ESSAY COVER SHEET AN1001 Anthropology Cultural Diversity in Global Perspective Study Period 52‚ 2013‚ Singapore Anthropologist at home in the field (Photo by J. Weiner 2003) Subject Coordinator: Dr Anita Lundberg STUDENT’S LAST NAME: TAN FIRST NAME (Preferred name): BERWIN ASSESSMENT TASK: Analysis of the film ‘Avatar’ QUESTION: How is ethnocentrism depicted in the film Avatar? Discuss with reference to the notions of primitivism‚ romanticism and exoticism. TITLE: Ethnocentrism in
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Anthropology (the study of man) has several important innovations that have taken it from an antiquarian hobby to disciplined sciences. Many scholars have brought different advances in anthropology to better explain culture in relation to man. Most anthropologists offered a point of view that influenced anthropology and helped it to grow into a more comprehensive science. Functionalism‚ a division of anthropology that claimed culture serves a purpose‚ came about in the 1920s. While scholars Bronislaw
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Lecture Notes on Culture: Why we do what we do • Anthropology – study of culture • How and why cultures differ and are similar • Theoretical orientation – attitude about how cultural phenomenon is to be explained. Early evolutionism(Tylor and Morgan) - culture evolved from simple to complex- 3 stages of development savagery‚ barbarism‚ civilization - to account for variations – societies in different stages of evolution Historical Particularism – (Boas) disagreed with evolutionists that
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Black‚ White‚ and Oriental races. My focuses in this research paper are the toy manufacturers of Barbie and American girl. Race‚ in its entirety‚ has always been a controversial issue. I took special interest in this topic after a lecture by my anthropology teacher. In this lecture‚ he explained how many people associate race
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Kinship of the Iroquois Christine Garcia ANT 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Prof. Benjamin Wright March 12‚ 2012 KINSHIP OF THE IROQUOIS Kinship can best be defined as a system of social relationships‚ or in simpler terms a system of family. According to our text‚ “kinship involves how people classify each other‚ the rules that affect people’s behavior‚ and people’s actual behavior.” (Nowak and Laird‚ 2010‚ 4:5) Kinship can be seen in our everyday lives within our own circle
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The Batek of Malaysia ANT 101 Introduction of Culture Anthropology February 4‚ 2013 The Batek of Malaysia are one or several aboriginal people‚ called Orang Asli‚ living in an unassimilated life in Malaysia. They live in groups and rely a lot on each other. Division of labor is divided among the men and women. Many other roles are also taken place within their society. As a foraging community‚ their primary way of subsistence greatly impacts their gender relations‚ belief and values‚ and social
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The Btsisi Tribe Shameika L. Brown Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Bob Larkin Ashford University The kinship group I chose to describe is the Btsisi who are a horticulturalist society‚ which means they cultivate plants and prepare the soil‚ horticulturalists differ from foragers in their dependence on domesticated plants for most of their food energy” (Nowak‚ B.‚ & Laird‚ L. (2010). For the purposes of this paper I will provide information on the Btsiti tribe kinship and specific
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The Purnell Model for Cultural Competence is an assessment tool that is used in primary‚ secondary and tertiary care. The model has based in recognized disciplines such as biology‚ anthropology‚ sociology‚ economics‚ geography‚ political science‚ pharmacology‚ nutrition‚ communication‚ family development and social support. Concepts of every discipline are influenced in the domains used in the model. It is conceptualized as a circle with society being the outer ring‚ community the second ring‚ family
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What can we learn from studying foraging societies? Is there anything we can learn regarding our relationship to the environment‚ or our family members‚ for example? I believe that much can be gained from studying foraging societies like the San or the Batek. We can learn how these cultures survive in the marginal environment that they live. We can learn how they work together as a team to ensure that their needs are met. Since the goal of a foraging society to work together and share the fruits
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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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