Power and conflict find a URL link that relates to a current event involving anything from power and violence, class conflict, racial issues, etc. Then summarize your article/link in a paragraph. think critically about these in terms of your own ideas. What is the history behind these emotions? How are they perpetuated by such things […]
Category Archives: Anthropology
What cultural factors are behind these unrealistic simplifications?
Culture When we hear people talk about the traditional American family as if it has always been structured in the same way since the Revolutionary War, we know they are simplifying the situation in unrealistic ways. What cultural factors are behind these unrealistic simplifications?
What anthropological questions can you identify about the meaning that such unions have for Americans in different parts of the country that help to explain the legislative patterns in each state?
Choose one of the following to respond to: Same-sex marriage is legal in a number of states, but various kinds of restrictions on same-sex marriage and its recognition exist in the other states. What anthropological questions can you identify about the meaning that such unions have for Americans in different parts of the country that […]
If you were an antiracism educator in an elementary school in the United States, what role do you think anthropological insights about prejudice and discrimination should play in your work?
1. How did Africans become “black” and Europeans become “white”? 2. If you were an antiracism educator in an elementary school in the United States, what role do you think anthropological insights about prejudice and discrimination should play in your work? 3. How did the US census play a role in the rise of Latino/a […]
We can ask ourselves, are we a conscious consumer-Do we buy fair trade and sustainable goods?
Introduction Current consumption patterns in a global economy are not sustainable. If our human population is to remain stable or even grow larger, there needs to be shift where we alter our practices of producing so many materials, deleting our earth’s resources, polluting the environment, and spending money on goods produced all over the world […]
Explain the expertise and value of that speciality for exploring and resolving the issue, problem, or conflict within a cultural group (example: childhood obesity and diabetes in Hispanic children).
Objective: You will become familiar with anthropology’s holistic perspective in problem solving, and how an anthropologist can advocate for social change and contribute to the resolution of human issues through recommendations for change and the creation of policy. Points possible: 25 Steps: Watch Video Applied Anthropology Choose a speciality within Applied Anthropology. Such as: Urban […]
Can you separate key points from illustration and peripheral arguments?
Summary of Renegade Dreams Introduction Short Assignment 3, summary Summary is an essential writing skill, and it is also a test of reading. A good summary gets to the heart of the reading and provides the main points. You will not have space for much detail or deviation, which means you’ll need a firm grasp […]
Read the two articles below and write a brief summary/response for each.
Language is such an important part of culture…don’t forget, culture is learned and shared…and much of that is through language. We learn both verbal and nonverbal forms of communication, and thus everything from personal space to the ability to discuss a particular topic is shaped and constrained by language. 1.Read the two articles below and […]
Explain how this could have created many of the issues we face today globally in terms of inequity think about Native Americans, the African slave trade, etc.
Thinking critically: Anthropology, especially applied anthropology, can promote cross-cultural understanding, particularly using its holistic and relativistic lenses. However, in the past, the discipline was associated with colonialism and was more ethnocentric, using “science” and ideas about evolution to construct “race”, something we now know to be a social construct. In cultural anthropology, theories such as […]
Explain how a focus on values can help us understand why people around the world love their countries.
Respond briefly to each of the following Explain how a focus on values can help us understand why people around the world love their countries. How would you apply a holistic approach to the study of technological change? How would you apply a cross-cultural approach to study sleeping habits?
