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January 14 –Introduction
Haviland Chapter 1
Paragraph One of "Why Am I Here?" (Basic Introduction ... in class)
January 19 – Virtual Fieldwork Experience in Central New Guinea
Haviland Chapter 2
January 21 – More Virtual Fieldwork in New Guinea and an Introduction to the Nacirema
Haviland, Chapter 3
Body Ritual Among the Nacirema by Horace Miner
Introduction to Generation Me by Jean Twenge
Recalling the Real from the Introduction to Mediated by Thomas de Zengotita
Quiz 1 due at 9 am
Discuss "Why Am I Here?" (On the Nacirema ... in class)
January 26 – The Art of Storytelling in the Digital Age
Podcast: This American Life: Break Up (Act One 4:05-32:40)
7 Elements of Digital Storytelling
sketch an outline of / plan for the production of "Why Am I Here?" (in class)
January 28 – Race and Structural Racism
Haviland Chapter 4 (pages 91-95)
Examine Website:Race: The Power of an Illusion
Quiz 2 due at 9 am
Discuss "Why Am I Here?" (On Race ... in class)
Nacirema Evol Extra Credit Essays Due
February 2 – Introducing the World Simulation
Assignment to Groups: Rituals of Social Solidarity
Read:The Crisis of Significance by Michael Wesch (Online)
February 4 – Language & Gesture
Haviland Chapter 5
Quiz 3 due at 9 am
Language & Gesture rituals
February 9 – Language, Worldview, and Media Ecology
Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
Web Ushers in Age of Ambient Intimacy by Clive Thompson
Podcast: This American Life: Telephone (This is *really* good)
Just for fun: Friending, Ancient or Otherwise by Alex Wright
Language Presentation
February 11 – Enculturation, Gender, Personality, Self, and Identity
Haviland Chapter 6
excerpts from Chapter 3 of Mediated by Thomas de Zengotita
“I Only Say This Because I Love You” by Deborah Tannen
"You Can Be Anything You Want to Be" excerpt from Generation Me by Jean Twenge
Recommended: This American Life: Tom Girls
Gender Presentation
Quiz 4 due at 9 am
February 18 – No class. Wesch in North Carolina. Watch An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube(55 minutes)
February 23 – EXAM ONE (online)
February 25 - Post-Humanism and The Future of the Self
Ray Kurzweil's Vision of the Future
March 2 - A Brief History of the World
Haviland Chapter 7
IMPORTANT:Special Group-Specific Assigned Readings of Ethnographies Online
March 4 – Exchange & Coca-Colanization
Economy Presentation
Haviland Chapter 8
This American Life: Another Tequila Sunrise (roughly the first 20 minutes of "Plan B" on KSOL)
The Economics of Why I am Here and Who I am
Quiz 5 due at 9 am
March 9 – Sex , Marriage, Love & Beauty
This American Life: Matchmakers in Afghanistan (5:20 to 21:00 in Episode 347 on KSOL)
Just for fun:Will You Marry Me? Say Cheese! (New York Times)
March 11 –Family Life
Family Presentation
Extracts from The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm
Where Fat Is a Mark of Beauty by Ann Simmons
Recommended (you may need to find or buy the book to access):
"You Must Love Yourself Before You Can Love Others"excerpt from Generation Me by Jean Twenge
"The Appearance Obsession" excerpt from Generation Me by Jean Twenge
Evol Essay Due (using Calibrated Peer Review) (100 points)
March 15-19 – Spring Break
March 23 – Social Organization, Stratification, Class, and Ideology
Social Organization Presentation
Haviland Chapter 11
"Call Me Beth" excerpts from Generation Me by Jean Twenge (on KSOL)
Familial and Social Factors of Why I am here
March 25 – EXAM TWO
March 30 –Power (Hard, Soft, and Structural)
Haviland Pages 381-384
April 1 – Political Organization, Law & Order
Political Organization Presentation
Haviland Chapter 12
"A Witch-Hunt in New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial" by Michael Wesch
"It takes a village to find a phone" excerpt from Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky (on KSOL)
Quiz 6 due at 9 am
April 6 – Culture and the Supernatural
Religion Presentation
Haviland Chapter 13
April 8 –New Religious Movements & The Matrix
The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell (on KSOL under "podcasts")
Quiz 7 due at 9 am
April 13 –Art & Music
Art Presentation
Haviland Chapter 14
"Attitude" excerpt from Mediated by Thomas de Zengotita
Dance Party Revolution (Against Conformity) excerpt from Generation Me by Jean Twenge
April 20 –Culture Change and the World System
Haviland Chapter 15
Why Can’t People Feed Themselves
World Simulation Rules from Fall 2008
How we got here
History Presentation
April 22 –Globalization and the Global Garment
Work on Group Video
Haviland Chapter 16
Quiz 9 Due
April 29 – World Simulation in Union Ballroom
Special Quiz over the World Simulation Rules due by 9 am
Videographers submit clips to Dr. Wesch by 5 pm Friday, April 30th
Historians post first drafts of main events to Wiki by 5 pm Friday, April 30th
May 6 -Possible Solutions
Why Am I Here? (purpose)
Due May 7th: For 5 points Extra Credit, write a "Why Am I Here?" essay from the perspective of somebody you know well (not a celebrity).
May 10th - Final "Why Am I Here?" papers and grades due (Note: This is your final exam.)
