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Spring 2008Course Booklet
Hello everyone! The past three years have flown, and I come to the end of my term as Chair at the end of 2007. A great deal has happened over the past six months: we hosted the very successful 4th Greater Boston Anthropology Consortium Student Conference, installed two student Public Anthropology exhibits in the Slater Concourse Gallery, held a Public Anthropology roundtable on “Cultural Display and Community Partnerships,” underwent an external review, overhauled our curriculum, moved from our basement dungeon into our bright new home at 126 Curtis Street, and are now conducting a search for a new tenure-track colleague. We are excited to be searching for an anthropologist specializing in contemporary transnational and national political processes (including human rights, humanitarian assistance, governance and citizenship, forced migration), and would like to invite you to the job talks on November 19, November 26, and December 3 (all Monday Open Block) in Sophia Gordon Lounge. Anthropology majors will be invited to separate meetings with the candidates. Our new major requirements are listed at the end of this booklet. We believe that they offer you more flexibility and choice while also promoting greater depth in Anthropology. Please note that some course numbers have changed in order to fit the new number ranges. Please note also that any area-focused course numbered below Anth 160 (of which we offer three in Spring 08) now fulfils the Area Course requirement for the major. Six new courses are offered: Jennifer Burtner’s “The Anthropology of War and Peacemaking,” Cathy Stanton’s “Global Cities,” an Anthropology Internship (for majors only), Maria Elena Garcia’s “Gendered Lives: The Cultural Politics of Gender and Sexuality in Latin America,” Cathy Stanton’s “Tourism and Social Justice,” and Jennifer Burtner’s “Globalization and Feminism.” And as part of our Public Anthropology initiative, David Guss is offering his seminar, “Architecture of Utopia—Theatres of Community.” Please submit a paper abstract for the 5th Greater Boston Anthropology Consortium Student Conference, which will take place at Brandeis University on Friday, February 29. This is a wonderful opportunity to present a paper on a panel with other Anthropology students from Brandeis and Clark Universities and Wellesley, Wheaton, and Olin Colleges. Submissions are due by Monday December 10. For further information, please contact Cathy Stanton ([email protected]). Please avail yourselves of this opportunity! Tufts students have shone at this conference from the beginning. And as always, please consider joining our excellent student Anthropology Collective. Contact Nancy Henry ([email protected]) for information on how to join. I will be on sabbatical leave during Spring and Fall 2008. Please come in to Curtis Street during my office hours to say goodbye!
Rosalind Shaw, Department of Anthropology
Anthropology Courses Spring 2008
17 Latin/o Music, Migration & Identity Pacini 25 The Anthropology of War & Peacemaking Burtner 39 Global Cities Stanton 40 Biological Anthropology Bailey
99 Internship 128 Mesoamerican Archaeology Sullivan 149-02 Evolutionary Medicine Bailey 149-08 Gendered Lives: The Cultural Politics Garcia of Gender and Sexuality in Latin America 149-14 Royal Arts of Africa Probst 185-03 Involuntary Crossings: Disasters, Refugees, and Resettlement Burtner 185-04 Tourism & Social Justice Stanton 185-05 Globalization and Feminism Burtner 186 Architecture of Utopia-Theatres of Community Guss 191 Directed Reading 197 Directed Research 198 Apprenticeship in Anthropological Research 199 Senior Honor Thesis
Anthropology Faculty Chair |David Guss [email protected] Associate Professor Ph.D., Anthropology University of California at Los Angeles Urban and aesthetic anthropology; theory; cultural performance; myth and ritual; popular culture; Latin America Stephen Bailey [email protected] Associate Professor Ph.D., Anthropology University of Michigan Biological and nutritional anthropology; growth and body composition; methodology; Latin America, China, Southwest US Deborah Pacini Hernandez [email protected] Associate Professor Ph.D., Anthropology Cornell University Comparative Latino Studies; racial and ethnic identity; popular music; globalization; transnationalism; Latino community studies Sarah Pinto (on leave Spring 2008) [email protected] Assistant Professor Ph.D., Anthropology Princeton University Medical anthropology; gender; reproduction; social and feminist theory; caste; political subjectivity; India, US Rosalind Shaw (on leave Spring 2008) [email protected] Associate Professor Ph.D., Social Anthropology University of London (SOAS) Transitional justice; the anthropology of mass violence; local and transnational practices of redress and social repair; child and youth combatants; social memory; the Atlantic slave trade; ritual and religion; West Africa; Sierra Leone. Cathy Stanton [email protected] Lecturer Ph.D., Anthropology / Heritage Studies Tufts University History and memory; cultural performance; heritage; tourism; myth and ritual
