The course covers the main theoretical approaches in German, British, American and French anthropology in the late 20th century.
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Course Learning Outcomes
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Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| 1. The participants will critically examine anthropological theories and their perspectives. | 1,2,5,6,7,8,9 | 1,2,3,5 | A, D |
| 2. The course will enable participants to compare theoretical traditions and their key debates in the field of anthropology. | 1,2,3,5,6,7 | 1,2,3,5 | A, D |
| 3. The course will enable participants to conceptualise field findings from an abstract and theoretical point of view. | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 | 1,2,3,5 | A, D |
| 4. The course participants will understand the historical and societal conditions that led to the formulation of anthropological theories. | 1,2,5,6,7,8 | 1,2,3,5 | A, D |
Course Flow
| COURSE CONTENT | ||
| Week | Topic | Study Materials |
| 1 | British Structuralism I |
Edmund Leach. (1955). Polyandry, Inheritance and the Definition of Marriage. Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 55, 182-186.
Edmund Leach. (1966). Virgin Birth. Proceedings of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 39-49. Edmund Leach. (1974). Political Systems of Highland Burma A Study of Kachin Social Structure. London: The Athlone Press. Edmund Leach. (1986). Tribal Ethnography: Past, Present, Future. The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology, 11(2), 1-14. Mary Douglas. (1968). The Social Control of Cognition: Some Factors in Joke Perception, Man, 3(3), 361-376. Mary Douglas. (1972). Deciphering a Meal. Daedalus, 101(1), 61-81. Mary Douglas. (1984). Purity and Danger an Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo. London and New York: Routledge. Mary Douglas. (1991). The Idea of a Home: A Kind of Space. Social Research, 58(1), 287-307. Paul A. Erickson & Liam D. Murphy. (2017). A History of Anthropological Theory. Ontaria: University of Toronto Press. Pp. 147-149. |
| 2 | British Structuralism II |
Edmund Leach. (1955). Polyandry, Inheritance and the Definition of Marriage. Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 55, 182-186.
Edmund Leach. (1966). Virgin Birth. Proceedings of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 39-49. Edmund Leach. (1974). Political Systems of Highland Burma A Study of Kachin Social Structure. London: The Athlone Press. Edmund Leach. (1986). Tribal Ethnography: Past, Present, Future. The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology, 11(2), 1-14. Mary Douglas. (1968). The Social Control of Cognition: Some Factors in Joke Perception, Man, 3(3), 361-376. Mary Douglas. (1972). Deciphering a Meal. Daedalus, 101(1), 61-81. Mary Douglas. (1984). Purity and Danger an Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo. London and New York: Routledge. Mary Douglas. (1991). The Idea of a Home: A Kind of Space. Social Research, 58(1), 287-307. Paul A. Erickson & Liam D. Murphy. (2017). A History of Anthropological Theory. Ontaria: University of Toronto Press. Pp. 147-149. |
| 3 | Cognitive Anthropology and New Ethnography |
Charles O. Frake. (1962). Cultural Ecology and Etnography. American Anthropologist, 64(1), 53-59.
Charles O. Frake. (1964). How to Ask for a Drink in Subanun. American Anthropologist, 66(6), 127-132). Charles O. Frake. (1985). Cognitive Maps of Time and Tide among Medieval Seafarers. Man, 20(2), 254-270. Harold C. Conklin. (1973). Color Categorization. American Anthropologist, 75(4), 931-942. Harold C. Conklin. (1986). Hanuoo Color Categories. Journal of Anthropological Research, 42(3), 441-446. Paul A. Erickson & Liam D. Murphy. (2017). A History of Anthropological Theory. Ontaria: University of Toronto Press. Pp. 172-176 (Cognitive Anthropology / Ethnoscience and the ‘New Ethnography) Ward H. Goodenough. (1956). Componential Analysis and the Study of Meaning. Language, 32(1), 195-216. Ward G. Goodenough. (1976). Multiculturalism as the Normal Human Experience. Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 7(4), 4-7. Ward G. Goodenough. (1965). Yankee Kinship Terminology: A Problem in Componential Analysis. American Anthropologist, 67(5), 259-287. |
| 4 | Neo-Evolutionism: Leslie White and the Evolution of Culture-in-General |
Leslie A. White. (1943). Energy and the Evolution of Culture. American Anthropologist, 45(3), 335-356.
