Anthropology of Europe--University of Minnesota Duluth

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(It’s expensive, so consider renting one, or buy a used copy; exams are open-book, so you should have a copy. We’ll be using this text again in the Fall (in Global Cultures) and in the Spring (in Anthropology of Europe), so if the UMD bookstore is back in operation there should be a local market for used copies.)

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READINGS

News-of-the-Week
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Video Explorations

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Week 1
26 - 31 August 2024


PART I: INTRODUCTION
	Chapter 1: Understanding Cultural Metaphors

(assigned readings are in bold letters)

In-the-News starts next week

Video

Many Ways to See the World:
A Thirty-minute Tour of World Map Images

(30 min., 2005)

on-line access

course viewing guide

Two Very Short Selective Attention Tests:

Selective Attention Test (1:21 min.)

The Monkey Business Illusion (1:42 min.)

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Week 2
1 - 7 September 2024


For the Anthropology of Europe course pick at least one of the following "Authority Ranking Cultures" to understand what "Authority Ranking Cultures" are about . . .

PART II: AUTHORITY RANKING CULTURES
	Chapter 2: The Thai Kingdom
	Chapter 3: The Japanese Garden
	Chapter 4: Bedouin Jewelry and Saudi Arabia
	Chapter 5. Dòn Gánh: The Two Sides of Vietnam
	Chapter 6: Kimchi and Korea

(assigned readings are in bold letters)

In-the-News (you need to report this week only if you signed up for one of these countries)

Video

Kypseli:
Women and Men apart, a Divided Reality

(41 min., 1973 / 2006)

(UM DULUTH Martin Library DVD DF951.K97 K97 2006)

on-line access

course viewing guide

course discussion guide

See Susan Parman, Europe in the Anthropological Imagination, Chs. 2, 3, 4

(UM DULUTH Martin Library DVD DF951.K97 K97 2006)

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Week 3
8 - 15 September 2024

Life Chances

is part of the Greek Villages Comparisons and the "Master Texts" discussions


PART III: SCANDINAVIAN EGALITARIAN CULTURES
	Chapter 7: The Swedish Stuga
	Chapter 8: The Finnish Sauna
	Chapter 9: The Danish Christmas Luncheon

(assigned readings are in bold letters)

In-the-News (you need to report this week only if you signed up for Cyprus)

Cyprus

Video

Life Chances:
Four Families in [Argaki] a Changing Cypriot Village

(43 min., 1974)

on-line access

course viewing guide

(UM DULUTH Martin Library DVD DS54.35 .L54 1974)


PART III: SCANDINAVIAN EGALITARIAN CULTURES
	Chapter 7: The Swedish Stuga
	Chapter 8: The Finnish Sauna
	Chapter 9: The Danish Christmas Luncheon

	Paul Buffalo, *"Finns, 'The Sweatbath-Men'"* from: Timothy G. Roufs (Ed.). 2019. Gabe-bines, "Forever Flying Bird": Teachings from Paul Peter Buffalo, Vol.3, Living Amongst the Whites . . . the Best We Can. Minneapolis, MN: Wise Ink. (For the Minnesota Historical Society, the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, and the American Indian Learning Resource Center of the University of Minnesota Duluth.) 28 June 2019

(assigned readings are in bold letters)

In-the-News (you need to report this week only if you signed up for one of these countries)

See Finnish video next week . . .
Aatsinki: The Story of Arctic Cowboys
(Reindeer Herders of Finnish Lapland)

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Week 4
15 - 21 September 2024


PART IV: OTHER EGALITARIAN CULTURES
	Chapter 10: The German Symphony
	Chapter 11: Irish Conversations (See also videos from Week 8 . . .)
	Chapter 12: The Canadian Backpack and Flag
	Chapter 13. Australian Outdoor Recreational Activities
	Chapter 14: French Wine

(assigned readings are in bold letters)

In-the-News (you need to report this week only if you signed up for one of these countries)

Video

Aatsinki:
The Story of Arctic Cowboys
(Reindeer Herders of Finnish Lapland)

(84 min., 2014)

on-line access

course viewing guide

See French video next week, Week 4 . . .
Après l'hiver, le printemps
(After Winter, Spring)

See Ireland videos Week 8 . . .
Man of Aran
and
"How the Myth was Made"

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Week 5
22 - 28 September 2024


PART V: MARKET PRICING CULTURES
	Chapter 15: American Football
	Chapter 16: The Traditional British House

(assigned readings are in bold letters)

In-the-News (you need to report this week only if you signed up for one of these countries)

Video

Après l'hiver, le printemps
(After Winter, Spring)

(74 min., 2013 [US Release Date: 2015])

on-line access
when you get to the library catalog click on Docuseek2 Streaming Videos

Bullfrog Film's viewing guide

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Week 6
29 September - 5 October 2024


PART VI: CLEFT NATIONAL CULTURES
	Chapter 17: The Malaysian Balik Kampung
	Chapter 18: The Israeli Kibbutzim and Moshavim
	Chapter 19: The Italian Opera
	Chapter 20: Belgian Lace

(assigned readings are in bold letters)

In-the-News (you need to report this week only if you signed up for one of these countries)

Video

Great Gatherings
[Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Peru, U.S.A.]

