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This course introduces students to the vibrant and contested field of Africana Studies by critically exploring and analyzing the links and disjunctures in the cultural, political, and intellectual practices and experiences of people of African descent throughout the African diaspora. Beginning with a critical overview of the history, theoretical orientations, and multiple methodological strategies of the discipline, the course is divided into three thematic units that examine intellectuals, politics, and movements; identity construction and formation; and literary, cultural, and aesthetic theories and practices in the African diaspora. DVPS LILE WRIT
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Africana Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | F Hour (M.,W.,F. 1:00-1:50 PM) at Churchill House 106 | Add to cart |
| CRN 14320 | Corey D. Walker |
This course focuses on the position of Blacks in the national histories and societies of Latin America from slavery to the present-day. Emphasis is on a multidisciplinary engagement with issues and the exposure of students to the critical discussion of national images and realities about blackness and Africa-descended institutions and practices. The role of racial issues in national and transnational encounters and the consequences of migration of people and ideas within the hemisphere are explored.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Africana Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | K Hour (T.,Th. 2:30-3:50 PM) at Churchill House B9 | Add to cart |
| CRN 14329 | Anani Dzidzienyo |
This course will introduce students to the methods and practice of studying black urban life with a primary focus on US cities. We will critically examine the urban cultural studies debates concerned with race, gender, class and sexuality. The approach of the course will be interdisciplinary, drawing upon works from anthropology, literature, history, music, and film. Topics include tourism, immigration, poverty, popular culture, gentrification, violence, and criminalization. WRIT
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Africana Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | H Hour (T.,Th. 9:00-10:20 AM) at 101 Thayer Street (VGQ 1st fl) 116E | Add to cart |
| CRN 15388 | Keisha-Khan Y. Perry |
This course examines the social and cultural history of black urban communities by examining the foundation of black communities in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles. We will examine how migration and the intersections of race, class, culture and gender shape life in urban places, reveal the structural forces that define black urban communities, and explore urban African-American expressive forms. Enrollment limited to 45. WRIT
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Africana Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | J Hour (T.,Th. 1:00-2:20 PM) at Wilson Hall 301 | Add to cart |
| CRN 14322 | Patricia L. Rose |
"Freedom Films" is a First Year Seminar which will focus on historical documentary films related to the Southern Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. We will analyze how these films reflect, change, and inform our views of the traditional Civil Rights Movement and how some offer contrasting narratives of that movement. We will also examine how and in what ways the films accurately and adequately reflect the historical realities of the Southern Civil Rights Movement based on readings and research. Enrollment limited to 20 first year students. DVPS FYS
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Africana Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | P Hour (T. 4:00-6:20 PM) at Churchill House B9 | Add to cart |
| CRN 16398 | Judy F. Richardson |
Third level of RPM Playwriting; for students that have successfully completed RPM Playwriting and Intermediate RPM Playwriting (workshop). Instructor permission.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Africana Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | Q Hour (Th. 4:00-6:20 PM) at Churchill House 106 | Add to cart |
| CRN 14325 | Elmo Terry-Morgan |
Second level of RPM Playwriting; for students that want to continue developing their RPM plays or want to begin a new project (workshop).
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Africana Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | Q Hour (Th. 4:00-6:20 PM) at Churchill House 106 | Add to cart |
| CRN 14327 | Elmo Terry-Morgan |
Research-to-Performance Method (RPM) Playwriting guides students through the process of developing new plays that are informed by scholarly research (workshop).
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Africana Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | Q Hour (Th. 4:00-6:20 PM) at Churchill House 106 | Add to cart |
| CRN 14328 | Elmo Terry-Morgan |
South Africa transformed after 1990, but the past remains powerful. This seminar explores the endurance and erosion of the apartheid legacy, as expressed in historical and fictional narratives. We begin with transition to majority rule and continue with the administrations of Mandela, Mbeki, and Zuma, connecting the formative histories of these leaders with the changing dynamic of politics. We end with narratives about the ways that ordinary people experienced new times. The syllabus includes scholarly works in history and politics, biography, fiction and film. Two short writing assignments and a major research paper. Enrollment limited to 20 juniors and seniors. DVPS WRIT
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Africana Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | Q Hour (Th. 4:00-6:20 PM) at J. Walter Wilson 403 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15586 | Nancy J. Jacobs |
Thirty plays, written by Afro-American playwrights and presented on the American stage between 1858 and the 1990s, are examined as cultural and historical documents of Afro-American realities. Supplementary readings from the humanities and social sciences provide critical framework for in-class discussions and student papers. Instructor permission required. WRIT
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Africana Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | I Hour (T.,Th. 10:30-11:50 AM) at Churchill House 106 | Add to cart |
| CRN 14319 | Elmo Terry-Morgan |
Recovers black women's history and renegotiates American history. Throughout the seminar, discussions will analyze the various tensions that complicate black women's lives, from accommodation to resistance, or gender issues versus racial issues, or the class tensions that pervade the African American community. Through the series of readings loosely hinged around themes and concepts, students will gain knowledge and understanding of the rich social, intellectual, political and economic networks and activities that African American women undertook on a daily basis in order to survive, progress and uplift. The course encourages the development of a broader and more comprehensive grasp of the complexities American, racial and gender histories. Must have taken at least one Women's History course and one U.S. history course. Enrollment limited to 20. DVPS LILE WRIT
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Africana Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | N Hour (W. 3:00-5:20 PM) at Sayles Hall 300 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15391 | Francoise N. Hamlin |
This course will examine the dual Haitian Revolution as a pivotal moment in the making of the modern world. It will review the various historical interpretations of the Haitian events, examine how these events contribute to or troubles our ideas about modern politics and notions of freedom as well as our conceptions of revolution. The course will engage in these issues by working through three archives: Vodou Religion; The Art of the Revolution and the conventional historiography about the revolution, and will be tied to the hosting of a joint Brown/RISD exhibition on Haitian Art. Enrollment limited to 15 juniors and seniors concentrating in Africana Studies, Visual Art, or History; and 15 RISD students.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Africana Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | M Hour (M. 3:00-5:20 PM) at Churchill House 106 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15385 | Barrymore A. Bogues |
Explores the history and present-day conditions of Afro-Brazilians, looking specifically at the uses of Africana in contemporary Brazil, political and cultural movements among Afro-Brazilians, domestic politics and its external dimensions, and Brazilian race relations within a global comparative framework. Texts from a variety of disciplines. A reading knowledge of Portuguese is not required but students so advantaged should inform the instructor.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Africana Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | N Hour (W. 3:00-5:20 PM) at Smith-Buonanno Hall 201 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15585 | Anani Dzidzienyo |
This seminar is an explanation of the transformation of racial policies, relations and rhetorics since the end of the civil rights era in the United States. We will examine the complex ways race has remained central to US society and yet has dramatically shifted- examining terms such as: color-blind society; integration; political race, racialized (and gendered) community formation. Enrollment limited to 20. WRIT
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Africana Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | N Hour (W. 3:00-5:20 PM) at Churchill House 106 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15386 | Patricia L. Rose |
Interested students must register for ARCH 1615 S01 (CRN 16437).
