Northern New Mexico

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ANTH 4400 - Advanced Topics in Cultural Anthropology: Religiosity and Folk Art of Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico

3 Credit Hours - An intensive study of the cultural forces that influenced religiosity and religious art in the region. Some on-campus coursework is required. Students travel five (5) days, four (4) nights, to Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico ($375 travel fee in addition to tuition).

REQUIRED TEXTS (UCCS Bookstore): Drain, Thomas A., David Wakely, and N. Scott Momaday. A Sense of Mission: Historic Churches of the Southwest. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1994 or latest. (ISBN: 978-0811843140) ($20 new)Farwell Gavin, Robin.  Traditional Arts of Spanish New Mexico: The Hispanic Heritage Wing at the Museum of International Folk Art.  Museum of NM Press, 1994.  (ISBN:  978-0890132586) ($15 new)Moleskin Ruled Journal - 5 x 8: ISBN-10: 8883701127 or ISBN-13: 978-8883701122 (INSTRUCTOR WILL PROVIDE-INCLUDED IN COURSE FEE)

OPTIONAL TEXTS:Torres, Eliseo "Cheo", and Timothy L. Sawyer. Curandero: A Life in Mexican Folk Healing. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2005. (ISBN-0-8263-3640-x) ($15 new)

Areas of Interest

Cultural anthropology, religion, art

For more information

Contact Dr. Glenda Carne