Category Archives: Anthropology

How widespread is this information across teachers and administrators?

Social Justice/Healthy Equity. Sickle cell disease predominantly affects African Americans. The AA community also is disproportionately affected by the health consequences of being a carrier of the recessive gene in the heterozygous condition. How does this affect the treatment of children in educational settings where the teacher and other individuals in authority may not have […]

How do the formal elements of design compare to one another?

Part 1: Art Creation Select one of the visual art pieces from Chapters 1-6 or the lessons from Weeks 1-3 to use as a point of inspiration. Create a painting, sculpture, drawing, or work of architecture inspired by your selected art piece. Part 2: Reflection Write a reflection about the relationship between your art production […]

What were some of the unwritten social rules you became aware of as a result of this experience, either in the other culture or in your own?

Answer the following questions. Each answer should be at least 1 paragraph in length. Define the main 4 subfields of anthropology and give an example for each field of a sample topic that would be studied and 1 way in which that field of study could be applied to solve a real-world problem. From the […]

What are some of the most important topics in anthropology that caught your attention? Why?

Looking back at what you learned in this course answer the following: 1. What are some of the most important topics in anthropology that caught your attention? Why? 2. How can you apply what you learned in this course in your future career and in everyday life? (Think in terms of how anthropologists study culture […]

How a top chicken company cut off black farmers one by one.

Read the following three articles about injustice and racism in the food system. The first is about the field work of anthropologist/MD, Seth Holmes, and the third is by anthropologist, Angela Steusse, and is based on her field work. Write a 2-3 line comment on each of the articles: What’s it like to be a […]

What advantages does it provide, and how might it hinder cultural adaptation?

Research Paper What are the advantages and disadvantages of industrializing the production of our food, such as the example of the American beef industry? What alternatives can you imagine to the global food industry we use today? Anthropology provides various techniques that can be useful in our market economy today. Choose two qualities of anthropology […]

Who are the main characters, what is the setting/context, is there an important backstory, and are there any key cultural or technological parameters?

Biocultural Analysis: (Name of Media Chosen) Task: Explore biocultural aspects of humanity through an analysis of your chosen movie, series episode(s), book, or graphic novel. (Example: walking dead or wall-e) Instructions You will analyze the biocultural component(s) of a story of your choosing comprised of the sections outlined below. Introduction: Introduce the paper and give […]

Discuss and describe how each Neanderthal skeletal trait (2 cranial and 2 skeletal-body) provided a selective advantage in an environment that Neanderthals lived in (blistering cold climate with receding glaciers).

Describe 4 skeletal traits (2 cranial and 2 skeletal-body) in detail that are UNIQUE to Neanderthals. Discuss and describe how each Neanderthal skeletal trait (2 cranial and 2 skeletal-body) provided a selective advantage in an environment that Neanderthals lived in (blistering cold climate with receding glaciers). Based on all discussed skeletal features of Neanderthals in […]