(55 min., 2018)

on-line access ^{(link updated 2022.08.08)}

course viewing guide

"The greatest gatherings on Earth are rituals. They bind us together and keep communities alive. In Siena rival districts battle for supremacy in a 700 year-old horserace. In Japan, two thousand men perform a chaotic fire ritual to be renewed; while in Malaysia, one devotee joins millions to fulfill a grueling vow to god. At the world's highest mass ritual in the Peruvian Andes, men are initiated into their ancient clan; and in the desert, Burning Man's new rituals fulfill our desire to belong."

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Week 7
6 - 12 October 2024

Midterm Exam

f2024 Wk 7 The Midterm Exam will be available Week 7, from 12:01 Monday, 7 October 2024 to 11:59 p.m. (10:00 p.m. starting time), Saturday, 12 October 2024

NOTE: There will be at least one question in the pool from each of the assigned videos from Weeks 1-7, so be sure not to miss watching them.
Video Listings: <https://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth3635/cevideo_schedule.html#week01>

After the Midterm Exam


PART VII: TORN NATIONAL CULTURES
	Chapter 21: The Mexican Fiesta
	Chapter 22: The Turkish Coffeehouse

(assigned readings are in bold letters)

In-the-News (you need to report this week only if you signed up for Turkey)

[Türkiye, fka Turkey]

Video

I Named Her Angel

[Türkiye, fka Turkey]

(29 min., 2008)

on-line access

course viewing guide

“Imperial History of the Middle East: 5000 Years of History in 90 seconds”
(Actually, 3 min.)

click ↑ here

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Week 8
13 - 19 October 2024


PART VIII: THE BASE CULTURE AND ITS DIFFUSION ACROSS BORDERS (CLUSTERS OF NATIONS): THE EXAMPLE OF CHINA
	Chapter 23: China’s Great Wall and Cross-Cultural Paradox
	Chapter 24: The Chinese Family Altar: The Expatriate Chinese Outside of China
	Chapter 25: The Singapore Hawker Centers

(assigned readings are in bold letters)

Review Ireland Readings from Week 4 . . .


PART IV: OTHER EGALITARIAN CULTURES
	Chapter 11: Irish Conversations

In-the-News (you need to report this week only if you signed up for one of these countries)

Video

Man of Aran
[Ireland]

(77 min, 1934, B&W)

(UM Duluth Martin Library Multimedia DA990.A8 M37 2003 DVD)

on-line access

course viewing guide

Video

Man of Aran -- selections from and discussions about "How the Myth was Made" [Ireland]

(59 min, 1978)

(UM Duluth Martin Library Multimedia DA990.A8 M37 2003 DVD)

on-line access

course viewing guide

Work on Readings for Your Project

Fall Break
24 - 25 October 2024

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Week 9
20 - 26 October 2024


PART IX: INDIA, TRADITION, MODERNITY, AND DIVERSITY
	Chapter 26: India: The Dance of Shiva
	Chapter 27: India: A Kaleidoscope of Diversity

(assigned readings are in bold letters)

In-the-News (you need to report this week only if you signed up for India)

India

Video

Ganges:
River to Heaven
[India]

(52 min., 2003)

on-line access

course viewing guide

Work on Readings for Your Term Paper
(which is due next week)

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Week 10
27 October - 2 November 2024


PART X: AN AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE
	Chapter 28: The Nigerian Marketplace
	Chapter 29: South African Townships
	Chapter 30: The Sub-Saharan African Bush Taxi

(assigned readings are in bold letters)

In-the-News (you need to report this week only if you signed up for one of these countries)

Video

A little "Romantic Love" from Strange Relations
[India]

(60 min.,1992)

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Week 11
3 - 9 November 2024


PART XI: THE STRUGGLE FOR CULTURAL IDENTITY AND THE SPLINTERING OF NATIONS: THE CASE OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE
	Chapter 31: The Russian Ballet
	Chapter 32: Estonian Singing
	Chapter 33: The Polish Village Church

(assigned readings are in bold letters)

In-the-News (you need to report this week only if you signed up for one of these countries)

Video

The Sleeping Beauty -- Bolshoi Ballet

(1:58, 2018-19)

access

course viewing guide

Video

Estonian Song Celebration

(5:38, 2014)

access

course viewing guide

Video

Pressure to procreate: inside Hungary’s baby drive -- The Guardian (23 February 2021)

(15:42, 2021)

on-line access

course viewing guide

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Week 12
10 - 16 November 2024


