Native Cultures of Alaska

ANTH 242 Spring 2012

Schedule: Subject to Change at Instructor’s Discretion.

Due Date / Topics & Activities / Readings/Films
1/26/12 / Section 1: Introductions
Review of Syllabus, Expectations (Critical Thinking Skills).
Lecture: Disciplinary Frame -anthropology.
Discussion Board: Introduce Yourself / Improving Discussions
Clifford
2/02/12 / Section 2: Overview of Native Cultures of Alaska
Lecture: Overview of Native Cultures of Alaska (Linguistic and Cultural Groupings)
Reading Response Paper Due / Barnhardt & Kawagley
Benyon (optional)
Clifford
Emmons (optional)
Emmons (optional)
Gerfield (optional)
Langdon
Rainy (optional)
2/09/12 / Section 3: Subsistence and Food 1
Lecture: Subsistence Foods in Fairbanks Alaska
Discussion Board on Subsistence and Food / Bersamin, et al.
Fazzino & Loring
Fienup-Riordan (optional)
McCormick (optional)
Simeone (optional)
Theriault, et al.
Film: Iñupiaq Whale Hunt
Film: Eskimo Hunters 1949
2/16/12 / Section 4: Subsistence and Food 2
Guest Lecture
Reading Response Paper Due / Argetsinger & West
Kruse
Lee
Moss
Ransom
Searles
2/23/12 / Section 5: Health and Nutrition
Discussion Board on Health and Nutrition / Bersamin, et. al (optional)
Hawkins, et al.
Hazel & Mohatt
Johnson & Cameron
Manson
Parkinson, et al.
Sarche & Spicer
Walters & Simoni
Walters, et al.
Wexler
03/01/12 / Section 6: Language and Education
Discussion Board on Language and Education / Barnhardt & Kawagley
Dementi-Leonard & Gilmore
Henze & Davis
Lipka
Lipka & McCarty
Fienup-Riordan
Inglebret et al.
Jester
Pewewardy
Film: Linking PBIS and the Values of Alaska Native Peoples
Enduring Languages website
Kari (optional)
03/08/12 / Section 7: Local Ecology: Traditional Ecological Knowledge,
Conservation and Management
Discussion Board on Local Ecology
Reading Response Paper Due / Fernandez-Gimenez, et al.
Fienup-Riordan
Ford
Hunn
Hunn, et al.
Hunn
Pratt
3/12/12 –
3/16/12 / No Classes - Spring Break / ---
3/19/12 / Final Paper Topic Proposal Due / ---
3/22/12 /

Section 8: Local Ecology: Climate Change – Impacts and Responses

Discussion Board on Climate Change / Bronen
Callaway
Cruikshank
Smith
Film: Losing Ground (Parts 1-3)
Optional Films: People and Power; Climate Change in Unalakleet, Alaska; 100 Alaskan villages at Risk from Climate Change
3/29/12 / Section 9: Local Ecology: Environmental Challenges and Contamination
Reading Response Paper Due / Cassady
Kuhnlein & Chan
Stransky
Turner
Widener & Gunter
Film: Alaska Community Action on Toxics, Vi Waghiyi
4/05/12 / Section 10: Social Organization: Politics and Economics
Guest Lectures
Discussion Board: Social Organization / Dombrowski
Dombrowski
Hippler & Conn
Kan
Oberg
Rosman and Rubel
Wood & Gruenewald
4/12/12 / Section 11: Social Organization: Gender
Discussion Board: Social Organization / Frink
Frink
Fogel-Chance
Lee
Moss
4/19/12 / Section 12: Symbolic Practices 1: Art and Representation
Guest Lecture
Discussion Board on Symbolic Practices, Representations and Museums
Final Paper Due / Bunten
Fienup-Riordan
Fienup-Riordan
Glass
Lee
Moore
Links to Art
Film: An Introduction to Totem Poles
4/26/12 / Section 13: Symbolic Practices 2: Religion & Worldview
Guest Lecture
Discussion Board: Symbolic Practices and Representation
Final Paper Presentation Due / Fienup-Riordan
Harrison
Kan
Lee
Merkur
Russell
5/03/12 / Section 14: Course Review
Discussion Board: Reviewing Final Papers and Course Review / View and comment on at least three presentations of classmates