Why is anthro important? Important to understand the diversity Important to be tolerant Important to be able to apply our knowledge Anthropological perspective What makes anthro unique Comparative: views humans across time and space (comparative method) Has many sub areas; past present or future anthropologist spend many years studying in different countries how people act allows others to compare ex‚ students researching product of ethnographic (generalizations based on comparative
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the glory days of Europe‚ but on the other side of the story‚ we see the tragic legacies left behind by historical globalization. Tunde Obadina‚ said that it is difficult to view colonialism objectively and that its effects are not in black and white. There were however‚ some facts that he was certain of‚ that colonialism was “an imposition of foreign rule”‚ and “a dictatorial regime that denied people’s rights”. While this may sound quite negative‚ there are beneficial legacies left behind by imperial
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Do subjective ideas of liberty inevitably entail the marginalization of others? Herman Melville’s novella Benito Cereno and Greg Grandin’s manuscript Empire of Necessity illustrate the case of the San Dominick‚ a Spanish slave ship sailing through the wild Pacific Ocean near Chile‚ and its passengers to pose this question. At the turn of the 18th century‚ such tightly-packed multipurpose commercial ships pitted competing self-interests against each other. While slaves and foreigners derided captain
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Critical Theory Cheat Sheet Donald E. Hall. Literary and Cultural Theory: From Basic Principles to Advanced Applications. Houghton Mifflin‚ 2001. Theory Formalism /New Criticism 1920’s forward Reader Response Rhetorical Analysis Marxist/Materialist Analysis Psychoanalytic Analysis Key Ideas -analysis of literary structures (genre; character‚ plot‚ setting‚ etc.) -rejected literature’s historical and biographical contexts -intrinsic meaning of texts; literature expresses
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"Things Fall Apart" Chinua Achebe’s first novel focuses on the early period of colonialism in Nigeria‚ beginning with the initial influence of the British. “Things Fall Apart” written by Chinua Achebe‚ was published in 1958. Achebe extraordinarily portrays the impact of a Europeans on the way of life in an Eastern Nigerian village. “Chinua Achebe creates … a coherent picture of coherence being lost‚ of the tragic consequences of the African-European collision (Culross “Chinua”).” In “Things Fall
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their lives than do members of a majority. c. acquire membership by being born into that group. d. all of these apply 3. All of the following are processes that may create subordinate groups except: a. immigration. b colonialism. c. annexation. d. extermination. 4. Which term is used by sociologists to describe a group that is set apart from others because of obvious physical differences? a. racial group b formal group c. ethnic group
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|Root Factors of a Genocide: A Comparison Between Sudan and Rwanda |4/8/2013 As humans we all have moral and legal obligations‚ and since none of us can succeed on our own‚ we need to invest in each other‚ in order to fully reap our potential. The following
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commitment to the land where they were born and to represent the needs of all the citizens whenever they hold any position of authority. School activities that encourage ethnic groups to maintain ties with Mother India and Mother Africa and encourage ethnocentrism will prove counterproductive”. Discuss this statement and argue your position. “The foundation of every state is the education of its youth”- Unknown Schools have been used as an avenue to encourage social control from many centuries ago whether
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Conflict Theory A. What is Conflict Theory? Farley (2000:73) contends that conflict theory arose primarily from the work of Marx and was continued in the work of C Wright Mills and Ralf Dahrandorf. The general underlying assumption associated with conflict theory is that society is made up of groups with competing self-interests. Often the competing groups have unequal power. People compete for resources that are in scarce supply. Generally‚ the resources that are in short supply involve wealth
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Ogasawara‚ Yuko (1999)‚ “Contemporary Portraits of Japanese Women; Japanese Women: New Feminist Perspectives on the Past‚ Present‚ and Future; Re-Imaging Japanese Women”‚ Signs 24 (3)‚ Available through JSTOR. Ramazanoglu‚ Caroline (1986)‚ “’Ethnocentrism and Socialist-Feminist Theory: A Response to Barrett and McIntosh’ -- a review article‚” Feminist Review 22‚ Available through JSTOR. Renteln‚ Alison Dundes (1988)‚ “Relativism and the Search for Human Rights” Gender and Society 9 ( 3). Available
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