Timeroom: Fall 2024

Durham Liberal Arts :: Anthropology

ANTH 500 (C01) - Peoples and Cultures of the World

Peoples and Cultures

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 35
CRN: 13122

Explores cultures and peoples from specific geographic regions of the world. Broadly considers social, gendered, economic, and political changes in ecological and historical context, focusing on precolonial, colonial, and contemporary societies and globalization. Sections: A. North America, B. Latin America, C. Middle East and North Africa, D. Sub-Saharan Africa, E. Southeast Asia. May be repeated barring duplication of subject.

Section Comments: Mid East North Africa

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Repeat Rule: May be repeated up to unlimited times.

Equivalent(s): ANTH 500W

Attributes: World Cultures(Discovery)

Instructors: Svetlana Peshkova

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	TR	11:10am - 12:30pm	HS 201

Durham Liberal Arts :: Anthropology

ANTH 501 (01) - World Archaeological Cultures

World Archaeological Cultures

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 35
CRN: 16228

Explores past peoples and societies from specific geographic regions of the worlds through archaeological material culture, such as tools, art, and architectural remains. Broadly considers social, gendered, economic, and political dynamics of ancient (premodern) societies in ecological and historical context and the role of material culture in the present. Sections: A) North America; B) Mesoamerica; C) South America; D) Near East; E) Europe; F) Asia. May be repeated barring duplication of subject.

Section Comments: World Archaeological Cultures - North America

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Repeat Rule: May be repeated up to unlimited times.

Attributes: World Cultures(Discovery)

Instructors: Ashley Schubert

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	TR	2:10pm - 3:30pm	HS 201

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Durham Liberal Arts :: Anthropology

ANTH 513 (01) - Ethnographic Methods

Ethnographic Methods

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 11522

The course introduces students to social science research and differences between quantitative and qualitative research methods, and provides a hands-on experience to develop skills in interviewing, participant-observation, life-history, surveying, socio-linguistics, fieldnotes, and ethics of the research.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Attributes: Inquiry (Discovery)

Instructors: Svetlana Peshkova

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	TR	9:40am - 11:00am	HS 102

Durham Liberal Arts :: Anthropology

ANTH 550 (01) - Introduction to Forensic Anthropology

Intro to Forensic Anth

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 35
CRN: 12034

This course provides an overview of forensic anthropology, a sub-field of biological anthropology that applies knowledge of skeletal anatomy to problems of medico-legal significance (i.e., identification of human skeletal remains and interpretation of the circumstances surrounding death). This course outlines concepts underlying the recovery and analysis of human remains, the determination of the biological profile (including age, sex, ancestry, and stature), and the interpretation of skeletal trauma and pathology.

Section Comments: Full Title - Introduction to Forensic Anthropology.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Instructors: Samantha McCrane

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	TR	9:40am - 11:00am	HS G21

Durham Liberal Arts :: Anthropology

ANTH 610 (01) - Medical Anthropology: Illness and Healing

Medical Anth:Illness & Healing

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 35
CRN: 16415

Intermediate-level introduction to medical anthropology through sociocultural and bioarchaeological approaches to describing health-related ideas and practices in cross-cultural, historical and ecological contexts. Focuses on human illness and religious experiences of disease and the end of life. Considers how suffering, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and care are shaped by: religion and ritual; symbolism and language; age, gender and sexuality; families, social movements, and governments; and the worldwide expansion of biomedical expertise and technologies.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Instructors: Sara Withers

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	MW	2:10pm - 3:30pm	HS 201

Durham Liberal Arts :: Anthropology

ANTH 611 (01) - History of Anthropological Theory

History Anthropological Theory

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 11187

Provides a grounding in the history of social thought in cultural anthropology and sister disciplines from 19th century evolutionism to the present. Course reading is based on primary sources - original essays written by theorists central to the discipline. Assessment is partly based on students' ability to apply theoretical concepts to novel contexts, as well as the ability to evaluate and compare theories on the basis of logic and evidence.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Instructors: Robin Sheriff

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	MW	12:40pm - 2:00pm	HS 124

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Durham Liberal Arts :: Anthropology

ANTH 645 (01) - Cultural Sustainability and the Role of Public Archaeology

Cultu Sustain & Public Archaeo

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 16407

In archaeology, the sustainability movement has encouraged increased outreach and education in an effort to make archaeology relevant to the public and to sustain past lifeways, especially cultural traditions threatened of being erased in our increasingly homogenized and globalized world. Students will be introduced to this field and experience for themselves how to translate academic archaeology to the masses through public programming, from designing museum exhibits to participating in "open archaeology" education for the public.

Section Comments: Cultural Sustainability and Public Archaeology

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Eleanor Harrison-Buck

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	W	2:10pm - 5:00pm	HUDD 118

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Durham Liberal Arts :: Anthropology

ANTH 685 (01) - Gender, Sexuality and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

Gendr, Sex, HIV Sub-Sahara Afr

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 16229

HIV/AIDS has been defined as one of the exceptional global pandemics of the Millennium. This course traces the rise and global spread of HIV and AIDS and the introduction of antiretroviral therapies and preventions in sub-Saharan African and its Diasporas with a focus on sex and gender. Includes findings on heterosexual and LGBTIQA individuals, couples, and communities and perspectives on: kinship, marriage, love, transactional sex, reproduction, contraception, gender-based violence, and activist movements. Uses ethnographies and health sciences databases.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Casey Golomski

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	TR	11:10am - 12:30pm	HS 124

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Durham Liberal Arts :: Anthropology

ANTH 697 (03) - Special Topics

Spc Top/Hist Bioarchaeology

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 16230

Occasional or experimental offerings. May be repeated for different topics. Operates on a seminar format.

Section Comments: Historical Bioarchaeology

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Prerequisite(s): ANTH 411 or ANTH 412 or ANTH 415

Repeat Rule: May be repeated up to unlimited times.

Equivalent(s): ANTH 697W

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Alexander Garcia-Putnam

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	MW	11:10am - 12:30pm	HUDD 118

Additional Course Details:

Historical Bioarchaeology

This special topics course will focus on the field of bioarchaeology; that is, the study of human remains from archaeological contexts to answer questions about the human past. Thematically, this course will focus broadly on the America’s at and after European contact and colonialism but will also draw on global case studies to showcase the breadth of what the field considers ‘historical’. In fact, we will dig into the very term ‘historical’ and discuss its uses, issues, and delve into paths forward. This course examines the use of archival and ethnohistoric sources in concert with human skeletal data, we will discuss the benefits and difficulties of working with these paired datasets. Sometimes skeletal data are incomplete, and historical sources are valuable in helping fill in the gaps, while at the same time, history and historical texts are inherently biased, and the bioarchaeological record can corroborate, refute, or broaden a historical narrative.

Durham Liberal Arts :: Anthropology

ANTH 699H (08) - Honors Senior Thesis

Honors Senior Thesis

Credits: 4.0 or 8.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 3
CRN: 16231

Independent work in the library or field; recommended for, but not confined to, majors intending to pursue graduate studies; required for honors candidates. Contact staff to obtain approval and arrange supervision prior to senior year. 4 or 8 credit 2 semesters, 8 credits required for honors; an IA grade (continuous course) given at end of first semester.

Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.

Equivalent(s): ANTH 699

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course, Honors course

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024		Hours Arranged	TBA