ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY
ASB 394: CONTEMPORARY MEXICAN CULTURE
 
COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OUTLINE
 
INSTRUCTOR:  Dr. Michael Winkelman CREDIT HOURS: 1-4
INSTRUCTOR'S OFFICE:  TBA OFFICE HOURS: TBA
MEETING TIMES: 6-8:00 p.m. and weekends
 
Course Objectives: This course focuses on the Yuman indigenous cultures of Baja California, on their pre-Hispanic traits and contemporary existence.

Reading Assignments: The instructor will call upon one or two students to introduce the assigned readings.  The instructor will lecture afterwards.

Examinations: Students requirements (1) to present the assigned readings, (2) to participate in class and fieldwork activities, (3) to take field notes, and (4) to take the final exam.

Grading: Presentation of assigned readings 20%; class and fieldwork participation 20%; field notes 20%; final exam 40%.

Fieldwork Activities: The student should follow Spradley's suggestions on Grand Tour and Mini Tour participant observation.  The program will provide transportation, food, and tents.  You may want to bring your sleeping bag or blankets, flashlight, hat, sun block lotion, and anything else that you think that you may need for camping.

Mon
7-15
Museum of Ensenada Tour
Introduction
Tue
7-16
The pre-Yuman groups
Historical background (Hohenthal, p. 1-21)
The natural environment (Hohenthal, p. 23-34)
Wed
7-17
Tribes, clans, and territories (Hohenthal, p. 37-76)
Some notes on pre-history and history (Hohenthal, p. 77-91)
Thurs
7-18
Settlements and subsistence (Hohenthal, p. 93-113)
Subsistence (Hohenthal, p. 115-162)
Field trip preparations
Sat-Sun
7-20 & 21
Field trip to San José de la Zorra/Kumiai community at the Valle de Guadalupe.
Tue
7-23
Material culture (Hohenthal, p. 163-195)
Wed
7-24
Social life (Hohenthal, p. 197-236)
Thurs
7-25
Law and government (Hohenthal, p. 237-244)
Field trip preparations
Sat-Sun
7-27 & 28
Field trip to San Antonio Necua/Tipai community at the Valle de Guadalupe
Tue
7-30
Religious beliefs and practices (Hohenthal, p. 245-271)
Healing and ethnoscience (Hohenthal, p. 273-291)
Wed
7-31
Some comparative notes on Pai-Pai and Kiliwa, 1951 (Hohenthal, p. 313-340)
Thurs
8-1
Discussion on Delfina Cuero
Mon
8-5
Discussion on Delfina Cuero
Tue
8-6
From invented to invisible communities (Garduño)
Wed
8-7
Exam; hand in field notes.

Bibliography

Shipek, Florence
1991   Delfina Cuero. Her Autobiography. An Account of Her Last Years and Her Ethnobotanic Contributions. Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press.

Hohenthal, William D., Jr.
2001   Tipai Ethnographic Notes. A Baja California Indian Community at Mid Century. Novato, CA: Ballena Press and Institute for Regional Studies of the Californias.

Other articles and sources provided on site.


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Last updated 12-09-02 by Stefanie.Bobar@asu.edu
Contact the Program Director, Dr. Michael Winkelman.