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ANTHRO 301

: Contemporary Research in Music and Culture
2023 Semester One (1233)
A seminar-style course covering a range of current topics and methods in ethnomusicology. Examines selected theories, methods, and perspectives on the roles and meanings of musical activity in contemporary human culture. We will view music as a symbolic component of cultural expression and as both focus and paradigm for cultural structures and behaviours.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTHRO 202 or 30 points at Stage II in Transnational Cultures and Creative Practice
Restriction: ANTHRO 219
252

ANTHRO 301

: Contemporary Research in Music and Culture
2022 Semester One (1223)
A seminar-style course covering a range of current topics and methods in ethnomusicology. Examines selected theories, methods, and perspectives on the roles and meanings of musical activity in contemporary human culture. We will view music as a symbolic component of cultural expression and as both focus and paradigm for cultural structures and behaviours.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTHRO 202 or 30 points at Stage II in Transnational Cultures and Creative Practice
Restriction: ANTHRO 219
253

ANTHRO 301

: Contemporary Research in Music and Culture
2021 Semester One (1213)
A seminar-style course covering a range of current topics and methods in ethnomusicology. Examines selected theories, methods, and perspectives on the roles and meanings of musical activity in contemporary human culture. We will view music as a symbolic component of cultural expression and as both focus and paradigm for cultural structures and behaviours.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTHRO 202 or 30 points at Stage II in Transnational Cultures and Creative Practice
Restriction: ANTHRO 219
254

ANTHRO 301

: Contemporary Research in Music and Culture
2020 Semester One (1203)
A seminar-style course covering a range of current topics and methods in ethnomusicology. Examines selected theories, methods, and perspectives on the roles and meanings of musical activity in contemporary human culture. We will view music as a symbolic component of cultural expression and as both focus and paradigm for cultural structures and behaviours.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTHRO 202 or 30 points at Stage II in Transnational Cultures and Creative Practice
Restriction: ANTHRO 219
255

ANTHRO 306

: Pacific Archaeology
2025 Summer School (1250)
The archaeology of the Pacific region, including colonisation, settlement patterns, interisland trade, traditional navigation, cultural change, emergence of complex societies and ethnohistory.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage II
Restriction: ANTHRO 706
256

ANTHRO 306

: Pacific Archaeology
2024 Semester Two (1245)
The archaeology of the Pacific region, including colonisation, settlement patterns, interisland trade, traditional navigation, cultural change, emergence of complex societies and ethnohistory.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage II
Restriction: ANTHRO 706
257

ANTHRO 306

: Pacific Archaeology
2024 Summer School (1240)
The archaeology of the Pacific region, including colonisation, settlement patterns, interisland trade, traditional navigation, cultural change, emergence of complex societies and ethnohistory.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage II
Restriction: ANTHRO 706
258

ANTHRO 306

: Pacific Archaeology
2023 Semester Two (1235)
The archaeology of the Pacific region, including colonisation, settlement patterns, interisland trade, traditional navigation, cultural change, emergence of complex societies and ethnohistory.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage II
Restriction: ANTHRO 706
259

ANTHRO 306

: Pacific Archaeology
2023 Summer School (1230)
The archaeology of the Pacific region, including colonisation, settlement patterns, interisland trade, traditional navigation, cultural change, emergence of complex societies and ethnohistory.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage II
Restriction: ANTHRO 706
260

ANTHRO 306

: Pacific Archaeology
2022 Semester One (1223)
The archaeology of the Pacific region, including colonisation, settlement patterns, interisland trade, traditional navigation, cultural change, emergence of complex societies and ethnohistory.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage II
Restriction: ANTHRO 706
261

ANTHRO 306

: Pacific Archaeology
2021 Summer School (1210)
The archaeology of the Pacific region, including colonisation, settlement patterns, interisland trade, traditional navigation, cultural change, emergence of complex societies and ethnohistory.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage II
Restriction: ANTHRO 706
262

ANTHRO 306

: Pacific Archaeology
2020 Semester One (1203)
The archaeology of the Pacific region, including colonisation, settlement patterns, interisland trade, traditional navigation, cultural change, emergence of complex societies and ethnohistory.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage II
Restriction: ANTHRO 706
263

ANTHRO 309

: Quantitative Methods in Anthropology
2021 Semester One (1213)
Introduces analytical approaches to anthropological data, emphasising application of statistical principles to research design. Strongly recommended for all students of anthropology considering postgraduate study. Concepts and topics include: variable scales, operational definitions, sampling, choosing appropriate statistical tests, error, measures of central tendency and dispersion, accuracy, bias and validity. This course assumes only a limited mathematical background.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTHRO 200 or 201 or 203 or 120 points passed
Restriction: SOCSCRES 300
264

