Anthropology Study Guide 1.) The Nacirema excerpt is written by Horace Miner from the etic or outside perspective describing a ‘backward’ culture with weird beliefs and rituals. The purpose of this essay is to address some critical questions and desire at the heart of anthropology. How do we understand other people who are strange‚ odd‚ and different. Why do people do what they do. How do we know our descriptions are accurate? 2.) Cultural relativism vs ethnocentrism cultural relativism
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Kenneth Burke Kenneth Duva Burke (May 5‚ 1897 – November 19‚ 1993) was an American literary theorist and philosopher. Burke’s primary interests were in rhetoric and aesthetics. Burke became a highly distinguished writer after getting out of college‚ and starting off serving as an editor and critic instead‚ while he developed his relationships with other successful writers. He would later return to the university to lecture and teach. He was born on May 5 in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania
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References: Anderson‚ Elijah. 1990. Streetwise: Race‚ Class‚ and Change in an Urban Community. Chicago‚ IL: University of Chicago Press. Arnold‚ Matthew. 1882. Culture and Anarchy. New York: Macmillan and Co. Geertz‚ Clifford. 1973. The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays. New York. Griswold‚ Wendy. 2004. Cultures and Societies in a Changing World. Thousand Oaks‚ CA: Pine Forge Press. Halle‚ David. 1993. Inside Culture: Art and Class in the American Home
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2009 Rules provide a guide for individuals’ behavior and a means by which to predict the behavior of others‚ and they are a vital part of the social contracts that exist among individuals and between the individual and the group. According to Geertz (1973‚ cited in Schall 1983)‚ culture can be described by listing a set of rules systematically‚ which if followed can enable one to pass for a native. One definition of culture describes it in terms of “sets of standards for perceiving‚ believing
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One definition of ethnicity reads as followed “identity with or membership in a particular racial‚ national‚ or cultural group and observance of that group’s customs‚ beliefs‚ or language”. Ethnicity defines many of us but a few want our definition to be “cleansed” and this is when civil conflict arises. Ethnicity is frequently cited as an explanation for conflicts in the post cold war era. Yugoslavia‚ a prime example of a system that encountered ethnic conflict that led to a violent civil war‚ consisted
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Video Use in Social Science Research and Program Evaluation Barbara Rosenstein Barbara Rosenstein‚ PhD.‚ Freelance Program Evaluator‚ Beer Sheva‚ Israel Abstract: In light of technological advances in producing‚ viewing and storing moving images‚ it is appropriate to survey the literature concerning the use of moving images in research over the past few decades. A review of the literature shows that the use of video technology for research falls into three areas: observation (including data collection
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Name : Wan Zulaikha Binti Wan Hanafi Matrix Number : 204656 Question : 3 Topic : Ethnic Identity Is In The Between of Primordial and Instrumentalist. The purpose of this writings is to determine a suitable ethnic theory that best described about my own ethnic identity in which Malay ethnic identity is articulated. If the function of identity is on how we see ourselves or how other people see ourselves‚ then visual and verbal representations of ethnic identities are reflections of a people who share
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Authenticity and the „tourist gaze“ Latin American Perspectives „Those who travel are searching for authentic encounters with exotic others. The natives become the spectacle.“ „The commoditization of people and their cultural traits and customs may alter cultural meanings and destroy their authenticity. Instead of the “real” thing‚ the commoditization of cultures leads to a fake or a “staged authenticity”(MacCannell‚ 1973; see also Cohen‚ 1988: 372; van den Berghe‚ 1994). The authenticity that
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Jersey. Braighlinn‚ G. 1992. Ideological Innovation under Monarchy: Aspects of Legitimation Activity in Contemporary Brunei. Comparative Asian Studies No.9. Amsterdam: VU Press. Geertz‚ C. 1963. ‘The Integrative Revolution: Primordial Sentiments and Civil Politics in the New States‚ in Old Societies and New States‚ ed.‚ C Geertz‚ New York: Free Press. Government of Brunei Darussalam‚ 1988. Brunei Darussalam in Profile‚ London: Shandwick. Government of Brunei Darussalam‚ 2002. Brunei: Government of Brunei
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Réflexions autour de l’article : « » de PHILIPPE D’IRIBARNE Résumé Les facteurs immatériels de l’entreprise jouent aujourd’hui plus que jamais un rôle prépondérant dans ses performances. Désormais‚ la culture de l’entreprise fait partie de ces facteurs qui‚ selon Philippe D’Iribarne (1997)‚ expliquent la réussite de certaines firmes‚ entre autres la filiale du groupe SGS-Thomson implantée à Casablanca. D’Iribarne montre que les références culturelles locales‚ propres à la société marocaine‚ ont
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