Peter Probst (Art History) [email protected] Associate Professor Dr., M.Phil., Art, media and performance; globalization and African modernity; memory and religion Jennifer Burtner Rangel [email protected] Lecturer Ph.D., Anthropology University of Texas at Austin Migration and resettlement, tourism and development, NGOs and the state, conflict and post-conflict, Brazil, Central America, and US Latino experiences María Elena García (Spanish) [email protected] Mellon Post-doctoral Fellow, Ph.D. Brown University Latin American Anthropology, Andean Cultural Politics, Latino/a Cultural Politics, Race and Ethnicity, Indigenous Politics, Human-Animal Articulations, Social Movements, Anthropology of Colonialism, Development, and Human Rights, Politics of Education Lauren Sullivan [email protected] Lecturer Ph.D., Anthropology University of Texas at Austin Mesoamerican Archaeology; Maya Archaeology; the rise & fall of complex societies; prehistory of the American Southwest; Paleoindians of North America; human evolution; Cultural Anthropology; ceramic analysis
Anthropology Staff Paige Johnson Staff Assistant 617-627-6528 [email protected] Lynn Wiles Department Administrator 617-627-3563 [email protected]
Anthropology Courses Spring 2008
Anthropology 17: Latin/o Music, Migration & Identity Deborah Pacini Hernandez Time Block: E+ Monday & Wednesday 10:30-11:45
This course focuses on the relationship between US Latino musical practices and the formation of Latino social and cultural identities in the context of continuing immigration from Latin America.
Departing from the notion that music is a social activity rather than an object, students will analyze how Latino ways of music making have been shaped by historical, social, cultural and spatial contexts, comparing the development and significance of a range of genres such as salsa, merengue, bachata, corrido, conjunto, cumbia, banda and reggaeton. Other issues covered include the cultural politics of representation, how changing concepts of racial and ethnic identity are articulated musically, the roles of women, gender and sexuality in musical production, how globalization has affected the circulation of music, and how the music industry employs ethnicity to market their products. Assignments and classroom discussions include audio-visual materials. No formal knowledge of music or Spanish required. No prerequisites. Counts towards the Hispanic Cultures and Diaspora Culture Option and World Civilization requirement. Students may not enroll in this class if they have previously received credit for Anth 50: Freshman Seminar Latin/o Music, Race, and Place. Anthropology 25: The Anthropology of War & Peacemaking Jennifer Burtner Rangel Time Block: G+ Monday & Wednesday 1:30-2:45
September 11, 2001, and its aftermath in Afghanistan, Iraq, and a host of other countries around the world have made the study of war and conflict transformation one of the most pressing issues of our time. In this introductory-level class, we will use concepts from the anthropology of violence to critically examine ideas about the causes of conflict, and its gendered, ethnic, cultural, and religious dimensions. We will investigate how conflicts are simultaneously local and globalized through media, transnational flows of commodities, and international interventions —especially during the global “war on terror.” Finally, we will explore local, national, and international techniques of conflict transformation and
