An exploration of the origins and development of African Studies and African American Studies. Through a focus on the articulation and resolution of field-changing debates, the course introduces students to methodologies and practices that have led to and that continue to lead to knowing Africa and African-descendent people with earnest regard for the complexity and subtlety that the subjects require.

KNOWING BLACKNESS: INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

INTRO TO AAAS

In this course, students will be reading, reflecting, and dissecting short stories, novels, television scripts, and other works of fiction crafted by artists across the Black diaspora. Students will thoroughly discuss process and intent, with an extensive focus on craft. Course URL: http://humanities.rice.edu/center-for-african-and-african-american-studies

CONTEMPORARY BLACK FICTION

WRITING BLACK LIVES

This is the core course for the Certificate in African and African American Studies. It will provide an introduction to cross- and multi-disciplinary approaches to the histories, cultures and experiences of African and African Diasporic people, while also introducing students to the work of Rice faculty working in the field.

INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

INTRO TO DIASPORIC STUDIES

Through readings and discussions the colloquium highlights key issues related to African and African American studies for graduate students preparing to conduct research in the field. Repeatable for Credit.

AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES COLLOQUIUM

AF & AFAM STUDIES COLLOQUIUM

Overall roles and missions of the USAF; career fields available. Emphasis on military customs and courtesies, appearance standards, core values, written and personal communications. Introduction to American military history. Course taught on the University of Houston campus in Garrison Gymnasium, Room 116. This course includes a lab taught on Wednesday from 2:30pm-4:30pm.

FOUNDATION OF THE USAF I

Continuation of AFSC 101. Course taught at the University of Houston.

FOUNDATION OF THE USAF II

Key historical events and milestones in the development of air power as a primary instrument of United States national security. Core values and competencies of leaders in the United States Air Force. Tenets of leadership and ethics. Course taught on the University of Houston campus in Garrison Gymnasium in Room 116. This course also includes a lab taught on Wednesday from 2:30pm-4:30pm.

EVOLUTION OF AIR POWER I

Continuation of AFSC 201. Course taught at the University of Houston.

EVOLUTION OF AIR POWER II

Topics and credit hours may vary each semester. Contact department for current semester’s topic(s). Repeatable for Credit.

SPECIAL TOPICS

Leadership, management fundamentals, professional knowledge, Air Force personnel and evaluation systems, and leadership ethics. Case studies of Air Force leadership and management situations. Course taught on the University of Houston campus in Garrison Gymnasium, Room 116. This course includes a lab, taught on Wednesday from 2:30pm-4:30pm.

AIR FORCE LEADERSHIP STUDY I

AIR FORCE LEADERSHIP STUDY II

No military obligation is associated with this course. Four-week off-campus field training practicum. Introduces students to Air Force leadership. Places students in demanding and stressful leadership positions. Course taught at military base. Department Permission Required.

FIELD TRAINING

Evolution of the role of national security in a democratic society with emphasis on policy formation, competing values, and organization. Civilian control of the military, roles of the services; functions of the Air Force Commands. Course taught on the University of Houston campus in Garrison Gymnasium, Room 116. This course includes a lab, taught on Wednesday from 2:30pm-4:30pm.

NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS I

Continuation of AFSC 401. Course taught at the University of Houston.

NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS II

In this two semester course an AMC student will write an honors thesis under the direction of an AMC faculty member. Instructor Permission Required. Repeatable for Credit.

DIRECTED HONORS RESEARCH

AMC HONORS THESIS

Research conducted by a visiting student scholars. Department Permission Required. Repeatable for Credit.

VISITING RESEARCH

Overview of the scientific study of the structure and function of language. Introduces the main fields of linguistics: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse, historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, and psycholinguistics. Highlights the interdisciplinary relationship of linguistics with anthropology, sociology, psychology, and cognitive sciences. Cross-list: LING 200.

INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF LANGUAGE

INTRO TO STUDY OF LANGUAGE

Introduction to the history, methods, and concepts of social/cultural anthropology, which is devoted to the systematic description and understanding of cultural diversity in human societies.

INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL/CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

INTRO TO SOCIAL/CULTURAL ANTH

This course offers a broad introduction to the human past as revealed by evolutionary studies of both biochemical and fossil evidence, and by archaeological studies of human cultural behavior.

INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

INTRO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

An introduction to the elementary concepts of the discipline through a series of case studies.

INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY

INTRO TO ARCHAEOLOGY

A team taught interdisciplinary course focusing on the political, social and economic forces that are shaping the lives of the nearly one-half of the world&aposs population that lives in Asia. Provides a selective, in-depth look at certain important areas of East, Southeast and South Asia that reflect larger themes and problems. Cross-list: ASIA 212.

PERSPECTIVES ON MODERN ASIA

This course focuses intensively on the history and ethnography of a single people, the selection of which changes from year to year. Using all available materials, this course provides an introduction to the approaches of the discipline and how they have changed, registered by the different ways anthropologists and others have represented the same subjects over time.

HISTORY AND ETHNOGRAPHY

HISTORY & ETHNOGRAPHY

This course provides one hour of university credit for faculty-directed and approved internship. Students must obtain approval from a member of the department’s undergraduate committee and must submit a letter from the internship provider indicating completion and satisfactory performance. Department Permission Required. Repeatable for Credit.

EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION IN ANTHROPOLOGY

EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION IN ANTH

A survey of the major theorists and theoretical schools of social-cultural anthropology. Strongly recommended for majors.

ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY: A SURVEY

ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY

This course focuses on methods of scientific analysis applied to archaeological materials, including bone, stone, pottery, glass, and metal. Methods conclude absolute dating, mineral petrography, experimental archaeology, elemental and isotopic analysis, and ancient DNA. Labs offer hands-on experience with various archaeological materials and analytical methods. Recommended Prerequisite(s): ANTH 205

INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

INTRO ARCHAEOLOGY SCIENCE

Explores ideas of history and attitudes toward the past as culturally conditioned phenomena. Emphasizes history as a statement of cultural values as well as conceptualizations of cause, change, time, and reality. Cross-list: SWGS 336, Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 508. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 308 if student has credit for ANTH 508.

THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE HISTORICAL IMAGINATION

THE HISTORICAL IMAGINATION

This course will examine specific cultural debates and issues that have "overflowed" national boundaries. Topics will include student movements, democracy and citizenship, and the internationalization of professional and popular culture. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 509. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 309 if student has credit for ANTH 509.

GLOBAL CULTURES

This introductory course is designed to encourage ways of thinking about: Cultural China--a broad-ranging concept that includes the People&aposs Republic of China, the newly established Special Administrative Region (SAR) of Hong Kong, the Republic of China on Taiwan, and overseas Chinese communities throughout the world.

CONTEMPORARY CHINESE CULTURE

This course deals with masculinities in the West, concentrating on concepts of masculine protagonism and personhood. Readings explore identities constructed in realms such as law, politics, finances, art, the home, and war. Cross-list: SWGS 333, Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 511. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 311 if student has credit for ANTH 511.

MASCULINITIES

Thematic coverage of developments throughout the continent from the Lower Paleolithic to medieval times, with emphasis on food production, metallurgy and the rise of cities and complex societies. Cross-list: MDEM 311, Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 512. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 312 if student has credit for ANTH 512.

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF AFRICA

This course interrogates what we can learn about social, political and economic life by examining ships. Ships have long inspired social theory and anthropological thinking. Seen from the shore, ships not only carried commodities, but also signified conquest, disease, and imperial power. They were characterized as instruments of economic development for some and as tools of oppression for others. As shipping and logistics have emerged as defining features of contemporary global exchange, ships have acquired new forms and functions. In addition to analyzing shipyards, ports, and ship-breaking facilities, this course will look at a wide-range of vessels, such as slave ships, spaceships, containerships, pirate ships, and rescue vessels and refugee ships in different parts of the world. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 514.

