ANTHR 2400 Cultural Diversity and Contemporary Issues
2020 Courses
- Summer Session 2020 courses will be added throughout the winter.
Course description
This course will introduce students to the meaning and significance of forms of cultural diversity for the understanding of contemporary issues. Drawing from films, videos, and selected readings, students will be confronted with different representational forms that portray cultures in various parts of the world, and they will be asked to examine critically their own prejudices as they influence the perception and evaluation of cultural differences. We shall approach cultures holistically, assuming the inseparability of economies, kinship, religion, and politics, as well as interconnections and dependencies between world areas (e.g., Africa, Latin America, the West). Among the issues considered: “political correctness” and truth; nativism and ecological diversity; race, ethnicity, and sexuality; sin, religion, and war; global process and cultural integrity.
Classes
Summer 2020: Ithaca campus
| Section ID: | ANTHR 2400 001-LEC |
| Number: | 1011 |
| Session: | Summer 3-week 1 |
| Class dates: | June 1-19, 2020 |
| Exam date: | Friday June 19, 1:30 PM - 3 PM / TBA (see Final exams) |
| Time / room: | M-F 1:30 PM - 3 PM / TBA M-F 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM / TBA |
| Credit: | 3 |
| Grade: | Student option |
| Instructor: | TBA |
| Max. enroll: | 20 |
| To enroll: |
Related websites
- College website: College of Arts and Sciences
- Department website: Anthropology
