WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY AND WHY SHOULD I CARE?
... based simply on our own cultural understandings. To accurately reflect humanity, they also must be based on studies of human groups whose goals, values, views of reality, and environmental adaptations are very different from our own. We can achieve an accurate understanding of humanity only by reali ...
... based simply on our own cultural understandings. To accurately reflect humanity, they also must be based on studies of human groups whose goals, values, views of reality, and environmental adaptations are very different from our own. We can achieve an accurate understanding of humanity only by reali ...
RE - SMU
... Inda and Rosaldo (The Anthropology of Globalization, 2202, p.5) point out “ a fundamental reordering of time and space.” What in your view is the significance of globalization to the anthropological perspective and what are the most important anthropological contributions (empirical and theoretical) ...
... Inda and Rosaldo (The Anthropology of Globalization, 2202, p.5) point out “ a fundamental reordering of time and space.” What in your view is the significance of globalization to the anthropological perspective and what are the most important anthropological contributions (empirical and theoretical) ...
S Appadurai (2001)
... could call “process” geographies. Much traditional thinking about “areas” has been driven by conceptions of geographical, civilisational, and cultural coherence that rely on some sort of trait list—of values, languages, material practices, ecological adaptations, marriage patterns, and the like. Ho ...
... could call “process” geographies. Much traditional thinking about “areas” has been driven by conceptions of geographical, civilisational, and cultural coherence that rely on some sort of trait list—of values, languages, material practices, ecological adaptations, marriage patterns, and the like. Ho ...
Anthropology - Long Beach City College
... humankind throughout time. This program will also prepare students to transfer successfully to a baccalaureate program at the university level. Upon completion of this program anthropology majors will be able to describe three of the four primary fields of research within the discipline of anthropol ...
... humankind throughout time. This program will also prepare students to transfer successfully to a baccalaureate program at the university level. Upon completion of this program anthropology majors will be able to describe three of the four primary fields of research within the discipline of anthropol ...
Culture in Action: Symbols and Strategies
... conduct-involve much more than such matters as how to dress, talk in the appropriate style, or take a multiple-choiceexamination. To adopt a line of conduct, one needs an image of the kind of world in which one is trying to act, a sense that one can read reasonablyaccurately (throughone's own feelin ...
... conduct-involve much more than such matters as how to dress, talk in the appropriate style, or take a multiple-choiceexamination. To adopt a line of conduct, one needs an image of the kind of world in which one is trying to act, a sense that one can read reasonablyaccurately (throughone's own feelin ...
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... [AY268] Politics of Satire and Humor in Modern China Listed as East Asian Studies 268. Fulfills anthropology's culture area requirement. Four credit hours. S, I. [AY274] Africans in America: The New Diaspora African immigration to the United States, while still small, has grown dramatically during t ...
... [AY268] Politics of Satire and Humor in Modern China Listed as East Asian Studies 268. Fulfills anthropology's culture area requirement. Four credit hours. S, I. [AY274] Africans in America: The New Diaspora African immigration to the United States, while still small, has grown dramatically during t ...
Hypothetical Cognition and Coalition Enforcement Language, Morality, and Violence Lorenzo Magnani ()
... have to gain the cooperation of other potential punishers. This explains altruistic behavior (and the related cognitive endowments which make it possible, such as affectivity, empathy and other non violent aspects of moral inclinations) which can be used in order to reach cooperation. To control fre ...
... have to gain the cooperation of other potential punishers. This explains altruistic behavior (and the related cognitive endowments which make it possible, such as affectivity, empathy and other non violent aspects of moral inclinations) which can be used in order to reach cooperation. To control fre ...
ch02 - Anthropology
... machetes and murdered the day before our arrival. The murderers believed that the teachers had special knowledge about Ebola obtained through secret and supernatural means (this will be explained in Chapter 4) and were using it to cause harm to others. Tensions were high and violence against anyone ...
