ANTH 797 (01) - Advanced Topics

AdvTop/Race and Racism

Durham Liberal Arts::Anthropology
Credits: 4.0
Class Size: 20 
Term:  Spring 2025 - Full Term (01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025)
CRN:  56248
Grade Mode:  Letter Grading
Advanced or specialized courses presenting material not normally covered in regular course offerings. May be repeated, but not in duplicate areas. Course descriptions on file in the department office during registration. A) Social Organization; B) Economic Anthropology; C) Anthropology of Religion; D) Political Anthropology; E) Social Impact Analysis; F) Cultural Ecology; G) Prehistoric Archaeology; H) Historic Archaeology; I) Cultural Resources Conservation; J) Lithic Analysis; K) Ceramic Analysis; L) Faunal Analysis; M) Human Evolution; N) Human Variations; O) Anthropological Theory. Operates on a seminar format.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 411 or ANTH 412 or ANTH 415
Attributes:  Writing Intensive Course
Instructors:  Amy Michael

Times & Locations

Start Date End Date Days Time Location
1/21/2025 5/5/2025 T 2:10pm - 5:00pm HUDD 118

Additional Course Details:

Biological Anthropology is a sub-field of Anthropology that focuses on the biological and evolutionary study of humans through time and space. While the sub-field is comprised of many disciplines (e.g., primatology, molecular anthropology, forensic anthropology, bioarchaeology, paleopathology, paleoanthropology, etc.), this course focuses broadly on the history and formation of the field and the current reckoning of the field with past research steeped in racism, colonialism, and ethnocentrism. We will explore how early biological anthropologists understood and classified “racial” difference and discuss how and why these effects are felt in the field today. The course is divided into three parts: Historical Foundations, Current Perspectives, and Future Directions.