Cultural Anthropology, ANT102 Spring 2020

Marcia Good, PhD

You cannot just think your way into a new way of living
You have to live your way into a new way of thinking

March to APRIL
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY WEEK-END
March 28
SP 2020 Classes Begin 3/29
Course open for perusal - but not started yet. Does the quote above appeal to you? Is this the right course for you?
Email to students – opening Sunday
BEFORE CLASSES AND FIRST WEEK-END
Read Syllabus & take Syllabus Quiz, Put image in Profile Pictures. Look around D2L. Make note of due dates. Pay attention to the weekly patterns of the work in the course.
Browse the exercises and see if this is indeed the kind of learning you want to do this quarter. Example - do you want to be part of a learning community doing a #SP20Challenge?

PREMODULE
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3/30 3/31 1 2 4 5
Last day to add
ETHNOGRAPY: #SP20Intro &
Quiz for (next) Chapter I opens
Nacirema and #SP20Nacirema
Babakieuria Quizzes PREMODULE, Skills development and Introductions. Watch the short film, Babakieuria, the reading, "The Nacirema" and complete the first two Instagram
Due anytime - no challenges. #W20Intro and #W20Nacirema. Finish the Syllabus Quiz ASAP.
later than Thursday Just begin thinking about the #28Day Challenge. #SP20Nacirema
#SP20Intro due Thursday. Adding later? 48 hours to catch up.
Read: https://anth101.com/challenge3/ Post & Quiz due
MODULE I: ROBBINS CHAPTER I: CULTURE AND MEANING
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ETHNOGRAPY: #SP20EatWhat Quiz for (next) Chapter II opens

Ethnographic Exploration challenge – If your survival depended on finding insects to eat – where could you find so me? Find a living insect (not a spider) and
Quiz CH I photograph it. Google to find out if they are edible anywhere in the world. Read Food for Thought - Insects on the Menu and How do Insects survive winter? If
DUE you are not allowed to go outside for any reason – check out some of the virtual zoo fieldtrips or webcams for home schooled quarantined! Get creative 
#SP20EatWhat
Open for Anthsta posting and completion quiz
Post & Quiz due
MODULE II: ROBBINS CHAPTER II: MEANING OF PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT
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Last Day to Drop
ETHNOGRAPY: #SP20[TBD – soon] Quiz for (next) Chapter III opens

Quiz CH II

#SP20AnthChallenge3. #SP20[TBD]
Open for Anthsta posting and completion quiz
Review Wesch Ch 3. Reflection Due. Post & Quiz due

MODULE III: ROBBINS CHAPTER III: DEBT, GLOBALIZATION AND THE NATION STATE
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ETHNOGRAPY: #SP20[TBD – soon] Quiz for (next) Chapter IV opens

Quiz CH III
DUE

#SP20{TBD]
Submit Worksheet I for #SP20AnthChallenge3 Open for Anthsta posting and completion quiz
Post & Quiz due
 APRIL to JUNE
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY WEEK-END
MODULE IV: ROBBINS CHAPTER IV: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION OF REALITY
4/27 4/28 4/29 4/30 1 2 3
#SP20[TBD – soon] Quiz for (next) Chapter V opens

Quiz CH IV
DUE
Post Intro to your #SP20AnthChallenge3 on #SP20[TBD]
Open for Anthsta posting and completion quiz
Instagram and explain it Post & Quiz due

MODULE V: ROBBINS CHAPTER V: PATTERNS OF FAMILY RELATIONS

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#SP20Kin Quiz for (next) Chapter VI opens
Two images required. First, draw your family in any form that you wish – stick figures, collages, etc. Don’t take more than 20 minutes to do this. Make a
Quiz CH V kinship chart following the instructions in the book. Ego is you. Include a complete representation of three generations. Call a parent or a relative to for a love
DUE story.
#SP20Kin
Posting updates to your #SP20AnthChallenge3 Open for Anthsta posting and completion quiz
Post & Quiz due

MODULE VI: ROBBINS CHAPTER VI: CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY

Last day to
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or choose pass/fail

#SP20Other Quiz for (next) Chapter VII opens

Interview a friend about their gender identity (male, female, transgender, gender nonconforming, varieties of pronouns, etc.). How do they think about managing
Quiz CH VI their material world before leaving home in the morning? Gender is also intersectional – combined with faith/race/sexuality/class, etc. See “A Gay in the Life”
DUE or “Fashioning Faith” to think about questions.
#SP20Other
Posting updates to your #SP20AnthChallenge3 Open for Anthsta posting and completion quiz
Post & Quiz due
MODULE VII: ROBBINS CHAPTER VII: CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION OF SOCIAL HIERARCHY

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#SP20EJ Quiz for (next) Chapter VIII opens

Watch Film. Environmental Justice in Chicago. Apply the Environmental Justice questionnaire to four friends. Do the ways that people at DePaul care about
Quiz CH VII DUE “green issues” take people’s health, structural violence and differential access into account?
#SP20EJ
Posting updates to your #SP20AnthChallenge3 Open for Anthsta posting and completion quiz
Post & Quiz due

MODULE VIII: ROBBINS CHAPTER VIII: CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION OF VIOLENT CONFLICT

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RESTORATIVE JUSTICE No upcoming quiz - prepare for Term Project write up

Quiz CH VIII DUE Reproductive Justice Research on Discussion Board - not Instagram. Cyber Exploration this week. Find an example of Restorative Justice - describe it.
Post the ending of your #SP20AnthChallenge3 Restorative Justice
Discussion Board on Restorative Justice Open
with some reflection on the process Discussion board closes
FINISH PROJECT FINAL EXAM
6/5
6/1 6/2 6/3 6/4 6/6 6/7
Final day of classes
Submit Final Exam and Instagram #SP20Goodbye
STEP IV: Write up the final report and Worksheet II for the end of the 28 Day Challenge
If you need more time – write email
Congratulations on mastering
FINALS 6/7 – 6/12 Cultural Anthropology