Alan Kolata

20100/40100. The Inka and Aztec States. PQ: Consent of instructor. This course is an intensive examination of the origins, structure, and meaning of two native states of the ancient Americas: the Inka and the Aztec. Lectures are framed around an examination of theories of state genesis, function, and transformation, with special reference to the economic, institutional, and symbolic bases of indigenous state development. The course is broadly comparative in perspective and considers the structural significance of insti-tutional features that are either common to or unique expressions of these two Native American states.

22000/35500. The Anthropology of Development. This course analyzes the contributions of anthropological understanding to development programs in “underdeveloped” and “developing” societies. Topics we will consider include: the history of development; different perspectives on development within the world system; the role of principal development agencies and their use of anthropological knowledge; the problems of ethnographic field inquiry in the context of development programs; the social organization and politics of underdevelopment; the cultural construction of “well-being”; economic, social, and political critiques of development; population, consumption and the environment; and future scenarios of development.

26300/36300. Andean Prehistory. This course is an in-depth examination of selected pre-Hispanic Andean societies and their evolution. It is not an exhaustive survey of South American prehistory. Rather, emphasis is placed on the formulation of general theoretical cultural models for Andean societies and their evolution through a series of empirical case studies. The central role of ethnohistorical research in understanding the dynamics and institutional bases of indigenous Andean civilization is a recurrent theme during the course.

42301,-02. Comparative Agricultural Systems I, II. PQ: Consent of in-structor. Must be taken in sequence. This course provides an introduction to the substantive data, theoretical arguments, and methodological approaches for the analysis of temperate and tropical agricultural systems in a com-parative and historical framework. The ecological aspects of various crops and cropping systems are explored, and the anthropological, environmental, and developmental implications of these systems are examined. An intensive analysis is made of temperate and tropical agricultural systems in a compar-ative and historical framework.

53100. Seminar: Problems in Indigenous South American Societies. PQ: Consent of instructor. This seminar focuses on contemporary, ethnohistori-cal, and archaeological data on Amazonian and Andean societies, compared to Central American cases. Topics include the development of complex so-cieties and states, including political-economic dynamics and contradictions at both local community and state levels; systems of social production; moiety, triadic, and quadripartite structures; cosmological systems; and the problems of development.

56000. The Preindustrial City. This seminar will be an intensive examination of the origins and structure of the preindustrial city, with an emphasis on social theories of the city that will take us into the spectrum of preindustrial/industrial/post-industrial cities. Lectures, discussions and participant presentations will be framed around an examination of theories of urban genesis, function, and meaning with speicl reference to the economic, sociological and ideological bases of city development. The seminar is broadly comparative in perspective and will consider the nature of the preindustrial city in a variety of regional and temporal contexts.. Although substantial emphasis will be placed on preindustrial urban formations and urban-rural relations, we will also touch upon issues relating to more recent historical and contemporary patterns of urbanism.

56010. The City in History. This seminar will be in intensive examination of the origins, structure and cultural experience of city life. Lectures, discussion and participant presentations will be framed around an examination of theories of urban genesis, function, and meaning with special reference to the economic, sociological and ideological bases of city development. The seminar is broadly comparative in perspective and will consider the nature of the city in a variety of regional and temporal contexts with an emphasis on social theories of the city that will take us into the spectrum of preindustrial/industrial/post-industrial cities. The seminar will consist of initial orienting lectures, discussion of selected texts concerned with social theories of the city, and presentation of research projects by class participants.

56200. The Human Environment: Ecological Anthropology and Anthropological Ecology. This graduate seminar is framed around a critical intellectual history of Nature/Culture concepts from the 18th century to the present. We will explore multiple, contradictory strands of social thought regarding Human/Environment interactions, including the concepts of Descartes, Thoreau, Linneaeus, Darwin, and Spencer, as well as a broad range of contemporary analysts. We will be particularly engaged in exploring the tensions between dualistic and monadic conceptions of the Human/Environment relationship.

58300. Readings: Andean Ethnohistory. This course critically examines the early Colonial Period literatures related to the social and institutional arrangements of the indigenous peoples of the Andes. The course will analyze the conditions of production and modes of interpretation of these literatures, and examine the extent to which they are useful for understanding Pre-Hispanic and early Colonial period social formations.

58600. Social Theory and the City. This graduate seminar explores various historical, sociological and anthropological theories of cities. The course analyzes major theoretical frameworks concerned with urban forms, institutions and experience as well as particular instances of city development from pre-modern to contemporary periods. The seminar will consist of initial orienting lectures, discussion of selected texts concerned with social theories of the city, and presentation of research projects by class participants.

23101-02-03. Introduction to Latin American Civilization I, II, III (=Hist 335-336-337, LatAm 345-346-347, SocSci 261-262-263). May be taken in sequence or individually. This three-quarter course sequence introduces students to the history and cultures of Latin America, including Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean islands. The autumn quarter examines the origins of civilizations in Latin America with a focus on the political, social, and cultural features of the major pre-Columbian civiliza-tions of the Maya, Inka, and Aztec. The quarter concludes with considera-tion of the Spanish and Portuguese conquest and the construction of colonial societies in Latin America. The winter quarter addresses the evolution of colonial societies, the Wars of Independence, and the emergence of Latin American nation-states in the changing international context of the nine-teenth century. The spring quarter focuses on the twentieth century, with a special emphasis on the challenges of economic, political, and social devel-opment in the region. (A. Kolata, Autumn)