Notes for a Theory of Values
... Although the first hint of the formalist-substantivist (and, by implication, a universalist-relativist) divide may be found in Bronislaw Malinowski’s (1921) critique of the use of Western economic tools to understand the ‘primitive’ economy of a people like the Trobriand Islanders, Karl Polanyi (195 ...
... Although the first hint of the formalist-substantivist (and, by implication, a universalist-relativist) divide may be found in Bronislaw Malinowski’s (1921) critique of the use of Western economic tools to understand the ‘primitive’ economy of a people like the Trobriand Islanders, Karl Polanyi (195 ...
View/Open - Digital Collections Home
... that in all populations males appeared to have larger coxal bones than females (Betti, 2014). However, it is important to note that populations may differ in size. This is referred to as inter-population variation. Sexual dimorphism differences between males and females in one population may be grea ...
... that in all populations males appeared to have larger coxal bones than females (Betti, 2014). However, it is important to note that populations may differ in size. This is referred to as inter-population variation. Sexual dimorphism differences between males and females in one population may be grea ...
Interacting Phenotypes and the Evolutionary Process. II. Selection
... or are altruistic (e.g., Wilkinson 1984), and excrete allelopathic chemicals (Rice 1984)—acts that all have fitness consequences for individuals involved in interactions. Selection resulting from these social interactions, termed social selection (Crook 1972; West-Eberhard 1979, 1983, 1984), differs ...
... or are altruistic (e.g., Wilkinson 1984), and excrete allelopathic chemicals (Rice 1984)—acts that all have fitness consequences for individuals involved in interactions. Selection resulting from these social interactions, termed social selection (Crook 1972; West-Eberhard 1979, 1983, 1984), differs ...
Study Guide and Supplemental Readings for Cultural Anthropology
... Science and Creationism: A View from the National Academy of Sciences available at http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11876 ...
... Science and Creationism: A View from the National Academy of Sciences available at http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11876 ...
Ethnoprimatology: Toward Reconciliation of Biological and Cultural
... hunting is not typically discussed as a form of predation; “the extent to which human hunting can be considered along with nonhuman predation is questionable, as the former often causes much higher mortality rates in prey species than does the latter” (Reed & Bidner 2004: 11). Given the potentially ...
... hunting is not typically discussed as a form of predation; “the extent to which human hunting can be considered along with nonhuman predation is questionable, as the former often causes much higher mortality rates in prey species than does the latter” (Reed & Bidner 2004: 11). Given the potentially ...
Anthropology - Toronto Zoo
... gestures facial expressions and body posture and movement, for group communication exchanges. The intensity of the behaviours and the posture accompanied by that behaviour are often good indicators whether the signal is aggression or neutral. One must be careful with the interpretation of signals an ...
... gestures facial expressions and body posture and movement, for group communication exchanges. The intensity of the behaviours and the posture accompanied by that behaviour are often good indicators whether the signal is aggression or neutral. One must be careful with the interpretation of signals an ...
“Turning the Social Contract Inside Out: Neoliberal Governance and
... inside out—and not just by management, but through the votes of precarious workers situated as human capitals, themselves squeezed by economic needs as well as neoliberal conditions and rationality. Some might view the very premise of the film cynically, and argue that after all the final say over ...
... inside out—and not just by management, but through the votes of precarious workers situated as human capitals, themselves squeezed by economic needs as well as neoliberal conditions and rationality. Some might view the very premise of the film cynically, and argue that after all the final say over ...
Anthropology fa l l 2 0 1 5 ...
... Non-human primates occupy habitats as diverse as tropical forests to snow covered mountains, weigh from 0.15lbs to 400lbs, and range in groups from 2 to 250 individuals. In Primate Science: Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation, we will use both evolutionary and ecological approaches to study the div ...
... Non-human primates occupy habitats as diverse as tropical forests to snow covered mountains, weigh from 0.15lbs to 400lbs, and range in groups from 2 to 250 individuals. In Primate Science: Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation, we will use both evolutionary and ecological approaches to study the div ...
Values in science: Cognitive-affective maps
... objectivity in the assessment of scientific hypotheses. The adoption of these values was a crucial part of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment of the 16th through 18th centuries, and the values have remained important in the current practice of science. Today, however, they are challenge ...