SHIPS IN THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL IMAGINATION

SHIPS

This course introduces students to the study of ancient animal remains. Through laboratory exercises, students learn to identify bones and teeth of diverse animals and to distinguish natural and anthropogenic processes affecting fossil and archaeological bones. Key topics in human-animal relations are addressed, including paleoecology, the food quest, animal domestication, and the roles of animals in ancient culinary, ritual, and other social settings; as well as covering relevance of the past to present-day issues such as conservation biology. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 515. Recommended Prerequisite(s): ANTH 205

ZOOARCHAEOLOGY

This course will use both historical and contemporary readings focusing on Black and decolonial/anticolonial feminisms as theory and praxis to reflect on the particular experiences of Afro-descendants throughout the Americas. Through a close reading of scholarly and popular texts focusing on the experiences of Black women throughout the Americas (with particular emphasis on Latin America and the Caribbean) we will engage with themes including transnationalism and migration, language, belonging, gender and sexuality, land rights, social inequality and practices of resistance. We will also analyze how art (music, visual and performance art) and activism represent important sites of resistance to contemporary struggles faced by Black communities. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 516.

BLACK DECOLONIAL FEMINISMS IN THE AMERICAS

BLACK DECOLONIAL FEMINISMS

In order to gain a more precise grasp of our contemporary political challenges and possibilities, this course in political anthropology investigates a wide range of historical and contemporary cases of rapid political and social transformation and carefully examines the ideas, desires and utopias that inspired them. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 517. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 317 if student has credit for ANTH 517.

REVOLUTIONS AND UTOPIAS

This seminar will provide students with the skills and knowledge to describe, characterize, analyze, and draw interpretations from ceramic artifacts commonly recovered from archaeological sites. Through a combination of hands-on projects and discussion themes, the course examines several aspects of archaeological ceramics including their production and distribution, as well as their significance in social, political, economic, and ritual contexts. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 518.

CERAMICS AND SOCIETY

This course considers anthropological theories of the state and examines ethnographic accounts of states in some unexpected places - that is, outside the official realm of government bureaucracies and institutionalized politics. Topics include so-called "stateless societies," planning and bureaucratic rationality, violence and power, and ethnographic methods for studying the state. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 519. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 319 if student has credit for ANTH 519.

SYMBOLISM AND POWER

This course uses a social scientific approach to analyze and understand the relationship between climate change and social inequality. Through course readings, discussion and guest speakers, students will examine how the social, political, economic and ecological impacts of climate change exacerbate existing social inequities and disproportionately affect vulnerable communities. The course will also explore the concept of climate justice as a political and ethical framework for addressing climate change impacts and inequality.

CLIMATE CHANGE AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY

CLIMATE CHANGE SOC. INEQUALITY

This upper level seminar examines the increasing significance of genetics as a central component of our social, economic, and political life. As the potential applications of DNA to our social life increasingly appear endless, this course asks how is genetic information reshaping our understanding of the value of life itself? In addition to identifying markers, scientific knowledge production around genetic information is reconstituting key ideas of risk, care, capital that impact our ideas of disability, race, kinship, citizenship, nationalism, and justice. In this class, our aim is to ask a) what is historically and materially distinct about genetic information as a metaphor for social processes, b) how is the value of life itself being reproduced and transformed for whom, and c) what are potential consequences we face by relating to one another through the geneticization of social life? Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 521. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 321 if student has credit for ANTH 521.

SOCIAL LIFE OF DNA

How do cultural conceptions of race, ethnicity, and nationalism shape who we think we are? How are these ideas related to Western views of the relations between nature and society, and how do these differ from those in other cultures? Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 522. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 322 if student has credit for ANTH 522.