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Africana Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | Add to cart | |
| CRN 16614 |
Examines the development of a unique African/ American cultural and political identity in New Orleans. The seminar focuses on the development of the Faubourg Tremé, the oldest free black community in the United States, and covers the period from 1718 until 1899. Topics include: slavery and resistance; relations between enslaved and free blacks; social and political agitation; and the resulting early development of the nation's Civil Rights movement and legislation. There is discussion also of the formation and continued tradition of artists' and artisans' guilds; Creole language (e.g., Creole slave songs, proverbs); NOLA relationship to the Caribbean and Latin America. Enrollment limited to 20. DVPS
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Africana Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | P Hour (T. 4:00-6:20 PM) at Churchill House 106 | Add to cart |
| CRN 14323 | Brenda M. Osbey |
Focus on origins of Modernism among Africana authors of the Americas, with emphasis on the poetry, poetics and poetry movements of Brazil and Latin America, the Caribbean and US from 1888 through the first half of the 20th century. Begins with an overview of innovations wrought by Rubén Dario of Nicaragua, arguably the first modernist poet, and continues with the Harlem Renaissance of the 1910's and 20's; the Brazilian writers at the center of the Week of Modern Art of 1922; Caribbean writers of the Negrismo and Négritude movements; concludes with the work of such US and Anglophone Caribbean poets as Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Hayden and Martin Carter. Enrollment limited to 20. DVPS
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Africana Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | Q Hour (Th. 4:00-6:20 PM) at Sayles Hall 205 | Add to cart |
| CRN 14324 | Brenda M. Osbey |
Focuses on the close reading of nine works by writers of African descent - encompassing a variety of eras, forms and genres, stretching from the slave narrative to more contemporary settings. The thrust is to examine how each writer wrestles with issues of history and memory, with particular attention to the sometimes explicit, sometimes implicit interest in ideas and modes of expression that are rooted in African culture. Enrollment limited to 20 sophomores, juniors, and seniors; preference given to Africana Studies and English concentrators.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Africana Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | M Hour (M. 3:00-5:20 PM) at Churchill House B9 | Add to cart |
| CRN 14332 | Okey A. Ndibe |
Section numbers vary by instructor. Please check Banner for the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Africana Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | TBA at TBA | Add to cart |
| CRN 10701 | Unlisted | |
| Section S03 | TBA at TBA | Add to cart |
| CRN 10702 | Barrymore A. Bogues | |
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| CRN 10703 | Lundy Braun | |
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| CRN 10704 | Keisha-Khan Y. Perry | |
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| CRN 10705 | Unlisted | |
| Section S07 | TBA at TBA | Add to cart |
| CRN 10706 | Anani Dzidzienyo | |
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| CRN 10707 | Olakunle George | |
| Section S09 | TBA at TBA | Add to cart |
| CRN 10708 | Paget Henry | |
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| CRN 10709 | Unlisted | |
| Section S11 | TBA at TBA | Add to cart |
| CRN 10710 | Francoise N. Hamlin | |
| Section S12 | TBA at TBA | Add to cart |
| CRN 10711 | Patricia L. Rose | |
| Section S13 | TBA at TBA | Add to cart |
| CRN 10712 | Elmo Terry-Morgan | |
| Section S15 | TBA at TBA | Add to cart |
| CRN 10713 | Corey D. Walker | |
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| CRN 10714 | Unlisted |
This course will be a close reading of the various ideas, theories and practices of the thinkers, writers, artists and activitists whose work and practices have constituted an Africana intellectual tradition. In conducting this review we will examine questions around the formation and the history of thought and intellectual traditions in general. We will also think about the various fields of knowldege which have shaped Africana thought. The course therefore will spend some time working through the different meanings of intellectual work and critical thought and theory. Enrollment limited to 12 graduate students.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Africana Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | T. 5:30-8:30 PM at Churchill House 206 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15387 | Barrymore A. Bogues |
This graduate seminar brings together various methodological and theoretical approaches to interpreting Africana life, culture, thought, and politics. Placing special emphasis on emergent scholarship that shapes and reshapes the discipline of Africana Studies, we examine a selection of humanistic and social scientific studies of various local, national, and international contexts. The texts demonstrate the ways in which innovative interdisciplinary methods are crucial for understanding the complexity of the Africana world. We will give attention to the strategies scholars utilize to formulate their research questions, design their methodologies, and create new ideas that contribute to the advancement of Africana Studies scholarship. Enrollment limited to 20.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Africana Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | M Hour (M. 3:00-5:20 PM) at Sayles Hall 200 | Add to cart |
| CRN 16180 | Keisha-Khan Y. Perry |
Are your race, gender, and sexual orientation biologically pre-determined? This course traces the history and cultural implications of theories of racial and sexual differences. We examine three "scientific" theories -- Darwinism, eugenics, and genetics -- in popular culture, public policies and social movements, and consider how these social constructs both empowered and disempowered women, homosexuals, and racial minorities. Enrollment limited to 20 first year students. FYS WRIT
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | AB Hour (M.,W. 8:30-9:50 AM) at J. Walter Wilson 502 | Add to cart |
| CRN 16357 | Aiko Takeuchi |
From waiting periods to mandatory ultrasounds, a record number of provisions aimed at restricting women's access to abortion were enacted in 24 U.S. states in 2011. Dubbed the "war on women" by numerous observers, these legislative battles evidence the difficulty in determining reproduction's "proper" place in governmental politics. But is there more to this battle than abortion? Beginning with Roe v. Wade, this course explores how welfare, labor, citizenship, the family, religion, and activism alter mainstream conceptions of reproductive politics. Using a variety of sources, including films and websites, we will consider what an expansive reproductive freedom might entail. Enrollment limited to 17 first year students and sophomores. WRIT
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | K Hour (T.,Th. 2:30-3:50 PM) at Wilson Hall 303 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15734 | Sara M. Matthiesen |
This course looks at the migration and cultural productions of the South Asian diasporic communities in the U.S. and England. We'll explore how South Asian immigrants navigate questions of citizenship and identity, while maintaining (or disrupting) connections to the South Asian subcontinent. Through an examination of the ways in which gender, nationalism, class, and sexuality are discussed and performed in literature, film and television, we can trouble the idea of a singular way of being South Asian, causing us to question how we read "home" and "abroad." Enrollment limited to 17 first year students and sophomores. WRIT
