free of authoritarian paradigm‚ interpretive‚ anti-establishment; Positivism vs. interpretive SELF-CRITIQUE – discrupts common sens‚ remise en question of assumptions 1. First predicament : sensitivity to cultural difference 2. Second predicament : status of anthropology as a cultural critique (reflection of self through studying alien culture). DUALITY-Palestinian and American‚ Said 50s linguistics‚ 70-80s literature and interpretation CRISIS OF REPRESENTATION ‘New criticism’ - internal
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Introduction Looters - an individual who plunders archeological sites to find artifacts of commercial value‚ at the same time destroying the evidence that archeologists rely on to understand the past. Looting takes place where there is a market for illegal antiquities Archeologists - A professional scholar who studies human past thru its physical remains. Archeologists and Archaeology Archeologist’s interests are defined by asking questions of our origins as humans‚ and of specific cultures
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Anthropology is the study all societies and their cultures. Anthropological studies concern cultural and biological adaptation‚ variation‚ and change. Variation in "time” using information from contemporary groups to model changes that took place in the past and using knowledge gained from past groups to understand what is likely to happen in the future. Also‚ variation in "space" by comparing information collected from human societies existing at roughly the same time but from different geographic
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You As The Anthropologist Lone Star Community College Leah Cruzen Anthropology enlightens the learner to understand themselves as well as those around them; each culture varies and offers information that is interesting‚ and in some cases‚ helpful to our own understanding of what it means to be human. Our ever-changing world is vast‚ culture-rich place‚ full of methods and beliefs waiting to be uncovered. The problem is‚ some anthropologists do not share their findings with
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19 th Century Approaches Unilineal cultural evolutionism—generally regarded as the first theoretical perspective to take root in the discipline of anthropology a relationship of society advancement though a series of progressive stages. In this theory‚ people believed cultures develop under one universal order of society evolution. First originating from the mid-nineteenth century philosopher Herbert Spencer‚ Unilineal Evolution classified the differences and similarities of cultures by categorizing
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Anthropology 1120 Assignment 1: Critical Reading Exercise Value: 10% of final grade DUE DATE: Section A: MONDAY OCTOBER 21 in your tutorial Section B: WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23 in your tutorial You must also upload your assignment to Turnitin via the course Moodle website by the beginning of the lecture on the due date. (more instructions will be provided in tutorials) How does it work? You must write a 3-4 page critical summary of 1 (one) of the following required reading articles from
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Department Computer and Info. Technology Major Computer Technical Support Department Computer technology Course Name Prerequisites: Introduction to Computer Application Specialization Course Code Technical support 101 CMT Course Description: This course is considered to be the first part of the office application courses. It contains many topic aiming to help trainee to recognize the importance of the computer and its main
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Anthropology 1: Human Evolution Recombinant DNA technology is defined as a series of procedures that are used to recombine DNA segments. A recombinant DNA molecule is constructed from segments of two or more different DNA molecules. Under certain circumstances‚ a recombinant DNA molecule can enter a cell and replicate‚ either on its own or after it has been integrated into a chromosome. Some examples of DNA technology are the insertion of bacterial DNA into certain crops‚ cloning‚ and genetically
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the owner of Tri-Plan Electronics. One day‚ he wakes up in a hospital to find out that he lost his hand during a squib accident. What is worse is that he is told by the doctors that he is a human-appearing organic robot‚ something called an Electric Ant. Then he learns from a futuristic computer that his subjective reality is being fed from micro-punched reality tape in his chest cavity. He conducts experiments on himself‚ first by glazing over a couple of holes and then punching new holes to see what
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Anthropology 1/9/13 Archaeology * The study of human behavior through material remains * Artifacts: items intentionally modified for use as a tool * Applied Archaeology Archaeological Tools * Survey * Test Pits * Excavation – digging & examining * Trowels * Careful excavation * Lab analysis Biological (Physical) Anthropology * The study of human biological variation in time and space 5 Special Interests within Biological Anthropology
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