ANTHR 1101

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ANTHR 1101
FWS: Culture, Society, and Power

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

This First-Year Writing Seminar is devoted to the anthropological study of the human condition. Anthropology examines all aspects of human experience, from the evolution of the species to contemporary challenges of politics, environment, and society. The discipline emphasizes empirically rich field research informed by sophisticated theoretical understandings of human social life and cultural production. The diversity of anthropology's interests provides a diverse array of stimulating opportunities to write critically about the human condition. Topics vary by semester.Topics for 2024-2025 may include:TitleInstructorFWS: Canoe Cultures in America: Commerce, Conquest, ContradictionsA. ArcadiFWS: Historytelling as RitualJ. LuriaFWS: Culture on TourC. RechtzigelFWS: Becoming Indigenous in AsiaY. Liang


Last 4 Terms Offered 2026FA, 2026SP, 2025FA, 2025SP

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Writing Ancestors

  •  3045 ANTHR 1101   SEM 101

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    • MWF
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Haritan, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Figuring Ancient Egypt

  •  3046 ANTHR 1101   SEM 102

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Stickley, Q

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Plants and People: Our Story

  •  3047 ANTHR 1101   SEM 103

  •  
    • MWF
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Ramos Valdes, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Living Together: A Survey of Cities Thru Time

  •  3048 ANTHR 1101   SEM 104

  •  
    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Cruz Gil, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.