and Descent", chap. 9 in Core Concepts in Cultural Anthropology, (4th ed.) Boston: McGraw Hill, 153-166. Lavenda, R. H. & Schultz, E. A. (2005). "Marriage and Family", chap. 10 in Core Concepts in Cultural Anthropology, (4th ed.) Boston: McGraw Hill, 167-178. |
| 7 | Family and Kinship | “Polyandry: When Brothers Take a Wife,” Conformity and Conflict (14th edition) (Melvyn Goldstein) *Lecture on assignment 1: family and kinship* |
| 8 | Midterm Week | |
| 9 | Urban ethnography and urban rights | Setha Low (2017) “Introduction: the importance of and approaches to the ethnography of space and place” In: Spatializing Culture: the Ethnography of Space and Place. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 1-9. *Workshop on urban rights 1* |
| 10 | Urban ethnography and urban rights | *Workshop on urban rights 2* *Assignment 1 on family and kinship due* |
| 11 | Economic Anthropology | Lavenda, R. H. & Schultz, E. A. (2005). "Economic Anthropology", chap. 8 in Core Concepts in Cultural Anthropology, (4th ed.) Boston: McGraw Hill, 131-152. “The Hunters: Scarce Resources in the Kalahari,” Conformity and Conflict (14th edition) (Richard Borshay Lee) Read about what the Bushmen of the Kalahari are doing now: http://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/bushmen *Collective class fieldwork on the right to the city* |
| 12 | Political Anthropology | Lavenda, R. H. & Schultz, E. A. (2005). "Political Anthropology", chap. 7 in Core Concepts in Cultural Anthropology, (4th ed.) Boston: McGraw Hill, 109-130. |
| 13 | Presentations on assignments on urban rights | *Assignment 2 on urban rights due* |
| 14 | Anthropology of Health and Healing | Langdon and Wilk, 2010, “Anthropology, Health and Illness: an Introduction to the Concept of Culture Applied to the Health Sciences” Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem 18(3):458-65. |
| 15 | Review of the semester | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Robert H. Lavenda and Emily A. Schultz. 2009 (4th ed.) Core Concepts in Cultural Anthropology, Boston: McGraw Hill James Spradley and David W. McCurdy. 2012 (14th ed.) Conformity and Conflict. Readings in Cultural Anthropology. Boston: Pearson |
| Suggested Readings/Materials |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | ||
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments |
1
|
20
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| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm |
1
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30
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| Final Exam |
1
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50
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| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
2
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50
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| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
1
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50
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| Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
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3
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48
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| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
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0
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| Study Hours Out of Class |
15
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3
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45
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| Field Work |
0
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
0
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| Portfolio |
0
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| Homework / Assignments |
2
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4
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8
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| Presentation / Jury |
0
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| Project |
0
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| Seminar / Workshop |
0
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| Oral Exam |
0
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| Midterms |
1
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10
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10
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| Final Exam |
1
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11
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11
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| Total |
122
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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| 1 |
To have the knowledge of classical and contemporary theories in sociology, and be able to comparatively analyze these theories. |
-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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| 2 |
To have the knowledge of main methodological approaches in sociology as well as social research and data analysis methods. |
-
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X
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-
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-
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-
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| 3 |
To have knowledge in the fields of general sociology, sociology of institutions, social structure and change, and applied sociology. |
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X
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-
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-
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-
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| 4 |
To be able to determine the appropriate methods in the design of the planning stage and conclusion of a sociological project, individually or as part of a team. |
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X
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-
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-
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-
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| 5 |
To be able to diagnose the social dynamics behind personal problems by using sociological imagination. |
-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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| 6 |
To be able to define social problems at local, national, and global level, and offer new policies for solutions. |
X
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-
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-
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-
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-
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| 7 |
To be able to apply commonly-used computer programs for data collection and analysis in sociological research. |
X
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-
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-
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-
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-
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| 8 |
To be able to develop a socially responsible, scientific and ethical perspective regarding the collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation of data. |
X
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-
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-
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-
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-
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| 9 |
To be able to analyze different aspects of the social world by drawing on the knowledge produced by other disciplines of the social sciences. |
X
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-
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-
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-
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| 10 |
To be able to constantly renew herself/himself professionally by following scientific and technological developments in sociology and social research. |
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-
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| 11 |
To be able to collect sociological data and communicate with sociologists and other social scientists in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). |
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-
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-
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-
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-
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| 12 |
To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. |
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-
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-
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-
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-
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| 13 |
To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. |
-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
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