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | H Hour (T.,Th. 9:00-10:20 AM) at 111 Thayer St-Watson Institute 114 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15753 | Pia K. Sahni |
In the 1880s an international movement to reform the design of buildings and their furnishings took hold in America. Its proponents wanted to improve visual culture in America by advocating the pride and honesty of craftsmanship and by embracing the ideal of unity of design, but more important, they hoped to change the way Americans lived and worked. This course examines the architecture, furniture, silver, ceramics, and printed works of the Arts & Crafts Movement in America from 1880 -1920. Understanding and interpreting material life is emphasized through local field trips and first-hand experience with the collections of the RISD Museum.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | I Hour (T.,Th. 10:30-11:50 AM) at Rockefeller Library 205 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15652 | Robert P. Emlen |
This course focuses on Asian America as a historical subject and on Asian Americans as makers of their own histories. It is loosely chronological but principally organized around the emergence of an Asian American historical voice. Films, personal accounts, and historical analyses will be read. Many of the texts feature photographs, which we will engage primarily as historical documents. Examining the material realities they represent or suggest, we will also probe their political, economic and cultural dimensions. As weapon, commodity and heirloom, photography has been integral to shaping Asian Americans' visibility and therefore their social position in the United States.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | C Hour (M.,W.,F. 10:00-10:50 AM) at Sayles Hall 200 | Add to cart |
| CRN 16275 | Robert G. Lee |
Popular culture is part of everyday life, but also an important site to examine how American identities have been both shaped and reflected through film, television, music, performance, and fashion. We trace American popular culture from the nineteenth century to the present, paying particular attention to the development of different media, and looking at the production and reception of popular culture, as well as the cultural texts themselves. WRIT
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 |
E Hour (M.,W.,F. 12:00-12:50 PM) at Wilson Hall 102 and W. 12:00-12:50 PM at Salomon Center 203 and E Hour (M.,W.,F. 12:00-12:50 PM) at Wilson Hall 102 |
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| CRN 16311 | Malgorzata J. Rymsza-Pawlowska |
Examines the literature of first and second generation immigrant/ethnic writers from 1900 to the 1970's. Attempts to place the individual works (primarily novels) in their literary and sociocultural contexts, examining them as conscious works of literature written within and against American and imported literary traditions and as creative contributions to an ongoing national discourse on immigration and ethnicity. DVPS
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | J Hour (T.,Th. 1:00-2:20 PM) at Smith-Buonanno Hall G18 | Add to cart |
| CRN 14876 | Richard A. Meckel |
An introduction to American women's writing and to the development of feminist literary practice and theory. This course will cover a broad historical range from the colonial poets Anne Bradstreet and Phillis Wheatley to contemporary writers Toni Morrison, a Nobel Laureate, and Marilynne Robinson, a Pulitzer Prize winner. Attention to the effects of racial, class, and cultural differences will inform this course that will focus on gender and literature. LILE
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | I Hour (T.,Th. 10:30-11:50 AM) at Smith-Buonanno Hall 206 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15767 | Beverly Haviland |
This junior seminar will focus on narratives concerned with the events of 9/11 and their aftermath: documentary, testimony, stories, memoirs, novels, graphic novels and feature films. We will also study and visit some of the memorials and museums that have been proposed or created in connection to 9/11 and consider them in the context of public memory and public art. Course work will require a project or research paper that engages the question of the role of the humanities in the creation of the public memory of catastrophic events. Enrollment limited to 20 junior and senior American Studies concentrators. WRIT
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | Q Hour (Th. 4:00-6:20 PM) at 111 Thayer St-Watson Institute 138 | Add to cart |
| CRN 14837 | Beverly Haviland |
Explores the complexity of the American experience, the displacements and diasporas of the Vietnamese, the Cambodians, the Hmong, the Lao, and the Iu Mien in America through multiplicity of perspectives and interdisciplinary approach. Special emphases are on the reinvention of new lives in New World, the American-born generation, how the American-ness and the sense of "home" are constructed, defined, and contested through literary and cinematic works, self-representations, and cultural productions written and produced by these new Asian Americans themselves. Enrollment limited to 20. DVPS
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | P Hour (T. 4:00-6:20 PM) at J. Walter Wilson 503 | Add to cart |
| CRN 16182 | Wanni W. Anderson |
An interdisciplinary and multimedia exploration of the experiences, culture, and representation of youth in the United States from the end of World War II through the beginning of the Vietnam War. Enrollment limited to 20 juniors and seniors.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | M Hour (M. 3:00-5:20 PM) at Sayles Hall 105 | Add to cart |
| CRN 14835 | Richard A. Meckel |
This course will explore and examine the methods, practices, and theory of collections management in a museum setting including collections development, museum registration methods, cataloging, collections care, and interpretation. Through readings, discussion, workshops, site visits, and exhibitions, students will explore what it means to be physically and intellectually responsible for museum objects. This course places heavy emphasis on experiential learning and will include several project-based assignments.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | J Hour (T.,Th. 1:00-2:20 PM) at Wilson Hall 305 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15823 | Ronald M. Potvin |
This seminar will explore the knowledge-production and military-financial infrastructures that maintain empires, as well as the means through which people have either resisted or embraced empire. While some attention will be made to the 19th and early 20th century colonial context, the bulk of the course will focus on the Cold War liberal era to the neoliberal regime that continues today. Possible topics include: popular culture and ideology, the Cold War university, area studies, international anti-war networks, transnational labor activism, the anti-colonial radical tradition, and the Arab Spring/Occupy Movements. Weekly readings; evaluation based on participation and analytical essays. Enrollment limited to 20 juniors and seniors. DVPS
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | N Hour (W. 3:00-5:20 PM) at Smith-Buonanno Hall G01 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15770 | Naoko Shibusawa |
Interested students must register for ETHN 1890J S01 (CRN 15276).
