The lecture notes for sessions 1 and 2 were written by Professor Howe. The lecture notes for sessions 9 and 14 were written by Anne Pollock, the Teaching Associate for the course. The lecture notes for sessions 6-12, 15-16, 19 and 21-24 were taken during class by Emily Kagan for OCW.
| SES # | TOPICS |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction: Anthropology and Its Divisions (PDF) |
| 2 | Being Cultural (PDF) |
| 3 | Evolution and Adaptation |
| 4 | Film: Number Our Days |
| 5 | Doing Fieldwork |
| 6 | Ethnography (PDF) |
| 7 | Writing and Pain (PDF) |
| 8 | Uniqueness and Cultural Difference (PDF) |
| 9 | Race and Biological Difference (PDF) |
| 10 | Giving and Receiving (PDF) |
| 11 | Potlatch and Kula (PDF) |
| 12 | Morality and Cultural Relativism (PDF) |
| 13 | Film on Exchange, with Discussion |
| 14 | Anthropological Studies of Science (PDF) |
| 15 | Thinking Symbolically (PDF) |
| 16 | Kinship and Marriage (PDF) |
| 17 | TBA |
| 18 | Film: The Nuer |
| 19 | The Nuer of the Sudan (PDF) |
| 20 | Film: Strange Practices |
| 21 | Making Sense of the Nuer (PDF) |
| 22 | Making More Sense of the Nuer (PDF) |
| 23 | Problems with Culture (PDF) |
| 24 | More Problems with Culture (PDF) |
| 25 | Wrap-up |