Most programs save the controversial stuff until 3rd or 4th year, and you might get lucky and miss it all. It depends a lot on what seminars you take, how your professors handle discussions, what the people in your classes are like... Lots of stuff. You'll probably hit it in at least a few books, though. It really is an interesting dilemma, it just... yeah, gets distressing sometimes.
If my brain worked differently, I would be all over that.
You and me, both, sister. I absorb theory like nobody's business, but once equations come into the matter it's like my poor little brain just shuts down. *Headdesk* It's awful. As for where it's going to lead the field, I know this debate's been brewing for a while (I remember it coming up in a few of my classes and articles I read in college), but I doubt it will really make a huge amount of difference for cultural anthro. If you were specializing in physical anthro it would probably be more of a worry, because those poor guys are really going to be wondering where their field fits now (my guess is they'll break off and go join the biologists, if things get too bad).
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Date: 2010-12-07 11:55 pm (UTC)If my brain worked differently, I would be all over that.
You and me, both, sister. I absorb theory like nobody's business, but once equations come into the matter it's like my poor little brain just shuts down. *Headdesk* It's awful. As for where it's going to lead the field, I know this debate's been brewing for a while (I remember it coming up in a few of my classes and articles I read in college), but I doubt it will really make a huge amount of difference for cultural anthro. If you were specializing in physical anthro it would probably be more of a worry, because those poor guys are really going to be wondering where their field fits now (my guess is they'll break off and go join the biologists, if things get too bad).