CULANTH 101CCD
Why People Do What They Do: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Charlie D. Piot
Description from DukeHub
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology offers a broad, foundational understanding of how culture shapes human life across time and place. This class provides the essential tools for making sense of social differences, global connections, and everyday practices - from family and religion to politics, inequality, and globalization. It equips students with critical thinking and cross-cultural awareness that are useful in any field, helping them better understand both the world around them and their own place within it.
Skills
No skill passed the confidence bar. Weak matches go to review instead of this page: an AI pass that has to quote the description, then a person.
AI-resilient: 0 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- No: Live work with people
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
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