Anthropology 347 WEB
Peoples of the Pacific
Spring 2008
Instructor: Professor Maureen Salsitz
Office: MH 175
Email: msalsitz@fullerton.edu Emails will be promptly answered within 48 hours unless otherwise notified. Email is the preferred method of communication.
Phone: 278-7641 box 9637
Office Hours: Wednesdays 4-5 pm and by appointment.
Blackboard website http://fullerton.blackboard.com
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Course Meetings
Wednesday, January 23, 2007 from 4-5 pm in MH 420: There is an optional first meeting that will be an Orientation and an explanation of course requirements.
Anthropology 102 or consent of instructor.
Course Description
This course examines and compares the indigenous peoples and cultures of the Pacific Islands, including Tahiti, Hawaii, New Guinea, and Australia. This course also examines the significance of research conducted in the Pacific Islands that have captivated the anthropological imagination and helped shape modern anthropology.
Learning Goals
This course addresses the learning goals for the university’s GE category III.C.2 Implications, Explorations, and Participatory Experience in the Social Sciences:
a. To understand broad, unifying themes in the social sciences from cross-disciplinary perspectives.
b. To solve complex problems that require social scientific reasoning.
c. To relate the social sciences to significant social problems or to other related disciplines.
REQUIRED TEXTS
1. Fischer, Steven Roger. A History of the Pacific Islands. Palgrave, 2002. ISBN 0333949765.
2. Howe, K.R. The Quest for Origins: Who First Discovered and Settled the Pacific Islands? University of Hawaii Press, 2003. ISBN 082482750
3. Lockwood, Victoria S. Globalization and Culture Changes in the Pacific Islands. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004. ISBN 0130421731.
4. Mead, Margaret. Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation. Perennial Classics, 2001. ISBN 0688050336.
5. Additional readings will be made available on Blackboard.
Since this is an online course, the use of a computer and the Internet is required. You will be utilizing Blackboard for several different components of the course: your grades, quizzes, participation in discussion boards and chats, and correspondence with the instructor.
To access the Blackboard system:
Login to the Blackboard system. This system is easy to use but you must carefully follow directions to access it succesfully. PLEASE READ THIS FIRST!
· Go to your student portal page at https://my.fullerton.edu.
· On your portal you can find your blackboard username and password. Click on Blackboard and login to the course.
If you have any problems or questions please call the Help Desk at 278-7777. Do not call me or the Department, we will be unable to help. If you are unfamiliar with Blackboard tools, there are several tutorials that are offered through Blackboard and I encourage you to utilize them.
Also required for this course are the following computer programs: MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat Reader which may be downloaded for free.
ALL POSTS AND EMAILS MUST BE SIGNED WITH YOUR REAL NAME. I WILL NOT RESPOND OTHERWISE. If you do not have a professional email (ex. msalsitz@fullerton.edu) and are instead using your “fun” email address (ex. funkpunky77@gmail.com), I suggest you get a professional email from one of the following sites that are FREE: fullerton.edu provides your student account, yahoo.com, hotmail.com, AOL, etc.
“Netiquette”
Remember, although this is an online environment, it is still in an educational and classroom format. Treat your postings, chats, and discussions in a professional and educational manner. It is not appropriate to discuss extracurricular activities that are irrelevant to course and content and class discussions. If you do feel the need to have such discussions, please utilize another internet resource such as AIM, AOL, Yahoo, etc. Disruptive behavior online will not be tolerated. Do not use all capital letters in your posts. Do not make personal comments, and check your spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
Your postings on Blackboard are NOT private discussions and I will be monitoring them for content and for grading purposes.
Basic Rules for Postings and Discussions
Please refer to and download for future reference http://nursing.wsu.edu/current/netiquette.pdf for more information about the importance of netiquette in your discussion postings.
Course Requirements and Grading
Submitting Your Assignments
Assignments will be submitted to the Digital Dropbox or to Turnitin.com as noted in assignment information. If the Digital Dropbox is not functioning properly, you may submit your assignment to me via email at msalsitz@fullerton.edu or submit a hard copy of the assignment to my department mailbox. Please notify me if/when you submit an assignment to my mailbox as I am not on campus. The mailbox is located on the 4th floor of McCarthy Hall in the Anthropology Department.