PART XII: SAME METAPHOR, DIFFERENT MEANINGS
	Chapter 34: The Spanish Bullfight
	Chapter 35: The Portuguese Bullfight

	PART XIII. POPULAR MUSIC AS CULTURAL METAPHORS
	Chapter 36: The Brazilian Samba
	Chapter 37: The Argentine Tango

(assigned readings are in bold letters)

In-the-News (you need to report this week only if you signed up for one of these countries)

Video

Extranjeras
(Foreign Women [in Spain])

(74 min., 2005)

on-line access

course viewing guide

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Week 13
17 - 23 November 2024

See Student Presentations in Your

folder


PART XIV. OVERLAPPING CULTURAL METAPHORS FOR GEOGRAPHICALLY RELATED NATIONS
	Chapter 38. Cultural Metaphors for the Caribbean

(assigned readings are in bold letters)

In-the-News (you need to report this week only if you signed up for one of these countries)

Caribbean

Video

Watch at least one of the three full-length presentations on the Caribbean . . .

Caribbean . . . “Episode 1”
[The island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Puerto Rico]

preview

(02:54 min., 2015)

Full feature Episode 1:

on-line access

(59:22 min., 2015)

Caribbean . . . “Episode 2”
[Barbados, St. Vincent, Venezuela, Colombia]

preview

(02:54 min., 2015)

Full feature Episode 2:

on-line access

(59:22 min., 2015)

Caribbean . . . “Episode 3”
[Nicaragua, Honduras (mainland and Roatan Island), Jamaica]

preview

(02:33 min., 2015)

Full feature Episode 3:

on-line access

(59:22 min., 2015)

course viewing guide

Work on Readings for Your Term Paper
(which is due next week)

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Week 14
24 - 30 November 2024

See Student Presentations in Your

folder

Video Re-view

Kypseli:
Women and Men apart, a Divided Reality

(41 min., 1973 / 2006)

(UM DULUTH Martin Library DVD DF951.K97 K97 2006)

on-line access

course viewing guide

course discussion guide

Cf., Susan Parman, Europe in the Anthropological Imagination, Chs. 2, 3, 4

(UM DULUTH Martin Library DVD DF951.K97 K97 2006)

(assigned readings are in bold letters)

read Sárkány, Mihály, below . . .

In-the-News (you need to report this week only if you signed up for a report this week)

Hungary

Video

The Grind

(29 min., 2015)

features whaling practices in the Faroe Islands
(a self-governing province of Denmark between Iceland and Norway)

on-line access

course viewing guide

Read . . .

Sárkány, Mihály. (2002).
“Cultural and Social Anthropology in Central and Eastern Europe.”
<https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-281260>

[click ↑here]

Recommended Citation:

Sárkány, Mihály. (2002). “Cultural and Social Anthropology in Central and Eastern Europe”. In M. Kaase, V. Sparschuh, & A.Wenninger (Eds.), Three Social Science Disciplines in Central and Eastern Europe: Handbook on Economics, Political Science and Sociology (1989-2001) (pp. 558-566). Berlin: Informationszentrum Sozialwissenschaften. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-281260.

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Week 15
1 - 7 December 2024

See Student Presentations in Your

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Week 16
8 - 13 December 2024

Final Exam Week

Prepare for the Exam

and thereafter

Explore Europe

Final Exam Information

f2024 The LIVE CHAT for the Anthropology of Europe Final Exam will be Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 7:00-8:00 p.m.

f2024 The Anthropology of Europe Final Exam will be available from 12:01 a.m. Monday, 9 December 2024 to 11:59 p.m. (10:00 p.m. starting time) Friday, 13 December 2024

NOTE: There will be at least one question in the pool from each of the assigned videos from Weeks 8-15, so be sure not to miss watching them.
Video Listings: <https://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth3635/cevideo_schedule.html#week08>

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Detailed information is available at
Anthropology of Europe Final Exam Information

Summary of
European Metaphors

Understanding Global Cultures: Metaphorical Journeys Through 28 Nations, Third Edition.

Understanding Global Cultures:
Metaphorical Journeys Through 34 Nations,
Clusters of Nations, Continents, and Diversity, Sixth Edition
(Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2015)

7. The Swedish Stuga
8: The Finnish Sauna
9. The Danish Christmas Luncheon
10. The German Symphony
11. Irish Conversations
14. French Wine
16. The Traditional British House

or should it be "The Traditional English House?

19. The Italian Opera
20. Belgian Lace
22. The Turkish Coffehouse
31. The Russian Ballet
32. Estonian Singing
33. The Polish Village Church
34. The Spanish Bullfight
- or should it be Seville Holy Week?
35. The Portuguese Bullfight

AE Index of Major Items
AE 1.0 "Sunday Memos"		AE 2.0 Video Schedule
AE 3.0 Slides Schedule		AE 4.0 Text Assignments Schedule
AE Main Due Dates		AE Spring 2024 Calendar


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