Cultural Anthropology Fall, 2014 Study Guide for Midterm Exam PART I: In-Class Component (10 points each, 100 points total) Directions The instructor will put on the in-class portion of the exam a number of terms, names, and concepts drawn from the following list. The student will pick ten (10) and answer in a short I.D./short answer format. Although your answers should be concise, they should be complete enough to convince the instructor that you thoroughly understand the course material
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1. Difference between ethnography and ethnology. ethnography Field work in a particular culture. ethnology Cross-cultural comparison; the comparative study of ethnographic data, of society, and of culture. Ethnography is a field of anthropological research based on direct observation of and reporting on a people’s way of life. Cultural groups, such as communities, tribes, or dialect groups. However, classes or institutions within complex urban societies are also subjects of study. Ethnography
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Trevor Gilliam Dr. Jim Merryman ANT 101 Nacirema Essay 7 June 2012 The origin of the Nacirema is unknown but the tradition states that the culture migrated from the east but not all from the same location and not all at the same time. The geography of the land of the Nacirema is very mixed. There are large areas of cold, snowy terrain as well as locations that seem to get rain daily. A desert inhabits part of the territory and a large river serves as a geographical landmark. Strangely,
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CHAPTER 2 Multi-Bonding: Polygamy, Polygyny, Polyamory Defining and Identifying Multi-bonding Non-monogamous relationships can take any number of forms, including, but not limited to, serial pair-bonding (known most frequently as serial monogamy), polygamy, polyandry, communal living, and “open” pair-bondings, where sexual or sexual-emotional relationships outside of the primary one are tolerated to a greater or lesser degree (cf. Robinson, 1997). Polygyny has been defined as “the marriage
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Anthro 150 Extra Credit Assignment Archeological and anthropological data and theories have supported the idea that all human societies have developed along a universal “evolutionary” trajectory. Human societies started as small and egalitarian, then transitioned to large and socially complex. This evolution from “foragers” to “states” has paved the way for various theories about the progression of the human race. In Yoffee’s article, “Too Many Chiefs?” he discussed the idea of neo-evolutionism
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ANTH 101 OL Cypress College Summer 2014 BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 3 Units CRN 30234 | June 23-July 23 | Fully Online Professor Becky Floyd Email: bfloyd@cypresscollege.edu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ groups/ProfFloyd/ Course Description Office Hours I don’t have official office hours during summer. Join the Facebook group right away. Feel free to message me through Facebook or email me any time. I will get back to you as soon as I can. Blackboard We will be using Blackboard
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(1858-1942) he rejected racism and saw everyone as equal Radcliffe Brown – focused on how culture worked as a whole to maintain itself Malinowski – paid attention to his key informants’ point of view (groundbreaking methodology) Influences on Canadian Anthro – museums, academic department, applied research Diamond Jenness – page 7 epic winter story, survived on island (Karluk) Davidson Black –, Zhoukoudian cave, fossils, fossils sunk by the Chinese Marious Barbeau – considered a pioneer, founder of
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Theorists for Anthro, Scocio, Psyc. 1.Gilligan - Focus on survival, goodness as self-sacrifice and morality of non-violance 2. Piaget's - Child cognitive development Sensorimotor stage The sensorimotor stage is the first of the four stages in cognitive development which "extends from birth to the acquisition of language".[3] "In this stage, infants construct an understanding of the world by coordinating experiences (such as seeing and hearing) with physical, motoric actions. Infants gain knowledge
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“Culture is a system of symbols that allows us to represent and communicate our experience” (38). Language is the system of cultural knowledge that is used by everyone to generate and interpret speech. Language is universal but it is not the same for all cultures. Language differs and it is very important to avoid cross-cultural miscommunication. Laura Bohannan shares her experience dealing with cross-cultural miscommunication in her story, Shakespeare in the Bush. Bohannan studied the African
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