GLOBAL IM/MOBILITIES: BORDERS, MIGRATION, AND CITIZENSHIP

GLOBAL IM/MOBILITIES

Study of the expressive possibilities of documentary production using digital systems. Space in studio classes is limited. Registration does not guarantee a place in class. The class roster is formulated on the first day of class by the individual instructor. Cross-list: ARTS 327, FILM 327.

DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION

An introductory venture into conducting fieldwork in the past. The course treats a wide range of artifacts, from philosophical essays to vase paintings. It derives its focus from a rich corpus of recent research into the ancient problemization of desire and self-control. Cross-list: SWGS 332. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 325 if student has credit for ANTH 525.

SEX, SELF, AND SOCIETY IN ANCIENT GREECE

SOCIETY IN ANCIENT GREECE

An exploration of normativity and its different social forms across the world. It combines theoretical and ethnographic analyses of legal institutions and practices as cultural phenomena undergirded by power relations, knowledge forms and historical forces. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 526. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 326 if student has credit for ANTH 526.

LAW, POWER AND CULTURE

Cross-cultural approaches to art and the senses. Students may engage any medium. Emphasis to be placed on issues generated from performance in the arts rather than from academia. Contrasts art and academic knowledge to explore alternative epistemologies and aesthetics. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 529. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 329 if student has credit for ANTH 529.

BODIES, SENSUALITIES, AND ART

BODIES, SENSUALITIES, & ART

Overview of the basics of the analysis of soils and sediments as related to archaeological deposits, and introducing the key concepts of surficial geology, site formation, landscape evolution, and the scope of depositional environments. Includes practical methods for describing stratigraphy, sediments and soil profiles in the field.

GEOARCHAEOLOGY

An in-depth examination of the art and archaeology of ancient Mesopotamia, Syria, Anatolia and Persia. Beginning in The Neolithic period, we will examine the development of Near Eastern art and architecture through the study of ancient sites and their associated material culture. Cross-list: HART 311.

ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST

ANCIENT NEAR EAST

This course considers the phenomenon of renewable energy, using a social scientific approach to analyze the various forces and interests involved in the development of renewable energy projects (such as hydropower, solar and wind) in both the global North and South. No prerequisites required. Cross-list: ENST 332, Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 532. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 332 if student has credit for ANTH 532.

THE SOCIAL LIFE OF CLEAN ENERGY

SOCIAL LIFE OF CLEAN ENERGY

This course explores the mutually constructive relationship between humans and objects; it asks how objects are made meaningful and active by humans, and how, in turn, people acquire meaning, relations, and agency through material culture. Topics include: commoditization, consumption, gift exchange, subjects and objects, identity, fashion, collecting, art, and authenticity. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 533. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 333 if student has credit for ANTH 533.

THE MATERIAL WORLD

The critical assessment and interpretation of Euroamerican social institutions and cultural forms have always been an integral part of anthropology&aposs intellectual project. This course will explain the techniques, history, and achievements of such critique. It will also view the purpose in the context of a more generational tradition of critical social thought in the West, especially the U.S. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 535. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 335 if student has credit for ANTH 535.

ANTHROPOLOGY AS CULTURAL CRITIQUE

ANTHROPOLOGY/CULTURAL CRITIQUE

The course introduces such classic anthropological concepts as the rite of passage and the cultural system as frames for the investigation of the professionalization of medicine as a discipline, medical training and the changing epistemologies of medical knowledge and the changing scope and content of the medical cosmos. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 536. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 336 if student has credit for ANTH 536.

BECOMING A DOCTOR

Japan and the U.S. are connected by a mutual fascination with each other&aposs mass culture,
with each country frequently employing the other as inspiration or cautionary tale. We
will examine selections from anthropological work, juxtaposing it with theoretical readings
on the nature of publics, crowds, and image circulation in general.

JAPANESE POPULAR CULTURE

The course examines a number of cases from popular genres-romance, novels, television sit-coms, tourist sites, movies, rock music and submits them to a variety of theoretical approaches from disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, literary studies, and philosophy. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 538. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 338 if student has credit for ANTH 538.