Discussion Postings and Participation
You are expected to participate in class discussions following Netiquette Guidelines. You will receive points for postings and participation in online discussion sessions.
At the start of Week 1, you are required to complete an Instructor Survey which will collect basic information about yourself and earn 5 Points. You are also required to post a brief introduction of yourself to your classmates for 5 points.
Discussion topics for each Module will be available 12am Monday through 11:59pm Sunday.
You are required to post each of the following three types of postings:
1. Two Instructor Discussion Questions for each Module Topic
2. One New Posting for each Module Topic
3. One Reply Posting for each Module Topic
I encourage you to have multiple postings for each Module topic, so that I may have a choice of your writings to grade appropriately. If you have further questions about postings and their requirements, please do not hesitate to email me at msalsitz@fullerton.edu.
Discussion points and grading are as follows:
4 Points for Instructor Discussion Question in Module x 2 Responses = 8 Points
3 Points for Quality of Responses for Instructor Discussion Questions x 2 responses = 6 Points
3 Points for New Posting in Module
3 Points for Response Posting in Module
5 Points for Quality of Postings (at the discretion of the instructor)
25 Points per Module Topic
Introduce Yourself Postings = 5 Points
Instructor Survey = 5 Points
14 Module Topics x 25 Points = 350 Points
Total Discussion Points = 360 Points
Make-ups for Online Discussions will be given at the discretion of the instructor, provided that there is an emergency situation and that the student provides the appropriate documentation. This make-up will be worth the same amount of points but the content and difficulty of the exam may be modified accordingly by the instructor
Online Exam
You will have one Final Exam worth 70 Points. Your Final Exam will consist of Essay Questions that will demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the materials and weekly discussions.
. NO MAKE-UP EXAMS WILL BE GIVEN FOR THE FINAL EXAM.
Research and Creative Writing Paper—75 Points
You may pick any of the Pacific Island cultures and write a 7-10 page paper utilizing information from lectures, your texts, Blackboard articles, as well as outside research. You will have the following information in your paper:
30 Points Part A. Write 3-4 pages citing the historical information about your group and what the average life cycle is like for men and women. Include information about birth, death, adolescence, marriage, religion, art, etc. This is the RESEARCH aspect of your paper.
20 Points Part B. Write 4-6 pages in a journal or diary format from the perspective of an indigenous person from the group you have just researched. This journal should follow the important life cycle events for a male or female that you have described in your historical research section of the paper and should also include information you imagine that the individual may have thought, felt, said, or experienced. This is the CREATIVE WRITING aspect of your paper.
6 Points Minimum of 3 book sources for your research. A maximum of 3 internet sources for your research.
6 Points Citations in the Research portion of your paper. Please cite your paraphrased information as well as direct quotes.
WHEN IN DOUBT, CITE!!
5 Points Cover Page and “Works Cited” page. Cover Page and Works Cited Page ARE NOT included in your page count.
4 Points Your paper must be written in 12 pt Times New Roman font with standard margins and double spacing.
4 Points Proper use of grammar and use of spell check are required.
Papers that do not conform to this format will have points deducted.
This project is due Week 13 by 11:59pm April 27. Late papers will have 10 points deducted per day.
Academic Honesty
Academic dishonesty, as referred to in UPS 300.021, “includes but is not limited to cheating on examinations or assignments, unauthorized collaboration, plagiarism, falsification/fabrication of university documents, any act designed to give unfair academic advantage to the student (such as, but not limited to, submission of essentially the same written assignment for two courses without the prior permission of the instructor), assisting or allowing any of these acts, or the attempt to commit such acts.”
Plagiarism, dishonesty, or cheating will result in an automatic F on the assignment, and possibly an F in the class. University Policy Guidelines will be followed.
Grading
Participation/Discussions 360 points
Final Exam 65 Points
Research Paper 75 Points
Total Points Possible 500 Points
Points and Corresponding Letter Grade
450-500 Points = A
400-449 Points = B
350-399 Points = C
300-349 Points = D
299 Points and Below = F
Grades for the class will be based on your point total out of the possible points and will correspond to letter grades of A, B, C, D, F. Grades will not include pluses or minuses.
Extra credit opportunities and their due dates will be posted accordingly.
Course Outline
Dates and activities may change at the instructor’s discretion.
