Robbins & Larkin (=R&L)  2007  Chapter 1 "Culture and Meaning" from their: Cultural Anthropology, A Problem-Based Approach. (1st CDN edition) [35
Geertz on the Concept of Culture [2
Wagner on the History of the Concept of Culture  [1
Farella on the Empiricist Culture of Permanence [2
Schieffelin, Edward L.  1976  "Introduction" from his The Sorrow of the Lonely & the Burning of the Dancers. [17
 

R&L  Ch.2: "The Meaning of Progress and Development." [38
Meillassoux on Foraging as a Mode of Production  [2
Two Quotes on Sharing and Reciprocity  [2
Schieffelin  1976  Ch.2 "In the Shadow of the Mountain"  [16
Polanyi on Market Economy and Worldview   [2
Olivera, Marcela & Jorge Viana
     2003  "Winning the Water War." Human Rights Dialogue 2: 9.  (but read it on the web) [2
 

RESPONSE PAPER DUE IN CLASS   4 FEB
 

R&L  Ch.3: "The Construction of the Nation-State."  [30
Anderson on Nation  [1
 

R&L  Ch.4: "The Social and Cultural Construction of Reality."  [35
Black Elk on the Significance of Circles and on Ritual. [2
Koestler & Burke on Symboling and Consciousness  [1
Kincaid Imagines a Tourist  [1
Schieffelin  Ch.1 "Ceremonies and Reciprocity"  [10

MID-TERM IN CLASS   20 FEB

R&L  Ch.5: "Patterns of Family Relations." [34
Schieffelin  Ch.3 "I'm Sorry, Brother, I Don't Eat That"  [25
 

R&L  Ch.6: "The Cultural Construction of Identity." [32
Friedlander on Being Indian in Central Mexico   [2
Schieffelin  Chs.4, 6, 7, 8   [63

ESSAY ON SCHIEFFELIN   DUE IN CLASS   2 APRIL (or before)

R&L  Ch.7: "The Cultural Construction of Social Hierarchy." [36
Clastres on The Duty to Speak & the Power of not Listening.  [2
 
 

R&L  Ch.8: "The Cultural Construction of Conflict and Violence." [30