Leslie A. White. (1945). ‘Diffusion vs. Evolution’: An Anti-Evolutionisy Fallacy. American Anthropologist, 47(3), 339-356. Leslie A. White. (1945). History, Evolutionism, and Functionalism: Three Types of Interpretation of Culture. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology, 1(2), 221-248. Leslie A. White. (1948). The Definition and Prohibition of Incest. American Anthropologist, 50(3), 416-435. Leslie A. White. (1959). The Concept of Culture. American Anthropologist, 61(2), 227-251. Marvin Harris. (1971). The Rise of Anthropological Theory. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. 634-646. Paul A. Erickson & Liam D. Murphy. (2017). A History of Anthropological Theory. Ontaria: University of Toronto Press. Pp. 177-180 (Cultural Neo-evolutionism) |
| 5 | Ecological Anthropology: Julian Steward and the Criticism of Universal Evolution |
Julian Steward. (1929). Diffusion and Independent Invention: A Critique of Logic. American Anthropologist, 31(3), 491-495.
Julian Steward. (1937). Ecological Aspects of Southwestern Society. Anthropos, 32(1/2), 87-104. Julian Steward. (1954). Theory and Application in a Social Science. Ethnohistory, 2(4), 292-302. Julian Steward. (1956). Cultural Evolution. Scientific American, 194(5), 69-83. Julian Steward & Demitri Shimkin. (1961). Some Mechanisms of Socio Cultural Evolution. Daedalus, 90(3), 477-497. Julian Steward. (2006). The Concept and Method of Cultural Ecology. (Eds.) Nora Haenn, Richard R. Wilk, The Environment in Anthropology a Reader in Ecology, Culture, and Sustainable Living. New York and London: New York University Press. Marvin Harris. (1971). The Rise of Anthropological Theory. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. 647-653 Paul A. Erickson & Liam D. Murphy. (2017). A History of Anthropological Theory. Ontaria: University of Toronto Press. Pp. 180-186 (Cultural Neo-evolutionism) |
| 6 | The Contributions of Manchester School |
Bruce Kapferer, Situations, Crisis, and the Anthropology of the Concrete: The Contribution of Max Gluckman. Social Analysis: The International Journal of Anthropology, 49(3), 85-122.
Marvin Harris. (1971). The Rise of Anthropological Theory. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. 559-567. Max Gluckman. (1940). Analysis of a Social Situation in Modern Zululand. Bantu Studies, 14(1), 1-30. Max Gluckman. (1949). The Village Headman in British Central Africa. Journal of the International African Institute, 19(2), 89-106. Max Gluckman. (1955). The Peace in the Feud. Past & Present, 8, 1-14. Max Gluckman. (1960). Tribalism in Modern British Central Africa. Cahiers d’Etudes Africaines, 1(1), 55-70. Max Gluckman, Ely Devons. (1964). Conclusion: Modes and Consequences of Limiting a Field of Study. Max Gluckman (Ed.), Closed Systems and Open Minds: The Limits of Naivety in Social Anthropology. Edinburgh, London: Oliver & Boyd Ltd. Max Gluckman. (1966). Les Rites de Passage. Max Gluckman (Ed.), Essays on the Ritual of Social Relations, Manchester: Manchester University Press. Max Gluckman. (1968). Psychological, Sociological and Anthropological Explanation of Witchcraft and Gossip: A Clarification. Man, 3(1), 20-34. Paul A. Erickson & Liam D. Murphy. (2017). A History of Anthropological Theory. Ontaria: University of Toronto Press. Pp. 166-167 (Mac Gluckman and the ‘Manchester School’) Richard P. Werbner. (1984). The Manchester School in South-Central Africa. Annual Review of Anthropology, 13, 157-185. |
| 7 |
Cultural Materialism and Marvin Harris
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Charles Wagley, Marvin Harris. (1955). A Typology of Latin American Subcultures. American Anthropologist, 57(3), 428-451.