READING POPULAR CULTURE

The intersection of anthropology and aesthetics is making a significant contribution
to the discipline. From the modern to the post-modern to the contemporary work of
visual anthropology we will examine what it means to take up a philosophy of aesthetics,
and consider how we can integrate this genealogy of thought into contemporary anthropological
projects.

IMAGE, MEDIA, ANTHROPOLOGY

This course explores the relationship between two of the most powerful forces shaping the world today: economic globalization and political neoliberalism. Using ethnographic, policy and theoretical documentation drawn from a variety of case studies, we will reconstruct the interrelated origins of globalization and neoliberalism and map their social and cultural impacts across the world. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 540. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 340 if student has credit for ANTH 540.

NEOLIBERALISM AND GLOBALIZATION

NEOLIBERALISM & GLOBALIZATION

A wide-ranging introduction to museum studies with a particular focus on the collection and exhibition of cultural heritage materials. We will examine how heritage objects are displayed and represented in museums of art, natural historical history, and heritage. Topics include looking and ethics of collecting, policies of display, changing roles for museums; exhibition design and curatorial practice. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 541. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 341 if student has credit for ANTH 541.

MUSEUMS AND HERITAGE: EXHIBITING ART, EXHIBITING CULTURE

MUSEUMS AND HERITAGE

An ethnographically grounded exploration of the political, social, and intimate relations that constitute care in various situations of life and death. We ask how particular populations come to be understood as requiring, receiving, or being entitle to care? Who becomes obliged to provide care? And what are care&aposs collateral effects?
 Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 542. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 342 if student has credit for ANTH 542.

ETHNOGRAPHIES OF CARE

Discusses new religious movements and the religious, sociological, and political factors leading to their rise, also missionary and colonial reactions to them. Examines their relationship to indigenous religions, political praxis, and their focus on this-worldly salvation in the wake of political and economic marginality. Cross-list: RELI 342.

NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS IN AFRICA

NEW RELIG MOVEMENTS IN AFRICA

The course treats both the theorization and the ethnographic exploration of the urban imaginary; urban spaces and practices; urban, suburban, and post-urban planning; city-states, colonial cities, and capital cities; and the late 20th century metropolis. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 544. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 344 if student has credit for ANTH 544.

CITY/CULTURE

An examination of the way that archaeological evidence of the past has been used and viewed by particular groups at different times. Using case studies, the course considers issues of gender, race, Eurocentrism, political domination and legitimacy that emerge from critical analysis of representations of the past by archaeologists, museums, and collectors. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 545. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 345 if student has credit for ANTH 545.

THE POLITICS OF THE PAST: ARCHAEOLOGY IN SOCIAL CONTEXT

ARCHAEOLOGY IN SOCIAL CONTEXT

This course, part of the HRC’s Digital Humanities Initiative, is devoted to the virtual reconstruction of ancient urban landscapes with focus on individual buildings in their urban settings. All course activities will be based around interdisciplinary student teams who will work together through the semesters to complete a virtual reconstruction project. Instructor Permission Required.Cross-list: ARCH 310, COMP 316, HART 316.

VIRTUAL RECONSTRUCTION OF HISTORICAL CITIES

VIRTL RECONSTR HISTORCL CITIES

The course looks at selected aspects of American culture and society from an anthropological point of view. Readings derive from the works of both foreign and native observers, past and present. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 547. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 347 if student has credit for ANTH 547.

THE U.S. AS A FOREIGN COUNTRY

This class examines the uses and makings of nature in accounts of the human and post-human. It introduces students to nature as an object of study, as an analytic and as a heuristic. Some of the topics the course explores include the nature-culture dyad, nature as resource, science and technology and the remaking of nature, economies of nature, materiality, nature and kinship, and natural ontologies. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 548. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 348 if student has credit for ANTH 548.

