– Read Hessler’s River Town. Write a summary of the content and your overall impression of the book (no more than 1.5 pages). – Comparing Americans with Chinese, what are the two sets of contrasts according to anthropologist Francis Hsu (see Topic 8 Lecture Notes, and you may also want to read textbooks 358-359)? Pick […]
Date: June 23rd, 2022
Response Paper Two 10% Due: Check Dropbox For Due Date and submit in the appropriate drop box inside the “Assessments” folder above. Based on Lesson Eight This response paper is to be written using the guided questions in this week’s lesson to respond to the readings, short documentary and online research you are assigned to […]
Date: June 22nd, 2022
PLEASE FOLLOW THE DETAILS BELOW and reference the video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgw7M-JABMg < While watching this video India’s Transgender Community: The Hijra (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgw7M-JABMg) consider these questions and construct a 500-word essay addressing the following: < < What are some of the differences in the role of a transgendered person in India as opposed to the U.S.? […]
Date: June 21st, 2022
During this course I encourage you to use the questions and concepts of medical anthropology to investigate the world around you. Find a news item and discuss how it connects to the issues we are considering in this course. This may specifically address an anthropological or cross-cultural view of health, healing, and illness, or may […]
Date: June 21st, 2022
Describe (and compare and contrast) the gender or sexual division of labor of two different cultures that have two different modes of subsistence (from the four modes of subsistence described in this week’s reading; foraging, pastoralism, horticulture, or agriculture). You must choose the two societies from examples in the Week 3 textbook reading and you […]
Date: June 21st, 2022
Assignment Overview: Homo floresiensis is a recently discovered new hominin species. This research paper assignment is a review of the scientific method as illustrated by using the discovery, classification, and updates on Homo floresiensis. This type of research paper is a report on the timeline of a discovery and subsequent revision of analysis as new […]
Date: June 20th, 2022
How do various societies construct gender identities, sexual practices, and gendered bodies? Compare and contrast the religious, cultural, economic, and other factors that produce these different identities and practices. ^this is the essay prompt. I have to compare three articles using the essay prompt to the book Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides
Date: June 20th, 2022
A. Evolution of Primate Intelligence Discuss the changes which occurred in intelligence through primate evolution. Intelligence is correlated with brain size, gestation period (amount of time the fetus is in the womb), social organization, and mating patterns. Include two or more of these related areas in your discussion. Elaborate on the evolutionary modifications and some […]
Date: June 18th, 2022
Chapter 14: Culture and Sustainability: https://perspectives.americananthro.org/ Read chapter 14 Culture and Sustainability and answer the question below in your own words. Identify the methods and theories anthropologists use to examine human interactions with the environment. Define political ecology and explain its relationship to anthropology. Describe the Anthropocene and discuss how anthropology contributes to understanding the […]
Date: June 16th, 2022
For this assignment, you will write an essay relating to a short video you will observe as well as a cultural practice you will research. The purpose of this assignment is to understand the importance of altered states of consciousness in religious contexts. Instructions Preparations: View the video: Ayauhuasca: Visions of Jungle Medicine. Download video […]
Date: June 16th, 2022
