Kyle Rzucidlo 10/2/2012 ANTH 207 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Summary Notes 1. Summarize what you consider to be the main points of the assigned readings and the arguments that are being offered in each text. - Richard Robbins began Chapter 4 by asking how it is that people can believe in things that cannot be proven. The answer to his question requires examining the role of language‚ ritual‚ myth‚ and other features of social life that persuade people of the correctness of
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Classical Readings on Cultural Anthropology By Gary Ferraro What do we have to learn through the study of different cultures? I was hoping for some wonderful revelation in the collection of writings. I may have found one. This book was a difficult read for me. I am not sure whether it’s my age or my inexperience with classical readings. I also found it difficult to formulate a report on a collection of readings‚ the last report I did was on Laura Ingall’s Little House on the Prairie. This
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Cultural Anthropology All Anthropologists have different definitions of Culture. Just like how everyones Culture is different. Some Anthropologist used other Anthropologist definitions of Culture. In this paper I am going to talk about three Anthropologist who in some ways defined Culture the same but also very differently. Those Anthropologist are Edward B. Tylor‚ Clifford Geertz‚ and Conrad Kottak. I am also going to talk about my understanding of Culture. Tylor defined Culture the best
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Anthropology 2 Midterm Study Guide: Professor Li Zhang Midterm Date: October 30‚ 2012 Week 1 What is the scope of cultural anthropology? Discuss its focus of inquiry‚ approach‚ and major changes over time. ● Cultural anthropology is concerned with the nature and extent of social and cultural differences among different societies. Focus on Inquiry: Why there are different cultures and how they came about and are affected or changing. Focus on Approach: Approaches could be urban
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AND VIOLENCE Politics and power can be thought of as intimate aspects of all subjects that anthropologists investigate‚ as processes of domination‚ resistance and social transformation are inevitably involved in the creation and representation of cultural practices and relationships. Power and violence are not the same. Power is psychological‚ a moral force that makes people want to obey. Violence enforces obedience through physical coercion. Those who use violence may manage to temporarily impose
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shelter‚ arts‚ and recreation. Culture-The body of beliefs (values)‚ social forms‚ and material traits that together constitute the distinct tradition of a group of people. Folk Culture-Cultural traditions practiced by a small‚ homogeneous‚ rural group living in relative isolation. Popular Culture-Cultural elements found in large‚ heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in personal characteristics. Globalization-Actions or processes that involve the entire world
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Exam 1 study guide PEOPLE * EB Tylor- the father 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
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of Sino-indigenous unions in Melaka‚ Penang‚ and Indonesia. It was not uncommon for early Chinese traders to take Malay/Indonesian women of Peninsular Malay/Sumatera/Javanese as wives or concubines Consequently the Baba Nyonya possessed a mix of cultural traits. Written records from the 19th and early 20th centuries show that Peranakan men usually took brides from within the local Peranakan community. Peranakan families occasionally imported brides from
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To understand the reasoning behind my desire of pursuing a PhD in Socio-Cultural Anthropology‚ I will begin by stating the intersubjectivities that have been leading me throughout my academic life. Afterwards I would explain the academic-scientific logic behind my current research and future goals‚ since the both underlie in the passion for social justice that characterizes me‚ both professionally and personally. Since a young age‚ I was intrigued of why there are social asymmetries; due to my own
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1. Your textbook describes Weber’s famous secularization thesis in "The Protestant Ethic" (589-591). What does Weber think about the relationship between religion and political structures? America is presented as an exception to this thesis; why do you think the US does not show the same religious trends as those found in most other industrialized countries? 2. How does Gmelch define the term magic in the article “Baseball Magic” and why does he think people use it? 3. What parts of baseball are
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