Lecture notes will be available following these classes

M (3/31): Introduction to Course

W (4/2): Topics and Themes

F (4/4): Four Fields

M (4/7): Modern Knowledge: Geography and Statistics

W (4/9): The Birth of the Discipline

F (4/11): The Culture Concept

W (4/16): Evolution: Biology, Society and Culture

F (4/18): Environment and Society

W (4/23): Race and Ethnicity

F (4/25): Racism, Prejudice, Human Rights

W (4/30): Livelihoods

F (5/2): Perspectives (Neoclassical, Political Economy, Cultural)

W (5/7): Family, Kinship, Community

F (5/9): Bands, Tribes, Chiefdoms, States

W (5/14): Gender and Sexuality

F (5/16): Book Discussion: Margaret Mead’s Coming of Age in Samoa

F (5/23): Food

W (5/28): Book Discussion: Steve Striffler’s Chicken

F (5/30): Development and Government

M (6/2) Culture and Neoliberalism: Water in the Borderlands

W (6/4) Science and Technology