ANTHRO 309

: Quantitative Methods in Anthropology
2020 Semester Two (1205)
Introduces analytical approaches to anthropological data, emphasising application of statistical principles to research design. Strongly recommended for all students of anthropology considering postgraduate study. Concepts and topics include: variable scales, operational definitions, sampling, choosing appropriate statistical tests, error, measures of central tendency and dispersion, accuracy, bias and validity. This course assumes only a limited mathematical background.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTHRO 200 or 201 or 203 or 120 points passed
Restriction: SOCSCRES 300
265

ANTHRO 317

: Field Methods in Archaeology
2025 Semester One (1253)
Participation in a field school involving an intensive introduction to all aspects of excavation and subsequent laboratory analysis and report preparation.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTHRO 200 passed with a grade of B- or higher
Restriction: ANTHRO 737
266

ANTHRO 317

: Field Methods in Archaeology
2024 Semester One (1243)
Participation in a field school involving an intensive introduction to all aspects of excavation and subsequent laboratory analysis and report preparation.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTHRO 200 passed with a grade of B- or higher
Restriction: ANTHRO 737
267

ANTHRO 317

: Field Methods in Archaeology
2023 Semester One (1233)
Participation in a field school involving an intensive introduction to all aspects of excavation and subsequent laboratory analysis and report preparation.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTHRO 200 passed with a grade of B- or higher
Restriction: ANTHRO 737
268

ANTHRO 319

: World-view and Religion
2022 Semester One (1223)
Anthropological approaches to religion and world-view. Includes cross-cultural approaches to meaning, belief, religious experience, ritual and myth. Issues of religion, ideology, syncretism, symbolism in social conflict and change. Considers local and world religions.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTHRO 203 or 30 points at Stage II
Restriction: ANTHRO 250
269

ANTHRO 321

: Equality and Inequality
2025 Semester Two (1255)
Examines conceptualisations, realities and consequences of equality and inequality cross-culturally. Considers whether there are egalitarian societies and whether inequality is inevitable. Covers types and systems of inequality such as slavery, gender inequality, caste and class, as well as differences between economic and political inequality, and between equality of opportunity and equality of results.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II
270

ANTHRO 321

: Equality and Inequality
2024 Semester One (1243)
Examines conceptualisations, realities and consequences of equality and inequality cross-culturally. Considers whether there are egalitarian societies and whether inequality is inevitable. Covers types and systems of inequality such as slavery, gender inequality, caste and class, as well as differences between economic and political inequality, and between equality of opportunity and equality of results.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II
271

ANTHRO 321

: Equality and Inequality
2022 Semester Two (1225)
Examines conceptualisations, realities and consequences of equality and inequality cross-culturally. Considers whether there are egalitarian societies and whether inequality is inevitable. Covers types and systems of inequality such as slavery, gender inequality, caste and class, as well as differences between economic and political inequality, and between equality of opportunity and equality of results.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTHRO 203 or 30 points at Stage II
272

ANTHRO 321

: Equality and Inequality
2020 Semester Two (1205)
Examines conceptualisations, realities and consequences of equality and inequality cross-culturally. Considers whether there are egalitarian societies and whether inequality is inevitable. Covers types and systems of inequality such as slavery, gender inequality, caste and class, as well as differences between economic and political inequality, and between equality of opportunity and equality of results.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTHRO 203 or 30 points at Stage II
273

ANTHRO 329

: Music of East Asia: Tradition, Modernity and Globalisation
2024 Semester Two (1245)
Explores East Asia from the ethnomusicological perspective and illuminates how music negotiates boundaries and constructs varying identities in China, Japan, and Korea, while affirming a distinct cultural identity generally referred to as "East Asian". Using different musical practices of East Asia as case studies, it examines multiple approaches and methodologies used in studying East Asian music.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II
274

ANTHRO 329

: Music of East Asia: Tradition, Modernity and Globalisation
2021 Semester Two (1215)
Explores East Asia from the ethnomusicological perspective and illuminates how music negotiates boundaries and constructs varying identities in China, Japan, and Korea, while affirming a distinct cultural identity generally referred to as "East Asian". Using different musical practices of East Asia as case studies, it examines multiple approaches and methodologies used in studying East Asian music.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II
275

ANTHRO 331

: Anthropology Today: Debates in Culture
2020 Semester Two (1205)
The primary aim is to provide students with an introduction to some of the more topical and controversial themes that social anthropologists are currently engaged with. Topics include: the culture of terrorism, anthropology and cyberculture, the anthropological study of prisons, race and racism, and the politics of representation.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTHRO 203 or 30 points at Stage II
Restriction: ANTHRO 247