still exits but it is now theoretically more a matter of identification processes – variable relations and negotiations among people (Gupta and Ferguson 1997)‚ influenced by global market and mass media (McLuhan 1995; Appadurai 2003). So‚ applied anthropology
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After kinship‚ one of the most central ideas in anthropology is exchange. In societies without centralised states and systems of social control‚ exchange was often a key method for maintaining some sort of balance and political neutrality between communities. It was also a key method of ensuring the movement of desired commodities from one place to another and ensuring survival through the generations. In this lecture I look at two central anthropological thinkers in relation to aspects of exchange
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Psychological anthropology is the study of individuals and their personalities and identities‚ within particular cultural contexts. In this paper I will identify two different cultures in the world which are the American and Japanese. Then‚ I will examine their traditions through various life cycles. Based on the behaviors‚ customs‚ and beliefs of each of the two cultures‚ I will discuss how personalities and identities are formed and shaped within the two different cultures. Finally‚ I will be giving
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There are very many countries out there‚ each with their own culture.A woman by the name of Elizabeth Fernea travels to one of these foreign countries. Her husband‚ Bob has taken B.J (Elizabeth Fernea) to accompany him on the journey of anthropology fieldwork. Although there are many cultures out there‚ there is no "right" culture. Elizabeth Fernea has immersed herself in the Iraqi culture and never once has had an ethnocentric view. In this ethnography‚ we see many trials and errors and we slowly
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Generally speaking‚ forensic anthropology is the examination of human skeletal remains for law enforcement agencies to help recover human remains‚ determine the identity of unidentified human remains‚ interpret trauma‚ and estimate time since death. Anthropology is the study of man. Anthropologists are interested in many fields like culture (cultural anthropologists)‚ language (linguistic anthropologists)‚ the physical remains or artifacts left behind by human occupation (archaeologists)‚ and human
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T. (2010) ’Archaeology and anthropology : understanding similarity‚ exploring difference.’‚ Oxford: Oxbow. Further information on publisher’s website: http://www.oxbowbooks.com/bookinfo.cfm/ID/87549 Publisher’s copyright statement: Additional information: Sample chapters deposited. Chapter 1: ’Introduction : archaeological anthropology’ by Duncan Garrow and Thomas Yarrow‚ pp. 1-12. Chapter 2: ’Not knowing as knowledge: asymmetry between archaeology and anthropology’ by Thomas Yarrow‚ pp. 13-27
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Latoya Higgins Anthropology 101 Professor Hoole 16 April 2013 Australopithecus Sediba A. sediba is a species of Australopithecus of the early Pliestocene‚ identified based fossil remains dated to about 2 million years ago. The species is known from six skeletons discovered in the Malapa Fossil Site at Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site in South Africa. One juvenile male (MHI called Karabo)‚ an adult female (MH2)‚ an adult male‚ and three infants. The fossils were found at the
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The Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea have been a key site of anthropological study for over a century. Trobrianders were first made famous by Bronislaw Malinowski in the early twentieth century‚ and were studied further by anthropologists such as Annette Weiner. Katherine Lepani’s ethnography‚ Islands of Love‚ Islands of Risk: Culture and HIV in the Trobriands‚ provides a modern analysis of HIV in the cultural context of the Trobriand Islands. Lepani sought to display HIV in the Trobriands as
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Student Name: Jessica Anderson________________________________ Date:___10/18/2013_________________ Anthropology 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology FALL Semester 2013 Online Course Exam # 1 – October 14‚ 2013 Please circle Yes or No to the statements below (2 points each) 1. Do foragers have more “control” over their environment than horticulturalists? No 2. Is there an increase in “density” among the foragers vs agriculturalists? Yes 3. Is there an increase in
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Introduction to Evolutionary Anthropology I- INTRODUCTION Anthropology is a holistic Science with five disciplines: 1- Socio-cultural anthropology: compare the human cultures and societies. 2- Linguistic and semiotic anthropology: focused on how language and other system of human communication contribute to reproduction‚ transmission and transformation of culture. 3- Archaeology: study of the material evidence of human activities in the past. 4- Medical anthropology: focuses on human health and
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