... machetes and murdered the day before our arrival. The murderers believed that the teachers had special knowledge about Ebola obtained through secret and supernatural means (this will be explained in Chapter 4) and were using it to cause harm to others. Tensions were high and violence against anyone ...
Renaissance Ruffs and Roman Aromas
... diagnose, and the urban Renaissance practices of testing goods by using the senses is hardly alien to today’s shoppers. Moreover, as Ms. Classen writes: “The social order of 19th-century Europe was marked by a continuation of many of the sensory stereotypes which had been used to characterize social ...
... diagnose, and the urban Renaissance practices of testing goods by using the senses is hardly alien to today’s shoppers. Moreover, as Ms. Classen writes: “The social order of 19th-century Europe was marked by a continuation of many of the sensory stereotypes which had been used to characterize social ...
Aalborg Universitet Essence and Diversity in Gender Research Ahmed, Durre
... At that time, the main task was to bring forward alternative worldviews and conceptualizations which challenged the western hegemonic project. However, dramatic developments in the real world are posing questions which must be answered in a creative way. The environmental crisis is just one example ...
... At that time, the main task was to bring forward alternative worldviews and conceptualizations which challenged the western hegemonic project. However, dramatic developments in the real world are posing questions which must be answered in a creative way. The environmental crisis is just one example ...
Chapter 1 - Cynthia Clarke
... A cultural anthropologist is often called an ethnographer o An ethnographer is someone who undertakes field research in the form of an ethnography. Ethnography is a detailed description of many aspects of customary thought and behavior of a people o Ethnology is a cross-cultural comparison, which tr ...
... A cultural anthropologist is often called an ethnographer o An ethnographer is someone who undertakes field research in the form of an ethnography. Ethnography is a detailed description of many aspects of customary thought and behavior of a people o Ethnology is a cross-cultural comparison, which tr ...
1 Netnography: Understanding Networked Communication Society
... seems so natural that it is as invisible as is water to a fish—in the old but never less effective anthropological metaphor. Looking backward at old thinking can make one look silly. Certainly that is the case now for the early exploratory definitional scribblings on netnography. Foolishly, perhaps, ...
... seems so natural that it is as invisible as is water to a fish—in the old but never less effective anthropological metaphor. Looking backward at old thinking can make one look silly. Certainly that is the case now for the early exploratory definitional scribblings on netnography. Foolishly, perhaps, ...
Anthropology 148: Ecological Anthropology
... of each will affect daily life in particular cultural contexts; demonstrate holistic connectivity between selected focal areas in particular cultural contexts. Basic topics will include but are not limited to: Ethnicity, kinship and marriage, gender, religion/supernatural Subsistence mode, life stag ...
... of each will affect daily life in particular cultural contexts; demonstrate holistic connectivity between selected focal areas in particular cultural contexts. Basic topics will include but are not limited to: Ethnicity, kinship and marriage, gender, religion/supernatural Subsistence mode, life stag ...
Culture, Worldview and Contextualization
... 2. Culture/worldview is a legacy from the past, learned as if it were absolute and perfect. 3. Culture/worldview makes sense to those within it. 4. But no culture/worldview seems to be perfectly adequate either to the realities of biology and environment or to the answering of all of the questions o ...
... 2. Culture/worldview is a legacy from the past, learned as if it were absolute and perfect. 3. Culture/worldview makes sense to those within it. 4. But no culture/worldview seems to be perfectly adequate either to the realities of biology and environment or to the answering of all of the questions o ...
Dahl , Gudrun 1999 “On Consuming and Being Consumed” in
... anthropology and yet others are identical to terms used in political discourse. There is a limit to the extent to which we can form new abstract terms which do not match the language in which people in their everyday life talk about society and culture, and still make ourselves understood. The probl ...
... anthropology and yet others are identical to terms used in political discourse. There is a limit to the extent to which we can form new abstract terms which do not match the language in which people in their everyday life talk about society and culture, and still make ourselves understood. The probl ...
cultural curing: magic in medicine and the pursuit of alternatives
... increasingly clear that the biomedical model is not universally applicable, nor does it necessarily correspond with other cultural beliefs and practices. Thus, the potential detrimental consequences of using an inappropriate model can be distinguished when addressing the difficult experiences of ill ...
