Comparative Culture
Dr. Joseph DeChicchis
Professor, School of Policy Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University
KGU SPS course description (シラバス)
IMPORTANT DATES:
- There will be no class meeting on 24 June 2010. Instead, please watch the short Larry Lessig video at "http://www.ted.com/talks/larry_lessig_says_the_law_is_strangling_creativity.html" about "read-only" and "read-write" culture.
- The comprehensive exam for this class will be held during the final class meeting of the semester, on Thursday, 15 July 2010, in the regular classroom at KSC. You must take this exam to get credit for this course. The exam will be a multiple-choice exam. You may use a dictionary during the exam, but you may not consult your notes during the exam.
Follow these links to class NOTES:
- lecture notes, page 1
- lecture notes, page 2
- lecture notes, page 3
- lecture notes, page 4
- lecture notes, page 5
- lecture notes, page 6
- lecture notes, page 7
- lecture notes, page 8
- lecture notes, kinship supplement
- lecture notes, page 9
- lecture notes, page 10
- lecture notes, page 11
- lecture notes, page 12
- URLs for further study:
(culture in other species)
(norms)
(linguistic determinism)
(Birdwhistell, Knapp)
(handedness)
(kinship)
(read-only and read-write cultures)
(counting)
(Maya dress)
(Ryukyuan and Ainu textiles)
(body art)
(This page was last updated on 15 June 2010.)