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | Add to cart | |
| CRN 15850 |
What are the defining characteristics of newness in twentieth-century African American culture? How have black creative artists repurposed their respective disciplines in accordance with and against the shifting proclivities of African American social politics? Through an interdisciplinary focus that considers music, literature, visual arts, and interactive media, this seminar proposes several alternative epistemological frameworks for recognizing the emerging artistry of our time. Enrollment limited to 20 juniors and seniors.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | Q Hour (Th. 4:00-6:20 PM) at Smith-Buonanno Hall 207 | Add to cart |
| CRN 16120 | Radiclani Clytus |
Required of all honors candidates in the senior year. Section numbers vary by instructor. Please check Banner for the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course. S/NC
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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Introduction to interdisciplinary studies required of all first-year graduate students in American Studies. Graduate students from other departments may enroll with permission of the instructor.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | N Hour (W. 3:00-5:20 PM) at Wilson Hall 206 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15835 | Ralph E. Rodriguez |
Examines the methodological and theoretical underpinnings of current and past American studies scholarship. Enrollment limited to graduate students with preference given to American Studies graduate students. S/NC
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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| Section S02 | TBA at TBA | Add to cart |
| CRN 15834 | Susan Smulyan |
This class, a foundational course for the MA in Public Humanities with preference given to American Studies graduate students, will address the theoretical bases of the public humanities, including topics of history and memory, museums and memorials, the roles of expertise and experience, community cultural development, and material culture. Enrollment limited to 20 graduate students.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | N Hour (W. 3:00-5:20 PM) at 357 Benefit St - Nightingale 212 | Add to cart |
| CRN 14836 | Anne M. Valk |
The course offers an opportunity for RISD and Brown students to work together to understand the growing interdisciplinary field of public art. We will explore the potential of working in the public realm as artists and/or arts administrators. Topics include: pivotal events and artworks that formed the history of public art from the early 20th century to the present; approaches to site-specificity; ideas of community and audience; current debates around defining the public and public space; temporary vs. permanent work; controversies in public art; memorials, monuments, and anti-monuments; case studies; public art administration models, among others. It is both a seminar and a studio; students work individually and together on research, presentations, proposals and public projects. Contact the instructor Janet Zweig (janetzweig@earthlink.net). Enrollment limited to 12 seniors and graduate students. Instructor permission required.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | M. 1:00-5:15 PM at 357 Benefit St - Nightingale 212 | Add to cart |
| CRN 14989 | Janet Zweig |
Cultural policy is the aggregate of governmental activities in the arts, humanities, and heritage. This seminar explores its history and public/private context and offers practical insights about how to influence cultural policy design, especially methods to achieve public consensus through planning. Students discuss contemporary issues, examine policy planning principles, and learn practical methods through case study to develop policy recommendations. Enrollment limited to 20 seniors and graduate students.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | T. 1:00-3:30 PM at 357 Benefit St - Nightingale 212 | Add to cart |
| CRN 14990 | Craig A. Dreeszen |
Practicums in public humanities provide practical, hands-on training that is essential for careers in museums, historic preservation, and cultural agencies. Students will work with faculty to find appropriate placements and negotiate a semester's or summer work, in general a specific project. Available only to students in the Public Humanities M.A. program.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | TBA at TBA | Add to cart |
| CRN 14992 | Anne M. Valk |
Practicums in public humanities provide practical, hands-on training that is essential for careers in museums, historic preservation, and cultural agencies. Students will work with faculty to find appropriate placements and negotiate a semester's or summer work, in general a specific project. Available only to students in the Public Humanities M.A. program.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | TBA at TBA | Add to cart |
| CRN 14993 | Anne M. Valk |
Blurring the boundaries between artist and audience, practitioners of community arts have engaged underrepresented audiences who have traditionally relegated to more passive forms of participation, including young people with little access to arts education. This class provides students the opportunity to research and/or to conduct their own community arts projects with young people in Providence. Students will develop a deeper and more critical understanding of theorizing and implementing community arts projects with youth; will examine how to create pedagogic conditions with youth through the arts and humanities, as well as ways to systematically observe, document, and analyze these pedagogies. Enrollment limited to 15.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | P Hour (T. 4:00-6:20 PM) at 357 Benefit St - Nightingale 212 | Add to cart |
| CRN 16430 | Tyler J. Denmead |
What should museums be in the 21st ce? Are museums of today relevant to cultural historical, scientific, artistic, political and educational purposes? How can they provide more meaningful encounters with objects to inspire curiosity and to honor their creators? How can museums relate to their diverse communities today? Must they own objects to be museums? Growing from the historical basis for museum theory, We'll suggest alternative directions, create platforms for new perspectives. We'll rely on readings, discussion, and meetings with museum leaders, and on independent creative research. All will be challenged to invent their own concept of "museum". Enrollment limited to 12.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | O Hour (F. 3:00-5:20 PM) at 357 Benefit St - Nightingale 212 | Add to cart |
| CRN 16431 | Earl R. Mandle |
Section numbers vary by instructor. Search Banner by instructor name to find the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course. You will need instructor permission to register and the course may be repeated with different instructors. Open to American Studies graduate students only. S/NC
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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Section numbers vary by instructor. Search Banner by instructor name to find the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course. You will need instructor permission to register and the course may be repeated with different instructors. Open to American Studies graduate students only. S/NC
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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Section numbers vary by instructor. Search Banner by instructor name to find the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course. You will need instructor permission to register and the course may be repeated with different instructors. Open to American Studies graduate students only. S/NC
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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Section numbers vary by instructor. Search Banner by instructor name to find the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course. You will need instructor permission to register and the course may be repeated with different instructors. Open to American Studies graduate students only. S/NC
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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For graduate students who have met the tuition requirement and are paying the registration fee to continue active enrollment while preparing a thesis.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the American Studies department(s).
