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ANT THL 352
Witchcraft, Oracles, and Magic:
The Anthropological Study of Religion
Course Schedule - FALL 2006
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CLASS # |
DATE |
READINGS |
TASKS |
Tasks and readings are to be completed before the beginning of class
on the day they are assigned
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WEEK 1 |
| Class # 1 |
Thursday
August 24, 2006
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What is Religion?
Film: Dead Birds
(shown in class)
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Quiz #1
(due before 9:30 AM
Tuesday, August 29)
Quiz Upload Folder
Do not open others' papers
Initial Survey
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WEEK 2 |
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Class # 2 |
Tuesday
August 29, 2006
Lecture Archive
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Religion: Social and Psychic Origins
Durkheim, "The Elementary Forms
of the Religious Life"
In Lessa and Voget pp 27 - 35
Tylor, "Animism"
In Lessa and Voget pp 9 - 19
Kipling: The White Man's Burden
Introduction to Readings
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| Class # 3 |
Thursday
August 31, 2006
Lecture Archive
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Religious Functionalism: What Exactly Do You Do Do?
Malinowski, "The Role of Magic and Religion"
In Lessa and Voget pp 37 - 46
Radcliffe-Brown, "Taboo"
In Lessa and Voget pp 46 - 56
Introduction to Readings
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Quiz # 2 Answer Key
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| WEEK 3 |
| Class # 4 |
Tuesday
September 5, 2006
Lecture Archive
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Magic, Witchcraft, Divination and Definitions
Titiev, "A Fresh Approach to the Problem
of Magic and Religion"
In Lessa and Voget pp pp 334 - 337
Frazer, "Sympathetic Magic"
In Lessa and Voget pp 337 - 352
Introduction to Readings
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| Class #5 |
Thursday
September 7, 2006
Lecture Archive
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Religion - Me and We
Geertz, "Religion as a Cultural System"
In Lessa and Voget pp 78 - 90
Introduction to Readings
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Quiz # 3 Answer Key
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| WEEK 4 |
| Class #6 |
Tuesday
September 12, 2006
Lecture Archive
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Religious Symbols Can Get Hairy....
Ortner, "On Key Symbols"
In Lessa and Voget pp 92 -99
Homans, "Anxiety and Ritual"
In Lessa and Voget pp 57-62
Hallpike, "Social Hair"
In Lessa and Voget pp 99 - 105
The Blind Men and the Elephant
Introduction to Readings
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| Class # 7 |
Thursday
September 14, 2006
Lecture Archive
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... and Full of Bull Too
Marvin Harris: Cultural Ecology
Alan Dundas: Psychoanalysis and Bull Roarers
Emic and Etic - Concise Definitions
Introduction to Readings
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Quiz #4 Answer Key
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| WEEK 5 |
| Class # 8 |
Tuesday
September 19, 2006
Lecture Archive
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Locked Into Religion: Sort Answers Welcome
Douglas, "The Abomination of Leviticus"
In Lessa and Voget pp 149 - 153
Leach, "Anthropological Aspects of Language:
Animal Categories and Verbal Abuse"
In Lessa and Voget pp 153 - 166
Myerhoff, "The Deer-Maize-Peyote Symbol Complex
Among the Huichol Indians of Mexico"
In Lessa and Voget pp 105 - 112
Introduction to Readings
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Inital Paper Proposal Guide:
You may document your
plans up to the day before
the actual proposal is due
Submit Initial Proposal
Final Proposal Due October 16, 11:59 PM
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| Class # 9 |
Thursday
September 21, 2006
Lecture Archive
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Miss Myth Mr Myth
Rosaldo and Atkinson, "Man the Hunter and Woman:
Metaphors for the Sexes in Ilongot Magical Spells"
In Lessa and Voget pp 129 - 141
Levi-Strauss, "The Structural Study of Myth"
In Lessa and Voget pp 185 - 197
Willis, "The Head and the Loins: Levi-Strauss and Beyond"
In Lessa and Voget pp 197 - 207
Introduction to Readings
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Quiz #5 Answer Key
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| WEEK 6 |
| Class # 10 |
Tuesday
September 26, 2006
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The Structural Study of Myth
Going Whole Hog
The Three Little Pigs |
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| Class # 11
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Thursday
September 28, 2006
Lecture Archive
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Please Don't Squeeze the Shaman
Levi-Strauss, "The Effectiveness of Symbols"
In Lessa and Voget pp 318 - 327
Borgoras, "Shamanistic Performance in the Inner Room:
In Lessa and Voget pp 302 - 308
Rasmussen, "A Shaman's Journey to the Sea Spirit"
In Lessa and Voget pp 308 - 311
Intorduction to Readings
Spiritualism and Spirit Photography
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Quiz 6 Answer Key
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| WEEK 7 |
| Class # 12 |
Tuesday
October 3, 2006
Lecture Archive
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A Shaman Is A Shaman Is A Shaman?
