Week | Topics | Readings
or Assigned Work (to be finished BEFORE class) |
Sept. 10 | Introduction
and Class Introductions; Discussion of Assignments; Writing Grant Proposals |
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Sept. 17 | Discussion of Difficulties; Reviewing Grant Proposals | Draft Grant Proposal Packets Due |
Sept. 24 | Discussion of Difficulties; Revising Grant Proposals; Assembling Packets | Comments on 3 Grant Proposals Due |
Oct. 1 | Discussion of Difficulties; Other Writing & Reviewing | Final Grant Proposal Packets Due |
Oct. 8 | No Class – Thanksgiving holiday | |
Oct. 15 | Speaker:
Dr. Joshua Barker
“Anthropologists as Mediators: The Changing Conditions of Field Research in Indonesia, 1995-2007” |
(1)
see department faculty list + website (2) Barker 2005 |
Oct. 22 | Speaker:
Dr. Bonnie McElhinny (Dr. McElhinny asks that you please do readings in order listed, in case you run out of time!) |
(1)
see department faculty list + website (2) McElhinny 2005 (3) McElhinny et al. 2007 (4) Kramer 1998 (5) Axel 2002 (6) Le Espiritu 2003 |
Oct. 29 | Speaker: Dr. David Begun | (1)
see department faculty list + website (2) Begun 2003 |
Nov. 5 | Speaker:
Dr. Heather Miller Themes: Archaeological Assessments of Value (and other intangibles from material culture); Collaborations with other anthropologists and other disciplines |
(1)
see department faculty list + website (2) Miller 2006 selection (3) Miller SSHRC (2003) (4) Lohmann SSHRC (2004) |
Nov. 12 | Speaker:
Dr. Jennifer Jackson Themes: Anthropological collaborations with NGOs and governmental offices (linguistics and Madagascar); dissertation grant proposals |
(1)
see UTM department faculty list and CV in CCNet Handouts (not yet on
grad dept. link) (2) Jackson SSRC (2003) (3) Harman 2002 (4) Freeman 2004 |
Nov. 19 | Speaker:
Dr. Naisargi (Nais) Dave "Ethics in anthropology of ethics: notes from research on queer politics in India" |
(1)
see department faculty list (2) Dave in press |
Nov. 26 | Speaker:
Dr. Esteban Parra “Skin pigmentation variation in human populations: genetic basis and implications for public health.” |
(1)
see department faculty list + website (2) Parra 2007 |
Dec. 3 | Speaker:
Dr. Max Friesen "Communities Past and Present: Social Archaeology in the Modern Canadian Arctic" |
(1)
see department faculty list + website (2) Friesen 2002 (3) Friesen 2007 |
FINAL
PAPER DUE by Dec. 7 (Friday) |