peacemaking, and the intersections among these. Our focus will be on experience, critiques, and initiatives from the ground up. Anthropology 39-01: Global Cities Cathy Stanton Time Block: M+ Monday & Wednesday 6:00-7:15 pm. As the world continues to become more urbanized, cities take on increasingly important roles as nodes in global flows of people, capital, and images. Using theory and case studies from anthropology and other disciplines, this course will examine how shared identities are shaped, contested, memorialized, and erased in urban spaces, and how those spaces relate to their larger environmental contexts. We will focus on questions of gender, ethnicity, and cities as stages for positive and destructive kinds of spectacle, including sport, art, terrorism, and war. The course will introduce students to some of the ways that anthropologists have thought about issues of place-making, social cohesion and conflict, and mobility on a global scale. The changing city of Somerville will provide one site for our investigation of these questions, and students will also create a portfolio of materials relating to any city of their choice. Anthropology 40: Biological Anthropology Stephen Bailey Time Block: E+ Monday & Wednesday 10:30-11:15 am. Human biological diversity surrounds us: We vary in size, shape and color; in the ways that our bodies respond to heat, cold, food, and workload; and in our fundamental genetic makeup. Physical Anthropology introduces the student to these problems of biological diversity in living and prehistoric populations. Basic evolutionary principles are applied to explain the origins, mechanisms and trends of this human diversity. Topics include the human and primate fossil record, the interplay of biology and culture, adaptation to environmental stress, the evolutionary significance of infectious disease, including AIDS, smallpox, cholera, and malaria; basic Mendelian and population, genetics, primate behavior, human growth, and the evolutionary meaning of complex behaviors. Requirements: Three examinations and one fieldwork assignment.
Physical Anthropology fulfills one of the science distribution requirements. Prerequisites: None Students may not enroll in this class if they have previously received credit for Anth 20: Physical Anthropology.
Anthropology 99: Internship Members of the department Supervised internship in wide range of community organizations, health organizations, museums, governmental and non-governmental organizations. Twelve to fifteen hours work per week. Written assignments, with supporting readings, to place internship in critical analytical frame. For Anthropology majors only. Anthropology 128: Mesoamerican Archeology Lauren Sullivan Time Block: M+ Monday & Wednesday 6:00-7:15 pm. An introduction to the archaeology of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. The focus is on the origins of village life, the development of social complexity, and the emergence of states. Cultures to be studied include the Olmec, the Maya, the Zapotec, the Mixtec, and the Aztec. The rich cultural heritage left behind in the form of artifacts, architecture, murals, inscribed monuments, hieroglyphs, and codices will be used to examine Mesoamerican daily life, economy, social and political organization and world view that has survived in many areas to the present day. NOTE: Cross-listed as Arch 128 Prerequisite: Anth 30 or consent. Anthropology 149-02: Evolutionary Medicine Stephen Bailey Time Block: 11+ Tuesday 6:00 – 9:00 pm.
Emerging biomedical, anthropological, and ecological perspectives on the "arms race" between humans and disease. Co-evolutionary theory. Interplay of disease risk, natural selection, and human behavior. Basic genetic epidemiology and pathology. Health consequences of westernization, modernization, and ecological disruption. Relationships between disease risk and host factors such as sex, age, ethnicity, class, nationality, and occupation. Comparisons between
zoonotic infectious diseases such as SARS, Avian Flu, and Ebola; "traditional" infectious disease such as Malaria and TB; and noninfectious diseases of modernity, such as Coronary Heart Disease, Hypertension, Asthma, Bipolar Disorder, and Attention Deficit /Hyperactivity Disorder. Prerequisite: Anth 20 or introductory Bio
Anthropology 149-08: Gendered Lives: The Cultural Politics of Gender and Sexuality in Latin America Maria Elena Garcia Time Block: 8 Thursday 1:30-4:00 This seminar explores the ways in which the cultural construction of gender and sexuality structure the lives of Latin American men and women. In Latin America, ideas about what it means to be a man and a woman have powerful consequences. These ideas are challenged, turned upside down, negotiated, and accepted in a variety of ways that make up the cultural politics of gender in the Americas. While this course focuses on Latin America, it also examines the lives of women and men who migrate and live in complex hybrid territories like the borderlands between Mexico and the U.S. Some of the themes students will interrogate in this seminar are the intersections of gender, race, and class; power and sexuality; war and gender; and the gendered dimensions of community life and migration. A few of the specific case studies include the deployment of motherhood as a political tool of resistance in Argentina, the politics of masculinity in Mexico City, the history of the gay movement in Brazil, violence against women in Guatemala and Ciudad Juárez, and indigenous women's struggles in the Andes. This course is open to all interested students. Note: Cross-listed as Spanish 92-A Anthropology 149-14: Royal Arts of Africa Peter Probst Time Block: L+ Tuesday & Thursday 4:30-5:45
