These answers must be three or more paragraphs (at least 250 words each) in length and use formal writing style (i.e., have grammar, punctuation, and spelling appropriate for university work), including page number citations where appropriate (e.g., where quotations are used). These posts MUST show strong familiarity with both the module readings and discussion lectures […]
Category Archives: Anthropology
What do we actually know now, from our medical sciences, regarding transgendered people? What science-based advice are specialist now giving, and how does that compare with that of the doctors in the video?
Paper details: View “Living a Transgender Childhood”. Do not just give me a synopsis of what the video is about – I already know what the video is about. Also, rather than focusing on Josie’s parents, or on your opinions and feelings of what you would do if it was your child, focus instead on […]
Read Iemmola and Ciani 2009, “New evidence of genetic factors influencing sexual orientation in men: Female fecundity increase in the maternal line”. Discuss its implications regarding homosexuality and human reproduction.
Topic: Iemmola & Ciani Paper details: Read Iemmola and Ciani 2009, “New evidence of genetic factors influencing sexual orientation in men: Female fecundity increase in the maternal line”. Discuss its implications regarding homosexuality and human reproduction.
Discuss What were the main differences between H. habilis and H. erectus? Was H. habilis more like H. erectus, or more like the australopithecines? Some argue that H. habilis should be classified in the Australopithecus genus rather than the Homo genus.
Read about “A juvenile early hominin skeleton from Dikika, Ethiopia”. Discuss the importance of “Selam” in regards to early human evolution. Discuss the importance of Ardi in regards to early human evolution. What were the main differences between H. habilis and H. erectus? Was H. habilis more like H. erectus, or more like the australopithecines? […]
Discuss, evaluate, and contrast the evidence of migration to the Americas presented in Gibbons 2012 and Balter 2013 with information provided in one (or more) of the following articles: Erlandson et al. 2011, “Paleolithic seafaring, maritime technologies, and coastal foraging on California’s Channel Islands”; O’Connor et al. 2011, “Pelagic fishing at 42,000 years before the present and the maritime skills of modern humans”; Pringle 2014, “Welcome to Beringia”; Raghavan et al 2014, “The genetic prehistory of the New World Arctic.
Paper details: Discuss, evaluate, and contrast the evidence of migration to the Americas presented in Gibbons 2012 and Balter 2013 with information provided in one (or more) of the following articles: Erlandson et al. 2011, “Paleolithic seafaring, maritime technologies, and coastal foraging on California’s Channel Islands”; O’Connor et al. 2011, “Pelagic fishing at 42,000 years […]
Discuss What part of the economic system is described in the ethnography? How powerful is the role of the economic system in the ethnography?
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY-FALL 2020 TERM PAPER In addition to the class readings, students will be responsible for reading an additional ethnography outside of class. Students will choose one of the following ethnographies: Labor and Legality: An Ethnography of a Mexican Immigrant Network by Ruth Gomberg-Munoz In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio by Phillipe […]
Discuss.is your identity shaped by mobility or space?
Read article posted below and answer the question: is your identity shaped by mobility or space? give some comments or opinion. Keep it simple and do not academic. APA format.
Discuss two options. In the end, did she do the right thing? A related issue is whether she follow the ethical rule in anthropology of doing no harm to the people one is studying. What do you think about this last point? Why?
Paper details: Cultural anthropologists often face critical decisions when practicing participant observation. The video listed below documents ethnographic fieldwork carried out by Wynne Maggi in the Kalasha valleys of northern Pakistan. While doing research in a remote community, she experienced a trauma that affected her fieldwork and her life for years afterward. After viewing the […]
Discuss What does your decision tell you about your “basic self?” What is your core value? Does your decision reveal that deep down you believe that money and nice things are the most important things in life (which makes you a cultural materialist) or that you believe that making decisions for yourself, even at some personal cost is far better than following established rules (which means you believe in individual agency)?
In this assignment, you will choose one of the three debates Miller describes and the conflicting values it represents. Then discuss how that debate represents a dilemma you have experienced, in other words, a debate within yourself. For example, you may have at one point had to decide between money and love. Perhaps on […]
How important is the biocultural nature of humanity in our evolutionary trajectory? In other words, would we be who we are biologically speaking without cultural behaviors? Why, or why not?
The human eye is often thought of as being a “perfect” organ, but this is not actually the case. Watch the following video, and answer at least one of the questions below. 1. Why is the human eye not “perfect” as some people believe? 2. Why do some species have poorer or better eyesight than […]