... objectivity in the assessment of scientific hypotheses. The adoption of these values was a crucial part of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment of the 16th through 18th centuries, and the values have remained important in the current practice of science. Today, however, they are challenge ...
Human Preferences For Sexually Dimorphic Faces May Be
... be instrumental in the acquisition and reinforcement of preferences (36–39). It is possible therefore that rather than being a legacy of ancestral selection pressures, preferences for dimorphism emerge in large urban groups as a byproduct of the information-processing strategies used to process larg ...
... be instrumental in the acquisition and reinforcement of preferences (36–39). It is possible therefore that rather than being a legacy of ancestral selection pressures, preferences for dimorphism emerge in large urban groups as a byproduct of the information-processing strategies used to process larg ...
UNCHOSEN GROUNDS: Cultivating Cross-Subfield Accents for a Public Voice (Unwrapping the Sacred Bundle, eds. Segal and Yanagisako 2005)
... ful orderings of experience) visible, ethnographically and otherwise. On the other hand, comparison has driven and qualified anthropology's distinctively thematic (or theory-driven) regionalism, distinguishing it from the unqualified regionalism of area studies programs (Lederman 1998). What is more ...
... ful orderings of experience) visible, ethnographically and otherwise. On the other hand, comparison has driven and qualified anthropology's distinctively thematic (or theory-driven) regionalism, distinguishing it from the unqualified regionalism of area studies programs (Lederman 1998). What is more ...
Subject benchmark statement: Anthropology
... minimally amended in 2007, had served the subject area well, it needed refreshing and updating. Many emergent themes and current interests identified in 2002 and 2007 have become established in the subject and there are now new focuses of interest that could not have been predicted then. The list of ...
... minimally amended in 2007, had served the subject area well, it needed refreshing and updating. Many emergent themes and current interests identified in 2002 and 2007 have become established in the subject and there are now new focuses of interest that could not have been predicted then. The list of ...
Skin pigmentation, self-perceived color, and arterial blood pressure
... ethnographers report that social status markers, including wealth and family background, also influence color classification (Godreau, 2000; Torres, 1998). The salience of factors other than skin color means that, for a given level of pigmentation, there is likely to be variation in social classific ...
... ethnographers report that social status markers, including wealth and family background, also influence color classification (Godreau, 2000; Torres, 1998). The salience of factors other than skin color means that, for a given level of pigmentation, there is likely to be variation in social classific ...
Darkness in Anthropology
... Portuguese boundary commission, in 1786 (p. 19). The Yanomami began hiding from such expeditions, as well as from potential slavers, near the Orinoco River’s upper reaches—where resources as perceived by outsiders were of relatively little interest and the terrain was difficult to penetrate. Tierney ...
... Portuguese boundary commission, in 1786 (p. 19). The Yanomami began hiding from such expeditions, as well as from potential slavers, near the Orinoco River’s upper reaches—where resources as perceived by outsiders were of relatively little interest and the terrain was difficult to penetrate. Tierney ...
Subject Benchmark Statement: Anthropology
... diversity and commonality among people throughout the world gives it a distinctive place in the field of learning. It is a subject that seeks to be holistic and comparative as well as critical and reflexive. Some of the most lively debates within the subject are the product of the diversity of posit ...
... diversity and commonality among people throughout the world gives it a distinctive place in the field of learning. It is a subject that seeks to be holistic and comparative as well as critical and reflexive. Some of the most lively debates within the subject are the product of the diversity of posit ...
Anthropology: The Biocultural Study of the Human Species
... 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 buildings I assumed was a residence. We were greeted formally b ...
... 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 buildings I assumed was a residence. We were greeted formally b ...
Cultural Anthropology 102 - Fullerton College Staff Web Pages
... research in this study? Based on your status is it likely you would be able to engage in participantobservation with prostitutes? Why or why not? 2. Are prostitutes “victims of circumstance”? Include at least two micro factors (individual, family, peer group) and two macro factors (economic system, ...
... research in this study? Based on your status is it likely you would be able to engage in participantobservation with prostitutes? Why or why not? 2. Are prostitutes “victims of circumstance”? Include at least two micro factors (individual, family, peer group) and two macro factors (economic system, ...
