Syllabus for Cultural Anthropology (ANTH001-01/UC1-24F)Python

Java Python Syllabus for Cultural Anthropology (ANTH001-01/UC1-24F)

Course Overview

Who are we? Where did we come from? What does it mean to be human and alive? What is culture and how is it related to humanity and globalization? What are the similarities and differences among societies and cultures around the world? What is (cultural) anthropology? What do anthropologists do and how do they do it? In this course, using global and Community of Inquiry (COI) frameworks, we will examine:

•    these fundamental and other related questions; and introduce students to methods, key concepts, and debates in cultural anthropology.

•     how life is lived, why individuals behave the way they do; and how people are both products and creators of their cultures.

•     structures of power and wealth, paying attention to patterns of (global) inequalities (by race, gender, class,  disability, sexuality, religion, ethnicity, nation, and region) as manifested currently in the inflations, food and housing insecurities, and wars.

The course and learning activities are designed to enhance your academic success through inclusive, independent, and collaborative learning. You will read a textbook that presents diverse ethnographies from different regions of the world, covers various topics in cultural anthropology, and spans the globe. This will be supplemented by:

a) a fieldwork journal that helps students apply their newly gained insights and skills to new situations and self- understanding;

b) other Norton digital products including comprehension quizzes embedded in each chapter, practicing ethnography and short video clips that will help you understand concepts covered in the chapters and classes;

c) additional relevant articles/chapters (posted on the lecture (main) course Canvas website);

d) a wide range of ethnographic videos; e) Hallway Conversations and Discussion forums;

f) online anthropological resources.

Lecture topics, course content, and other course activities for each week are indicated in the course syllabus and respective modules. Lectures will be delivered synchronously, which will be reinforced through polleverywhere comprehension quizzes and mid-lecture discussions based on students’ questions. To access my PollEverywhere presentations, you should register only with your UCR credentials viaPollEv.com/wnida. Recorded lecture videos, and slides will be posted under “Lecture Videos and Slides”, on the course Canvas website under weekly modules (1 through 10) organized by topics but note that this will not substitute active learning (attending live zoom lectures, using Students’  Visiting Hours to discuss the course materials, reading/taking notes, participating in various section-specific activities, Hallway Conversations, and Discussion Board forums). You should expect to be recorded during synchronous zoom lectures, Students’ Visiting Hours, and Discussion section meetings. I reserve the right to disable your audio and video. Please expect to spend 12 hours per week on course activities. The instructor has the right to add or modify any aspects of the course including the syllabus, class schedule, course materials, and grading.

Required Course Materials and How to Access Them

Required Reading (Copies on Reserve at UCR Library).

Required Reading (Copies on Reserve at UCR Library).

Guest, Kenneth J. 2023. Essentials of Cultural Anthropology: A Toolkit for a Global Age. Fourth Edition. New York: W.W.

Norton and Company. [The textbook comes in both eBook and paperback with formative inquisitive, an interactive learning tool, embedded comprehension quizzes, and practicing ethnography.]

Guest, Kenneth J. 2023. Cultural Anthropology: FIELDWORK JOURNAL. Fourth Edition. New York: W.W. Norton and Company. [A companion to the textbook, the Journal comes in both eBook and paperback and contains exercises that help you to apply anthropological tools to and reflect on your own cultures, identities, and lived experiences.]

If you prefer the physical copies of the textbook and the Journal, please feel free to purchase them but they will cost you about $81 for the textbook and $22 for the Journal, a total of $103 as opposed to $35 for a digital bundle of all required   materials.

Please note that I negotiated with Norton, the Publisher, a digital bundle that includes all 3 required items (the eBook for the textbook, the eBook for the Fieldwork, and the Inquizitive) for $35 , which you can buy directly and instantly from

Norton with the links that are provided in the lecture (main) course Canvas website under “Course Orientation” module,

“Course Materials” tab. You can purchase access for $35 either through the eBook link in Canvas or the InQuizitive link in

Canvas (they are different links, but the purchasing capability is the same) by using the following step-by-step instructions below.

Accessing and Registering for your Cultural Anthropology Course Materials:

1.   Sign into Canvas athttps://elearn.ucr.edu/courses/155059and click into your Cultural Anthropology course (ANTH 001-UC1).

2.    In your course shell, locate theEssentials of Cultural Anthropology eBooklink under “Course Orientation” module. Once located, click on the link and the page should automatically load in a