This is a Page for your weekly schedule of readings/assignments.

CLASS TOPICS, READINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS SCHEDULE

Week 1 – Introduction – February 1, 2022

• Syllabus and course overview, requirements, expectations, and goals.
• Freire, Paulo. 1993. “Chapter 2” in Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York: Continuum Books.
• Clark Hine, Darlene. 2011. “A Black Studies Manifesto: Characteristics of a Black Studies Mind”
• Video: Doing Anthropology (2008)

February 8^th – Conversion Day – Classes follow a Friday schedule   

Week 2 – An Introduction to Anthropology & Culture – February 15, 2022

• Nelson, Katie & Lara Braff. 2020. “Introduction to Anthropology” in Perspectives: An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology, 2^nd Ed. Nina Brown, Laura Tubelle de González, and Thomas McIlwraith. Washington DC: American Anthropological Association. Pp. 3-28 (Open Educational Resource)
• Nader, Laura. 2020. “The History of Anthropological Ideas” in Perspectives: An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology. Ed. Nina Brown, Laura Tubelle de González, and Thomas McIlwraith. Washington DC: American Anthropological Association. 335-356. (Open Educational Resource)
• Video: The Offering -Directed by Guille Isa and Billy Silva
• Documentary – El Burén de Lula–Eat, Drink, Share Puerto Rico, Directed by Rafael Ruiz Mederos (2019)

Week 3 –Archaeology – February 22, 2022

• Renfew, Colin and Paul G. Bahn. 2016. “Introduction: The Nature and Aims of Archaeology,” In Archaeology: Theories, Methods, and Practice. New York: Thames and Hudson. Pp. 12-18. (Password protected) 
• Rodríguez, Reniel. 2010. “What is the Caribbean? An archaeological perspective” Journal of Caribbean Archaeology, 3, 19-51.
• Video: Meet the 90-year-old Armchair Archaeologist– Meet the 90-year-old Armchair archaeologist, (2019) – TED + GBS
• Podcast: Teeth of Homo naledi – Dr. Lucas Delezene, “A Story of Us Podcast” – Graduate Students of Anthropology at Ohio State University (2017)
• Video: Becker, Jeffrey and Beth Harris. 2018. What is archaeology: understanding the archaeological record. Khan Academy (Open Educational Resource)

Week 4 – Biological Anthropology – March 1, 2022

• Nelson, Katie, Lara Braff, Beth Shook, and Kelsie Aguilera. 2019. “Introduction to Biological Anthropology,” in Explorations: An Invitation to Biological Anthropology. Ed by Katie Nelson, Lara Braff, Beth Shook and Kelsie Aguilera. Washington DC: American Anthropological Association. Pp. 1-27. (Open Educational Resource)
• De León, Jason. 2015. “Introduction” in The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail. Berkeley: University of California Press.
• Video: What Happened Before History? –Human Origins Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell (2016)
• Video: Power of the Bones– Power of the Bones, Smithsonian Institution (2011)

Week 5 – Linguistic Anthropology and Language Ideologies – March 8, 2022

• Light, Linda. 2020. “Language” in Perspectives: An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology. Ed. Nina Brown, Laura Tubelle de González, and Thomas McIlwraith. Pp. 70-95. (Open Educational Resource)
• Urciouli, Bonnie. 1996. “Introduction- The Semiotics of Exclusion”, in Exposing Prejudice: Puerto Rican Experiences of Language, Race, and Class. Waveland Press: Long Grove. Pp. 1-14. (Password Protected)
• Rosa, Jonathan. 2016. “Chapter 3- From Mock Spanish to Inverted English: Language Ideologies and the Racialization of Mexican and Puerto Rican Youth in the United States” in Raciolinguistics: How Language Shapes Our Ideas about Race, Edited by Samy Alim, H., John H. Rickford and Arnetha F. Ball. Pp. 65-80. (Password Protected) 
• Video: The Social Life of Language with Mike Mena (2020)
• Netflix: “One Day at a Time”, Season 2, Episode 1 “The Turn” (2018) –Netflix

Week 6 – Geography and Empire – March 15, 2022

• Galeano, Eduardo. 1997. “Foreword by Isabel Allende” and “Introduction: 120 Million Children in the Eye of the Hurricane” in The Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent, 25^thAnniversary Edition. New York: Monthly Review Press. Pp. ix-10.
• Immerwahr, Daniel. 2016. “The Greater United States: Territory and Empire in U.S. History,” Diplomatic History, Vol. 40, No. 3: 373-391.
• Video: Democracy Now! Interview – “How To Hide an Empire “Daniel Immerwhar on the History of Greater United States.