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| Section S01 | TBA at TBA | Add to cart |
| CRN 16192 | Unlisted |
Examines the role of the past in the present. Using examples from the U.S. and other parts of the world, we will look at how archaeological evidence is implicated in contemporary cultural and political issues. Students will learn that the past is not just the focus of archaeologists? interest and scientific inquiries, but is also a subject romanticized by antiquarians, mobilized in nation-building, marketed for profit, re-enacted as entertainment, consumed by tourists, and glorified in commemoration. Understanding these different and competing valuations, claims, and uses of the archaeological past will provide an introduction to why the past matters in the present and to the future. Enrollment limited to 20 first year students. FYS DVPS
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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| Section S01 | M Hour (M. 3:00-5:20 PM) at Giddings House 212 | Add to cart |
| CRN 14682 | Patricia E. Rubertone |
On January 25, 2011 protestors in Egypt amassed in Tahrir Square in Cairo with basic demands: Bread, Freedom, Social Equality, and Human Dignity. After hundreds of peaceful protestors were killed at the hands of riot police and hired thugs, eighteen days later, President Husni Mubarak resigned. Yet since then, hundreds more have been killed, Egypt's revolution continues, and the basic demands are as crucial today as they were at its inception. We will read contemporary Egypt from the perspectives of anthropologists and social historians, and discuss the value of social theory and analysis for understanding current political turmoil. Enrollment limited to 20 first year students. DVPS FYS. S/NC
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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| Section S03 | N Hour (W. 3:00-5:20 PM) at Sayles Hall 306 | Add to cart |
| CRN 16164 | Ian B. Straughn |
The course introduces anthropological approaches to some of the central problems we face in the globalizing twenty-first century. We will trace both large- and small-scale movements of people, commodities, borders, and pollution to improve our understanding of the complex international, transnational, and local social phenomena that shape the human experience today.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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| Section S01 | M.,W. 3:00-4:20 PM at Wilson Hall 102 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15662 | Andrea E. Murray |
The goal is to challenge our beliefs about some taken for granted assumptions about human behavior and psyche by examining cultures with different conceptions of self and cognition. We will examine the issues of the role of nature and nurture in development, the nature of intelligence, coming of age, the association of psychological characteristics with gender and the naturalness of emotions.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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W.,F. 10:00-10:50 AM at CIT Center (Thomas Watson CIT) 219 and C Hour (M.,W.,F. 10:00-10:50 AM) at Kassar House FOX |
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| CRN 14700 | Sarah A. Chase |
An introduction to the field of Medical Anthropology. Lecture reading and discussion will examine the social context of health and illness, looking at the diverse ways in which humans use cultural resources to cope with disease and develop medical systems. The course will provide an introduction to the overall theoretical frameworks that guide anthropological approaches to studying human health related behavior. Medical anthropology offers a unique and revealing perspective on the cultural diversity that characterizes human experiences of sexuality, disease, aging, mental illness, disability, inequality and death. DVPS LILE WRIT
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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| Section S01 | L Hour (T.,Th. 6:30-7:50 PM) at Barus & Holley 168 | Add to cart |
| CRN 14684 | Sherine F. Hamdy |
This course focuses on ideologies of gender and sexuality cross-culturally and how they influence peoples' involvement in political processes. We begin with a broad working definition of politics-power dynamics and arrangements whereby groups are affected by one another. The course looks at the circumstances under which peoples' gender and sexual identities are mobilized into social movements, and the conditions and social consequences of public visibility. Our broader aim is to understand ways in which gendered inequalities produce--and are produced by--forms of political exclusion, as well as innovative ways in which people transform existing structures of power.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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| Section S01 | H Hour (T.,Th. 9:00-10:20 AM) at 111 Thayer St-Watson Institute 138 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15661 | Melissa Hackman |
This course is an introduction to the biological origins and cultural developments of mankind over the past 4 millions years. In particular we shall address the following: human evolution, the methods and aims of archaeological research, human dispersal throughout the world, first from Africa to Eurasia, and from there to North and South America, Australia and the Pacific. We will look into hunting and fishing and gathering lifeways. We will study the beginnings and results of settled life, agriculture, and animal domestication, the evolution of complex societies and rise (and fall) of Civilization.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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| Section S01 | G Hour (M.,W.,F. 2:00-2:50 PM) at Salomon Center 202 | Add to cart |
| CRN 16501 | Douglas D. Anderson |
The figure of the pirate is an all-time favorite in Western imagination. It has inspired some of the most popular narratives of the past, solidly grounded in classic literature and contemporary visual culture. Focusing on the mid-17th century, the golden age of piracy in the Atlantic World, this course will use historical and archaeological date to investigate the way in which the image of the pirate has been constructed in the West, as an embodiment of cultural, legal, moral and sexual transgression, and as an object of both fascination and fear which is still current in the contemporary, global world. DVPS LILE
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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| Section S01 | AB Hour (M.,W. 8:30-9:50 AM) at Wilson Hall 103 | Add to cart |
| CRN 16218 | Felipe Gaitan-Ammann |
An exploration of the human experience of food and nutrition from evolutionary, archaeological, and cross-cultural perspectives. The course will review the various approaches employed by anthropologists and archaeologists to understand diet and subsistence in the past and present. Starting with the evolutionary roots of the human diet in Plio-Pleistocene Africa, we will trace patterns of human subsistence to the present, including the social and health implications of the agricultural revolution. We will then explore modern foodways in cross-cultural perspective, focusing on the interplay of ecology, politics, technology, and cultural beliefs. LILE