... increasingly clear that the biomedical model is not universally applicable, nor does it necessarily correspond with other cultural beliefs and practices. Thus, the potential detrimental consequences of using an inappropriate model can be distinguished when addressing the difficult experiences of ill ...
What Is Anthropology?
... extend their trade and political domination to all parts of the world focused attention on human differences. Europeans gradually came to recognize that despite all the differences, they might share a basic humanity with people everywhere. ...
... extend their trade and political domination to all parts of the world focused attention on human differences. Europeans gradually came to recognize that despite all the differences, they might share a basic humanity with people everywhere. ...
UNCHOSEN GROUNDS: Cultivating Cross-Subfield Accents for a Public Voice (Unwrapping the Sacred Bundle, eds. Segal and Yanagisako 2005)
... evitable shifts in specialist interests that always affect departmental business and individual scholars' preferred research collaborations. Although all that is hard enough, our dilemma is not only this disciplinary (or interdisciplinary) practitioner's affair. It also derives from the power of th ...
... evitable shifts in specialist interests that always affect departmental business and individual scholars' preferred research collaborations. Although all that is hard enough, our dilemma is not only this disciplinary (or interdisciplinary) practitioner's affair. It also derives from the power of th ...
Metaphors
... just that in Euro-North American culture, we might be surprised if someone who lived in poverty also lived in a penthouse, had a high status, and was happy. I’m saying that in a general way, these metaphors reflect our societal values). The Coherence of Key Metaphors is Due to the Orientations of ou ...
... just that in Euro-North American culture, we might be surprised if someone who lived in poverty also lived in a penthouse, had a high status, and was happy. I’m saying that in a general way, these metaphors reflect our societal values). The Coherence of Key Metaphors is Due to the Orientations of ou ...
CULTURAL THEORY AND HISTORY: THEORETICAL ISSUES
... generalize the problem of “mentality” itself. There are probably two main reasons for this. First, there is a kind of antipathy to any theory shared by many historians and not without a solid justification. This antipathy has been generally overcome during the debate on narrativism, when avoiding th ...
... generalize the problem of “mentality” itself. There are probably two main reasons for this. First, there is a kind of antipathy to any theory shared by many historians and not without a solid justification. This antipathy has been generally overcome during the debate on narrativism, when avoiding th ...
Anthropology: The Biocultural Study of the Human Species
... As we drove into the colony, I became more anxious. There was not a soul to be seen. My companion explained that it was a religious holiday, requiring all but essential work to cease. The colony minister and the colony boss, however, had agreed to see me. We knocked at the door of one of the small b ...
... As we drove into the colony, I became more anxious. There was not a soul to be seen. My companion explained that it was a religious holiday, requiring all but essential work to cease. The colony minister and the colony boss, however, had agreed to see me. We knocked at the door of one of the small b ...
The Sociology of Trust - Department of Sociology
... confidence, not competence, is the key driver of public trust in societal institutions responsible for the U.S. food system! ...
... confidence, not competence, is the key driver of public trust in societal institutions responsible for the U.S. food system! ...
Rehabilitation And Anthropology
... culture of disability The universality of certain disability Genetic affect on certain disability also affect on the behavior of human kind. behavior indicate that disability has culture. ...
... culture of disability The universality of certain disability Genetic affect on certain disability also affect on the behavior of human kind. behavior indicate that disability has culture. ...
Intercultural competence
Intercultural competence is the ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with people of other cultures: Appropriately. Valued rules, norms, and expectations of the relationship are not violated significantly. Effectively. Valued goals or rewards (relative to costs and alternatives) are accomplished.In interactions with people from foreign cultures, a person who is interculturally competent understands the culture-specific concepts of perception, thinking, feeling, and acting.Intercultural competence is also called ""cross-cultural competence"" (3C).