ANTH33796GD
Topics in Applied Anthropology: Living with Culture |
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I: Administrative Information II: Course Details
III: Topical Outline(s) Printable Version Public |
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Section I: Administrative Information
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Credit Value: 3.0
Credit Value Notes: N/A
Effective: Fall 2013
Prerequisites:
(ANTH18731GD)
Corequisites:
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Equivalents:
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Pre/Co/Equiv Notes: N/A |
Course
Name (short): Applied Anthropology
School: All Sheridan Schools
Program(s):
Degree Breadth
Program Coordinator(s):
Sean McNabney
Course Leader or Contact: Anna Boshnakova
Originator: Adele Dodge
Designate: Adele Dodge
Version: 2.0
Status: Approved (APPR)
Calendar Description
Students apply theoretical approaches and practical methods from the
various specialties within applied anthropology to the study of
contemporary sociocultural issues. Through the perspectives of
linguistic, medical, environmental, business, urban, museum and
psychological anthropology, students employ a modern view of culture
as a system, inseparable from historical, sociopolitical, economic
and geographic contexts.
Typical Instructional Format
Lecture
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42.0 |
Total hours: |
42.0 |
Courses may be offered in other formats.
Section I Notes:
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Section II: Course Details
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Detailed Description
Students apply theoretical approaches and practical methods from the
various specialties within applied anthropology to the study of
contemporary sociocultural issues. Through the perspectives of
linguistic, medical, environmental, business, urban, museum and
psychological anthropology, students employ a modern view of culture
as a system, inseparable from historical, sociopolitical, economic
and geographic contexts. Students gain a critical awareness of local
and global cultural practices by using modern anthropological
techniques to identify and analyze culture-universals and culture-
specifics. Working with diverse cultural communities, they develop
practical experience in quantitative and qualitative research
methods, cultural brokerage and socio-cultural impact assessment.
Students learn about the everyday application of cultural
anthropology through interactive lectures and seminars, applied
anthropological activities, readings, audio and video clips, case
studies and an individual research project.
Program Context
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Degree Breadth |
Program Coordinator: Sean McNabney |
This is an advanced-level
elective for students in the
Applied Degree programs.
Electives make students
aware of the distinctive
assumptions and modes of
analysis of at least one
discipline outside their
main field of study and of
the society and culture in
which they live and work.
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Course Critical Performance and Learning Outcomes
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Critical Performance
By the end of this course, students will have demonstrated the
ability to synthesize anthropological theories and applied
methodologies in social and cultural contexts.
Learning Outcomes
To achieve the critical performance, students will have demonstrated
the ability to:
1. Examine the historical structure and growth of the applied
aspects of anthropological theory and practice.
2. Categorize the different domains in which applied
anthropologists work.
3. Apply the ethical responsibilities and standards in
anthropological research and practice.
4. Critique ethical issues and current debate in the field of
applied anthropology through examination of case studies.
5. Analyze culture-universals and culture-specifics in the
context and structure of various local and global cultural
practices.
6. Apply anthropological concepts and modern techniques from
specialties within applied anthropology to the analyses of various
contemporary social and cultural issues.
7. Translate raw data into well-grounded and comprehensible
conclusions.
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Evaluation Plan
Students demonstrate their learning in the following ways:
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Students demonstrate their learning in the following ways:
TESTS: 2 X 25% = 50%
RESEARCH PROJECT:
RESEARCH PROPOSAL: 5%
RESEARCH PAPER: 20%
RESEARCH PROJECT PRESENTATION 15%
IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES 10%
TEST AND ASSIGNMENT PROTOCOL
To encourage behaviours that will help students to be successful in
the workplace and to ensure that students receive credit for their
individual work, the following rules apply to every course offered
within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
1. Students are responsible for staying abreast of test dates and
times, as well as due dates and any special instructions for
submitting assignments and projects as supplied to the class by
the Professor.
2. Students must write all tests at the specified times. Missed
tests, in-class activities, assignments and presentations are
awarded a mark of zero. If an extension or make-up opportunity
is approved by the professor as outlined below, the mark of zero
may be revised by subsequent performance. The penalty for late
submission of written assignments is a loss of 10% per day for
up to five business days (excluding weekends and statutory
holidays), after which, a grade of zero is assigned. Business
days include any day that the college is open for business,
whether the student has scheduled classes that day or not.
3. Students, who miss a test or in-class activity or assignment or
fail to submit an assignment on time due to exceptional
circumstances, are required to notify their professor in advance
of the class whenever possible. A make-up test may be supplied
for students who provide an acceptable explanation of their
absence and/or acceptable documentation explaining their absence
(e.g., a medical certificate). All make-up tests are to be
written at a time and place specified by the professor upon the
student's return. Alternately, students may be given an
opportunity to earn the associated marks by having a subsequent
test count for the additional marks. Similarly, exceptional
circumstances may result in a modification of the due dates for
assignments.
4. Unless otherwise specified, assignments and projects must be
submitted at the beginning of class.
5. Students must complete every assignment as an individual effort
unless, the professor specifies otherwise.
6. Since there may be instances of grade appeal or questions
regarding the timely completion of assignments and/or extent of
individual effort, etc., students are strongly advised to keep,
and make available to their professor, if requested, a copy of
all assignments and working notes until the course grade has been
finalized.
7. There will be no resubmission of work unless this has been
previously agreed to or suggested by the professor.
8. Students must submit all assignments in courses with practical
lab and field components in order to pass the course.
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Provincial Context
The course meets the following Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities requirements:
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Essential Employability
Skills
Essential Employability Skills emphasized in the course:
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Communication
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Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
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Interpersonal
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Numeracy |
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Information
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Personal
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Notes: N/A
Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition
PLAR Contact: Sean McNabney
Students may apply to receive credit by demonstrating achievement
of the course learning outcomes through previous life and work experiences.
