Archaeology of Gender Syllabus
Anthropology 500
Allen Zagarell
Department of Anthropology
Office hours:
email: zagarell@wmich.edu
Requirements: :Do all readings before they are to be discussed in class. Take active part in all discussions. There will be two exams, mid-term and final, and a major paper each worth 30% of the final grade. An oral presentations will additionally be required; A 20 minute discussion of one's term paper. This report combined with active class participation will represent 10% of final grade.
Readings: Two required
texts.
Sarah Milledge Nelson Gender in Archaeology 1997 Altamira Press. (Mil 1)
Sarah Milledge Nelson and Myriam Rosen-Ayalon 2002 Altamira Press (Mil 2)
Bibliography: can be found here.
Objectives: The goal of this course is to raise to consciousness the centrality of the concept of Gender for archeology. We will explore the multi- faceted ways it manifests that centrality for the understanding of the archeological record. The literature will provide insights into what gender consciousness can offer archaeology and suggest how further progress can be made.
Schedule:
Jan. 6
Short Introduction
Available Resources (on line Resources)
Distributing Reports and Assignments
WEB:
Yahoo's Gender
Related Web Sites/and Discussion Groups
Diotima: Women and Gender in the Ancient
World
Jan. 13 What is
Gender/Why is Gender. Consciousness Important
·
Readings: Mil 1 Ch. 1
Scott 1986
Film: A Small Happiness
Jan. 20
Gender/a social relation Gender/Class/Ethnicity
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Readings: Brumfilel 1994
Mil 2 Ch. 6,
7
Begin Mil 1 Ch. 2
Jan. 27
The Feminist Archaeological Critique/ Multiple Voices
Readings:
Conkey and Gero 1991
Kehoe1992
Mil 2 Ch. 9
Film: 4 Butte 1
Feb. 3
Gender and the Field
Readings: Victor and Beaudry 1992
Conkey and Williams 1991
Mil 1 Ch. 3
Feb. 10 Reinterpreting the Arch. Record
Readings:Spector 1991
Mil
1 Ch. 4
Biological Explanations
Readings: Sperling, S. 1991
Feb. 17
Labor Division/Prehistory
·
Readings: Mil
1 Ch. 5
Mil 2 11, 12
Film Cave Dweller
Reports on
BBS/data sources
Feb.
24 Mid-term Exam
Semester Recess
Mar. 9
Emergence of Agriculture/Spatial Relationships
Readings:
Mil 1 101-111
Jackson 1991
Mil 2 Ch. 8, 13
Mar. 16
Craftwork
Readings: Brumfiel 1991
Wright TBA
Costin TBA
Mar. 23
More on the Division of Labor
Readings: Mil
1 Ch. 6
Mil 2 Ch. 8
Mar. 30
Gender after Death / Larger Community
Readings: Mil 1 Ch. 7
Mil 2 Ch. 14
Pollock
1991
April 6 Ideology and Gender
Readings: Mil
1 Ch. 8
Mil 2 Ch. 3,4,6
April
13
Paper Reports/Summary/Values
Readings: Mil
1 Ch. 9
(papers to be handed in)
Final Exam
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