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ANT Department of Anthropology CoursesANT100Y1 Society and culture from various anthropological perspectives: socio-cultural, biological, archaeological, and linguistic. ANT200Y1 Cultures in the Old and New Worlds from an archaeological perspective. Principles of
prehistoric research are applied to archaeological information, from the Early Pleistocene
to the beginning of written history. ANT203Y1 Introduction to Biological Anthropology, investigating various lines of evidence for
human evolution including our primate relatives and an exploration of the relevance of
human origins to contemporary human biology and variability. ANT204Y1 Basic approaches to the understanding of social and cultural organization in societies
of varying complexity. Comparative social institutions: economic, political, familial, and
ritual. Belief systems and symbolic thought, the individual in society, sources of
stability and change in socio-cultural systems. Anthropological perspectives on current
social issues. ANT299Y1 Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. See page 42 for details. ANT309H1 A survey of human prehistory in culture areas west of the Rockies, focussing on
developmental sequences and evolutionary trends. ANT311Y1 Practical field training through six weeks of excavation on an archaeological site.
Basic principles of artifact handling and classification. (Offered only in Summer Session) ANT315H1 Archaeology and ethnohistory of Arctic cultures. Emphasis is on variation in social
organization, settlement pattern, economy, ideology, and interaction with the expanding
European world-system. ANT323Y1 How popular culture transforms and maintains social structure. Case studies may include
the newscast, situation comedies, romance novels, comic books, hip-hop culture etc. ANT325Y1 The Southern African peoples before, during, and after their domination by colonial
regimes. Reserve systems, migratory labour, farm labour, urban life and social
stratification. ANT328H1 For the Twenty-first century, the most important facts regarding genetics are those
that have social, political, medical and ethical implications. Topics include: Darwinism,
biological communication between generations, gene interaction, selection formulation,
population genetics, human diversity, mating system in man, race, eugenics and euphenics,
nature and nurture. ANT329Y1 The role of language and symbolism in the representation and manipulation of ideology
and power structure. Case materials drawn from the study of verbal arts, gender, law,
ethnic relations, consumption patterns, advertising, and politics with a focus on North
America. ANT330Y1 This course provides background in the practical and theoretical aspects of fieldwork
in Paleoanthropology. Students are trained in the treatment and analysis of fossil
vertebrates, plant macro- and micro-fossils and sediments. Excursions to
paleoanthropological localities of Homo erectus and Homo sapiens, and excavation at a
hominoid site. (Joint undergraduate-graduate) ANT332Y1 A detailed examination of human musculo-skeletal anatomy from the comparative and
evolutionary perspectives. Allometry, basic biomechanics, functional anatomy, and the
structure and function of human mastication, the brain, the forelimb and bipedalism. Labs
make use of the large collection of primate skeletal material and fossil human casts. ANT333Y1 A survey of living primates, this lab-oriented course describes and compares the
diverse behavioural and anatomical adaptations that are characteristic to this order of
mammals. The understanding of the biological diversity and evolutionary history of
primates is important for further understanding of human adaptation and evolution. ANT334Y1 Exploration of the development and maintenance of the human skeleton and dentition,
with emphasis on application to archaeological, forensic and biomedical sciences. ANT337Y1 Discussion of biological diversity of human populations according to climatic,
nutritional, disease and demographic variables. From an ecological perspective, emphasis
on evaluating the role of various factors (genetic, environmental and cultural)
influencing population biology and on understanding the significance of human population
variation. ANT340H1 Comparative analysis of political institutions and processes in societies of varying
complexity. ANT341H1 Anthropological theories on ritual, belief, and symbolism. Explores continuity and
change in systems of meaning in different societies. ANT342Y1 Examines kinship, marriage and family ties as a basis for social and economic
organization. Contemporary Canadian patterns are contrasted with those in selected band
and tribal societies. ANT343Y1 Social anthropological perspectives on variations in gender roles and systems.
Examines, through comparison of ethnography, the relationship of gender to social
organization, economic and political processes, belief systems and social change. ANT344Y1 Pre-industrial sociocultural types and their transformation in the national development
of Southeast Asia. ANT345Y1 Politics, economics, religion, marriage and kinship in traditional, colonial, and
contemporary West African societies. ANT346H1 Social anthropological perspective on the nature and meaning of food production,
culinary cultures, industrial food, food as metaphor, and famine and hunger. ANT347H1 The role of culture, cultural diversity, space and performance in urban institutions
and settings. The cultural context and consequence of urbanization. ANT348Y1 Aspects of health and disease in cross-cultural perspective. Critical views on the
interface between conventional “western” medicine and alternative, indigenous,
and traditional therapeutic systems. ANT349H1 The contribution of ethnographic study to the understanding of regional disparities
within Western and Third World nations. The inter-relationship between persistent economic
underdevelopment, expressions of regional identity and class formation by reference to
comparative ethnographic examples. ANT351H1 A survey of ethnographic film as a medium for representation of other cultures. Films
using different styles and techniques of presentation are viewed. Readings on ethnographic
film. ANT363Y1 Origins, history and internal dynamics of early and modern state societies, examined
with a view to placing our own socio-political system in an historical and comparative
perspective. Case studies include material from Africa, Asia, the Americas and early
modern Europe. ANT365Y1 Culture areas and types existing in precontact and early contact times in North
America; problems arising out of contacts between North American Indians and
Euroamericans. ANT366Y1 Explores how anthropologists have traditionally studied social movements and how new
social movements have challenged anthropologists to rethink some of their ethnographic
methods and approaches. Some specific movements covered include those related to
indigenous rights, environmentalism, refugees, gay and lesbian issues, biotechnology, new
religions, and structural adjustment policies. ANT367Y1 Concept and practice of spirituality in indigenous cultures: Australian Aboriginal,
Native North American, African, aspects of Judeo-Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam.
