ANTH 3346 HOME PAGE ASSIGNMENTS SCHEDULE
REQUIRED READINGS MAPS TOUR OF DALLAS
FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
CASE STUDIES: A-D CASE STUDIES: E-I CASE STUDIES: J-O
CASE STUDIES: P-S CASE STUDIES: T-Z FINAL EXAM
ANTH 3346
Spring 2003 Class Schedule (subject to change)
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Week 1
Jan 14 “Introduction and Orientation”
Jan 16 "Who we are, where do we come from, what are our hopes/dreams" -- an exercise in "appreciative inquiry"
Reading Assignment (for next Tuesday’s class discussion): Distant Mirrors, xi-xvi; Linton (pp. 1-3), Miner (pp. 27-31), and LaBarre (pp. 32-36).
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Week 2
Jan 21 “Who are we in the United States? Diversity as seen through the U.S. Census 2000”
Internet Assignment: review contents of the year 2000 census at U.S. Census Bureau Website: http://factfinder.census.gov/
-- For today, bring to class one (or more) of the tables, charts, or maps from the U.S. Census web site for your home town ZIP code.
Jan 23 "The Challenge of Race/Ethnicty and Class/Power"
Video: “Two Nations of Black America” (1998); 56 minutes. [IVS 06399]
Reading Assignment: Distant Mirrors, Holmes & Holmes (pp. 4-26), Mucha (pp. 37-42), Ramos (pp. 50-58).
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Week 3
Jan 28 “Culture, Society, and Regionalism in the U.S.: Do We Really Have Culture Areas in America?”
Reading Assignment: Distant Mirrors, Tsuji (pp. 84-94), Yang (pp. 95-101), Ernst (pp. 102-109).
Jan 30 "Ethnicity, Racism, and Education: Transformations at the Local Community Level"
Video: “The Lemon Grove Incident” (1985), 58 minutes [IVS 0281]
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Week 4
Feb 4 “Developing Diversity in America: From Natives to Immigrants to Natives to Immigrants”
Feb 6 Videos: “Dallas at the Crossroads” (1961), 21 minutes [IVS 02304] and “Big City Trail (1992), 28 minutes [IVS 03052]
Reading Assignment: Distant Mirrors, Ojeda (pp. 44-49), Kim (pp. 59-67), Natadecha-Sponsel (pp. 68-74), Varenne (pp. 75-83).
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Week 5
Feb 11 Students meet in their respective teams to discuss the Dallas Tour Project.
Feb 13 Preparation for Dallas Tour Project (slides)
Reading Assignment (to be completed by 25 Feb): Left Behind in Rosedale
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Week 6
Feb 18 “Diversity in the Dallas-Forth Worth Metropolitan Area”
Reading Assignment: Kemper manuscript article on “Dallas-Fort Worth”
Internet Assignment: http://www.dallasinternational.com
Feb 20 “Rural Life in the US: Historical Perspectives”
Video: "Surviving the Dust Bowl" (1998), 57 minutes [IVS 05568]
Reading Assignment: begin Fujita and Sano, Life in Riverfront (to be completed by March 6)
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Week 7
Feb 25 "Contemporary American Rural Life"
Video: “The Forgotten Americans” (2000), 56 minutes [IVS 07188]
Feb 27 "The Rural to Urban Continuum"
Video: "Halsted Street" (1999), 57 minutes [IVS 06956]
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Week 8
Mar 4 “Coming into Urban Life in the US: Immigration and Rural-Urban Migration”
Video: "Tzintzuntzan Migrants in Chicago and Beyond" [Kemper personal copy]
Mar 6 "Transforming Dallas through Immigration"
Video: “The Other Side of the Border” (1987), 60 minutes [IVS 00810]
Reading Assignment: begin Chavez, Shadowed Lives (to be completed by 25 March)
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[Week 9]
Mar 11 and 13 Spring Break
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Week 10
Mar 18 “Urban Diversity in the U.S.”
Video: “Being Hmong Means Being Free” (2000), 57 minutes (IVS 7935).
Reading Assignment:
Mar 20 "Korean Americans in Dallas" (Mr. William Allen) -- tentative
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Week 11
Mar 25 "Class and Power in America"
Video: "People Like Us: Social Class in America," (2001) 124 minutes [IVS 07754] -- first part
Reading Assignment: Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed (to be completed by 8 April)
Mar 27 "Class and Power in America"
Video: "People Like Us: Social Class in America," (2001) 124 minutes [IVS 07754] -- second part
Internet Assignment: check out the web site for this video at: http://www.pbs.org/peoplelikeus/
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Week 12
Apr 1 “Families, Homelessness, and (Transitional) Housing: A Case Study of Dallas and the Oasis Housing Corporation”
Reading Assignment: Kemper/Adkins article manuscript; Distant Mirrors, Yang (pp. 95-101); see http://www.nationalhomeless.org (the website of the National Coalition for the Homeless)
Apr 3 “Aging and Health in America”
Video: “Number Our Days” (1983), 29 minutes [IVS 02031]
Reading Assignment: Kemper et al. manuscript report on The Uninsured
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Week 13
EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENT: MONDAY, 7 APRIL 5:00-6:00 P.M.
ATTEND THE GEORGE AND MARY FOSTER DISTINGUISHED LECTURE (BY LEO CHAVEZ) AND WRITE A 1-PAGE REPORT (DUE 10 APRIL).
Apr 8 "GLBT: Lifestyle Issues in Contemporary America"
Video: "After Stonewall" (1999), 86 minutes [IVS 06488]
Apr 10 “Social Status and Class Issues in the US: Are we really Bowling Alone?”
Reading Assignment: Dussart (pp. 139-147), Hunt (pp. 162-176), Dreschel (p. 177-197)
Internet Assignment: http://www.bowlingalone.com/ Examine Robert Putnam’s arguments about social capital and come to class with examples from your own experiences to support/refute his position. Compare Putnam's position with the critique of "social capital" offered by Paul Durrenberger (Anthropology Newsletter, 2002; available at the ISEM Library in the Heroy Bldg.)
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Week 14
Apr 15 “Religious Diversity and Worldviews in American Life”
Reading Assignment: “Religion” sections of the Saturday Dallas Morning News
Also, check out the website of the Harvard Pluralism Project (headed by Prof. Diana Eck), at: http://www.pluralism.org
Due today: Monograph review.
Apr 17 “Faith-Based Community Development in America”
Video: “Building the New Community Welfare: The Indianapolis Experience” (1999), 32 minutes [Kemper personal copy]
Reading Assignment: Kemper/Adkins article manuscript
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Week 15
Apr 22 Class Discussion of the "Dallas Tour Project" -- due today.
Reading Assignment, Distant Mirrors, Ernst (pp. 102-109), Dussart (pp. 139-147), Hunt (pp. 162-176)
Hand Out: Questions for final examination See FINAL EXAM
Apr 24 Small Group and Class Discussions of the Fujita/Sano, Chavez, and Ehrenreich books.
Topic for discussion: What are the implications of ethnicity, age, and gender for "surviving" and "succeeding" in twenty-first century America?
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Week 16 and Beyond
Apr 29 Course Summary and Evaluation: "Culture and Diversity in American Life"
Due today: Community Service Project report.
Apr 30 - May 1 Reading Period
May 7 (Wednesday) Take-home final exam due in Kemper’s office (405 Heroy) no later than 11:00 a.m.
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