Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology

This course is designed to introduce you to the central concepts, theories, and techniques employed by cultural anthropologists to explore the social and cultural dimensions of human experience.  ANTH 3 - Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology is organized around central questions in the study of human societies, including: the anthropological idea of progress; language and symbolism; gender and race; power and resistance; nationalism; and modernization, globalization, and post-modernization.

What makes this section of ANTH 3 unique is that it utilizes a decolonized and engaged anthropological lens to critically analyze the cultural and social structures, institutions, and ideologies that create both inequality and equality in both industrialized and non-industrialized communities.