Cannon, ""Voodoo" Death"
In Lessa and Voget pp 367 - 373
Needham, "Percussion and Transition"
In Lessa and Voget pp 311 - 318
Shweder, "Aspects of Cognition in Zinacanteco Shamans:
Experimental Results"
In Lessa and Voget pp 327 - 331
In-Class Film: The Power of Belief
Introduction to Readings
Percussion and Transition - Russian Church Bells
Transition - Shaker Hymns
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| Class # 13 |
Thursday
October 5, 2006
Lecture Archive
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Divinization and Explanation
Turner, "Divination as a Phase in a Social Process"
In Lessa and Voget pp 373- 376
Moore, "Divination--A New Perspective"
In Lessa and Voget pp 376 - 379
Introduction to Readings
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Quiz #7 Answer Key
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| WEEK 8 |
| Class # 14 |
Tuesday
October 10, 2006
Lecture Archive
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Religion, Revival and Restructuring
Linton, "Nativistic Movements"
In Lessa and Voget pp 415 - 421
Wallace, "Revitalization Movements"
In Lessa and Voget pp 421 - 430
Introduction to Readings
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Active Participation Self-Evaluation
Midterm Course Evaluation
Submit Final Proposal Here
Due Friday October 13, 11:59 PM
Guide for Final Paper Proposal
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| Class # 15 |
Thursday
October 12, 2006
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Midterm Exam
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Midterm Review Sheet
Midterm Exam Answer Key
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WEEK 9: FALL BREAK - NO CLASSES
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WEEK 10
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| Class # 16 |
Tuesday
October 24, 2006
Lecture Archive
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The Grateful and Ever-Present Dead
Opler, "An Interpretation of Ambivalence
of Two American Indian Tribes"
In Lessa and Voget pp 382 - 393
Brian, "Ancestors as Elders in Africa- Further Thoughts"
In Lessa and Voget pp 393 - 400
Introduction to Readings
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Reviewed Final Proposals
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| Class # 17 |
Thursday
October 26, 2006
Lecture Archive
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Ritual and the Social Self
Turner, "Betwixt and Between:
The Liminal Period in Rites de Passage"
In Lessa and Voget pp 234 - 243
Leach, "Ritualization in Man in Relation to
Conceptual and Social Development"
In Lessa and Voget pp 229 - 234
Introduction to Readings
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Quiz #8 Answer Key
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| WEEK 11
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| Class # 18 |
Tuesday
October 31, 2006
Lecture Archive
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Evans-Pritchard's Brain
Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande: Introduction
Film: Strange Beliefs
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| Class # 19 |
Thursday
November 2, 2006
Lecture Archive
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Do Witches Make Spells or Make Sense?
Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande Chapters 1 and 2
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Quiz # 9 Answer Key
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| WEEK 12
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| Class # 20 |
Tuesday
November 7, 2006
Lecture Archive
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How To Make It Work
Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande Chapters 3 and 4
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| Class # 21 |
Thursday
November 9, 2006
Lecture Archive
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Becoming a Witch-Doctor
Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande Chapters 5 and 6
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Quiz # 10 Answer Key
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| WEEK 13
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| Class # 22 |
Tuesday
November 14, 2006
Lecture Archive
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Social Roles of Witch Doctors and Oracles
Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande Chapter 7 and 8
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Final day to submit
a draft of your paper
for critque
(deadline-- high noon)
Submit Electronic Draft Here
Do not open others' papers
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| Class # 23 |
Thursday
November 16, 2006
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Cyber Class
Ghosts on the Web
Fr. Bucko away at American Anthropological Association
Annual Meeting
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No Class Meeting
Cyber Option 1
Cyber Option 2
Cyber Option 3
Cyber Option 4
Counts for Quiz # 11
Deadline:
Sunday, November 19, 11:59 PM
No late entries accepted!
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| WEEK 14
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| Class # 24 |
Tuesday
November 21, 2006
Lecture Archive
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Consulting the Oracle Other Types of Oracles
Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande Chapters 9 and 10
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No Class
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Thursday
November 23, 2006
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Thanksgiving
How to Write a Superior Paper
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| WEEK 15
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Class # 25
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Tuesday
November 28, 2006
Lecture Archive
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Magic and Curing
Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande Chapter 11
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Class # 26
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Thursday
November 30, 2006
Lecture Archive
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Secret Associations and Historic Change
In-Class Film: Fieldwork
Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande Chapter 12
Please hand in a PAPER COPY of your term paper
at the beginning of class (9:30 AM) AND upload a digital copy
prior to the class
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Term Paper Due:
Deadline 9:30 AM
For both electronic and paper submissions
Paper Guide
Upload Your Paper Here
Instructions for Uploading
If you submitted a preliminary draft
be sure to give me the edited draft also.
Do not open others' papers
Exemplary Papers
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| WEEK 16
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Class # 27
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Tuesday
December 5, 2006
Lecture Archive
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Life Crisis Events and Religious Belief
Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande Chapter 13
"The Mighty Azande Art Players" perform their play
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Quiz #12
Submit a copy of your
Azande Reading Notes
Due at Beginning of Class
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Class # 28
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Thursday
December 7, 2006
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Review Class |
Evaluate Your
Class Participation
Final Survey - Course Objectives
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WEEK 17 - Final Exam
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| Final Exam |
Monday
December 11, 2006
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Time: 1:00 - 2:40 PM |
Review Guide for Final Exam
Upload Exam Part 1 Here
Due 1:00 PM Monday December 11
Submit Hard Copy in Class
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