Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Diliman

Kolehiyo ng Agham Panlipunan at Pilosopiya

Departamento ng Antropolohiya
______ Semestre _______________
G. Carlos P. Tatel, Jr.1
Instruktor
Titulo ng Kurso:

Antropolohiya 10 (Anthro 10)

Deskripsyon ng Kurso: Bodies, Senses and Humanity/Katawan, Pandama, Pagkatao

Paliwanag:

Ang kurso ay antropolohikal na pagsusuri sa katawan (body), at kaugnay na

pandama nito (senses), bilang mahalagang aspekto ng pagiging tao (humanity).
Bilang sentro ng talastasan hinggil sa sangkatauhan at sistemang panlipunan, ang
katawan ay titignan bilang materyal, kapookan at simbulismo kung saan makikita
ang talaban at ugnayan sa pagitan ng Kalikasan (Nature) at Kalinangan
(Nature/Culture)./The course is an anthropological study of the body and the senses
to demonstrate how biology/nature and culture/society interact in the shaping of
humanity. The body is the material and ideological site of human interaction and
politics that is why it is analyzed in different cultural contexts and varying social
conditions and norms.

Pangkalahatang
Layunin:
a) Upang magkaroon ang mga mag-aaral ng kakayanang suriin ang katawan at
pandama ng tao kaugnay ng pangkalikasan at kultural na salik.
b) Maunawaan ang sarili kaugnay ng iba gamit ang antropolohikal gamit ang
antropolohikal na pananaw at pamamaraan.
c) Magkaroon ng pangkalahatang kaalaman, kamalayan, gayundin ang kasanayan sa
pananaliksik, sa Antropolohiya bilang isang disiplina at kasangkapang pangakademiko sa pag-aaral ng lipunan at kultura ng tao./That the students may have an
understanding of the bio-cultural processes involved in the functions of and
meanings attached to the human bodies. That the course may help them better
understand themselves and the culture to which they belong; but at the same time
teach them to recognize cultural differences as well as appreciate shared traits and
patterns of behavior. That the students may learn key concepts of Anthropology
both as a social science discipline and a research tool used to study culture and
society.
Gawain sa klase/sistema ng pagmamarka:
Pagpasok sa klase at partisipasyon (attend/class part/demeanor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20%
(bawat isang absent at late ay may katumbas na bawas sa puntos)
Eksamen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..25%
Article discussion (group).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25%
Group project (mini-ethnography) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25%
Indibidwal at pang-grupo na pagsasanay (papers, seatwork, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5%

Assistant Professor. UP Departamento ng Antropolohiya. Opisina: FC 3038 (Ikatlong palapag ng Faculty

Center); email: carl_tatel@yahoo.com. Konsultasyon: ___________________. o makipag-appointment

B A L A N G K A S (Outline)

I.

Panimula/ Introduction
A.

Panimulang paliwanag (Orientation)

Mga inaasahan ng guro at mag-aaral sa isat isa; mga polisya, sistema ng
pagmamarka; iskedyul ng mga gawain /Expectations, policies, grading
system ,schedule of activities
___________: Paliwanag sa silabus/programa/proyekto sa klase.

B.

Introduksyon sa disiplina ng Antropolohiya/ Intro to the discipline of Anthro

Ano ang Antropolohiya at paano ito nagsimula bilang isang teoretikal at
metodolohikal na kasangkapan sa pag-aaral ng tao at lipunan? /
Anthropology as a theoretical and methodological tool in the study and
understanding of society and humanity (anthropology as a social science;
roots of the soc. sci. in the natural science; positivism; history of
anthropology.
___________: Lektura/Lecture.

Panimulang pagtingin sa mga mga teoretikal na kasangkapan sa pag-aaral ng

katawan, lipunan at sangkatauhan / Preliminary survey of theoretical tools in
the study of the human body, society and humanity
(basic concepts: essentialism/social construction, nature/nurture debate,
universalism/relativism; the social, political, scientific, cultural
developments and historical upheavals in the modern world that have had
implications in the study and understanding of the human bodies and
relationships between them).

