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    of modern anthropology‚ supported evolutionism/uni-lineal evolution * Franz Boaz- the father of American anthropology‚ supported empiricism * Margaret Mead- Boaz’s student‚ wrote about the sexual revolution * Borshay Lee- studied the !Kung San from Africa * Zora Neal Hurston- one of Boaz’s students‚ an African-American folklorist * Bronislaw Malinowski- the father of fieldwork‚ said anthropologists need to learn the language of the people‚ supported functionalism * Mary and

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    these two different societies. In the film‚ the Bushmen society is considered to be the primitive while the people living in the city of South Africa are the civilized. In the beginning of the movie it is clear that the Bushmen society share everything. They work hard‚ make tools and gather food for everyone to enjoy‚ unlike the civilized society in South Africa that work as individuals to obtain a pay for their own benefits. The Bushmen society does not attend school but the children learn

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    Script-O-Rama afterwards for more free movie scripts! Gods Must Be Crazy Script It looks like a paradise‚ but it is the most treacherous desert in the world: The Kalahari. After the short rainy season... ...there are many water holes‚ and even rivers. But after a few weeks‚ the water sinks away into the deep Kalahari sand. The water holes dry‚ and the rivers stop flowing. The grass fades to a beautiful blond colour...

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    Mai Hamad ANTH 103 Writing assignment 1 April 23‚ 2017 The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race It is no secret that agriculture is the primary source of survival for most societies around the world‚ but it was not always this way. Before the agricultural revolution of the Neolithic Era people were forced to hunt animals and gather plants in order to survive‚ but farming became a necessity as populations grew. As many progressives see it‚ agricultural became the primary practice for many

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    discussing the kinship system of the San’s culture of the Kalahari Desert in southwestern Africa. I will also discuss how our culture (the American Culture) compares to their culture or against their culture. This paper will also discuss three examples of how kinship system of the San’s affected or impacted the way this culture behaves within their lifestyle and why they behave the way they do. The San culture is also known as the Bushmen. According to the text Culture Anthropology by Nowak‚ &

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    between the Bushmen and the Westerners‚ one that is devoid of modern day society; the result is physical freedom and no restraints on behavior. The other a full participant in civil society‚ civil freedom and community living. Both have a common denominator‚ which is a harmonious existence between the individual and society. According to Jean Jacques Rousseau “Man is born free” (Somerville & Santoni‚ 1963‚ p. 205)‚ and so‚ it seems the case for the Bushmen who are living in the Kalahari Dessert

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    Jared Diamond is a scientist and is the author of “The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race.” The article isn’t the clearest on what could be better. Would the human race have been better off living with the need to hunt and gather for their life‚ or would agriculture be the key to the survival for the human race? Jared believes moving back to a hunting/gathering lifestyle would be beneficiary to us. I believe Jared Diamond makes some great points‚ but that agriculture was a necessity for

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    the video shown in the beginning‚ the word “bushmen” is the only word used to describe the San and that is the name that we find in the media often. This name implies that the san a ”lost” race with no structural organization. However‚ in his research‚ Lee found that the Ju’Hoansi are have well organized structure like any other culture. That being said‚ anthropologists urge us to use the San’s proper names such as the Dobe Ju’Hoansi instead of “bushmen”(Lee

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    haunting and humorous plots projected by the movie I’m definitely of the opinion that it is a comedy with epiphany since I have genuinely derived the essence of life from it. The Kalahari Desert with its treacherous and harsh environment is devoid of people. The only residents there are a crop of rustic and austere people the Bushmen. They lead a simple yet vibrant life in their own “paradise”. However a bottle dropping from the civilized world encroached upon peaceful and complacent family life. In the

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    movie The Gods Must Be Crazy a small tribe named the Kalahari Bushmen and resides in the Safari demonstrate how they feel like all their needs have been met therefore making them a happy family by practicing traditional economy. One day Xi‚ a formal tribe member of the Bushmen finds a coke bottle that is so unfamiliar to their family that they eventually find themselves fighting over the odd object‚ which made them very unhappy. The Bushmen tribe live in very poor conditions but in reality people

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