Chapter 1 What is Biological Anthropology
... 3. From the perspective of biological theory, humans are a. not like all other biological species b. unrelated to primates c. the product of the same long process of adaptation as all other biological species d. much like all other biological species, but did not result from evolutionary processes ( ...
... 3. From the perspective of biological theory, humans are a. not like all other biological species b. unrelated to primates c. the product of the same long process of adaptation as all other biological species d. much like all other biological species, but did not result from evolutionary processes ( ...
*Registration begins April 1, 2014* Course List ANTH 201
... Anthropology is the study of humanity in all its diversity – cultural, biological and linguistic. It begins with a simple, but powerful idea: any particular aspect of behavior can be understood when it is placed against the background provided by the full range of human behavior. Anthropology seeks ...
... Anthropology is the study of humanity in all its diversity – cultural, biological and linguistic. It begins with a simple, but powerful idea: any particular aspect of behavior can be understood when it is placed against the background provided by the full range of human behavior. Anthropology seeks ...
Journal of Forensic Anthropology
... fingerprints, bite marks and footprints. The past decade has seen a considerable proliferation of researches in the field of sex, age and ethnicity prediction from lip prints, iris texture, fingerprints, DNA and handwriting. Determination of age, sex and ethnicity is crucially important in crime set ...
... fingerprints, bite marks and footprints. The past decade has seen a considerable proliferation of researches in the field of sex, age and ethnicity prediction from lip prints, iris texture, fingerprints, DNA and handwriting. Determination of age, sex and ethnicity is crucially important in crime set ...
Time and the Biological Consequences of Globalization
... ranges of longitude (Galison 2003). One’s latitude, while not affecting local clock time, does affect one’s relationship to the temporal markers of dawn and dusk and to seasonal changes. In many animals, humans included, the farther one is from the equator, the greater the seasonal variation in horm ...
... ranges of longitude (Galison 2003). One’s latitude, while not affecting local clock time, does affect one’s relationship to the temporal markers of dawn and dusk and to seasonal changes. In many animals, humans included, the farther one is from the equator, the greater the seasonal variation in horm ...
why do we laugh and cry?
... esthetic values, as it appears in his ugliness, would provoke a loss of moral values, and tears may be the reaction of the victim. This would be especially true with respect to ugly girls or women, for in the hierarchy of values of the feminine sex the esthetic value of physical beauty occupies a hi ...
... esthetic values, as it appears in his ugliness, would provoke a loss of moral values, and tears may be the reaction of the victim. This would be especially true with respect to ugly girls or women, for in the hierarchy of values of the feminine sex the esthetic value of physical beauty occupies a hi ...
What is Anthropology?
... big shoulders; since competitive swimmers tend to have big, strong shoulders and firm bodies, competitive swimming is not very popular among Brazilian females. – In the U.S., there are not many African-American swimmers or hockey players, not because of some biological reason, but because those spor ...
... big shoulders; since competitive swimmers tend to have big, strong shoulders and firm bodies, competitive swimming is not very popular among Brazilian females. – In the U.S., there are not many African-American swimmers or hockey players, not because of some biological reason, but because those spor ...
Fall 2015 - University of Louisville
... Anthropology is the study of humanity in all its diversity – cultural, biological and linguistic. It begins with a simple, but powerful idea: any particular aspect of behavior can be understood when it is placed against the background provided by the full range of human behavior. Anthropology seeks ...
... Anthropology is the study of humanity in all its diversity – cultural, biological and linguistic. It begins with a simple, but powerful idea: any particular aspect of behavior can be understood when it is placed against the background provided by the full range of human behavior. Anthropology seeks ...
Anthropology Course Offerings – Fall 2012 ANTH
... applied anthropology, appropriate to individual career goals. The student will work with an approved community group or organization in a specific project that facilitates the integration of previous course work and experience in a practical application. May not be repeated for more than 6 credit ho ...
... applied anthropology, appropriate to individual career goals. The student will work with an approved community group or organization in a specific project that facilitates the integration of previous course work and experience in a practical application. May not be repeated for more than 6 credit ho ...