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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| Section S01 | G Hour (M.,W.,F. 2:00-2:50 PM) at Wilson Hall 309 | Add to cart |
| CRN 14685 | Jessaca B. Leinaweaver |
This introduction to the study of language and culture considers how language not only reflects social reality but also creates it. We'll examine specific cases of broad current relevance, in the process learning how an analytical anthropological approach to language use lays bare its often hidden power. We'll consider how language creates and reinforces social inequality and difference, how language promotes and resists globalization, and how language is used creatively in performance, literature, film, advertising, and mass media. We will also consider how language does important social work in specific contexts, such as classrooms, courtrooms, medical settings, and political campaigns. DVPS LILE
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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| Section S01 | E Hour (M.,W.,F. 12:00-12:50 PM) at CIT Center (Thomas Watson CIT) 219 | Add to cart |
| CRN 14690 | Paja L. Faudree |
An examination of the traditional and modern lifeways of native peoples across the Arctic and subarctic from European Lapland through Siberia, Alaska, Canada, and Greenland. Topics covered are society; ethnic relations; religion (Shamanism); art; and politics, including issues of land claims and home rule.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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| Section S01 | K Hour (T.,Th. 2:30-3:50 PM) at 111 Thayer St-Watson Institute 114 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15824 | Douglas D. Anderson |
Explores how the behavior and psychological functioning of children are shaped by culture and how different cultures tend to produce children with characteristic personalities, selves, thought patterns and behaviors. Every cultural community provides developmental pathways for children. These pathways are shaped by history and by the goals of parents, communities and children themselves. The course will focus on how human knowledge is transmitted through multiple cultural channels in both informal and formal contexts. This is a service-learning course in which students provide a needed service: Mentoring and tutoring Liberian young people in a literacy program. This will serve as a basis for conducting research on this refugee population and the final paper will be the recording of oral histories from teenagers. Enrollment limited to 30.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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| Section S01 | K Hour (T.,Th. 2:30-3:50 PM) at CIT Center (Thomas Watson CIT) 219 | Add to cart |
| CRN 14688 | Marida C. Hollos |
This course examines how anthropologists have worked in the city -- to understand dwelling and lived experience from the center to the margins of society; as well as how anthropologists have contributed to the study of the city -- conceptualizing the city itself in relation to its inhabitants, and working to understand how cities develop, decline, or are sustained. Anchored in key theory, classic texts, and contemporary ethnography, the course traces also the history, present, and possible futures of the discipline. Students learn the methods of urban ethnography, and gain hands-on experience through local field exercises and related writing assignments.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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| Section S02 | H Hour (T.,Th. 9:00-10:20 AM) at Giddings House 212 | Add to cart |
| CRN 16193 | Rebecca L. Carter |
Looking at religion as a mode of thought, we examine theories that attempt to explain the origins, world-wide manifestation, and vitality of myths, rituals, magic, witchcraft, and other ways of thinking and acting that are typically associated with (or against) the concept of religion. Collaterally, we examine the methodologies by which we hope to understand the meaning of these concepts.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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| Section S01 | N Hour (W. 3:00-5:20 PM) at Wilson Hall 305 | Add to cart |
| CRN 16166 | Bhrigupati Singh |
The course examines representation of Indian society in film and anthropological literature. We compare how gender, national identity, religious practices, and historical events are portrayed in films and anthropological literature. We will explore the relationship between visual and textual, showing how film reflect and make comprehensible anthropological concepts of Indian culture, and creates different images of the society.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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| Section S01 | I Hour (T.,Th. 10:30-11:50 AM) at Barus & Holley 159 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15692 | Lina M. Fruzzetti |
Nature and content of Mayan hieroglyphic writing, from 100 to 1600 CE. Methods of decipherment, introduction to textual study, and application to interpretations of Mayan language, imagery, world view, and society. Literacy and Mesoamerican background of script.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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| Section S01 | D Hour (M.,W.,F. 11:00-11:50 AM) at Rhode Island Hall 008 | Add to cart |
| CRN 14687 | Stephen D. Houston |
This course considers the social, political, and medical issues associated with illegal and pharmaceutical drugs. Some of the topics we consider are debates over the commercialization and criminalization of hallucinogenic plants such as marijuana, the politics of antiretroviral distribution, the ethics of medical and ethnic tourism, the legacies of colonialism and botanical migrations, "biopiracy" and indigenous knowledge, and critiques of modern food production, including the "locavore movement" and opposition to genetically modified foods. Through it all, we consider how the ways people talk and write about these issues affect concrete realities in daily life. Enrollment limited to 20 juniors and seniors. DVPS LILE
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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| Section S01 | N Hour (W. 3:00-5:20 PM) at Sayles Hall 205 | Add to cart |
| CRN 16160 | Paja L. Faudree |
Looks at the way anthropological methods and theories have interlaced through history to understand the dominant concerns in present-day anthropology. What were the important issues that influenced the discipline's history? Who were the significant, and not so well known, historic personalities who shaped anthropological practice and gave it its identity? Enrollment limited to 20.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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| Section S01 | P Hour (T. 4:00-6:20 PM) at Giddings House 212 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15899 | Bhrigupati Singh |
