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    Medical Anthropology

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    local‚ national and global level‚ play an intricate role in the health of all individuals. As Smith-Nonini said‚ “a medical anthropology approach to analysis helps bring the critical role of political and economic factors‚ as well as the medical and public health cultures that shape programs‚ into view” (Smith-Nonini 2009:613). The political economy approach to medical anthropology specifically targets the macro-level decisions and factors that effect health. This provides a new perspective on the interconnected

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    The Mongolian Wedding

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    Stanley Stewart’s "From the Empire of Genghis Khan" is a highly inspiring travel writing filled with hilarious plots vividly portrayed in chronological‚ fully-detailed‚ easily followed events. The extract is about a "Mongolian Wedding" which Stewart attended. The extract is very precise as Stewart uses time keywords in chronological order such as "Throughout the evening"‚ "In the morning"‚ "By mid afternoon" and "At four o’clock" at the beginning of each paragraph making it easy for readers to

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    the interviewee a chance to talk. This helps broaden the anthropologists understanding of the language. Lastly‚ another method is by having an informant who is a consultant that the anthropologists can rely on for data. They are also known as a “cultural consultant”. An informant is “someone the ethnographer gets to know in the field‚ who reaches him or her about their society and culture” (Gezon and Kottak 45). By having an informant‚ anthropologists are able to have an emic perspective of the culture

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    Authenticity in Anthropology As many may agree the term authenticity is often referred to something that is “real‚” “genuine‚” and “true”. Authenticity is determined within all sorts of aspects ranging from art work in museums‚ literature‚ art performances‚ music and many more. In the Oxford English Dictionary authenticity is defined as “possessing original or inherent authority‚” and‚ connected to this‚ “acting of itself‚ self-originated.” There are two types of authenticity discussed in

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    Intro to Anthropology

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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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    Wedding Traditions

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    Change in cultural traditions is inevitable. However‚ because traditions define a people at a given time and place‚ learning about them is both interesting and necessary. Since many Palestinian traditions may not be practiced anymore‚ it is important to remember them and record them for posterity. I have always been interested in the traditions that are no longer practiced. For that reason‚ and because it is rather different than those of today‚ I am choosing to describe a Palestinian wedding from the

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    The Wedding

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    Final product In Reed Submitted by: Brian‚ Mayores Submitted to: Mam. Nemesia‚ Vilog History of the church: Immaculate Conception Church was the Place where a bloody battle between the Spanish troops and Filipino troops occured. Many town residents were imprisoned‚ executed and buried during the Japanese occupation. Its convent was once the seat of the civil government. On April 9‚ 1864‚ a council made of the Archbishop of Manila‚ the politico military governor of Cavite‚ the Prior Provincial

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    OUTLINE ANTHROPOLOGY

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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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    Forensic Anthropology

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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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    Wedding in Bangladesh

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    On behalf of all Bangladeshi people‚ I would like to invite you to join us at a typical wedding ceremony of Bangladesh. No‚ it’s not my wedding; I’ve already done that once. In our culture‚ marriage is such a pompous celebration that most people spend quite a fortune and have to think twice to go through the experience. In the next few minutes you’ll find out why?! It starts with the semi-formal event which is the engagement ceremony. It is semi-formal because instead of boy asking the girl “Will

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