In the documentary "The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan" Journalist Najibullah Quraishi investigates the cruel world of Afghanistan’s cultural boy dancing. This involves the sale or kidnapping of young poverty stricken boys. Training of singing‚ dancing‚ and playing instruments. The entertainment to men‚ for weddings and other ceremonies while the boys are dressed in women’s clothes‚ and the sexual abuse of the young boys. The "Deviant Place" victimization theory applies directly to the "Bacha Bazi"
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Sitting in his office in the German university town of Chemnitz‚ Arved Huebler often thinks of the poor in rural India. Huebler is a physicist‚ a professor at the Chemnitz University of Technology and director of the Institute for Print and Media Technology in the university. He runs an exchange programme with Manipal University and has a lab there‚ but that isn’t why he has Indian villages on his mind. Huebler is developing a product that will be useful for the poor‚ those who do not have electricity
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Franz Boas‚ ( 1858 – 1942 ) is a well-known‚ widely respected anthropologist and teacher often referred to as the Founder of American Anthropology. But there were other contri – butions by Boas‚ possibly not as well known‚ but in my opinion‚ equally important and deserving of recognition. Boas did not limit his outspoken opinions to just anthropology‚ he was equally outspoken regarding his opinions on human rights and equality‚ individual liberty and equal opportunity. And he did so
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THE STUDY OF ANTHROPOLOGY: Chapter 7: Importance of Identity and Ethnicity 1. Identity and Self | * Name an identity and that name or form of identification will always be associated with that person or personality * Many communities has naming rituals * Through naming‚ a group acknowledges a child’s birthright and establish the child’s social identity * With no name‚ the individual has no identity‚ no self * Self-awareness develops from childhood and socialization plays an
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Rites of Passage Sheena Griffy ANT101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Instructor Animikha Dutt 6/8/2015 Rites of Passage Rites of Passages are defined and celebrated in altered ways for individual cultures. Rites of passages whether a ceremony or procedure represent a change for an individual within their given society. It’s easy to feel your culture’s rituals are better and you may not even understand why each culture’s rituals exists. It’s difficult to appreciate and understand
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Anthro 201-Intro to Social Anthropology Prof. Ward‚ Fall 2013 Study Questions: Anthropology & Contemporary Human Problems 6th Edition by John H. Bodley Chapter 1: Anthropological Perspectives on Contemporary Human Problems 1. Who is Franz Boas? What does this quote mean? What problems confront us today? 2. What do we mean by ‘progress’? Is human cultural evolution progress? 3. What human system of adaptation do we live in today? 4. What changes in our society have dramatically
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Relativism and Universalism Richard A. Shweder As the moral philosopher David Wong has noted (2006: xi): “The standard characterizations of [moral] relativism make it an easy target and seldom reveal what really motivates people who are attracted to it. Introductory textbooks in ethics frequently portray the view as an extreme variety of subjectivism (or conventionalism) in which anything goes – a person’s (or group’s) accepting that something is right makes it right for that person (or group)
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Running head: GENETIC ANTHROPOLOGY Genetic Anthropology: New Understanding through Genetic Testing Name university Genetic Anthropology: New Understanding through Genetic Testing Genetic Anthropology is the study of combining DNA evidence with physical evidence to understand the history of modern human. These scientists and anthropologists are trying to understand where and when the branches of ancient and modern human existed (U.S. Department of Energy Genome Program‚ 2010). This field
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Anth 68 Day 3 Gardens of History In his first chapter‚ Garden of History‚ Nigel Rothfels describes the meaning of zoological gardens. He starts out by comparing and contrasting zoos with menageries. “Menagerie is used to describe the collection of captive animals used simply for display and aggrandizement of the owner while zoological gardens are understood to be places that offer scientific endeavor and public education”(pg.19). He talks about a palace build to be used as a menagerie by a prince
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Marriage Throughout Different Cultures Maurice Pearcey ANT 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Instructor: James Turner September 29‚ 2013 Marriage is a personal accomplishment for me. Having a wife then to create a family with her and providing for them‚ is a rite a passage for most African American males. Most African Americans get married but chances of the marriage lasting are slim. My parents were together for 15 years before they divorced but before the
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