Examination of the key role played by symbols, myth, and ritual in politics. We examine how symbols, myths, and rituals are used to win support, to create political reality, and to form political groups, whether in defense of the status quo or creating movements seeking to overthrow it. The 2012 U.S. presidential and congressional election campaigns receive special attention. Students, in part working in groups, will engage in their own original research both on the 2012 American elections and on a wide variety of other historical and contemporary political developments, from the Arab Spring to the Occupy Wall Street movement. Enrollment limited to 25. Prerequisites: ANTH 1621 or 1900; and either ANTH 1940 or 1950.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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| Section S02 | N Hour (W. 3:00-5:20 PM) at 130 Hope St (Feinstein Bldg.) 104 | Add to cart |
| CRN 16165 | David I. Kertzer |
To understand the different theoretical assumptions that shape research efforts; to examine how hypotheses and research questions are formulated; and to appreciate the ethical and scientific dimensions of research by hands-on experience in fieldwork projects. Prerequisite: One Anthropology course.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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| Section S01 | M Hour (M. 3:00-5:20 PM) at Wilson Hall 205 | Add to cart |
| CRN 14691 | Lina M. Fruzzetti |
Section numbers vary by instructor. Please check Banner for the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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A seminar investigating some themes in the history of anthropological theory. Starting with the delineations of the scope and nature of social science by Marx, Durkheim, and Weber, the seminar then considers various explorations of the concepts of structure, function, and agency, concluding with Bourdieu's reformulation of social anthropology for a new generation in the form of practice theory.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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| Section S01 | M Hour (M. 3:00-5:20 PM) at Giddings House 114 | Add to cart |
| CRN 14692 | William S. Simmons |
This graduate seminar addresses contentious and creative issues in anthropology by focusing on the science and art of ethnography. Readings feature new transnational ethnographic writers. Topics: alternative research framing, the relation of field research to writing, representing violence and porous borders in practice.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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| Section S01 | M. 6:30-8:50 PM at Giddings House 212 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15817 | Kay B. Warren |
Focuses on debates over significant social and cultural issues in Africa. Historical and cultural continuities are premised as a way of understanding political, economic, and religious complexities in present-day Africa.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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| Section S01 | Q Hour (Th. 4:00-6:20 PM) at 130 Hope St (Feinstein Bldg.) 104 | Add to cart |
| CRN 14697 | Daniel J. Smith |
This course will discuss the analysis of kinship and the construction of the person cross culturally.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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| Section S01 | T. 1:00-3:00 PM at 130 Hope St (Feinstein Bldg.) 104 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15704 | Jessaca B. Leinaweaver |
Explores the theoretical discourses shaping anthropological approaches and defining archaeological projects on culture contact and colonialism. Attention will be given to examining colonial encounters between Europeans and indigenous peoples as ongoing processes rather than particular historical moments, and to looking at recent efforts at decolonizing archaeological practice.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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| Section S01 | Q Hour (Th. 4:00-6:20 PM) at Giddings House 114 | Add to cart |
| CRN 14693 | Patricia E. Rubertone |
Examines theoretical and methodological issues in anthropological archaeology. Attention is given to past concerns, current debates, and future directions of archaeology in the social sciences.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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| Section S01 | N Hour (W. 3:00-5:20 PM) at Giddings House 212 | Add to cart |
| CRN 14694 | Stephen D. Houston |
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Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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| Section S01 | TBA at TBA | Add to cart |
| CRN 14699 | Lina M. Fruzzetti |
For graduate students who have met the tuition requirement and are paying the registration fee to continue active enrollment while preparing for a preliminary examination.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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| Section S01 | TBA at TBA | Add to cart |
| CRN 13710 | Unlisted |
Section numbers vary by instructor. Please check Banner for the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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For graduate students who have met the tuition requirement and are paying the registration fee to continue active enrollment while preparing a thesis.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Anthropology department(s).
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| Section S01 | TBA at TBA | Add to cart |
| CRN 13711 | Unlisted |
Mathematical techniques involving differential equations used in the analysis of physical, biological and economic phenomena. Emphasis on the use of established methods, rather than rigorous foundations. I: First and second order differential equations. II: Applications of linear algebra to systems of equations; numerical methods; nonlinear problems and stability; introduction to partial differential equations; introduction to statistics. Prerequisite: MATH 0100, 0170, 0180, 0190, 0200, or 0350, or AP68 or AP68 for a minimum score of 5.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Applied Math department(s).
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E Hour (M.,W.,F. 12:00-12:50 PM) at Barus & Holley 168 and W. 12:00-12:50 PM at Wilson Hall 102 and E Hour (M.,W.,F. 12:00-12:50 PM) at Barus & Holley 168 |
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| CRN 15337 | Vladimir Dobrushkin |
Mathematical techniques involving differential equations used in the analysis of physical, biological and economic phenomena. Emphasis on the use of established methods, rather than rigorous foundations. I: First and second order differential equations. II: Applications of linear algebra to systems of equations; numerical methods; nonlinear problems and stability; introduction to partial differential equations; introduction to statistics. Prerequisite: MATH 0100, 0170, 0180, 0190, 0200, or 0350, or AP68 or AP68 for a minimum score of 5.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Applied Math department(s).
