/anthropology/ en /anthropology/2024/05/14/anth-4020-star-trek-and-tng-anthropology <span>ANTH 4020: Star Trek and TNG of Anthropology</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2024-05-14T09:59:08-06:00" title="Tuesday, May 14, 2024 - 09:59">Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:59</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/star_trek_flyer.png?h=6cf13f36&amp;itok=GwfLVxPm" width="1200" height="600" alt="ANTH 4020 Flyer featuring Star Trek characters"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/anthropology/taxonomy/term/308" hreflang="en">Fall Courses 2024</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default 3"> <div class="ucb-article-row-subrow row"> <div class="ucb-article-text col-lg d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>In this course, we delve into the Star Trek Universe through the lens of biological anthropology. We will unravel the mysteries surrounding the reproductive strategy of Tribbles, the assimilative nature of the Borg, and how biological anthropology sheds light on the Klingons' appearance. We will explore altruism in the enigmatic Horta and examine the role of Star Trek alongside biological anthropology in defining what it means to be sentient.&nbsp;</p><p>Get ready to embark on an exploration that spans the cosmos and the intricacies of life itself.</p><p>This class is online and asynchronous.</p><p>&nbsp;</p></div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-right col-lg"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/article-image/star_trek_flyer.png?itok=UiUrlHbQ" width="1500" height="1159" alt="ANTH 4020 Flyer featuring Star Trek characters"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 14 May 2024 15:59:08 +0000 Anonymous 2651 at /anthropology /anthropology/2024/05/02/anth-46155615-kinship-being-and-belonging <span>Anth 4615/5615 Kinship: Being and Belonging</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2024-05-02T11:34:00-06:00" title="Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 11:34">Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:34</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/goldfarb_kinship_poster_fall_2024.png?h=bae62739&amp;itok=9f4RN1cj" width="1200" height="600" alt="Anth 4615/5615 Kinship: Being and Belonging featuring a child wearing a raincoat"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/anthropology/taxonomy/term/308" hreflang="en">Fall Courses 2024</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/article-image/goldfarb_kinship_poster_fall_2024.png?itok=Adj_fOhi" width="1500" height="844" alt="Anth 4615/5615 Kinship: Being and Belonging featuring a child wearing a raincoat"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Anth 4615/5615 Kinship: Being and Belonging<br> FALL 2024 Tues/Thurs 12:30-1:45pm, Hale 246 Instructor: Dr. Kathryn Goldfarb</p> <p>What does it mean to describe a friend as "like family"? When is "Family" actually about disconnection rather than connection? In what ways do people "choose" their own family members? How does international or transracial adoption shape understandings of race within families? How do caregiving ties constitute or complicate kinship relationships?</p> <p>Please email with any questions! Kathryn.Goldfarb@Colorado.edu</p> <p>Readings include:<br> Carol Stack, All Our Kin: Strategies for Survival in a Black Community<br> Maggie Nelson, The Argonauts<br> Radhika Govindrajan, Animal Intimacies: Interspecies Relatedness in India's Central Himalayas<br> Clara Han, Seeing Like a Child: Inheriting the Korean War<br> Pamela Downe, Collective Care: Indigenous Motherhood, Family, and HIV/AIDS<br> Kathryn E. Goldfarb and Sandra Bamford (eds), Difficult Attachments: Anxieties of Kinship and Care</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Thu, 02 May 2024 17:34:00 +0000 Anonymous 2642 at /anthropology