ANTHROPOLOGIES OF NATURE

Philosophical ethics argues over the proper criteria of the definition and the assessment of ethical action. This course focuses on an emerging and increasingly salient anthropological project: empirical inquiry into the themes and variations of ethical systems and the sociocultural rationale for their existence and reproduction. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 549. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 349 if student has credit for ANTH 549.

THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF ETHICS

This course will examine the cultural dimensions of nationalism, particularly around the creation of forms of "peoplehood" that seem to be presupposed by almost all nation-building projects. Texts to be analyzed will include the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the Declaration of the Rights of Man. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 551. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 351 if student has credit for ANTH 551.

CULTURES OF NATIONALISM

Summary of the prehistory, ethnography, and ethnology of the Indian subcontinent. Special emphasis on Hinduism, Buddhism, and Indian philosophy. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 553. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 353 if student has credit for ANTH 553.

CULTURES OF INDIA

This course draws on critical disability studies and medical anthropology to explore how gender and sexuality matter in contexts of illness and disability across a range of institutional, social, and national contexts. We pay particular attention to the ways illness and disability expose, disturb, or retrench normative arrangements of gender. Cross-list: SWGS 353, Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 554. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 354 if student has credit for ANTH 554.

ILLNESS, DISABILITY, AND THE GENDERED BODY

DISABILITY AND GENDERED BODIES

This course provides an overview of the way archaeologists study space, place and landscape, including studies that emphasize ecological, symbolic, political economic and religious aspects. Recent theoretical work on space, place and landscape will be emphasized, as well as archaeological methods of investigation and interpretation, including remote sensing, surveying, and GIS. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 555. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 355 if student has credit for ANTH 555.

SPACE, PLACE, AND LANDSCAPE

SPACE, PLACE, LANDSCAPE

In contrast with people self-identified within political structures of the First, Second and Third Worlds, Fourth World peoples are, generally speaking, "stateless peoples." In this course we will examine both how this "unofficial" status affects their struggle for self-determination and how native peoples engage traditional beliefs and practices for self-empowerment. Through readings, films and speakers we will examine current conflicts facing indigenous people in North and South America, the Soviet Union, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 558. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 358 if student has credit for ANTH 558.

THE FOURTH WORLD: ISSUES OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

FOURTH WORLD:INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

This introductory course covers various topics relating to the ethnography and anthropology of Asian cultures. These may include some or all of the following: popular culture and cultural production, religion, cultural aspects of development and globalization.

ASIAN TOPICS

This introductory course covers various topics relating to the ethnography and anthropology of African cultures. These may include some or all of the following: popular culture and cultural production, cultural aspects of development and globalization.

TOPICS IN AFRICAN CULTURE AND ETHNOGRAPHY

AFRICAN TOPICS

This course examines contemporary cultural and political dynamics in Latin America. Topics include: race, ethnicity and indigenousness; borders, migrations and diaspora; genocide and state violence; neo-colonialisms and neo-liberalisms; sexuality, gender and class dynamics; social movements and activism; the politics and practices of medicine and religion; popular culture, media and technology. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 561. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 361 if student has credit for ANTH 561.

LATIN AMERICAN TOPICS

Methods used in fieldwork, laboratory analysis, and interpretation of archaeological data from a local site excavated by the class. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 562. Repeatable for Credit.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD TECHNIQUES

ARCHAEOLOGICAL FLD TECHNIQUES

A comparative study of the archaic cities and states of Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus, China, and South America, emphasizing the causes and conditions of their origins. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 563. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 363 if student has credit for ANTH 563.

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CITIES AND STATES

ARCHAEOLOGY CITIES AND STATE

In this course, basic field archaeology techniques are taught on-site in an archaeological context in Africa with emphasis on excavation methods, artifact recovery, and recording techniques. Students will excavate stone structures and a variety of historical deposits. Fieldwork takes place in Africa, June-July. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 564. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 364 if student has credit for ANTH 564. Repeatable for Credit. Course URL: http://www.songomnara.rice.edu/fieldschool.htm

AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY FIELD TECHNIQUES

AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY

Does media show how things really are? This class explores the politics of representation, particularly in times of social mayhem, revolution, and war. Although we will focus primarily on cultural and political representations of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, this class will also put this dispute in comparison with other global events. Cross-list: SOCI 365.

POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION: HOW WE UNDERSTAND "WAR" AND "THE RACIAL OTHER"

POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION

This course explores science as a transnational phenomenon, focusing on the pathways along which it flows around the world. Topics include differences in local styles of reasoning, dynamics of international scientific collaborations, transnational migration of knowledge workers, the role of science in nationalist projects, and the commodification of science. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 566. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 366 if student has credit for ANTH 566.

SCIENCE, LOCAL AND GLOBAL

Techniques of processing, conserving, and recording archaeological materials are emphasized, with students analyzing pottery, glass, metals, plant/animal remains, and building materials. Course work includes lectures, hands-on lab work, and informal discussion and culminates in an independent research project based on analyzed materials. Instructor Permission Required.Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 570. Repeatable for Credit.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND ANALYSIS

ARCHAEOLOGICAL LAB ANALYSIS

Money is such a part of everyday modern life that it is hard for us to imagine living without it. Yet in many pre-modern societies, gift-exchange was as important as money is in our own. This course will look at the cultural dimensions of systems of exchange, ranging from gift giving among Northwest Coast Indians to foreign currency exchanges between financial institutions. Along with the classic work of Marx and Simmel on money and capital, we will also cover some of the anthropological work on gifts and exchange, such as that of Mauss, Levi-Strauss, and Bourdieu, as well as some of the contemporary debates initiated by Bataille and Derrida. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 571. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 371 if student has credit for ANTH 571.

MONEY AND EVERYDAY LIFE

Most of us think of capitalism as primarily an economic phenomenon. Yet, it also has a profoundly cultural dimension. This class will examine how capitalism and related phenomena, such as commodification, markets and marketing, corporate finance and the calculation of risk, both affect and are affected by culture. We will consider the impact of capitalist markets on social relations and gender identities; on ideals of patriotism, responsibility and success; and on popular culture and leisure practices. We will also ask how people resist, appropriate and modify in culturally specific ways the logic and institutions of a global capitalist order. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 572. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 372 if student has credit for ANTH 572.

CULTURES OF CAPITALISM

The course covers select topics in the archaeology and paleoanthropology of Asia from the arrival of Homo erectus to the development of the earliest civilizations. Class discussions will focus on the history of exploration in Asia and the main debates that have shaped the study of prehistory in the largest continent on Earth. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 574. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 374 if student has credit for ANTH 574.

ASIAN PREHISTORY

This course explores art and social change in times of mass displacement, racial oppression, and war. It surveys the efforts involved in achieving justice and the possible implications of remaining historically mute and hopeless. The class will host contemporary activists and artists concerned with radical visions of hope in Houston. Cross-list: SOCI 376.

ART AND ACTIVISM

Focuses on cinematic explorations of and preoccupations with the notion of place. Screenings include iconic and lesser - known films from Europe and the Middle East that offer diverse lenses and contexts (love, family, landscapes, borders, trauma, exile) through which we will examine questions of real and imagined place and the politics of memory. Cross-list: FILM 378, HART 391, Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 578. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 378 if student has credit for ANTH 578.

PLACE AND MEMORY IN MIDDLE EASTERN AND EUROPEAN CINEMA

MEMORY AND PLACE IN CINEMA

This course will explore in-depth case studies of transnational health justice movement in order to address critical themes of health inequalities in the context of conflict. We will attend to topical themes including gender inequality, class struggle, healthcare systems and their variations, childhood and chronic illness, the intersection between environment and health, and the role of scientific knowledge in claims for health justice. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 580. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 380 if student has credit for ANTH 580.