ANTH 671 Cultural Analysis Seminar: Religions Thought in Action
A working seminar on methods of cultural analysis. Examines the relation between the comparison of cultures and the translation of cultures with hermeneutic and structuralist methods. Stresses contextualization of cultural data. Methodological emphasis on naturally occurring rather than analytically induced similarities and differences in contexts. Seminar topics vary with the semester but include modules on culture and communication and cultural epistemologies.