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    Although Roy D’Andrade’s and Nancy Scheper-Hughes’ arguments oppose one another they have fundamental similarities. As stated by Laura Nader‚ both D’Andrade and Scheper-Hughes are commenting on the overall adequacy of anthropology. D’Andrade argues that moral (defined as evaluative; good and bad‚ reward and punishment‚ and completely subjective) and objective (defined as telling about object being described‚ not about the describer) models should be kept separate‚ while Scheper-Hughes argues that

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    Ant. 102 Study Guide Anthropology: the systematic and comparative study of humankind in all its cultural and biological diversity—past‚ present‚ and future.  In short‚ anthropology is the study of all things human. Enculturation: The process of learning ones culture from those around us. Acculturation: learning from another culture (through the process of diffusion). Animism: A religious system based on the belief that every living thing possesses a spirit‚ or soul‚ that animates it. 

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    The book‚ The Dobe Ju/’hoansi is a great example of an ethnography. It is a very detailed description of every aspect of the San people’s life. From the environment they inhabit to the food they eat‚ the book goes into great detail on how these people survive. More importantly‚ the book describes their personal relationships with each other and other band level societies‚ marriage and sexuality topics‚ and how they solve disputes. Personally‚ I feel the attention directed towards their interpersonal

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    obtained In his 1920 essay on the “The Methods of Ethnology‚” Franz Boas clearly made the case for human societies’ dynamism and the need to study history and change. Thus‚ recognition of this fact arose early in the history of anthropology and ethnography‚ but it did not become central to general practice until later. In Boas’ article‚ “Methods of Ethnology”‚ he argues the hypotheses of hyper-diffusion and linear evolution is flawed‚ and lack supportive evidence. He provides an alternative anthropological

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    for his Catholic missionary work in Southeast Asia during the 16th century. Stadthuys: Constructed in 1650 as the residence of the Dutch Governor and his deputy‚ the structure reflects Dutch architecture. It is today the "Museum of History and Ethnography". The

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    certain culture do certain activity‚ how the culture has impacted the people on that community and the historical of the culture as well. On top of that‚ a better understanding of the culture may assist the anthropologists to produce an unbiased ethnography by avoiding ethnocentrism. Having different cultures‚ people tend to make a comparison among the culture. It could be inevitable when living with people with different cultures in which values‚ norms and behavioural acceptance are in different

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    Friction discloses the particularities of different collaborations that disrupt or develop processes of economic transformations that reflect on landscapes‚ and at the same time accentuates the role that imagination plays in recreating the wild as fields of profiteering. The title is so well chosen‚ that I can’t even begin to write about how significant the idea of ’friction’ should be in understanding the creation of new enclosures. Friction does justice to a real account (not just a romanticized

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    how word choice can affect your writing‚ how to use passive or active voice‚ and I now understand how to determine the structure of sentences and paragraphs. Learning all of the factors that go into style really contributed to the 1‚000-word auto ethnography paper and both of the summaries I wrote. I feel like I chose words that made my writings flow smoothly‚ I was able to stick to either a passive voice or an active voice‚ and I made sure to structure my sentences and paragraphs in the most logical

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    itself has been shown that it has always been closely related the changes in general population’s psychology‚ taste‚ aesthetic consciousness and consumption culture. Thus such topic already expand into and belongs to the field of Economic Sociology‚ ethnography method alone can no longer produce convincing research results since cuteness culture are highly associated with the nature of

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    of immigrants in a sense that they were not moved willingly‚ due to political or economic reason’s they were forced out of their home country. In “Braving a New World: Cambodian (Khmer) Refugees in an American City” by MaryCarol Hopkins‚ Hopkins ethnography is about Cambodian refugee and their lives in Middle City‚ CA after the Khmer Rouge which forced them out of their country in the 1970’s. Her book describes the many cultural differences Cambodian’s face as they try to assimilate in a country that

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