How Culture Works

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DUE DATES
1	Introduction
Section 1: The Family
2	The Family (I)
3	The Family (II) Ethnographic assignment #1 explained
4	The Family (III)
5	The Family (IV)
6	The Family (V)
7	The Family (VI)
8	The Family (VII) Screening “Exit Zero: An Industrial Family Story.” YouTube.
9	The Family (VIII)
10	The Family (IX) Present and critique projects, based on ethnographic assignment #1	Ethnographic assignment #1 due
Section 2: Things (Creation and Circulation)
11	Things (Creation and Circulation) (I)
12	Things (Creation and Circulation) (II) Ethnographic assignment #2 explained
13	Things (Creation and Circulation) (III)
14	Things (Creation and Circulation) (IV) Screening “Tabu: A Story of the South Seas.” YouTube.
15	Things (Creation and Circulation) (V)
16	Things (Creation and Circulation) (VI) Present and critique projects, based on ethnographic assignment #2	Ethnographic assignment #2 due
Section 3: Persons, Agents, Selves, Possessions
17	Persons, Agents, Selves, Possessions (I) Ethnographic assignment #3 explained
18	Persons, Agents, Selves, Possessions (II)
19	Persons, Agents, Selves, Possessions (III)
20	Persons, Agents, Selves, Possessions (IV)
21	Persons, Agents, Selves, Possessions (V) Present and critique projects, based on ethnographic assignment #3	Ethnographic assignment #3 due
Section 4: Ethnography, Ethnographers, and How to Study “Culture”
22	Ethnography, Ethnographers, and How to Study “Culture” (I) Screening “In the Land of the Head Hunters.”
23	Ethnography, Ethnographers, and How to Study “Culture” (II)
24	Ethnography, Ethnographers, and How to Study “Culture” (III)
25	Ethnography, Ethnographers, and How to Study “Culture” (IV)
26	Ethnography, Ethnographers, and How to Study “Culture” (V) Screening “Bush Mechanics, Ep. 1: Motorcar Ngutju.” YouTube.	Final paper due