Based upon a critical examination of what royal African arts reveal about the nature of kingship and ideas about the divine in Africa, the lecture will focus on three dimensions of art: 1. art as a medium of representation (enhancement, and sublimation of political status) 2. art as a medium of communication (particularly communication with deities, spiritual beings, by sacrificial offerings) and 3. art as a medium of remembrance. (art as a means to arrest, store and report about the past). Note: cross-listed as FAH 006
Anthropology 185-03: Involuntary Crossings: Disasters, Refugees. and Resettlement Jennifer Burtner Rangel Time Block: Exception Wednesday 4:30-7:00 pm. Drawing on ethnographic, historical and public policy sources, this class will introduce students over a 14 week period to one of the most pressing problems of our day: involuntary displacement and resettlement. Our approach for examining the problem is based on socio-cultural anthropological methods and theory. Using ethnographies and project/program assessments/evaluations written by anthropologists working in the area of international development and aid, we will look at the push/pull factors and experiences of various groups that due to a combination of forces (i.e., economic crises, natural disasters, civil wars, genocide and induced development) find themselves displaced from their homes/communities and seeking refuge, becoming part of their home country’s internally displaced populations or entering into the vast network of international migratory routes/destinations (be it temporarily or permanently). While this phenomenon occurs worldwide, we shall focus on those groups who find their temporary or permanent destination for resettlement the United States of
America. We will compare the histories, experiences and trajectories of communities of immigrants from Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East who have immigrated and settled in the U.S. during the 20th and 21st Century. These narratives/histories will be placed within the context of earlier migrations (Continental Europe, China) and the settlement and migratory patterns of what are now considered
more embedded U.S. populations (Native Americans, Mexican nationals and Spanish in the SW, Creoles, etc.). In addition to providing thematic background, the course will instruct students on basic techniques in ethnographic research and for evaluating risk and costs involved in voluntary and involuntary displacement and resettlement, the latter of which is based on some of the models currently used by large-scale international institutions (governmental and non-governmental) working in the area. This course will be particularly useful to those students interested in Latino and Latin American communities living in the U.S., anthropological field methods/analysis and inter-disciplinary team-based international humanitarian assistance. Prerequisite: Jr. or Sr. standing.
Anthropology 185-04: Tourism & Social Justice Cathy Stanton Time Block: 5+ Monday 1:30-4:20 Who gets what out of tourism, and on what terms? This seminar will adopt the perspective of those who are “toured” in tourist settings and those who provide the labor, infrastructure, sites, and stories for what is now one of the world’s largest industries. The class will also introduce students to doing ethnographic research, using a set of methods that is surprisingly similar to tourism in many ways and that allows for in-depth exploration of questions about place- and image-making, race and ethnicity, community memory, changing labor practices in the global economy, and related issues. Readings and films will provide a theoretical grounding for students’ own short fieldwork projects, which will be designed and undertaken in collaboration with a Boston hotel workers’ union and a youth group that offers tours of its own Boston neighborhood. Prereq: 1 Anth course or consent. Students may not enroll in this class if they have previously received credit for Anth 149-01 Anthropology of Tourism.
