1. Invention is A) the process of making known or sharing the existence of an aspect of reality. B) the process of introducing new elements into a culture. C) the process by which a cultural item is spread from group to group or society to society. D) the combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously exist. Table for Individual Question Feedback Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 2. A law is A) none of these B) governmental social control. C) a norm governing everyday social
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beginning of the lecture on the due 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
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Jose Bravo Anthropology 310 11/04/2007 Analysis of Anthropology Methodologies Culture is an abstract term used by anthropologists to describe a people’s way of life. The book defines culture as "the sum total of the knowledge‚ ideas‚ behaviors‚ and material creations that are learned‚ shared‚ and transmitted primarily through the symbolic system of language" (Lenkeit 26). Culture is such an important topic that anthropologists have devoted a whole subfield to its study. This subfield‚ cultural
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Anthropology Study Guide 1.) The Nacirema excerpt is written by Horace Miner from the etic or outside perspective describing a ‘backward’ culture with weird beliefs and rituals. The purpose of this essay is to address some critical questions and desire at the heart of anthropology. How do we understand other people who are strange‚ odd‚ and different. Why do people do what they do. How do we know our descriptions are accurate? 2.) Cultural relativism vs ethnocentrism cultural relativism
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Top of Form Question 1. Question : Which of the following is an example of an etic description of teen pregnancy in America? Student Answer: One of my friends in high school got pregnant in her sophomore year. She and the father decided to keep the baby‚ got married and just celebrated their 10th anniversary. They both finished college and have good jobs now. It just goes to show that people can overcome teen pregnancy and become successful parents. Although popular opinion sometimes
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The Sociology of Burials: Green Burials I happened to stumble upon an unusual PBS documentary recently called Will for the Woods (2013). The program had already begun‚ however the idea was very interesting and immediately I wanted to see what was happening. Any environmentally conscious person would find the Green Burial a good alternative‚ as the film suggests it is a simple‚ elegant and natural alternative to contemporary burial or cremation. Green burials greatly reduce resource use and pollution
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Mining disaster in the past have been referred to mining accidents claiming five or more lives. Mine disasters once were really common. In the single year of 1907 there were 18 coal mine disasters.. Among the disasters in 1907 was history’s worst the Monongah coal mine explosion‚ which claimed 362 lives and impelled Congress to create the Bureau of Mines. I will discuss this disaster more later in this paper. Mine accidents have declined dramatically in number and severity through
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comes natural to judge by our own standards. From studying “Body Rituals Among The Nacirema”‚ it is obvious that the Nacirema people have unusual and extreme customs. Using charms and magical potions without which no native believes he could live (Miller)‚ the Nacirema go to extremes to achieve the perfect outer appearance. In my home town‚ it is normal for pregnant women to be proud of their baby bumps‚ but in Nacirema society‚ it is frowned upon‚ and women dress so as to hide their condition (Miller)
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in this class.We are also keeping a writer’s notebook and to be honest I did not know how to start one but I guess it has to be done hopefully it’ll be ok all the way until the end. The other reading was an article “Body Ritual among the Nacirema” by Horace Miner‚ after reading the article‚ I realize that it was specifically referring to the American culture in a strange way like for example the latipso temple is a hospital‚ medicine men are doctors‚ laceration of the face is simply shaving‚ women
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The park successfully opened its gates in 1940. After the land was paid for and the loggers‚ and miners were gone the people of Tennessee‚ and South Carolina were left with a grim outlook on what was once a beautiful territory. Where there were chestnut trees the size or buildings and streams that offered drinking water and food supply‚ were replaced
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