Mondays, January 27 - February 10 | 3 weeks | 1 - 3 pm | $35

Instructor: Dr. Tracy Bachrach Ehlers

Anthropology 101 is a brief dive into how Cultural Anthropologists search for answers about the human condition. Why do people behave as they do and why is there so much variety cross-culturally?

How does this work? Cultural Anthropologists create intimate knowledge of people by spending extended time with them as they live their lives. Our class examines and discusses studies that emerged from that fieldwork in places like Guatemala, Botswana, India, and New Guinea (to name a few) showing how people adapted to their environment, history, and culture. Short accessible articles and on-line videos help all this come to life.

To get a taste of what it’s like to be an anthropologist, our class develops small research projects in corners of our own world. The class is lecture and conversation augmented by small group discussions. Specific topics include Kinship and the Family, Making a Living, Religion, Food and Diet, Social Inequality, and Gender.

I was inspired to teach this class because so many people want an insider’s view of our fast-changing world. If you have never taken an anthropology course or want a refresher, now’s your chance.

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Dr. Tracy Bachrach Ehlers is Associate Professor Emerita of Anthropology at the University of Denver specialized in the study of underdevelopment, women, and gender relations. Ehlers is the author of two books: Silent Looms – Women and Production in a Guatemala Town, and Sugar’s Life in the Hood – The Story of a Former Welfare Mother. She was a recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to Costa Rica where she taught at the National University and studied women’s microenterprises. Towards the end of her DU academic career, she founded and ran Women Work Together, a non-profit organization in Guatemala designed to encourage rural indigenous families to educate their daughters.

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