The Anthropology of Biology

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	DUE DATES
1	Life Now
2	What is Life? Film excerpts: “Protein Synthesis: An Epic on the Cellular Level.” 1971. YouTube. “Death by Design.” 1995. YouTube.
3	Evolutionary Narratives, Epidemiological Dramaturgy Film excerpts: Jurassic Park. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Color, 127 min. 1993. “Life” (trailer). 2017. YouTube. Visitor: Professor C. Brandon Ogbunu, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University.
4	Race, Racism, and Racialization from Eugenics to Genomics Film excerpts: The Gene Hunters. Directed by Mary-Ann Alton et al. 2000. African American Lives, Episode 4: Beyond the Middle Passage. Directed by Leslie Asako Galdsjo and Graham Judd. Color, 54 min. 2006.
5	Biopolitics and Reproduction Film: Made in India: A Film about Surrogacy. Directed by Rebecca Haimowitz and Vaishali Sinha. Color, 95 min. 2010. (See trailer on YouTube).	Paper 1 due
6	Biology for Sale Film excerpts: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Directed by George C. Wolfe. Color, 93 min. 2017. Dirty Pretty Things. Directed by Stephen Frears. Color, 97 min. 2002. Never Let Me Go. Directed by Mark Romanek. Color, 103 min. 2010. The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley. Directed by Alex Gibney. Color, 119 min. 2019.
7	Health Disparities in the United States Visitors: Dr. David Lowry and students from 21H.283: The Indigenous History of MIT.
8	Remixing Organisms
9	Animals! Film excerpts: “The Love Life of the Octopus.” 1965. YouTube. Primate. Directed by Frederick Wiseman. Black and White, 105 min. 1974. “Cane Toads: An Unnatural History.” 1988. YouTube. Grizzly Man. Directed by Werner Herzog. Color, 103 min. 2005. “Mi Hermano (My Brother).” 2018. Vimeo. Podcast excerpt: “The Lion and the Rat.” The Labyrinth Project at UCLA. January 27, 2022. Visitor: Professor Emily Wanderer, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh.	Paper 2 due
10	Synthetic Biology Film excerpt: Unnatural Selection, Season 1, Episode 1: Cut, Paste, Life. Directed by Joe Egender and Leeor Kaufman. Color, 70 min. 2019. Visitor: Professor Sophia Roosth, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University.
11	Alien Ocean
12	Class Conference	Paper 3 due
13	Class Conference