Instructor: Clare Fawcett Room: BB335H
Tel: 902-867-2129 E-mail: cfawcett@stfx.ca
Office hours: Wednesday 1:30-3:30 pm; Thursday 10:00-11:45 am
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Course Outline
Course Notes
Course Assignments
Handouts
Mid-Term examination questions
Notes on Marks to help you think about your essay
Information of interest
Anthropology Society
The Anthropology Society is a student society at StFX that welcomes students interested in getting to know other people studying anthropology in a less formal setting than the classroom. Run by students, the Anthropology Society, plans social events and offers services such as free peer-tutoring. To find out how you can get involved by joining the Anthropology Society, contact President Hilary Lock Hilary Lock (x2005eyk@stfx.ca) or Vice-President Morgan Moffitt (x2006odw@stfx.ca).
Examinations
Links
G20
- What is the G20? http://www.g20.org/about_what_is_g20.aspx
- What did the G20 meeting in London look like this morning from the leaders' perspective? http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2009/apr/02/g20-queen
- What did the G20 protests look like yesterday, April 1 from the protestors' perspective? http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2009/apr/02/g20-protest
- Who are the protestors? http://www.putpeoplefirst.org.uk/ and http://www.waronwant.org/about-us
- Why are they angry? AIG? http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/03/23/aig-bonus-return.html Sir Fred Godwin? http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/feb/26/sir-fred-goodwin-pension Nortel? http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/03/20/nortel-retention-bonus.html
- Are there "bad eggs" in the bunch? Why might some of these people behave violently? What do other protestors think about violent behaviour? How do the people who have power--leaders, the media--react to the violence of some protestors? http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/02/g20-protests-london
- Why were some of the protestors barred from entry on April 2? http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/02/g20-international-aid-and-development
- Why were others "kettled" on April 1? http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/apr/02/g20-protest-climate-camp and http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/apr/02/g20-protest-kettling
Social and Cultural Anthropology
- Weequahic High School http://www.virtualnewarknj.com/education/highs/weequahic.htm
- Slash and Burn Horticulture http://www.nusantara.com/heritage/swid/index.html
Genetics and Evolution
- The DNA Files: http://www.cbc.ca/radiosummer/dnafiles/
- National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) website of the Centre for Biological Informatics of the US Geological Survey: http://www.nbii.gov/index.html
- NBII website: Basic genetics and cell biology: http://genetics.nbii.gov/Basic1.html
- NBII website: Genetic diversity: http://genetics.nbii.gov/GeneticDiversity.html
- Suminas Inc Animated Tutorials: Meiosis: http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/majorsbiology/meiosis.html
- Suminas Inc Animated Tutorials: Independent assortment of alleles: http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/majorsbiology/independentassortment.html
Primate research
- Primate Info Net: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/
- Jane Goodall Institute: http://www.janegoodall.org/
Paleoanthropology
- Becoming Human: http://www.becominghuman.org/
- Human Origins at the Smithsonian Museum: http://www.mnh.si.edu/anthro/humanorigins/
- Archaeology.Info: http://www.archaeologyinfo.com/evolution.htm
- The Leakey Foundation http://www.leakeyfoundation.org/?option=com_content&view=article&id=11221&Itemid=34
- Institute of Human Origins http://www.asu.edu/clas/iho/
- Hobbit Stuff: http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.0040440&ct=1&SESSID=0e22e058689063dd92929b956d9efa62 and http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/natureofthings/2008/hobbitenigma/director.html
Archaeology
- Society for American Archaeology: http://www.saa.org/
- Atapuerca at the American Museum of Natural History: http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/atapuerca/
- Atapuerca World Heritage Site: http://www.ucm.es/info/paleo/ata/english/main.htm
- The man of Neandertal Musuem, la Chapelle-Aux Saints: http://www.neandertal-musee.org/
- Beringia: http://www.geo.umass.edu/projects/chukotka/berhome.html
- The peopling of North America: http://www.sfu.museum/journey/fr/05p_secondary/early_set.php
- Nova Scotia Museum Archaeology: http://museum.gov.ns.ca/arch/
- The Cave of Lascaux: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/
- Canada' Museumn of Civilization: http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/archeo/eouvert.htm
- Catalhoyuk Site Excavation: http://catal.arch.cam.ac.uk/index.html
- Catalhoyuk Site for kids: http://www.smm.org/catal/
Academic writing
- Anthropology Program Essay Style Sheet http://www.stfx.ca/academic/anthropology/Essay%20Style%20Guide.html
- Anthropology Program Common Mistakes Sheet http://www.stfx.ca/academic/anthropology/common%20mistakes.html
- Information about Plagiarism http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/
