ANTH 400: Engaging the World: Anthropological Perspectives

ANTH 400-001: The Sense of Things
(Spring 2019)

04:30 PM to 07:10 PM T

Enterprise Hall 275

Section Information for Spring 2019

Anthropologists often use "cultural glasses" as a metaphor for the way in which culture, as a learned web of meaning, frames and explains the everyday world in which people living in different cultures take for granted. This course is designed as a "laboratory" in which to introduce students at George Mason University to their own and other cultures based as understood in anthropological perspective. Through readings, classroom experiences, including discussion and activities, guest speakers, and negotiated meaning, students will reflect on their own cultural comprehensions and open their eyes to the world as they and others see it. The course is designed to provide the opportunity for students to grasp how and why culture as an anthropological concept, acts as a lens through which humans make sense of the world. 

Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Examines selected topics with emphasis on the integration of different kinds of knowledge and the balancing of alternative ways of assessing meaning and relevance. Topics usually drawn from issues of global economic processes, civic rights and responsibilities, ethics, museums, public policy, the environment, and migration. Notes: May be repeated when topic is different. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 9 credits.
Mason Core: Synthesis
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: ANTH 114, 60 credits, or permission of instructor.
Schedule Type: Lec/Sem #1, Lec/Sem #2, Lec/Sem #3, Lec/Sem #4, Lec/Sem #5, Lec/Sem #6, Lec/Sem #7, Lec/Sem #8, Lec/Sem #9, Sem/Lec #10, Sem/Lec #11, Sem/Lec #12, Sem/Lec #13, Sem/Lec #14, Sem/Lec #15, Sem/Lec #16, Sem/Lec #17, Sem/Lec #18, Seminar
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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