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ANTHRO 4Culture and Communication

Anthropology · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)

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Required as preparation for both bachelor’s degrees. Introduction to study of communication from anthropological perspective. Formal linguistic methods compared with ethnographically oriented methods focused on context-bound temporal unfolding of communicative activities. Topics include language in everyday life and ritual events, socialization, literacy, multilingualism, miscommunication, political discourse, and art-making as cultural activity.

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ANTHRO 44 more beyond

  • ANTHRO M150Language in Culture
  • ANTHRO 151Ethnography of Everyday Speech
  • AM IND M155Native American Languages and Their Speakers
  • ANTHRO 152QLanguage and Social Organization through Life Cycle
  • ANTHRO 152RLanguage, Culture, and Education
  • ETHNMUS M130Culture of Jazz Aesthetics
  • ANTHRO 153Language and Identity
  • ANTHRO 154PMultilingualism: Communities and Histories in Contact
  • GJ STDS M130Culture of Jazz Aesthetics
  • ANTHRO 154QGender and Language in Society
  • ANTHRO 154SLGender and Language across Communities
  • LING M146Language in Culture
  • ANTHRO M155Native American Languages and Their Speakers
  • ANTHRO M156Language Endangerment and Linguistic Revitalization
  • AM IND M162Language Endangerment and Linguistic Revitalization

19 courses list this as a requisite. Showing 15 courses over 1 level; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

  • Fall 2025
  • Spring 2026
  • Summer 2026
  • Winter 2027
  • Spring 2027

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