這門課程向學生介紹了文化人類學的方法和觀點。閱讀資料的重點是在不同的背景下（包括核武實驗室，蘇丹的畜牧群協會和位於洛杉磯的猶太人養老中心）的案例研究。雖然我們會討論這些結果和結論，但重點將會放在鑒賞文化的差異和內涵上，通過長期的實地考察來研究文化和社會。最重要的是，學會分析性地思考別人和我們的生活。
This class introduces students to the methods and perspectives of cultural anthropology. Readings emphasize case studies in very different settings (a nuclear weapons laboratory, a cattle-herding society of the Sudan, and a Jewish elder center in Los Angeles). Although some of the results and conclusions of anthropology will be discussed, emphasis will be on appreciating cultural difference and its implications, studying cultures and societies through long-term fieldwork, and most of all, learning to think analytically about other people's lives and our own.
