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Syllabus Anth 200 A01 Spring 2020
Syllabus Anth 200 A01 Spring 2020
Department of Anthropology
University of Victoria
Spring 2020
Tuesday: 2:30-4:20
Room: CLE A127
Territorial Acknowledgement
The Department of Anthropology acknowledge with respect the Lekwungen peoples on whose traditional
territory the University of Victoria stands and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose
historical relationships with the land continue to this day.
Total: 100
Notes on Exams
The two in-class exams will be based on readings, lectures, discussions and videos and will be a mixture of
multiple choice, matching and short essay questions. The final exam will be scheduled during the
examinations period. The date will be posted when available. Students will not be permitted to write the
final exam on an alternate date to accommodate travel plans.
Missed Exams
Make-up exams will only be provided for students who miss the exam due to illness or other emergency
situation or for religious or spiritual observances (as per University Policy). Proper documentation is
required (e.g. medical note). Please contact me as soon as possible if an exam date conflicts with a religious
or spiritual observance day. If you miss the exam for a valid medical or other emergency situation, please
contact me as soon as possible to schedule a make-up exam.
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Course Schedule
Jan. 7 Introduction
Jan. 14 The Story of Beauty Is In The Eye Kelly & Smillie: Ch. 1: 1-28
Anthropology of the Beholder
Jan. 28 Doing Anthropology Ethics & Practice Kelly & Smillie: Ch. 3: 53-71 RQ #1
Chagnon 2012
Fluehr-Lobban 2004
Feb. 4 Making a Living A Lesson in Coast Kelly & Smillie: Ch. 4: 73-89
Salish Economics Gowdy 1999
Feb. 11 Kinship & The What’s Love Got to Do Kelly & Smillie: Ch. 5: 91-113 RQ #2
Social Order With It? Edwards 2015
**Midterm Review**
Mar. 3 Gender & Social Content Analysis & Kelly & Smillie: Ch. 8: 163-183 RQ #3
Expectations Gender Stereotypes Mukhopadhyay 2009
Karkazis & Davis 2015
Mar. 10 The Politics of What’s in a Name? Kelly & Smillie: Ch. 10: 211-235 RQ #4
Culture Cogos et al. 2017
Horne 2012
Mar. 24 Race, Science & Unpuzzling Inequality Kelly & Smillie: Ch. 9: 185-210 RQ # 5
Human Diversity Abel 2018
Mar. 31 Cultural Change & Cooking across Kelly & Smillie: Ch. 11: 237-264 Fieldtrip
Globalization Borders Journal
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Course Readings
There is one required textbook for this course, which is available at the university bookstore:
Kenny, Michael and Kirsten Smillie. 2017. Stories of Culture and Place: An Introduction to
Anthropology. Second Edition. North York: University of Toronto Press.
The other required readings consist of articles and book chapters that will be available electronically in our
CourseSpaces course site:
Abel, Sarah. 2018. Of African Descent? Blackness and the Concept of Origins in Cultural
Perspectives. Genealogy 2 (1): 11.
Chagnon, A. Napoleon. 2012. "Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamo." In: One World, Many
Cultures, edited by Stuart Hirschberg and Terry Hirschberg, 298-312. 8th ed. Boston: Pearson
Longman.
Cogos, Sarah, Marie Roué, and Samuel Roturier. 2017. Sami Place Names and Maps: Transmitting
Kowledge of a Cultural Landscape in Contemporary Contexts. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine
Research 49 (1): 43-51.
Edwards, Jeanette. 2015. “Donor Conception and (Dis)closure in the UK: Siblingship, Friendship
and Kinship.” Sociologus 65 (1): 101–122.
Fluehr-Lobban, Carolyn. 2004. “Darkness in El Dorado: Research Ethics, Then and Now.” In: Ethics
and the Profession of Anthropology: Dialogue for an Ethically Conscious Practice, edited by
Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, 85-106. 2nd ed. Walnut Creek: Altamira Press.
Gowdy John 1999. “Hunter-Gatherers and the Mythology of the Market”:391-398, in The Cambridge
Encyclopedia of Hunter-Gatherers, Richard B. Lee and Richard Daly (eds.), Cambridge University
Press.
Horne Jack. 2012. WSANEC: Emerging Land or Emerging People. The Arbutus Review 3(2):6-19.
Karkazis, Katrina and Georgiann Davis. 2015. “Intersex: Socio-Cultural Perspectives.” In The
International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality, edited by Patricia Whelehan and Anne Bolin, 1-4.
Malden, Oxford: John Wiley & Sons.
Miner, Horace. 1956. Body Ritual Among the nacirema. American Anthropologist 58 (3): 503-507.
Mukhopaddhyay, Carol. 2009. “How Exportable are Western Theories of Gendered Science? A
Cautionary Word.” In Women and Science in India: A Reader, edited by Neelam Kumar, 137-177.
Oxford University Press.
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Class Etiquette & Appropriate Use of Technology Policy
Students are requested to arrive at class on time. All cell phones, iPods, etc. must be turned off or put on
silent mode upon entering the classroom. Text messaging is only allowed during the break. Laptops are
allowed to be used for taking notes during class. Please keep in mind that surfing the web or checking
and/or composing e-mails during class is a source of unwanted distraction both for me as an instructor and
for your peers.
Attendance and absences
Attending class is an important part of the learning process in this course. Attendance exposes you to
material not in the readings, to your classmates’ insights and helps clarify material that can lead to better
performance in the course. Class attendance will be taken regularly and reviewed by the instructor. Your
participation grade will take into account your attendance record and your participation in discussion. Please
note: If you miss a class for any reason, you are responsible for getting notes from another student.
Email Policy
In your email subject, please include the following information: ANTH 200 student. I will attempt to
respond to emails in a timely fashion, although depending on my schedule or the nature of the request,
delays may occur. Therefore, be prepared to wait up to 48 hours for a response during the week. Email will
only be checked sporadically on weekends. Therefore, you should expect that emails sent over the weekend
may not be answered until Monday at the earliest. If you have any questions or concerns with the course or
your assignments, please feel free to meet me during office hours or by appointment. If you would like to
discuss your grade, you must come to see me in person.
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