UNIT 1: Introduction to Anthropology and the Pacific Islands
Week 1: Introduction to Anthropology
Due by 11:59pm, Sunday Jan 27:
· Online Discussion 5 Points: Introduce yourself to your classmates. Include your First Name, your major, and why you are taking this class.
· Instructor Survey 5 Points: Complete the REQUIRED information asked by the professor.
Week 2: Geography Overview and Introduction to the Pacific Islands
Due by 11:59pm, Sunday Feb 3:
Film: “Ongka’s Big Moka”
On Reserve in Anthropology Department.
Blackboard: Culture Sketches “The Kapauku: New Guinea Capitalists?”
Fischer: Preface, Introduction, Ch 1
Discussion 2
Week 3: Prehistory of the Pacific
Due by 11:59pm, Sunday Feb 10:
Film: “The Navigators”
On Reserve in the Anthropology Department.
Howe: Introduction, Ch 1
Discussion 3
Week 4: Pre-contact settlement patterns
Due by 11:59pm, Sunday Feb 17:
Fischer: Ch 2
Howe: Ch 2, 3, 4
Discussion 4
Week 5: The Arrival of Europeans
Due by 11:59pm, Sunday Feb 24:
Fischer: Ch 3
Howe: Ch 5
Discussion 5
Week 6: Colonialism in the Pacific Islands
Due by 11:59pm, Sunday Mar 2:
Film: “First Contact”
On Reserve in the Anthropology Department
Fischer: Ch 4
Howe: Ch 6, 7
Discussion 6
Week 7: Post-Colonialism and its Ramifications
Due by 11:59pm, Sunday Mar 9:
Film: “Trobriand Cricket”
On Reserve in Anthropology Department
Blackboard: Culture Sketches “Trobriand Islanders: The Power of Exchange”
Fischer: Ch 5
Howe: Ch 8, Conclusion
Discussion 7
Week 8: Reinventing Pacific Islands
Due by 11:59pm, Sunday Mar 16:
Fischer: Ch 6, 7
Discussion 8
UNIT 3: The Importance of the Pacific Islands in Anthropology
Week 9: Anthropologists in the Pacific
Due by 11:59pm, Sunday Mar 23:
Mead “Introduction” to “Formal Sex Relations”
Blackboard: Culture Sketches “The Samoans: Matai and Migration”
Discussion 9
Week 10 Post-Modern critiques of early ethnographies and anthropologists; Refuting stereotypes and reclaiming indigenous identities.
Due by 11:59pm, Sunday Mar 30:
Finish Mead
Blackboard: Taking Sides “Was Margaret Mead’s Fieldwork on Samoan Adolescents Fundamentally Flawed?”
Discussion 10
SPRING RECESS: March 31- April 6
Week 11: Social Relations, Community, Well-Being and Global/Local Religions
Due by 11:59pm, Sunday Apr 13:
Lockwood: Part V and VI
Discussion 11
Unit 4: Globalization and Tourism in the Pacific Islands
Week 12: Globalization and Tourism in the Pacific Islands
Due by 11:59pm, Sunday Apr 20:
Film: “Cannibal Tours”
On Reserve in the Anthropology Department
Blackboard: Brown “Beautiful Romantic Hawaii”; Farber “Tourism in Hawaii”
Discussion 12
Week 13: Pacific Identities and Traditions Part 1
Due by 11:59pm, Sunday Apr 27:
Lockwood: Part IV
Discussion 13
Research Project is due by 11:59pm, Sunday, April 27. Late papers will have 10 points deducted per day.
Week 14: Pacific Identities and Traditions Part 2
Due by 11:59pm, Sunday May 4:
Blackboard: Taking Sides “Do Native Peoples Today Invent Their Traditions?”; “Do Museums Misrepresent Ethnic Communities Around the World?”
Fischer: Ch 8
Discussion 14
Week 15: Global Politics, Nation States, and Ethnic Conflict
Due by 11:59pm, Sunday May 11:
Lockwood: Part II
Discussion 15
Week 16 Final Exam
Your Final Exam will be available on Blackboard from 12 am on Monday, May 12th through 11:59pm on Friday, May 16th. You may complete the exam any time during Final Exam week. NO MAKE-UP EXAMS WILL BE GIVEN FOR THE FINAL EXAM.
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