Week 3: January 24, 2005

Topic: Concepts and Representations of the Human Body: Art, Design, and Physical Anthropology

Key Questions:
What are the biological attributes that define the human body as human?
How does its representation in art and design inform the determination of humanness?

Readings:

Barnard, Alan.   2000. History and Theory in Anthropology. Cambridge University Press: New York, New York.
Chapter 2 and 3: pp. 15-46

Kuliukas, Algis.   2004. "The Origin of Hominid Bipedalism: Review of current theories." on the River Apes Website

Le Corbusier.   2000. The Modulor and Modulor 2: 2 Volumes. Birkhauser Verlag AG: Basel, Switzerland.
Chapter Introduction:

Assignments Due:

Letter of Self Commitment (sealed)