Anthro. 3: Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology x. liu Fall 2013: MWF: 1-2pm‚ 155 Dwinelle Office Hours: Weds.‚ 2-5pm; 301 Kroeber Hall (Tel.: 2-0705) E-mail: xinliu@berkeley.edu This course introduces anthropological topics in the subfield of social/cultural anthropology‚ with a particular aim for students to learn a lesson about the idea of culture and its relevance for our global struggles today. For such a goal to be achieved‚ there is no way for us to avoid a historical perspective
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Weakness of rational choice approach when viewed from the lens of interpretive approach. Rinchen Dawa( 2013104522) Rational choice approach can be well understood from the book (The Logic of Collective Action‚ 1965) written by Olson where he argues that “rational‚ self-interested individuals will not act to achieve their common of group interests” (1965:2). Rational individuals will not act to achieve a common goal because he knows that his efforts will not have an effect on the situation
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Interpretive Simulations Final Paper Fundamentals of Human Resources 7/29/10 1. Describe your long range goals and strategies in the HR Management Simulation. When I first began this simulation‚ I was confused and unsure of how to strategize. I questioned whether my strategies should be more for the benefit of the company or for the benefit of the employee. Maybe I am naive in my thought process but I ultimately decided to strategize for the employees. It is my
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Enculturation term anthropologists and psychologists use to descrive the deveopement‚ through the direct and indirect influence of parents and others‚ of children;s patterns of begavior socialization same as enculturation compatibility-‐with-‐child-‐ care theory Womens tasks have traditionally been those that do not remove the woman from the household due to taks only woman can perform for children (breast feeding for 2 or more years) economy of effort theory if effort is expended
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What I’m here to discuss is some of the flaws in Clifford’s principal in The Ethics of Belief. Clifford argues that it is always wrong to believe on insufficient evidence. He brings up a couple of premises. Premise 1 is that believing anything on insufficient evidence is always harmful to others. Premise 2 is that it is always wrong for anyone to believe anything on insufficient evidence. With the example of a shipowner‚ the shipowner believed strongly in his ship without sufficient evidence that
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only prepare the interpretive questions that initiate discussion but it regulates its flow. They challenge participants unclear‚ factually inaccurate or contradictory statements. They also follow up on participants answers ask for evidence and invite further responses. If participants drift from the main point it is the leaders responsibility to bring their attention back with a question. Leaders must notice when a question has been resolved and then by asking a new interpretive question. Interpretation
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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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Zakaria Ibnatik Cultural Anthropology Spears 2 October 2013 Critical Analysis 1. Oring Elliot 1975 “From Uretics to Uremics: A Contribution toward the Ethnography of Peeing.” In Cultural Anthropology: A Sampler. Pp.:19-22. 2. Elliot Orings objectives for the article were to observe male urinating behaviors in public restrooms. I believe he did meet his objectives because he was able to observe them pee. 3. As stated before‚ the method that Orings used to research his topic was to observe
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Definition of Anthropology Etymological definition in Greek: Anthropo = man; human beings; humankind Logia = study of; knowledge Anthropology is the systematic study of man‚ human beings or humankind. *Man is multi-faceted; has many sides. *Man is a physical and cultural being. That is why Anthropology is linked to all other sub disciplines and subfields that pertain to the study of man: Sociology‚ Psychology‚ Physiology‚ Literature‚ Arts and Aesthetics‚ Political Science‚ etc. Let
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Diasporas Q3: How do Clifford and Kirshenblatt-Gimblett define the term “diaspora”? Are their approaches different‚ similar? A diaspora is defined as a group of people that were forced to leave one place to another. James Clifford and Barbara Kirshenblatt Gimblett both discusses about the term diasporas‚ but the way they defined the term were very different. Clifford defines diaspora as an immigrant communities who were separated from their homeland by barriers. These dispersed people increase
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