Week 7- Race, Ethnicity, and Identity – March 22, 2022

• García, Justin. 2020. “Race and Ethnicity” in in Perspectives: An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology. Ed. Nina Brown, Laura Tubelle de González, and Thomas McIlwraith. Pp. 204-230. (Open Educational Resource)
• Hall, Stuart. 2015. “Cultural Identity and Diaspora.” Williams, Patrick and Laura Chrisman (eds.). Colonial Discourse and Post-Colonial Theory: A Reader, 392-403. New York: Columbia University Press. (Password Protected)
• Flores, Juan, & Jiménez-Román, Miriam. (2009). “Triple-consciousness? Approaches to Afro-Latino culture in the United States” Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies, 4(3): 319-328. (Password Protected)
• Music Video: Joe Arroyo y la Verdad – La Rebelión (1986)

Las castas. Casta painting showing 16 racial groupings. Anonymous, 18th century, oil on canvas, 148×104 cm, Museo Nacional del Virreinato, Tepotzotlán, Mexico.

Week 8- Diasporas, and Cultural Production – March 29, 2022

• Halstead, Narmala. 2011. “Gift Practices in Guyanese East Indian Diaspora: Belonging, Loss, and Status.” Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, 16(2): 278-295.
• Hutchinson, Sydney. 2014. “Dancing in Place: An Introduction” in Salsa World: A Global Dance in Local Contexts, 1-25. Edited by Sydney Hutchinson. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. (Password Protected)
• Music Video – Celia Cruz and Fania All Star – Quimbara (1974) Zaire, Africa

New Date:  Mid-term due – Saturday, April 1, 2022 11:59PM (Full Credit); Sunday, April 2, 2022- 11:59PM (Partial credit)

Week 9- Gender and Sexuality – April 5, 2022

• Decena, Carlos Ulices. 2008. “Tacit Subjects” GLQ: Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, 14(2-3): 339-359.
• Pinho, 2015. “The Dirty body that cleans: Representations of Domestic workers in Brazilian Common sense”. Meridians, 13(1): 103-128.
• Podcast: Seeking Asylum, Seeking to Stay Together – NPR Latino USA (2019)
• Film Review & Film Trailer–“José” is a Tender Look at Being Young, Gay, and Indigenous in Guatemala-Remezcla (2019)

Week 10 – Economy & Food – April 12, 2022

• Mintz, Sidney W. 1986. “Introduction” in Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History. Xv-xxx. New York: Penguin Books. (Password Protected) 
• McNeil, Cameron. 2009. “Introduction: The Biology, Antiquity, and Modern Uses of Chocolate Tree (Thobroma cacao)” in Chocolate in Mesoamerica: A Cultural History of Cacao Ed. Cameron L. McNeil, Florida: University of Florida Press; 1- 28. (Password Protected) 
• Video- The history of chocolate –Deanna Puccirarelli – Ted Talk (2017)

Spring Recess April 15 – April 22, 2022 – No classes Scheduled

Week 11 – Medical Anthropology and Health – April 26, 2022

• Henninger-Rener, Sashur. 2020. “Health and Medicine” Perspectives: An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology, 2^nd Ed. Nina Brown, Laura Tubelle de González, and Thomas McIlwraith. Washington DC: American Anthropological Association. Pp. 425-443. (Open Educational Resource)
• Cavender, A.P., Albán, M. 2009. “The use of magical plants by curanderos in the Ecuador highlands.” Journal of Ethnobiology & Ethnomedicine, 5(3): 1-9.
• Video – Medicine Man -Directed by Guille Isa and Billy Silva
• Short Documentary – “Comidas que Curan” – Foods that Heal (2014)

Week 12- Politics and Sports – May 3, 2022

• Kleszynski, Keith L. and Bernardo Ramírez Ríos. 2010. “The Ethnography of Culture, Symbols, and Identity: Sport Jerseys and Team Names in Latino Recreational Sports in the U.S.” The International Journal of Sport and Society¸ 1(4): 35-46. (Password Protected) 
• Archetti, Eduardo. “Masculinity and Football: the formation of national identity in Argentina” in Game Without Frontiers: Football, Identity, and Modernity. Edited by Richard Giulianoti and John Williams. Routledge: London. Pp. 225-244. (Password Protected) 
• Documentary– American Fútbol Directed by Peter Karl, Petar Madjarac (2019) (Password Protected) 

Week 13- Religion – May 10, 2022

• Wolf, Eric R. 1958. “The Virgin of Guadalupe: a Mexican national symbol,” The Journal of American Folklore, 71(279): 34-39.
• Mintz, Sidney, & Trouillot, M. R. (1995). “The Social History Haitian Vodou”In Sacred arts of Haitian Vodou, University of California Fowler Museum, 123-147. (Password Protected) 
• Documentary– What is Day of the Dead? – National Geographic (2017)
• Documentary– Meet the Vodou Priestess Summoning Healing Spirits in Post-Earthquake Haiti – Vice (2016)

Reflective Paper – Saturday May 21, 2022 (Full credit); Sunday, May 22, 2022  (Partial credit)