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| Section S01 | E Hour (M.,W.,F. 12:00-12:50 PM) at Barus & Holley 157 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15339 | Shun Zhang |
Covers the same material as APMA 0330, albeit of greater depth. Intended primarily for students who desire a rigorous development of the mathematical foundations of the methods used, for those students considering one of the applied mathematics concentrations, and for all students in the sciences who will be taking advanced courses in applied mathematics, mathematics, physics, engineering, etc. Three hours lecture and one hour recitation. Prerequisite: MATH 0100, 0170, 0180, 0190, 0200, or 0350, or AP68 or AP68 for a minimum score of 5.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Applied Math department(s).
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| Section S01 | E Hour (M.,W.,F. 12:00-12:50 PM) at Bio Med Center 291 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15341 | Yan Guo |
Covers the same material as APMA 0340, albeit of greater depth. Intended primarily for students who desire a rigorous development of the mathematical foundations of the methods used, for those students considering one of the applied mathematics concentrations, and for all students in the sciences who will be taking advanced courses in applied mathematics, mathematics, physics, engineering, etc. Three hours lecture and one hour recitation. Prerequisite: MATH 0100, 0170, 0180, 0190, 0200, or 0350, or AP68 or AP68 for a minimum score of 5.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Applied Math department(s).
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| Section S01 | E Hour (M.,W.,F. 12:00-12:50 PM) at Barus & Holley 158 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15342 | Toan T. Nguyen |
Basic mathematical methods commonly used in the neural and cognitive sciences. Topics include: introduction to probability and statistics, emphasizing hypothesis testing and modern nonparametric methods; introduction to differential equations and systems of differential equations, emphasizing qualitative behavior and simple phase-plane analysis. Examples from neuroscience, cognitive science, and other sciences. Prerequisite: MATH 0100 or equivalent.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Applied Math department(s).
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| Section S01 | G Hour (M.,W.,F. 2:00-2:50 PM) at J. Walter Wilson 301 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15344 | Lucien J. Bienenstock |
Quantitative dynamic models help understand problems in biology and there has been rapid progress in recent years. The course provides an introduction to the concepts and techniques, with applications to population dynamics, infectious diseases, enzyme kinetics, aspects of cellular biology. Additional topics covered will vary. Mathematical techniques will be discussed as they arise in the context of biological problems. Prerequisites: APMA 0330, 0340 or 0350, 0360, or written permission.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Applied Math department(s).
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| Section S01 | D Hour (M.,W.,F. 11:00-11:50 AM) at Barus & Holley 155 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15345 | Bjorn Sandstede |
Focuses on fundamental algorithms in computational linear algebra with relevance to all science concentrators. Basic linear algebra and matrix decompositions (Cholesky, LU, QR, etc.), round-off errors and numerical analysis of errors and convergence. Iterative methods and conjugate gradient techniques. Computation of eigenvalues and eigenvectors, and an introduction to least squares methods.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Applied Math department(s).
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| Section S01 | I Hour (T.,Th. 10:30-11:50 AM) at CIT Center (Thomas Watson CIT) 219 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15346 | Johnny Guzman |
An introduction to the basic mathematical ideas and computational methods of optimizing allocation of effort or resources, with or without constraints. Linear programming, network models, dynamic programming, and integer programming.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Applied Math department(s).
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| Section S01 | H Hour (T.,Th. 9:00-10:20 AM) at Barus & Holley 157 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15347 | Xingjie H. Li |
Mathematical methods based on functions of a complex variable. Fournier series and its applications to the solution of one-dimensional heat conduction equations and vibrating strings. Series solution and special functions. Vibrating membrance. Sturm-Liouville problem and eigenfunction expansions. Fournier transform and wave propagations.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Applied Math department(s).
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| Section S01 | F Hour (M.,W.,F. 1:00-1:50 PM) at Barus & Holley 163 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15348 | Chau-Hsing Su |
APMA 1650 begins an integrated first course in mathematical statistics. The first half of APMA 1650 covers probability and the last half is statistics, integrated with its probabilistic foundation. Specific topics include probability spaces, discrete and continuous random variables, methods for parameter estimation, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing. Prerequisite: MATH 0100, 0170, 0180, 0190, 0200, or 0350.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Applied Math department(s).
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J Hour (T.,Th. 1:00-2:20 PM) at Barus & Holley 166 and T. 1:00-2:20 PM at Metcalf Chemical Laboratory AUD and T. 1:00-2:20 PM at Barus & Holley 166 and J Hour (T.,Th. 1:00-2:20 PM) at Metcalf Chemical Laboratory AUD and Th. 1:00-2:20 PM at Barus & Holley 166 and J Hour (T.,Th. 1:00-2:20 PM) at Metcalf Chemical Laboratory AUD and T. 1:00-2:20 PM at Barus & Holley 166 and J Hour (T.,Th. 1:00-2:20 PM) at Metcalf Chemical Laboratory AUD |
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| CRN 15349 | Caroline J. Klivans |
Examination of probability theory and mathematical statistics from the perspective of computing. Topics selected from random number generation, Monte Carlo methods, limit theorems, stochastic dependence, Bayesian networks, dimensionality reduction. Suggested prerequisite: calculus-based probability.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Applied Math department(s).
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B Hour (M.,W.,F. 9:00-9:50 AM) at Kassar House FOX and B Hour (M.,W.,F. 9:00-9:50 AM) at Smith-Buonanno Hall 106 |
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| CRN 15350 | Stuart Geman |
Basic stability and instability analysis of differential equations will be covered. Various examples of physical and biological applications will be studied and shared with the class.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Applied Math department(s).
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| Section S01 | M Hour (M. 3:00-5:20 PM) at 37 Manning 104 | Add to cart |
| CRN 15856 | Yan Guo |
Section numbers vary by instructor. Please check Banner for the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course.
Offered Fall, 2012 by the Applied Math department(s).
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