Overview (winter solstice Ritual) For this assignment, you will write an essay about a religious ritual you observed and your interpretation of this activity. The purpose of this assignment is to recognize the importance of ritual and its relation to symbol, myth, and worldview. Instructions Observe a religious ritual that involves two or more individuals. […]
Have you ever stood in line to purchase the new iPhone on its release date, or posted a fancy dinner to Instagram? Are you making payments to a pristine new car or sporting designer labels or fashions? Perhaps you hack your technology, boycott social media, work on your own “classic” car (or bicycle), and upcycle […]
Your presentation should summarize your Cecil B Moore’s relevant historical circumstances while also situating them in the broader cultural and political-economic context and relating it all to what you learned in class. How is race, poverty, and resilience influencing, as well as being influenced by culture, political and economic conditions, social processes, and media? What […]
For women in the sex trade, is there a clear line between love and transaction/sex exchange? How, why, and to what extent do the women shape and/or undermine such a binary social construction? In writing your final paper, please incorporate the following comment: Please clarify the link between your main argument and three supporting evidences. […]
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 […]
Assignment: Many physical anthropologists have a favorite hominin species–whether they care to admit it or not. Choose one hominin that you find compelling and summarize the discoveries that have been made of their kind. One page limit please. Submit this assignment prior to the midterm by email attachment.
1. Compare and contrast the monuments at Giza Pyramids and Stonehenge. Who built them? How are the builders alike and different? Remember, Stonehenge was not built by Druids and the Pyramids were not built by slaves. 2. Who was buried there? What kinds of mortuary practices can be reconstructed from the archaeological record? How are […]
Please answer the three following questions 1. What characteristics separate a city from a town or village? 2. What can you expect to see of these archaeologically? 3. What would you look for in archaeological survey that indicates a city? Each questions answer should be at least 100 words. I also attached a fellow student’s […]
Examine how local communities have struggled to form consensus about environmental contamination and solidarity around pursuing strategies to combat it. What factors enable some communities to achieve consensus and solidarity to successfully alter their environmental conditions? Can we build on these (or other) examples to construct a sense of global solidarity that includes shared understandings […]
Martha of the North Graded Concept Application Exercise: Martha of the North To consolidate your understanding of the effects of colonial and neo-colonial policies on First Nations and Inuit peoples in Canada, for your first graded concept application exercise, watch the required documentary, Marquise Lepage’s Martha of the North (2009), which describes the forced relocations […]