Anthropology 185-05: Globalization and Feminism Jennifer Burtner Rangel Time Block: Monday 4:30-7:00 pm. In this seminar we will explore the development and content of “an international feminist movement” in the context of globalization. This exploration begins with the question “How does taking gender into account change our understanding of political thoughts, institutions, and organizing?” To answer this we will integrate social science with public policy perspectives. Over the course of 14 weeks we will analyze the impact of various traditions of feminist methodologies on interpretations of the state, civil society and international relations, by studying the impacts global political developments (such as democratization) and national and regional economic policies (such as liberalization, privatization, decentralization and transnationalism) are having on women and on the agendas of the female-centered organizations they work with. We begin by 1) reviewing and critiquing debates related to gender identity, sexual difference and socio-political and sexual domination and 2) discussing globalization as a process that affects women and men differently in different contexts. Once this theoretical framework is established, we move on to explore how feminist analyses have dealt with the pressing issues of violence, security and political participation – as they are experienced through the human body, drawing on cases from Latin America, Asia and Africa. We conclude by demonstrating just how strongly
gender is linked to globalization, analyzing the work of feminist leaders and organizations in the areas of human rights and the ongoing struggle for global economic and environmental
equality and social justice - and considering what should be included on the global feminist agenda in the 21st century.
This seminar is designed to provide students with a solid foundation in contemporary theory, practice, and debate in feminist anthropology (ethnography and ethno-history), examining issues including: feminism and postmodernism/poststructuralism; subjectivity and difference; power and marginality; labor and resistance; kinship and reproduction. Emphasis will be given, throughout the course, to intersections between gender and other social relations including race, ethnicity, class, and sexual orientation. Anthropology 186: The Architecture of Utopia - Theatres of Community David Guss Time Block: 7+ Wednesday 1:20-4:20/Field Trips Friday 12:00-3:00 This project-oriented course will explore the American university as an experiment in utopian architecture where communities are regularly created and strangers forge life-long attachments to both their classmates and their adopted Alma Maters ("nourishing mothers"). Issues of placemaking along with the phenomenology of space and the semiotics of the built environment will form a theoretical background to the class's exploration of the history of the university as a special environment for not only the production of knowledge but also character. The course will take an ethnographic and comparative approach to investigating college campuses, including Tufts itself as well as a range of other schools in the college-rich Boston area: an elite university (Harvard), a commuter college (Bunker Hill), two evolving downtown campuses (Suffolk and Emerson), a woman's college (Simmons),
a science university (MIT), and a two-year community college with a large minority student body (Roxbury Community College). These diverse examples will enable us to look at a range of issues such as class, race, gender, town-gown relations, immigration, and urban renewal, all in the context of the planned university environment. Students will be given ethnographic training in order to conduct first-hand research at selected schools. The results of this research will contribute to an exhibition
and website. NOTE: Site specific tours will also be conducted on selected Fridays 12:00-3:00.Prerequisites: Sophomore standing Anth 191 Directed Reading
Anth 197 Directed Research
Anth 198 Apprenticeship in Anthropological Research Anth 199 Senior Honor Thesis
Major in Anthropology Ten courses, including: 1) One Gateway (introductory level) sociocultural anthropology course (Anthropology 10-39) 2) One Gateway biological anthropology or archaeology course (Anthropology 40-59) 3) Anthropology 130 4) Seven additional anthropology courses, at least one of which must be an area-focused course numbered below 160, and two of which must be upper-level seminars (Anthropology 160-189). Note: We strongly recommend taking the theory course (Anthropology 130) in the junior year. A maximum of two courses cross-listed in other Tufts departments may be counted toward the Anthropology major. The department encourages majors to explore the possibility of undertaking a senior thesis.
Declaring a Major Any full-time faculty member of the department can be your advisor. Try to meet with as many of the faculty members as possible to talk about your own goals and expectations. Select an advisor who seems most attuned to your interests. Fill out the blue “Declaration of Major” form, get it signed by your new advisor and initialed by the department staff assistant, and deliver the form to the dean of colleges office on the first floor of Ballou Hall. Make sure you get your folder from your previous advisor and deliver it to the department. You have now officially declared a major and henceforth relevant documents (transcripts, pre-registration packets, etc.) will come to your new advisor.
Double Majors The same blue form should be used to declare a second major. Your folder will have to go to your advisors in both departments so have the department make an additional copy for the second department.
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