Kenneth E. Lloyd. (1985). Behavioral Anthropology: A Review of Marvin Harris’ Cultural Materialism. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 43, 279-287. Marvin Harris. (1964). Patterns of Race in the Americas. New York: Walker and Company. Marvin Harris. (1976). History and Significance of the Emic / Etic Distinction. Annual Review of Anthropology, 5, 329-350. Marvin Harris. (1978). Cannibals & Kings The Origins of Cultures. Glasgow: Contana. Marvin Harris. (1979). Cultural Materialism: The Struggle for a Science of Culture. New York: Random House. Paul A. Erickson & Liam D. Murphy. (2017). A History of Anthropological Theory. Ontaria: University of Toronto Press. Pp. 184-187 (Cultural Materialism). |
| 8 | Anthropological Political Economy I |
Sidney W. Mintz. (1953). The Folk-Urban Continuum and the Rural Proletarian Community. American Journal of Sociology, 59(2), 136-143.
Eric R. Wolf & Sidney Mintz. (1957). Haciendas and Plantations in Middle America and the Antilles. Social and Economic Studies, 6(3), 380-412. Eric R. Wolf. (1966). Kinship, Friendship, and Patron-Client Relations in Complex Societies. (Ed.) Michael Banton, The Social Anthropology of Complex Societies (1-22), London and New York: Routledge. Paul A. Erickson & Liam D. Murphy. (2017). A History of Anthropological Theory. Ontaria: University of Toronto Press. Pp. 219-228 (Political Economy). Sidney W. Mintz & Christine M. Du Bois. (2002). The Anthropology of Food and Eating. Annual Review of Anthropology, 31, 99-119. Sidney W. Mintz & Eric Wold. (1950). An Analysis of Ritual Co-Parenthhod (Compadrazgo). Southwestern Journal fo Anthropology, 6(4), 341-368. Sidney W. Mintz. (1971). Men, Women, and Trade. Comparative Studies in Society and History. 13(3), 247-269. Sidney W. Mintz. (1977). The So-Called World System: Local Initiative and Local Response. Dialectical Anthropology, 2(4), 253-270. Sidney W. Mintz. (1978). Was the Plantation Slave a Proletarian?. Review (Fernand Braudel Center), 2(1), 81-98. |
| 9 | Anthropological Political Economy II |
Michael T. Taussig. (1980). Reification and the Consciousness of the Patient. Social Science Med. 14B, 3-13.
Michael Taussig. (1984). Culture of Terror – Space of Death. Roger Casement’s Putuyamo Report and the Explanation of Torture. Comparative Studies in Society and History, 26(3), 467-497. , Michael Taussig. (1984). History as Sorcery. Representations, 7, 87-109. Paul A. Erickson & Liam D. Murphy. (2017). A History of Anthropological Theory. Ontaria: University of Toronto Press. Pp. 219-228 (Political Economy). William Roseberry. (1976). Rent, Differentiation, and the Development of Capitalism among Peasants. American Anthropologist, 78, 45-58. William Roseberry. (1982). Balinese Cockfights and the Seduction of Anthropology. Social Research, 49(4), 1013-1028. William Roseberry. (1986). The Ideology of Domestic Production. Labour, Capital and Society, 19(1), 70-93. William Roseberry. (1992). Multiculturalism and the Challenge of Anthropology. Social Research, 59(4), 841-858. William Roseberry. (1996). The Rise of Yuppie Coffes and the Reimagination of Class in the United States. American Anthropologist, 98(4), 762-775. William Roseberry. (1997). Marx and Anthropology. Annual Review of Anthropology, 26, 25-46. Winnie Lem. (2007). William Roseberry, Class and Inequality in the Anthropology of Migration. Critique of Anthropology, 27(4), 377-394. |
| 10 | Symbolic and Interpretive Anthropology-I |
Clifford Geertz. (1973). Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture. (Ed.) Clifford Geertz, The Interpretations of Culture: Selected Essays (3-32), New York: Basic Books.
