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 512-471-6535bstrossATmail.utexas.edu |
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As an Anthropologist my
biggest questions are about how societies and their cultures are
similar and how they differ. My narrower interests lie with culture,
meaning, and the
presuppositions that inform our
perceptions and interpretations of what we experience,
as well as the cooperatively
negotiated construction processes by means of which we can
be said to create and manifest culture in discourse.
I particularly enjoy doing linguistic, ethnographic and folklore research and 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.
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, including
Mesoamerican Iconography
and Epigraphy of the Classic Maya.
I teach the following courses in my Linguistic Anthropology
specialization:
Culture and Communication,
Language in Culture and Society,
Speech Play and Verbal Art,
Introduction to Graduate
Linguistic Anthropology,
Language and Prehistory,
Food in Thought and Discourse,
Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphic Writing,
Maya Hieroglyphic Writing,
Symbolism, Iconography and Worldview
In addition I teach the following courses:
Introduction to Ethnobotany,
Indigenous Mesoamerica (Indians of Mexico and Guatemala)
Mesoamerican Ethnobotany,
Anthropology of Food (Foodways)
I hope someday to teach a course on
the Anthropology of Music,
as well as one on Ecological Sustainability
Courses
· Introduction
to Linguistic Anthropology
Ant 392N
· Language in
Culture and
Society
Ant 325L
· Culture and
Communication
Ant 307
· Speech Play and
Verbal
Art
Ant 393d
·
Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphic Writing
Ant 320L
· Language
and Prehistory
Ant 320L
· Food for
Discourse and Thought
Ant 393b
· Mayan
Languages
Ant 389
· Symbolism,
Iconography, and Worldview
Ant 393a
· Indians
of Mexico and Guatemala
Ant 322M
● The
Anthropology of Food
Ant 324L
● Introduction
to Ethnobotany
Ant 393c
·
Ethnobotany of Mesoamerica
Ant 393
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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)
Anthropology
Faculty
Anthropology
Graduate Students
10/03/2008
