ANTH 166 - Intro to Sociocultural Anth

Surveys anthropological approaches to culture and society. Explores the different theories anthropologists use to understand how peoples’ lives are shaped through social relations that vary historically, geographically, and cross-culturally. Key topics covered include political economy, history, colonialism, kinship, gender, expressive culture, material culture, politics, economics, and globalization. Emphasis on ethnographic case studies that clarify anthropology’s distinctive methodology of participant observation and long-term fieldwork. Sociocultural anthro foundations course. 4 credits. Offered every semester.