Extra Credit Guidelines
Haviland Chapter 1
Paragraph One of "Why Am I Here?" (Basic Introduction ... in class)
January 19 – Virtual Fieldwork Experience in Central New Guinea
Haviland Chapter 2
January 21 – More Virtual Fieldwork in New Guinea and an Introduction to the Nacirema
Haviland, Chapter 3
Body Ritual Among the Nacirema by Horace Miner
Introduction to Generation Me by Jean Twenge
Recalling the Real from the Introduction to Mediated by Thomas de Zengotita
Quiz 1 due at 9 am
Discuss "Why Am I Here?" (On the Nacirema ... in class)
January 26 – The Art of Storytelling in the Digital Age
Podcast: This American Life: Break Up (Act One 4:05-32:40)
7 Elements of Digital Storytelling
sketch an outline of / plan for the production of "Why Am I Here?" (in class)
January 28 – Race and Structural Racism
Haviland Chapter 4 (pages 91-95)
Examine Website:Race: The Power of an Illusion
Quiz 2 due at 9 am
Discuss "Why Am I Here?" (On Race ... in class)
Nacirema Evol Extra Credit Essays Due
February 2 – Introducing the World Simulation
Assignment to Groups: Rituals of Social Solidarity
Read:The Crisis of Significance by Michael Wesch (Online)
February 4 – Language & Gesture
Haviland Chapter 5
Quiz 3 due at 9 am
Language & Gesture rituals
February 9 – Language, Worldview, and Media Ecology
Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
Web Ushers in Age of Ambient Intimacy by Clive Thompson
Podcast: This American Life: Telephone (This is *really* good)
Just for fun: Friending, Ancient or Otherwise by Alex Wright
Language Presentation
February 11 – Enculturation, Gender, Personality, Self, and Identity
Haviland Chapter 6
excerpts from Chapter 3 of Mediated by Thomas de Zengotita
“I Only Say This Because I Love You” by Deborah Tannen
"You Can Be Anything You Want to Be" excerpt from Generation Me by Jean Twenge
Recommended: This American Life: Tom Girls
Gender Presentation
Quiz 4 due at 9 am
February 18 – No class. Wesch in North Carolina. Watch An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube(55 minutes)
February 23 – EXAM ONE (online)
February 25 - Post-Humanism and The Future of the Self
Ray Kurzweil's Vision of the Future
March 2 - A Brief History of the World
Haviland Chapter 7
IMPORTANT:Special Group-Specific Assigned Readings of Ethnographies Online
March 4 – Exchange & Coca-Colanization
Economy Presentation
Haviland Chapter 8
This American Life: Another Tequila Sunrise (roughly the first 20 minutes of "Plan B" on KSOL)
The Economics of Why I am Here and Who I am
Quiz 5 due at 9 am
March 9 – Sex , Marriage, Love & Beauty
This American Life: Matchmakers in Afghanistan (5:20 to 21:00 in Episode 347 on KSOL)
Just for fun:Will You Marry Me? Say Cheese! (New York Times)
March 11 –Family Life
Family Presentation
Extracts from The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm
Where Fat Is a Mark of Beauty by Ann Simmons
Recommended (you may need to find or buy the book to access):
"You Must Love Yourself Before You Can Love Others"excerpt from Generation Me by Jean Twenge
"The Appearance Obsession" excerpt from Generation Me by Jean Twenge
Evol Essay Due (using Calibrated Peer Review) (100 points)
March 15-19 – Spring Break
March 23 – Social Organization, Stratification, Class, and Ideology
Social Organization Presentation
Haviland Chapter 11
"Call Me Beth" excerpts from Generation Me by Jean Twenge (on KSOL)
Familial and Social Factors of Why I am here
March 25 – EXAM TWO
March 30 –Power (Hard, Soft, and Structural)
Haviland Pages 381-384
April 1 – Political Organization, Law & Order
Political Organization Presentation
Haviland Chapter 12
"A Witch-Hunt in New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial" by Michael Wesch
"It takes a village to find a phone" excerpt from Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky (on KSOL)
Quiz 6 due at 9 am
April 6 – Culture and the Supernatural
Religion Presentation
Haviland Chapter 13
April 8 –New Religious Movements & The Matrix
The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell (on KSOL under "podcasts")
Quiz 7 due at 9 am
April 13 –Art & Music
Art Presentation
Haviland Chapter 14
"Attitude" excerpt from Mediated by Thomas de Zengotita
Dance Party Revolution (Against Conformity) excerpt from Generation Me by Jean Twenge
April 15 – EXAM THREE
April 20 –Culture Change and the World System
Haviland Chapter 15
Why Can’t People Feed Themselves
World Simulation Rules from Fall 2008
How we got here
History Presentation
April 22 –Globalization and the Global Garment
Work on Group Video
Haviland Chapter 16
Quiz 9 Due
Submit videos using the KSOL dropbox by April 25th (Sunday)
April 27 – Introducing Our World
Culture Videos & Presentations
Posters due in Waters 206 by 4:30 pm (slide under door if I am not there)April 27 – Introducing Our World
Culture Videos & Presentations
April 29 – World Simulation in Union Ballroom
Special Quiz over the World Simulation Rules due by 9 am
Videographers submit clips to Dr. Wesch by 5 pm Friday, April 30th
Historians post first drafts of main events to Wiki by 5 pm Friday, April 30th
May 6 -Possible Solutions
Why Am I Here? (purpose)
Due May 7th: For 5 points Extra Credit, write a "Why Am I Here?" essay from the perspective of somebody you know well (not a celebrity).
May 10th - Final "Why Am I Here?" papers and grades due (Note: This is your final exam.)
Extra Credit Guidelines
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