Includes performative aspect. ANT398H0/399Y0 An instructor-supervised group project in an off-campus setting. See page 42 for details. ANT406H1 Core reduction strategies, replication, experimental archaeology, use-wear, design
approaches, ground stone, inferring behaviour from lithic artifacts. ANT409H1 The survey and spatial analysis of archaeological evidence over territories larger than
individual camps, villages or towns. Settlement systems, regional exchange and
communication, rank-size analysis, nearest neighbour analysis etc. ANT410H1 Examines the diversity of recent hunter-gatherer societies, as a source of analogues
for understanding the archaeological record of past foraging peoples. ANT411H1 Seminar in the critical examination of major schools of archaeological thought. ANT415Y1 Examination and interpretation of faunal material from archaeological sites as evidence
for culture. ANT417H1 Methods for studying the socio-spatial aspects of the archaeological evidence for
households and communities. ANT419H1 Current research in Palaeolithic Archaeology reflecting emerging issues. ANT420H1 How social complexity is manifested in the archaeological record. Origins and evolution
of prehistoric complex societies, from small-scale chiefdoms to large-scale states. ANT425H1 How ideas about language fit into the overall views of humankind as expressed by
selected anthropologists, linguists, sociologists, and philosophers. ANT427H1 The role of language in the reproduction and transformation of ideology and political
economy. Readings include linguistic analyses of gender and class relations in local and
global contexts, as well as seminal works in linguistics and other social sciences. ANT428H1 Advanced seminar addressing the questions of primate and human evolution from a
palaeoecological perspective. The course reviews methods, theories, and physical evidence
behind the palaeoecological approach. Students are expected to research and review the
scientific literature relevant to specific case studies in the primate and human fossil
record. ANT429Y1 (formerly ANT429H) ANT433H1 Reviews the evolutionary history of the Order Primates by examining the fossil record
of this group for the past 60 million years. Lab-oriented, the course compares the anatomy
and adaptations of modern primates with the abundant and diverse primate skeletal material
preserved in the fossil record. ANT434H1 Advanced exploration of the life histories of past populations, through the application
of palaeodietary analyses, palaeopathology and other appropriate research methods. ANT439H1 Forensic anthropologists are often called upon by law enforcement officials and defence
lawyers to identify remains of victims of murder, mass disasters and atrocities. Special
methods are used in the recovery and identification of human skeletal remains for
presentation in a court of law. ANT440Y1 An exploration of the conceptual tools used to understand reflexive modernity. Focus on
the articulated web of global and local networks that produce simultaneously inequalities
and potentially new identities and collectivities. ANT441H1 Concepts, theories and controversies in economic anthropology. ANT444Y1 Social and linguistic anthropological approaches to research in urban settings.
Methodology, field techniques and research ethics. Students must formulate and complete a
field research project. ANT446H1 The extent to which the conventional methods of ethnography can be helpful in
understanding Western European society. Compares anthropological approaches to other
disciplines, especially social history. Examines how the increasing movement of people has
made it more difficult to see ethnography in terms of the study of place, and explores
other alternatives. ANT447H1 Social and cultural anthropology of oceanic peoples including the Australian and New
Zealand aborigines. ANT448H1 An examination of theories and critique of ethnicity and nationalism from an
anthropological perspective. The problem of the cultural context of ethnicity. Case
studies. ANT450H1 Comparative examination of human ecological adaptations, livelihood strategies,
spiritual and cultural values and their relation to environmental maintenance or
degradation. Explores contemporary “grass roots” environmental movements and
ideologies. ANT451H1 Major social issues in Caribbean societies. Pre-conquest social organization, slavery,
race and class, plantation and peasant organization, family structure, cultural pluralism
and the nation state, rural and international migration, social change. ANT453H1 Major issues in the history and development of Sub-Arctic Native people of Canada:
Indian social structure, European/Native interaction, land tenure, politics and religion. ANT456H1 Examines recent shifts in the currents of European society and European thought which
are closely related to social change. Regional nationalism, subjectivities and
citizenship, and new forms of work, will all come under scrutiny. These phenomena will act
as tests to the conceptual frameworks of “cultural studies,” Raymond Williams,
Pierre Bourdieu, etc. ANT461Y1 History and development of theories which underlie contemporary anthropology. ANT480H1 Unique opportunity to explore a particular anthropological topic in-depth. Topics vary
from year to year. ANT498H1/499H1 Supervised independent research on a topic agreed on by the student and supervisor
before enrolment in the course. Open only to advanced students with an adequate background
in Anthropology. Application for enrolment should be made to the Department in the
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