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ANTH 1034

World Cultures

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Winter 2026

Topics

  • health, gathered from various sources in the past and present, to gain a holistic perspective
  • variety of teaching modalities including weekly recorded lectures, films and the course
  • the world around us

Readings

  • Required: Through the Lens of Anthropology: An Introduction to Human Evolution and Culture. Robert Muckle and Laura Tubelle de Gonzalez. Any edition is fine. Cost: U of T Press.
  • Required: Introduction: Chapter 1
  • Required: Chapter 7: Archaeology of the Last 5000 Years
  • Required: Studying Culture: Chapter 8
  • Required: Food-Getting and Economics: Chapter 10
Fall 2025; FAO

Topics

  • Anthropological approaches to cultural diversity
  • Sociocultural methods, theory and applied anthropology
  • Language, communication, ethnicity and race
  • Economic and political systems
  • Gender, family, kinship and marriage
  • Religion, arts, media and sport
  • Colonialism, the world system and contemporary global issues

Readings

  • Listed course textbook: Kottak, Conrad Phillip. Cultural Anthropology: Appreciating Cultural Diversity. 19th edition. McGraw Hill, 2020.
  • Permitted alternative: Previous editions are acceptable, with the instruction to consult the instructor before purchasing an older edition.
  • Course viewing material: Films are shown and discussed in class; individual film titles are not identified in the textbook section.
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