_____________: Talakayan/Lektura (Lecture/Discussion)

Babasahin: Ingold, Tim, Introduction to Humanity, in Tim Ingold (ed.), Companion Encyclopedia of
Anthropology Vol.1. Routledge, London and New York. pp. 3-13.

II.

Ano ang TAO? / What is Human?

A.

Pagiging-Tao: Ang katawan sa perspektibang ebolusyong biyolohikal (mula 2

milyong t.n. hanggang h.k. 100 libong t.n.2/ Becoming human: body in biological
evolution (physical adaptation, ecological/environmental impact on the body;
concept of race and the genetic eve theory; case study: the human genome
project)
__________: Film viewing: The Real Eve Part I (Anthro AVR)
__________: Film viewing: The Real Eve Part II (Anthro AVR)

____________________: sintesis/synthesis

t.n. = taon nakalipas (Fil); years ago (Eng.); h.k. = humigit-kumulang/more or less

B.

Pagpapaka-Tao: simula ng kultura (mula h.k. 100 libong t.n. hanggang h.k. ika10 libong dantaon t.n./ Being human: beginnings of culture and society (culture as
adaptation; archaeology of the body the material representation of the body in
prehistory national museum artifacts)

_______________: Talakayan/Lektura
Babasahin: Joyce, Rosemary A. (2005). Archaeology of the Body, in Annual Reviews of Anthropology 34:
139-158. (optional)

________________: Pagpupulong ng mga grupo para sa

proyektong mini-ethnography (tingnan ang mga halimbawa sa huling pahina
ng syllabus; magsumite ng dalawang posibleng paksa)/dagdag na paliwanag
o pagtalakay ng guro sa mga natalakay na mga paksa

III.

Ano ang Kultura? Ibat ibang pagtinging antropolohikal sa konsepto ng kultura at kung
paano nito naapektuhan ang buhay at lipunan ng tao / What is culture? The different
anthropological views of culture and how it affects the understanding of the body, society and
humanity (culture as a functional system; as contested and negotiated domain; culture as
ideology; example of colonial gaze in the representation of the bodies of the Other)

____________: Lektura/Talakayan (Lecture/Discussion)

Babasahin: Vaughan, Christopher A., Ogling Igorots: The Politics and Commerce of Exhibiting
Cultural Otherness, 1898-1913, in Rosemary Garland Thomson (ed.), Freakery: Cultural
Spectacles of the Ordinary Body. New York University Press.

IV.

Katawan, Pandama at Wika: Ibat ibang karanasang kultural sa biyolohikal na pandama ng

tao / Body, Senses and Language: Cross-cultural perspectives on the nature of the human
body and sense.
A.

Ano ang kaugnayan ng pandama sa ugnayan ng mga tao, produksyon at

reproduksyon ng kultura at pagbubuo ng isang pangkalahatang kaisipan hinggil
sa kapaligiran (worldview)? / How do the human senses contribute to social
relations, production and reproduction of culture and the creation of a
worldview? Sociobiology, evolutionary psychology evolution and social
relations.

____________: Film viewing, The Science of Seduction

(Anthro AVR).

____________: Article: Synnot, Anthony (1993). Senses: the

puzzle and the balance, in Anthony Synnot, The Body social: symbolism, self and
society. London: Routledge

B.

Pagsasakatawan o embodiment ng kultura sa pamamagitan ng wika / Embodiment of

culture through the language (culture as symbols and abstractions create metaphors
of the body; Filipino language and the various human senses; activity: Tagalog body
metaphors).

_______________: Mapping the Filipino body activity. (Group)

Optional na babasahin: Farnell, B. (1999). Moving Bodies, Acting Selves, in
Annual Review of Anthropology. Palo Alto. pp.28:341.


______________: Talakayan/Gawaing pang-grupo
Babasahin: DeBernardi, Jean (1994). Social Aspects of Language Use, in Tim Ingold (ed.)
Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology Vol.1. Routledge, London and New York. pp. 861-883.

V.

Ang konstruksyon ng katawan sa lipunan / The social construction of the body

A.

Ang diskurso ng Gender and Sexuality. Paano hinuhubog/nililikha/nililimitahan ng

lipunan ang katawan sa pisikal at kognitibong lebel? / How does society shape,
create and limits the body, both physically and cognitively ? (Cultural approach to an
understanding human sexuality; plasticity of sexuality).

