THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE

FACULTY SENATE

Senate Document Number 4811S

Date of Senate Approval 04/07/11

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Statement of Faculty Senate Action:

APC Document 35: Add new course, ANTH 338, Anthropology of the ‘New’ Old Europe

Effective Date: Fall 2011

1. Add: On page 256, new course, ANTH 338:

338 Anthropology of the “New” Old Europe (3)

Explores tensions between concepts of the old and new Europe; tradition and modernity; religiosity and secularism; pilgrimage and tourism; nationalism and liberalism; local and global; belonging and otherness. Using ethnographies and films, this class interrogates boundaries--spatial, temporal, metaphorical--of Europe. Odd years Spring.

Impact Statement:

Adds another elective to the anthropology major and minor. No additional resources are needed as it has been taught as a Special Topics class three times.

Rationale:

It doubles the number of geographical area courses in the catalog, adding to the one current area course (Anthropology 280, Cultures of Africa), an essential element of any anthropology curriculum. Typically, anthropology curriculums offer, as electives, both topical courses (courses structured around themes like “Culture and the Individual” or “Culture and Mind”) and area courses (courses structured around the study of distinct regions of the world like “Cultures of Africa”).