(ANTH 391) Narrative, Identity and Culture
Exploration of mythic, legendary, literary, and media generated cultural narratives used to construct identities including the personal, ethnic, religious, national, and global.
Credit Hours | 3.0 Lecture |
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Prerequisites | ANTH 105 or COMM 110 or HUM 151 or 251 or IPB 121 or PAIS 105 |
Offered | Fall |
Programs | Anthropology and Cultural Sustainability (BA), Anthropology Minor, Integrated Humanities Minor, Intercultural Peacebuilding (BA), Pacific Studies (BA) |
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon completing this course, students will be able to:
- Develop a thorough understanding of the critical considerations and theoretical vantage points on the relationship of narrative to identity and culture.
- Increase capacity to read critically, unpack the architecture of ethnographic writing, synthesize knowledge, and make applications to comparative examples.
- Communicate effectively and persuasively in speaking and writing.
- Develop capacity to productively engage intercultural peers.
- Address nexus between cultural, political, and economic understanding with personal convictions.
- Develop beginning framework for seeking productive interpersonal and intercultural relationships.