Clifford Geertz. (1973). Ideology as a Cultural System. (Ed.) Clifford Geertz, The Interpretations of Culture: Selected Essays (193-234), New York: Basic Books. Clifford Geertz. (1980). Blurred Genres: The Refiguration of Social Thought. The American Scholar, 49(2), 165-179. |
| 11 | Symbolic and Interpretive Anthropology II |
Paul A. Erickson & Liam D. Murphy. (2017). A History of Anthropological Theory. Ontaria: University of Toronto Press. Pp. 194-205 (Symbolic and Interpretive Anthropology).
Victor W. Turner. (1973). Symbols in African Ritual. Science, 179 (4078), 1100-1105. Victor Turner. (1975). Symbolic Studies. Annual Review of Anthropology, 4(1975), 145-161. Victor Turner. (1977). Process, System, and Symbol: A New Anthropological Synthesis. Daedalus, 106(3), 61-80. Victor Turner. (1979). Dramatic Ritual / Ritual Drama: Performative and Reflexive Anthropology. The Kenyon Review, 1(3), 80-93. Victor Turner. (1980). Social Dramas and Stories about Them. Critical Inquiry, 7(1), 141-168. |
| 12 | Tranactionalism and Fredrik Barth |
Fredrik Barth. (1956). Ecologic Relationships of Ethnic Groups in Swat, North Pakistan. American Anthropologist, 58(6), 1079-1089.
Fredrik Barth. (1961). Nomads of South Persia the Basseri Tribe of the Khamseh Confederacy. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Fredrik Barth. (1967). On the Study of Social Change. American Anthropologist, 69, 661-669. Fredrik Barth. (1969). Ethnic Groups and Boundaries. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Paul A. Erickson & Liam D. Murphy. (2017). A History of Anthropological Theory. Ontaria: University of Toronto Press. Pp. 206-208 (Transactionalism). Fredrik Barth. Boundaries and Connection. (Ed.) Anthony P. Cohen, Signifying Identities Anthropological Perspectives on Boundaries and Contested Values (17-36). London and New York: Routledge. |
| 13 | General Evaluation | |
| 14 | Critical Text Reading | |
Recommended Sources
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The sources for each week are listed above
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Material Sharing
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| Documents | YULearn |
| Assignments | YULearn |
| Exams | YULearn |
Assessment
| ASSESSMENT | ||
| In-Term Studies | Number | Percentage |
| Mid-terms | 1 | 30 |
| Assignment | 1 | 10 |
| Final | 1 | 60 |
| Total | 3 | 100 |
| CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE | 60 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE | 40 | |
| Total | 100 | |
Course’s Contribution to Program
| COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM | ||||||
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Acquires the basic terms, theoretical point of views and the historical evolution of anthropology. | X | ||||
| 2 | Gains insight into the subfields of anthropology and the unique methods and applications of these fields. | X | ||||
| 3 | Possess knowledge about conducting ethnographic study, which is the basic research method of anthropology, and designs fieldwork accordingly. | X | ||||
| 4 | Formulates questions and evaluates research findings through analytical, critical and creative thinking by utilizing the knowledge and skills of anthropology. | X | ||||
| 5 | Demonstrates adherence to scientific and ethical values in fieldwork and academic research and acts in accordance with these values. | X | ||||
| 6 | Identifies social problems and develops social projects using anthropological theory and research methods. | X | ||||
| 7 | Effectively utilizes current databases, information resources, and information technologies. | X | ||||
| 8 | Designs interdisciplinary studies and participates in study groups by integrating disciplines alongside anthropology. | X | ||||
| 9 | Exhibits social awareness and responsibility, approaching individual and cultural diversities with impartiality. | X | ||||
| 10 | Acquires the ability to think, read, write and orally express English at an academic level. | X | ||||
ECTS
| ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION | |||
| Activities | Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Duration | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Mid Term | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Assignments | 1 | 11 | 11 |
| Final examination | 1 | 35 | 35 |
| Total Workload | 150 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 6 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 6 | ||