SOC 205 | Course Introduction and Application Information - Department of Sociology

Course Name

Cultural Anthropology

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
SOC 205	Fall	3	0	3	4

Prerequisites	None
Course Language	English
Course Type	Required
Course Level	First Cycle
Mode of Delivery	-
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	-
National Occupation Classification	-
Course Coordinator	-
Course Lecturer(s)	Prof. Dr. Hatice Deniz YÜKSEKER TEKİN
Assistant(s)	-

Course Objectives	This course aims to provide students with theoretical tools from anthropological studies in analyzing contemporary or historical human groups by focusing on their daily lives. It is expected that students acquire facility in discussing and analyzing social and cultural forms originated in different contexts and attain a deeper understanding in reading theoretical and cultural texts.
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; discuss the general terminology and concepts of cultural anthropology. question social and cultural problems within the framework of cultural anthropology. explain artistic and spiritual foundations of culture. evaluate types of social organization through concepts of kinship, domestic life, groupings, stratification with also economic and political dimensions. analyze cultural differences in the context of conflict resolution. acquire the basic knowledge needed for designing and applying a qualitative research express their knowledge and thoughts orally and by writing
Course Description	This course examines the history of ideas that configured the ways in which social scientists engaged in the studies of human communities and their lives, as well as introducing some of the major themes that figure in contemporary discussions. We will look at how anthropologists and scholars in related fields have come to understand “ethnography,” “culture,” “structure,” “symbols” and “time” as the key concepts in analyzing the social lives of human beings. Not only do these frameworks shape understanding of human groups, they have also partaken in the political imaginaries of their time. In this way, anthropology is not a detached science, if there is any such thing, but an engagement to shape the world in accord with the ways social scientists conceive and study the distinctions between normal and deviant, objective and subjective, and cultural and natural. We will focus on some of the most important discussions in the contemporary literature to investigate the political potentialities in understanding human societies.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

Course Category	Core Courses	X
	Major Area Courses
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Management Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

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 Video: “Masters Series on Field Research: Interview with Professor William Foote Whyte”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoJo9vZFk1U
5	Language and communication	Lavenda, R. H. & Schultz, E. A. (2005). "Language", chap. 3 in Core Concepts in Cultural Anthropology, (4th ed.) Boston: McGraw Hill, 33-50. Spradley, J. & McCurdy, D. W. (2012). “Language and Communication”, in Conformity and Conflict. Readings in Cultural Anthropology, (14th ed.) Boston: Pearson. 38-40. “Whorf Revisited: You are What You Speak,” Conformity and Conflict (14th ed.), pp. 49-56 (Guy Deutscher)
6	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)
7	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.
8	Family and Kinship (cont’d)	“Mother’s Love: Death without Weeping,” Conformity and Conflict (14th edition), pp. 155-164 (Nancy Scheper-Hughes) “Polyandry: When Brothers Take a Wife,” Conformity and Conflict (14th edition) (Melvyn Goldstein)
9	Midterm week
10	Social Organization: Caste, Class, Race, Ethnicity, Gender	Lavenda, R. H. & Schultz, E. A. (2005). "The Dimensions of Social Organization", chap. 6 in Core Concepts in Cultural Anthropology, (4th ed.) Boston: McGraw Hill, 89-108. “Mixed Blood” Conformity and Conflict (14th edition) (Jeffrey M. Fish) Watch a video: “Anthropology and the Question of Race” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EqStqxCvfU
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
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	Globalization	Lavenda, R. H. & Schultz, E. A. (2005). "Globalization and the Culture of Capitalism", chap. 11 in Core Concepts in Cultural Anthropology, (4th ed.) Boston: McGraw Hill, 179-200.
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 (4^th ed.) Core Concepts in Cultural Anthropology, Boston: McGraw Hill

James Spradley and David W. McCurdy. 2012 (14^th ed.) Conformity and Conflict. Readings in Cultural Anthropology. Boston: Pearson

Suggested Readings/Materials

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments	1	20
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm	1	30
Final Exam	1	50
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	2	50
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade	1	50
Total

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)	16		0
Study Hours Out of Class	15	3	45
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques			0
Portfolio			0
Homework / Assignments	1	8	8
Presentation / Jury			0
Project			0
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms	1	10	10
Final Exam	1	11	11
		Total	122

#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	To have the knowledge of classical and contemporary theories in sociology, and be able to comparatively analyze these theories.	-	-	-	-	-
2	To have the knowledge of main methodological approaches in sociology as well as social research and data analysis methods.	-	X	-	-	-
3	To have knowledge in the fields of general sociology, sociology of institutions, social structure and change, and applied sociology.	-	X	-	-	-
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.	-	X	-	-	-
5	To be able to diagnose the social dynamics behind personal problems by using sociological imagination.	-	-	-	-	-
6	To be able to define social problems at local, national, and global level, and offer new policies for solutions.	X	-	-	-	-
7	To be able to apply commonly-used computer programs for data collection and analysis in sociological research.	X	-	-	-	-
8	To be able to develop a socially responsible, scientific and ethical perspective regarding the collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation of data.	X	-	-	-	-
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	-	-	-	-
10	To be able to constantly renew herself/himself professionally by following scientific and technological developments in sociology and social research.	-	-	-	-	-
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).	-	-	-	-	-
12	To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently.	-	-	-	-	-
13	To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.	-	-	-	-	-

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