ANTHR 1101 - FWS: Culture, Society, and Power

Fall, Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

First-Year Writing Seminar.

Staff.

This First-Year Writing Seminar is devoted to the anthropological study of the human condition. Anthropology examines all aspects of human experience, from the evolution of the species to contemporary challenges of politics, environment, and society. The discipline emphasizes empirically rich field research informed by sophisticated theoretical understandings of human social life and cultural production. The diversity of anthropology’s interests provides a diverse array of stimulating opportunities to write critically about the human condition. Topics vary by semester.

Topics for 2020-2021 may include:

Term	Title	Instructor
Fall	FWS: Canoes, Commerce, and Conquest	A. Arcadi
Fall	FWS: Time Travel	C. Ahmann
Fall	FWS: Bug Lives	A. Nading
Fall	FWS: Writing Water in the US: From Wild Rivers to Toxic Lakes	R. Odhner
Fall	FWS: Nature Conservation in the Margins	P. Limbu
Fall	FWS: Disasters and Climate Change: Writing for Troubled Times	A. Lord
Fall	FWS: Social Worlds of Mining and Natural Resources	K. Fox-Knudtsen
Spring	FWS: Anthropological Perspectives on Technological Worlds	S. Posner
Spring	FWS: Health and Culture in Asia	X. Song
Spring	FWS: Craft Culture: Craft, Art, and Gender in Context	A. Dalferro