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Department
of Anthropology
California
State University, Sacramento
History
of Anthropology
Anth 104 (1)
Dr. Castaneda (tac@csus.edu)
Fall 2002
MND 4028 (278-6067)
Office Hrs: T/R 2:45-3:45 (or
by appt.)
Course Description: Anthropological theory in historical perspective (Catalog Description).
Course Objectives: ANTH 104 covers the early history of
anthropology, with primary emphasis on the period dating from the mid-19th
century through the *1950s. ANTH 104 is
designed to provide students with: 1) Knowledge of antecedent traditions in the
humanities and natural sciences. 2) An overview of the historical and political
contexts in which anthropology arose as a distinct field of inquiry. 3) An
understanding of the institutional settings and processes that gave rise to the
discipline’s professionalization. 4) Intellectual and biographical portraits of
founding figures and their disciplinary descendants as well as the theories and
schools of thought with which they are associated. 5) A critical perspective on
the processes of methodological innovation and theory building within
anthropology. * ANTH 141 (Culture Theory)
brings the history of anthropology forward from the 1960s into the present.
Course Requirements & Evaluation:
Attendance, reading, participation in class discussion & exercises, 2
mid-term exams, a non-comprehensive final and an 
Intellectual
Genealogy (8-10 pp.
inclusive of bibliography). The research paper and each of the exams counts for
25% of your final course grade. A=90-100%, B=80-89%, C=70-79%, D=60-69%, F=59%
or below. Borderline grades will be determined based upon attendance &
class participation.
Make-up Policy: In-class
exercises may not be made-up. Mid-term exams missed due to excused
absences (emergencies, family-illness, etc.) may be taken in the Testing Center
(Lassen Hall). Normally, the deadline will fall within one week of the original
exam. NOTE: 1) you must notify me of your absence immediately in order
to arrange for a make-up, 2) no more than 1 exam may be taken late, 3) the
Testing Center charges a fee which must be paid by check (no cash or credit cards),
is open only in the evenings Monday through Thursday, and typically requires
you to make an appointment.
Required Texts:
Darwin for Beginners by Jonathon Miller (Pantheon Books).
Functionalism Historicized by George Stocking, Jr., ed. (U Wisconsin
Press-Madison).
Objects and Others by George Stocking, Jr., ed. (U
Wisconsin Press-Madison).
Observers Observed by George Stocking, Jr. ed. (U
Wisconsin Press-Madison).
Skull Wars by David Hurst Thomas (Basic Books).
*Additional Readings will be placed on Reserve in the
Library.
Course Outline
|
Wk |
Date |
Topic |
Reading Assignments |
|
1 |
9/5 |
Introduction / Prelude
to Anthropology |
Film |
|
2 |
9/12 |
Exploration &
Discovery/ The Heyday of Natural History/ Darwinian Revolution: |
Rowe (Reserve) Darwin for Beginners |
|
3 |
9/19 |
Antiquarians,
Unilinealists, & Early Ethnology…. |
Objects & Others Chapman 15-48; Hinsley 49-74; Functionalism
Historicized: Jones: 31-58 |
|
4 |
9/26 |
… BAE / Museum Anthropology / World Fairs /
Race & Culture … |
Objects & Others Jacknis 75-111; Stocking 112-145; Williams
146-166; Functionalism Historicized: Urry 83-105 ; Browman (Reserve)
Curtis Film |
|
5 |
10/3 |
… Emergence of Fieldwork as Professional
Practice |
Cole, Hinsley &
Stocking in Observers Observed: 13-120. |
|
6 |
10/10 |
End of Unit I |
Midterm Exam #1 (1st
hr.) |
|
The British
School—Malinowski, Radcliffe-Brown, & Functionalism |
Film |
||
|
7 |
10/17 |
Social Anthropology: the
2nd of Generation |
Read in this order: A.
Kuper (Reserve) Functionalism Historicized: 2 articles by Stocking
106-191, Kuklick 59-82, H. Kuper 192-213. |
|
8 |
10/24 |
The Americanist
Historical Tradition—Boas |
Essays by Lesser and
Jacknis (Reserve); Boas film |
|
9 |
10/31 |
The 2nd
Generation and beyond: Kroeber, Lowie, Benedict, Mead, Sapir, Radin. The War Years: Culture
& Personality/National Character Studies |
Essays by Wolf, Diamond,
Mintz (Reserve); Observers
Observed: Handler 209-231; Film |
|
10 |
11/7 |
Neo-evolutionism &
Materialism on the Horizon—looking ahead |
Murphy “Steward,” &
Carneiro “White” (Reserve) |
|
11 |
11/14 |
End of Unit II |
Midterm Exam #2 (1st
hr.) |
|
Reprise: Contemporary
Legacies & Lessons from the History of American Anthropology |
Film |
||
|
12 |
11/21 |
AAA Centennial Meetings Library Work on
Biographical Profiles |
Begin Reading Skull
Wars |
|
13 |
11/28 |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
|
|
14 |
12/5 |
American Anthropology
& NAGPRA, Postcolonialism, Language Revival… |
Finish Skull Wars Films |
|
15 |
12/12 |
Presentation of
Biographical Research Distribution of 2 Final
Exam Questions |
Biographical Reports Due
|
* Reserve Room Readings
Browman, David L.
2002 “The Peabody Museum, Frederic W. Putnam,
and the Rise of US Anthropology, 1866-1903.” American Anthropologist
104: 508-519.
Carneiro, Robert L.
1981 “Leslie White” in Totems and Teachers.
Sydel Silverman, ed., New York: Columbia U Press.
Diamond, Stanley
1981 “Paul Radin” in Totems and Teachers.
Sydel Silverman, ed., New York: Columbia University Press.
Jacknis,
Ira
2002 “The First Boasian: Alfred Kroeber and Franz Boas,
1896-1905.” American Anthropologist 104: 520-532.
Kuper, Adam
1983 “Malinowski” in Anthropology and
Anthropologists: The Modern British School, pp. 1-35. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
Lesser, Alexander
1981 “Franz Boas” in Totems and Teachers.
Sydel Silverman, ed., New York: Columbia University Press.
Mintz, Sidney
1981 “Ruth Benedict” in Totems and
Teachers. Sydel Silverman, ed., New York: Columbia U Press.
Murphy, Robert F.
1981 “Julian Steward” in Totems and
Teachers. Sydel Silverman, ed., New York: Columbia U Press.
Rowe, John Howland
1965 “The Renaissance Foundations of
Anthropology.” American Anthropologist 67:1-20.
Wolf, Eric
1981 “Alfred L. Kroeber” in Totems and
Teachers. Sydel Silverman, ed., New York: Columbia U Press.