This course is eligible for challenge through the following
method(s):
Challenge Exam |
Portfolio |
Interview |
Other |
Not Eligible for PLAR |
X |
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Notes: N/A
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Section III: Topical Outline
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Some details of this outline may change as a result of circumstances such as weather cancellations, College and student activities, and class timetabling.
Effective term: Fall 2013
Professor: Anna Boshnakova
Textbook(s): Ferraro, G. and S. Andreatta (2010). Cultural Anthropology: An
Applied Perspective (8th ed.). Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
Recommended Reading:
Eddy, E. M. and W. L. Partridge (Eds.). (2003). Anthropology in
Practice: Building a Career Outside the Academy. Boulder, Colorado:
Lynne Rienner.
Ervin, A. M. (2005). Applied Anthropology: Tools and Perspectives for
Contemporary Practice (2nd ed.). Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon.
Gwynne, M. A. (2003). Applied Anthropology: A Career-Oriented
Approach. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
Matsumoto, D. and l. Juang (2011). Culture and Psychology (5th ed.).
Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
Sabloff, P. L. W. (Ed.). (2000). Careers in Anthropology: Profiles of
Practitioner Anthropologists (NAPA bulletin 20). Fairfax, VA:
American Anthropological Association.
Van Willigen, J. (1991). Anthropology in Use: A Sourcebook on
Anthropological Practice. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press.
Applicable student group(s): Degree Breadth
Course Details:Unit 1 - Introduction to applied anthropology
Topics:
- What do applied anthropologists do?
- Contributions of applied anthropology: enhancing understanding;
solving societal problems; building skills for the Twenty-First
Century; develop a broad perspective; appreciate other perspectives;
balance contradictions; emphasize global teamwork; develop cognitive
complexity; develop perceptual acuity.
In-class activity (1%)
Reading: Chapter 1
Unit 2 - Becoming an applied anthropologist
Topics:
- Areas in which the applied anthropologists work
- History of applied anthropology
- The concept of culture - an applied perspective: cross-cultural
coaching
- Identification and examination of applied anthropology projects
In-class activity (1%)
Reading: Chapters 2 and 3
Unit 3 - Relationships between method, theory, application and
practice.
Topics:
- The growth of anthropological theory
- Preparing for fieldwork: stages of field research
- Data-gathering techniques: participant-observation; interviewing;
additional data-gathering techniques; applied field methods.
- Recent trends in ethnographic fieldwork
In-class activity (1%)
Reading: Chapters 4 and 5
Unit 4 - The Ethics of applied anthropology
Topics:
- Major areas of responsibility
- The pains and gains of fieldwork: culture shock; biculturalism
In-class activity (1%)
Reading: Chapter 5
Unit 5 - Time and participation in applied anthropology
Topics:
- Language and culture
- Culture influences on verbal language and non-verbal communication
- Intercultural communication: cultural influences on encoding and
decoding
- Bilingualism and culture: psychological differences as a function
of language; perceptions of bilinguals; monolingualism and
ethnocentrism
In-class activity (1%)
Research project proposal due (5%)
Reading: Chapter 6
Unit 6 - Community development, action anthropology and needs
assessment
Topics:
- Human adaptation
- Food production strategies and experience
- Environment and technology
- Cultural and social impact assessments
In-class activity (1%)
Reading: Chapter 7
Mid-term test (25%)
Unit 7 - Environmental and business anthropology
Topics:
- Cross-cultural business negotiations
- The allocation of natural resources
- Production and distribution of goods and services
- Globalization of world economies: anthropology and new product
research
In-class activity (1%)
Reading: Chapter 8
Unit 8 - Applied medical anthropology and public health
Topics:
- Culture and health: cultural differences in the definition of
culture; genetic, psychosocial and socio-cultural influences on
physical health and disease
- Culture and gender: sex and gender; conception of gender across
cultures
- Culture and psychological disorders; culture and psychotherapy
- Culture and clinical training
- A community approach to treatment
In-class activity (1%)
Reading: Chapters 9, 10, 11
Recommended Reading:
Matsumoto, D. and l. Juang (2011).Culture and Psychology (5th ed.).
Wadsworth, Cengage Learning: 153-318.
Unit 9 - Urban anthropology
Topics:
- Social stratification: a public display of status differences
- Race and intelligence
- Human rights
- Immigration
- Culture and crime
In-class activity (1%)
Reading: Chapter 13
Unit 10 - Museum anthropology
Topics:
- Representation of culture
- Arts in context of culture
- Culture and education: culture is learned
- Cultural transmission: enculturation and acculturation
- Culture change and globalization: inventions/innovations; cultural
diffusion
In-class activity (1%)
Reading: Chapters 14, 15, 16
Research project due (20%)
Unit11 - Sharing experience and applying anthropology I
Group # 1: Student research project presentations due (15%)
Unit 12 - Sharing experience and applying anthropology II
Group # 2: Student research project presentations due (15%)
Final test (25%)
Academic Honesty
The principle of academic honesty requires that all work submitted for evaluation and course credit be the original,
unassisted work of the student. Cheating or plagiarism including borrowing, copying, purchasing or collaborating on
work, except for group projects arranged and approved by the faculty member, or otherwise submitting work that is not
the student's own violates this principle and will not be tolerated. Instances of academic dishonesty, including
assisting another student to cheat, will be penalized as detailed in the Student Handbook.
Students who have any questions regarding whether or not specific circumstances involve a breach of academic
honesty are advised to discuss them with the faculty member prior to submitting the assignment in question.
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of every person engaged in the learning process. Behaviour which is inconsistent with this principle will
not be tolerated. Details of Sheridan's policy on Harassment and Discrimination are available in the Student Handbook.
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