he aftermath of Globalization leaves the anthropological-cultural world not merely in pieces‚ as one of the most accepted anthropological analysts of the time‚ Clifford Geertz‚ postulates‚ but in dust: A seemingly atomized‚ incoherent mesh of individuals‚ who can’t be attributed to a specific ethnic background anymore‚ and who are barely representative members of the nation-states which issue their passports. By all traditional measurements‚ this conglomeration of individualized humans should not
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premeditated murder of an individual that has “dishonored” his or her family (Chesler‚ 2010‚ 2). Typically‚ when trying to grasp a better understanding of these customs‚ one should keep an open mind with a “thick description” as theorized by Clifford Geertz‚ without imposing one’s own ideas and beliefs‚ while maintaining an open mind to allow one to decipher the many ideologies of the various religions (Rodrigues and Harding‚ 2009‚ 60). However‚ when the practices of religions and the customs
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on cosmologic concepts of cycles of reincarnation that influence naming orders‚ status‚ ceremony and religion‚ social structure‚ heavily constructed with a separation of human and animal and a domestication of the natural environment (Forge 1980‚ Geertz 1973). The differences arising between Australian Aboriginal and Balinese concepts of personhood are derived from variations in ecology‚ social organization and culture that stem from the distinctive diversity of their respective natural environments
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date. (more instructions will be provided in tutorials) How does it work? You must write a 3-4 page critical summary of 1 (one) of the following required reading articles from weeks 1-6: Miner‚ Horace. “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema” Geertz‚ Clifford. “Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight.” Rylko-Bauer‚ Barbra‚ Merrill Singer and John Van Willigan. “Reclaiming Applied Anthropology: Its Past Present and Future.” Murray‚ David. Bajan Queens‚ Nebulous Scenes: Sexual Diversity in Barbados
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and instrumentalist schools; Harff and Gurr see constructivism as a third position (2004 chpt. 5‚ week 9 reading list). Primordialism vs. Instrumentalism (3) Scholars we might categorise as primordialists (to some degree): Edward Shils‚ Clifford Geertz‚ Harold Isaacs‚ Walker Connor. Scholars we might categorise as constructivists (more or less): Michael Hechter‚ Charles Tilly‚ Ernest Gellner‚ Donald Horowitz‚ most feminist scholars of
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Comm Theory Review Questions Elaboration Likelihood Model Owner: Richard Petty & John Cacioppo 1. Identify and explain the two mental routes to attitude change. Are these routes mutually exclusive? What separates the twin poles on the cognitive continuum? Central Route: Message elaboration; the path of cognitive processing that involves scrutiny of message content. Peripheral Route: No message elaboration; a mental shortcut process that accepts or rejects a message based on irrelevant
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TOK ESSAY 8. Analyse the strengths and weaknesses of using faith as a basis for knowledge in religion and in one area of knowledge (ETHICS) from the ToK diagram. Faith comes from the latin terms fides and its etymological meaning is related to trust‚ (to trust is “fideres” in Latin). Faith is an understanding‚ a confident belief in a person‚ idea or thing that can’t be proven that does not rest on logical arguments or evidence. Faith is frequently related to the action of believing firmly in
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: Cultural Clash This book focuses on the “clash” of cultures that occurs between the Lee family‚ immigrants to the US from Laos‚ and the doctors that treat their daughter‚ Lia‚ who has been diagnosed with epilepsy. Lia’s parents‚ Foua and Nao Kao believe that Lia has fallen ill because she has “lost her soul”. This clash of ideas highlights one of the problems that the Lee’s faced when dealing with the medical community in the US – the Lee’s believed
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International Journal of Intercultural Relations‚ 16‚ 295-310. Gannon‚ M. J.‚ & Poon‚ J. M. (1997). Effects of Alternative Instructional Approaches on CrossCultural Training Outcomes. International Journal of Intercultural Relations‚ 21(4)‚ 429-446. Geertz‚ C. (1973). Thick description: toward an interpretive theory of culture. In The interpretations of culture (pp. 3-30). New York: Basic Books. Gudykunst‚ W. B.‚ & Hammer‚ M. R. (1983). Basic training design: Approaches to intercultural training. In
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down to what religion means to you‚ and whether you believe in such a thing or not. So what is religion? Can it be a way of life? Does there have to be the existence of a supernatural? Furthermore‚ what are the consequences if we ignore it? Clifford Geertz sees religion as “a system of symbols which acts to establish powerful‚ persuasive and long-lasting moods and motivations in men by formulating conceptions with such an aura of factuality that the moods and motivations seem uniquely realistic
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