_____________: Lektura/Talakayan (Lecture/Discussion): Gender

and Sexuality Lecture
Babasahin: Fausto-Sterling, Fausto (1997). How to Build a Man,
in Roger Lancaster and Micaela diLeonardo (eds.) The Gender and
Sexuality Reader. Routledge, New York and London. pp. 244-248
(optional).

B.

____________: Lektura/Talakayan. Babasahin: Jose, Mary

Dorothy dL. at Atoy M. Navarro, Katawan at Kaluluwa sa
Kronikang Espanyol: Pagtatalaban ng Sekswalidad at
Espiritwalidad noong Dantaon 16-18, sa Daluyan 12 (1): 64-80.
(optional)

Kahulugan, Kaanyuhan at Lipunan ng Katawan / Meanings, Images and

Communities of the body (sexual relationships, desire and meaning; the self in
relation to the body and other bodies: Beautiful Boxer and Broke Back Mountain
movies; Metrosexuals in the Philippines; body imaging the social skin).

______________: Film viewing, The Beautiful Boxer Part I

Gawain: Optional Reaction Paper

_______________: Film viewing, The Beautiful Boxer Part II

and Hidden Genders

C.

Katawan at Ekonomiya: Political Economy of the body / (health/well-being,

food/nutrition, political economy of the body local health knowledge, medicalized
bodies, capitalism and food industry, the fordist body,etc.)

D.

Katawan at Kapangyarihan: Paano ginagabayan at nililimitahan ng lipunan ang

galaw at reproduksyon ng katawan? / Body and Power: How does society and culture
regulate the reproduction of the body, both physically and
cognitively?(contraception, concept of machismo, sexual revolution, feminism, gay
and lesbian movements; censorship and pornography)

Babasahin: Bruch, Hilde (1997). Body Image and SelfAwareness, in Carole Counihan and Penny Van Esterik (eds.)
Food and Culture: A Reader. Routledge, New York and London.
pp. 211-225. (OPTIONAL)

VI.

Re-Imagining the body: the body in a globalizing world (virtual communities;

changing meanings and functions of the body in the context of information technology,
globalization, migration and mixed marriages).

________________: Lektura/Talakayan
Babasahin: Martin, Emily (1997). The End of the Body, in Roger
Lancaster and Micaela di Leonardo (eds.) The Gender and
SexualityReader. Routledge, New York and London.
pp.543-552. (OPTIONAL)

Important dates:
Discussants: four groups (1 per meeting)
Research Break: ________________
Ethnography projectssharing: ________________________
Last day: Synthesis and submissionof individual requirements: ______________________
Film/Video
The Real Eve. Discovery Channel. 2002. 90 minutes.
The Lotus Feet. National Geographic.
The Science of Seduction. National Geographic.
Hidden Genders. National Geographic. 40-50 minutes
Super Size Me. The ConFilms. 2004. 90 minutes. (optional)
Gattaca. Film (Optional)

Group Research:
In-depth study of a body movement taking into account the forms, rules, meanings, gender and actions of the body as an individual
and as part of a group. Should be able to learn it and practice/present it in class at the end of the semester (dance, martial arts, acting,
cheerleading, etc.). The class will also take part in the evaluation.

Article (Group) discussions:

1.

Blacking, John (1977). Towards an Anthropology of the Body. In John Blacking (ed.) The Anthropology of the Body.
Academic Press, New York. (Introduction. pp.3-25).

2.

Mojares, Resil. (2002). Catechisms of the body. In Resil Mojares, Waiting for Mariang Makiling: Essays on Philippine
Cultural history. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University.

3.

Law, Lisa (2006). Homecooking: Filipino Women and Geographies of the senses in hong Kong. In David Howes (Ed.),
Empire of the Senses: the sensual cultural reader. Oxford: Berg.

4.

Petersen, Alan. (2007). The future of the body. Alan Petersen, The body in Question. London and New York: Routledge.

Grade equivalents
100-97: 1
96-92: 1.25
91-87: 1.5
86-82: 1.75
81-77: 2
76-72: 2.25
71-68: 2.5
67-65: 2.75
64-60: 3