Cultural Anthropology: Test #2 Prep (Chapters 5‚ 6‚ 7 and 8) This Study Guide is for your information only. It is not a homework assignment and it does not have to be turned in. Test #2 questions will cover vocabulary and concepts from the textbook‚ videos and extra articles. All questions on this test are multiple choice (four answer choices) or True/False. Read the chapter notes and pay special attention to the ethnic examples and special studies sections in your textbook. Original Studies
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Question 4: Culture is both a key concept and a contested concept in anthropology. Discuss. I will be discussing how culture is used in anthropology‚ how it has seeped out into other fields of research and also its uses in normal everyday life. I will be looking at why this key concept has been and is still contested by some anthropologists. How it has created problems in the field and how we perceive people through the concept of culture. This done through the understanding of the definition of
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Body painting‚ tattooing‚ and branding are all similar forms of body art‚ which can be found in Africa and other cultures throughout the world. The word “tattoo” comes from the Tahitian word “tattau”‚ which means “to mark”. Tattoos have evolved from being symbols of punishment that were given to identify criminals and slaves in the early ninth-century Chinese culture‚ into a pop-culture trend of using he skin as “a way of describing the exotic uncivilized other” within ourselves (Schildkrout 2004:324)
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The Theology and Anthropology of Mormonism Raley Ivester Murrell-A4 24 February‚ 2016 Mormonism is a modern day cult based loosely on Christianity. While the teachings of Mormonism claim to be Biblical‚they are actually very far from it. It’s almost as if they are from an alternate universe. They have the same people‚ but often with a completely different background or role in the story. For example‚ Mormons believe that Jesus is the “ literal spirit-brother of Lucifer‚ a creation” . (Slick
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Good luck to current and future Cal students! Happy studying! ** There is a Table of Contents at the bottom of this page. It can be used to index the terms‚ but the terms must be in a Heading form. Amah Mutsun Ohlone Professor Lightfoot is going to be working on collaborative archaeology with this tribe at Pinnacles National Monument this summer. Refer to 11-24 Notes Related reading‚ authors‚ Cuthrell‚ Striplen‚ Lightfoot (from 11-22) IDEA: Native landscape management practices
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Philosophical anthropology The study of human nature conducted by the methods of philosophy * the nature and essential characteristics of man * the status of human beings in the universe * the purpose or meaning of human life * whether humanity can be made an object of systematic study? Philosophical anthropology was formed by the Western European and primarily German philosophy in the first half of the 20th century Its central concern is the difference between the human and
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Anthropology Essay – is neoliberalism the best way for advancement in globalisation Draft 1 Neoliberalism is a theory of political economic practices proposing that human well-being can best be advanced by the maximization of entrepreneurial freedoms within an institutional framework characterized by private property rights‚ individual liberty‚ unencumbered markets‚ and free trade. Neoliberalization has in effect swept across the world like a vast tidal wave of institutional reform and discursive
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The way every being experiences the world around us is mostly constructed by the culture we are exposed to and brought up in. The world makes sense to us because of the ways culture influences our perception. We experience the world around us in a time‚ space‚ and mentality that are built solely by culture. The Kaluli are a tribal clan from Highland New Guinea who experience their lives through reciprocity. The way the Kaluli form relationships amongst one another‚ communicate‚ and practice their
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Anthropology 250 March 13‚ 2012 Midterm Section 1: Short Answer 2. List and briefly explain the three goals of archaeology. How do they apply and differ from the earlier paradigms of archaeology? * The three goals of archaeology are the study of culture history‚ reconstruct past life ways‚ and understand cultural processes. The study of culture history is to piece together the history of how culture changes over time. To reconstruct past life ways is a complex process that involves a
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History and Theory in Anthropology Anthropology is a discipline very conscious of its history‚ and Alan Barnard has written a clear‚ balanced‚ and judicious textbook that surveys the historical contexts of the great debates in the discipline‚ tracing the genealogies of theories and schools of thought and considering the problems involved in assessing these theories. The book covers the precursors of anthropology; evolutionism in all its guises; diVusionism and culture area theories‚ functionalism
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