Browsing Anthropology (21A) - Archived by Issue Date
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21F.084J / 21A.224J / 17.55 Introduction to Latin American Studies, Spring 2002
(2002-06)This HASS-D/CI course is designed as an introduction to Latin American politics and society for undergraduates at MIT. No background on the region is required. Overall workload (reading, writing, class participation, and ... -
21A.218J / SP.454J / WGS.454J Identity and Difference, Fall 2002
(2002-12)How can the individual be at once cause and consequence of society, a unique agent of social action and also a social product? Why are some people accepted and celebrated for their particular features while other people ... -
21A.215 Medical Anthropology, Fall 2002
(2002-12)Examination of how medicine is practiced cross-culturally, with particular emphasis on Western biomedicine. Analysis of medical practice as a cultural system, focusing on the human, as opposed to the biological, side of ... -
21A.226 Ethnic and National Identity, Spring 2003
(2003-06)An introduction to the cross-cultural study of ethnic and national identity. Students explore the history of nationalism, focusing on ideologies about the nation-state, and look at the ways gender, religious and racial ... -
STS.062J / 21A.344J Drugs, Politics, and Culture, Spring 2003
(2003-06)Examines the relationship between drugs, politics, and society in cross-cultural perspective; use of mind-altering and habit-forming substances by "traditional societies"; the development of a global trade in sugar, opium, ... -
21A.340J / STS.075J Technology and Culture, Fall 2003
(2003-12)This course examines relationships among technology, culture, and politics in a variety of social and historical settings ranging from 19th century factories to 21st century techno dance floors, from colonial Melanesia to ... -
21A.112 Seminar in Ethnography and Fieldwork, Fall 2003
(2003-12)Introduction to ethnographic practices: the study of and communicating about culture. Reading and discussion of classics of anthropological field work, contemporary critiques, and innovative practices. From the course home ... -
21A.337J / CMS.917J Documenting Culture, Spring 2004
(2004-06)How — and why — do people seek to capture everyday life on film? What can we learn from such films? This course challenges distinctions commonly made between documentary and ethnographic films to ... -
21A.230J / WGS.456J The Contemporary American Family, Spring 2004
(2004-06)We begin by considering briefly the evolution of the family, its cross-cultural variability, and its history in the West. We next examine how the family is currently defined in the U.S., discussing different views about ... -
21A.215 Medical Anthropology, Fall 2004
(2004-12)Examination of how medicine is practiced cross-culturally, with particular emphasis on Western biomedicine. Analysis of medical practice as a cultural system, focusing on the human, as opposed to the biological, side of ... -
21A.100 Introduction to Anthropology, Fall 2004
(2004-12)This class introduces students to the methods and perspectives of cultural anthropology. Readings emphasize case studies in very different settings (a nuclear weapons laboratory, a cattle-herding society of the Sudan, and ... -
21A.225J / SP.621J / WGS.621J Violence, Human Rights, and Justice, Fall 2004
(2004-12)This course examines the contemporary problem of political violence and the way that human rights have been conceived as a means to protect and promote freedom, peace and justice for citizens against the abuses of the state. -
21A.350J / SP.484J / STS.086J / WGS.484J The Anthropology of Computing, Fall 2004
(2004-12)This course examines computers anthropologically, as meaningful tools revealing the social and cultural orders that produce them. We read classic texts in computer science along with works analyzing links between machines ... -
21A.750J / STS.250J Social Theory and Analysis, Fall 2004
(2004-12)This course presents a survey of social theory from the 19th century to the present. The focus is on (a) the social grounds from which the theory arises; (b) the utility and limitations of older theories for current ... -
21A.216J / SP.622J / WGS.622J Dilemmas in Bio-Medical Ethics: Playing God or Doing Good?, Spring 2005
(2005-06)This course is an introduction to the cross-cultural study of bio-medical ethics. It examines moral foundations of the science and practice of western bio-medicine through case studies of abortion, contraception, cloning, ... -
21A.348 Photography and Truth, Spring 2005
(2005-06)Photographs in anthropology serve many purposes: as primary data, illustrations of words in a book, documentation for disappearing cultures, evidence of fieldwork, material objects for museum exhibitions, and even works ... -
21A.226 Ethnic and National Identity, Spring 2005
(2005-06)This course is an introduction to the cross-cultural study of ethnic and national identity. We examine the concept of social identity, consider how gender, religious and racial identity components interact with ethnic and ... -
21A.340J / STS.075J Technology and Culture, Fall 2006
(2006-12)This course examines relationships among technology, culture, and politics in a variety of social and historical settings ranging from 19th century factories to 21st century techno dance floors, from colonial Melanesia to ... -
21A.218J / SP.454J / WGS.454J Identity and Difference, Spring 2007
(2007-06)How can the individual be at once cause and consequence of society, a unique agent of social action and also a social product? This course explores how identities, whether of individuals or groups, based on single behaviors ... -
21A.235 American Dream: Exploring Class in the U.S., Spring 2007
(2007-06)Americans have historically preferred to think of the United States in classless terms, as a land of economic opportunity equally open to all. Yet, social class remains a central fault line in the U.S. Subject explores the ...