Assignment #3: Globalization and Identity. Dialectics of flows and closure Birgit Meyer & Peter Gerschiere Current Issues in Social and Cultural Anthropology Prof. Steven Van Wolputte Review by Scarlett Tokunaga Meyer and Geschiere proposes “globalization” as a process of ambiguity. According to historical events and current facts stated in the their book‚ the editors suggest social scientists might pay attention and research about what social phenomena that is emerging as a result of this dichotomy
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ARCHAEOLOGY 100 Ancient Peoples and Places ARCHAEOLOGY 100 Ancient Peoples and Places Instructor: Office: Phone: E-Mail: Office Hours: Dr. Bob Muir EDB 9615 778 782 6773 bmuir@sfu.ca Tue/Wed 10:30-12:00 or by appointment ARCHAEOLOGY 100 Ancient Peoples and Places Teaching Assistants: ARCHAEOLOGY 100 Ancient Peoples and Places Teaching Assistants: Jessi Witt Email: jwitt@sfu.ca Office: EDB 9644 Office Hours: ?? Greg Morrissey Email: gem@sfu.ca Office: EDB 9644 Office Hours:
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the study of behavior of how individuals interact with the society.” Every discipline except finance and accounting comes under the umbrella of social science. Branches of Social Science: Following are the branches of social sciences: * Anthropology * Archaeology * Public Administration * Communication * Criminology * Economics * Education * Government * Linguistics * International Relations * Political Science * Sociology * Human * Geography
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AS1 14/15 - Why has gift exchange been a seminal topic in social anthropology? Gift exchange within social anthropology became a more expanded and discussed topic after Malinowki’s writings on the Trobian Islanders throughout the period of the First World War. In this writing he discussed the rituals involved in the Kula ring in his ground breaking research write up in the book "Argonauts of the Western Pacific" (Malinowski‚ 1922). This was shortly followed by the writings in Marcel Mauss’ "The
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References: Anagnostou‚ Yiorgos 2012 When “Second Generation” Narratives and Hollywood Meet: Making Ethnicity in My Big Fat Greek Wedding. MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the U.S.‚ 37(4): 139-163. Heider‚ Karl 2007 Seeing Anthropology – Cultural Anthropology Through Film - Fourth Edition: 237‚ 266-267. Karapanagiotis‚ Fay Tsiartsionis 2008 Greek American Couples Examining Acculturation‚ Egalitarianism and Intimacy. Ph.D. Dissertation‚ Doctor of Philosophy‚ Drexel University. Schultz‚ Sandra
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I have had to opportunity to engage in several group and individual sessions with Residents over the last several weeks. The individual sessions that I have had with my resident has thus far relied heavily on visiting‚ getting to know one another‚ and building trust; however‚ we have done a variety of activities along side that as well. The first session was simply an introductory session where I shared about myself‚ and sought to find out about her. The next session‚ we interacted with cards for
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3 FIELDWORK AND ITS INTERPRETATION Theory without data is empty‚ but data without theory are blind. — C. Wright Mills FIELDWORK Anthropology distinguishes itself from the other social sciences through the great emphasis placed on ethnographic fieldwork as the most important source of new knowledge about society and culture. A field study may last for a few months ‚ a year‚ or even two years or more‚ and it aims at developing as intimate an understanding as possible of the phenomena investigated
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1.1.2 Definitions of Culture By Theorists Edward Tylor (1871) On the first page of Primitive Culture‚ Tylor provides a definition which is one of his most widely recognized contributions to anthropology and the study of religion. “Culture‚ or civilization‚ taken in its broad‚
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What Makes the Yanomamo Primitive? Bailey Lee Monterey Peninsula College Keywords: Primitive‚ Yanomamo‚ Angeloni Abstract Through examination of the book Angeloni’s Annual Editions Anthropology we will discuss what makes the Yanomamo primitive. Using various definitions of the word primitive‚ as well as psychology of understanding we will define what it truly means to be primitive. We will look at the Problems with Ethnography which may lead to the belief of a population being Primitive
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2: Physical anthropology: - Darwin: evolution ‚ natural selection - Raymond Dart: skull = Australopithecus africanus - Louis and Mary Leakey: earliest human beings lived in Africa - Donald Johanson: Lucy Primates: opposable thumbs‚ 3D/binocular vision‚ high developed brain‚ aggression‚ territory Jane Goodall Unique human characteristics: bipedalism (ability to walk upright over long distances and perform tasks while moving) ; complex/written language Cultural anthropology: Culture:
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