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3030. Peoples of the Pacific Islands

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Survey of the indigenous societies and cultures of the Pacific Islands, from the first settlement to the postcolonial period. Topics include prehistoric canoe voyaging, modes of subsistence, political forms, ritual and religion, ceremonial exchange, gender ideologies, European colonization, and modern indigenous nationalism. Ethnographic examples will be drawn from Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia. CA 4-INT.


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Term Campus Instruction Mode Instructor Section Session Schedule Location Enrollment Notes
Fall 2024 Storrs In Person Acebo, Nathan 001 Reg TuTh 3:30pm‑4:45pm
BCH 443 15/45