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ANTH 300Practicing Anthropology

Units
0.50
Faculty
Arts
Subject
Anthropology

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 0 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Thinking anthropologically means bringing observations and empirical findings into a dialogue with theoretical approaches. This course explores how anthropologists have developed the methods they use, considers how they interpret their findings through such lenses as functionalism and structuralism, and examines how they formulate critiques of fieldwork.

Prerequisites

  • Must have completed the following:
    • ANTH202 - Social and Cultural Anthropology (0.50)

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

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  • I did not enjoy the structure of this course whatsoever! There were no tests/midterms/final (which I didnt mind but i feel as though people wouldve done better if there were some), only assignments based off of mock fieldwork that you did at a site of your choosing. I enjoyed the aspect of doing fieldwork, taking fieldnotes, etc. but the assignments were a whole different story. We did not receive outlines, nor were we given clear instructions of what was expected us. The assignments were then marked quite harshly and we received little feedback on how we could improve our work.I somehow managed to pull off an 81 in the course, but i feel as though I, as well as others I talked to in the…

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Spring 2019

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u/TheFinnstagator: “Best: Ethnographic Fieldwork: An Anthropological Reader, 2nd Edition (Anth 300). It gave me a lot of clarity about what I'm interested in researching and how to go about doing it. Worst: The Practice of Statistics in the Life Sciences (Stats 202). …”

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Fall 2017

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