Brian Stross
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Professor Department of Anthropology University of Texas Austin, Texas 78712 Office EPS 2.204 Office 512-471-0059 Fax 512-471-6535email: bstross@mail.utexas.edu |
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As an Anthropologist I am concerned with culture, meaning, and the presuppositions
that inform our perceptions and interpretations of what we experience, as well as the
cooperatively negotiated constructions by means of which we can be said to create and
manifest culture in discourse.
I enjoy doing ethnographic
and folklore research, and in addition to classes in my Linguistic
Anthropology specialization
(Culture and Communication, Introduction to Graduate Linguistic
Anthropology), I teach classes in the following:
Ethnobotany,
Anthropology of Food (Foodways)
Maya Hieroglyphic Writing,
Indigenous Mesoamerica (Indians of Mexico and Guatemala)
Symbolism, Iconography and
Worldview
As a Linguistic Anthropologist interested in communication systems and social interaction
in general, I have a special interest in languages and cultures, past and present, of Latin America,
and particularly in indigenous Mesoamerican languages and cultures.
I have undertaken ethnographic and sociolinguistic field research in several Mayan
and non-Mayan communities in Mexico and Guatemala, spending the most time with Tzeltal
Maya speakers.
My interests also include the Mesoamerican Iconography and Epigraphy of the Classic Maya,
and the Anthropology of Music in
addition to Ecological Sustainability .
Courses
· Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology Ant 392N
· Indians of Mexico and Guatemala Ant 322M
· Culture and Communication Ant 307
● The Anthropology of Food Ant 324L
· Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphic Writing Ant 320L
· Language and Prehistory Ant 320L
· Ethnobotany of Mesoamerica Ant 393
· Food for Discourse and Thought Ant 393b
· Mayan Languages Ant 389
· Symbolism, Iconography, and Worldview Ant 393a
● Introduction to Ethnobotany Ant 393c
• Music and Discourse Ant 393k
● Sustaining People on the Planet Ant post 2000
● UT Library Databases and Indexes to Articles
· Mapquest
Grants
and Support for Graduate Students
(department page)
Grants (compiled by Afra Al-Mussawir) Index, Directory
Introduction,
Directory (takes time to load – best viewed with
Internet Explorer)
not recently updated, but still useful
Anthro skills and resume terms
· NEWS ·
Maya Perspectives Video Series now in UGL Audio-Visual Library
Continuing Crisis in Chiapas (website and listserve with information on current problems and their history)
SIMPOL political strategy for delivering peace, justice, security, & sustainable prosperity
Anthropology
Faculty
comments: mailto:bstross@mail.utexas.edu
12/13/2006
