1) In Week 3, we focused on digital storytelling and their ability to form a sense of community online. For this question, you need to compare two of the theories I discussed in my webcast about communities: Benedict Anderson’s “Imagined Community,” and Frida Furman’s “Unintentional Community.” After very briefly introducing these theories, provide two similarities […]
Essay Please answer the question in an essay format. A proper essay form includes an introduction, body paragraphs with your arguments and examples, and a conclusion. Please do not use bullet points or outlines. (One essay for a total of 55%) What is structural violence and how are individuals affected by it? You should address […]
Short Questions Please answer the following three questions in about 3-4 sentences each. 1. Agustin Fuentes explains that race is not a biological category. After reading his article, how would you respond to someone who says that race isn’t real. 2. How does Kimberle Crenshaw define intersectionality? Use one example from Cherie Moraga’s essay to […]
reflect, based on Mintz’s work, “Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom”, on the place of food in your life as an individual and as a member of a family and/or community. Think about your past and present experiences of food (including preparing it if applies) and important individuals in these experiences. Do not neglect a “Political Economy” […]
REQUIRED MATERIALS Beth Shook, Katie Nelson, Kelsie Aguilera, and Lara Braff, Eds. (2021) Explorations: An Open Invitation to Biological Anthropology, 1st ed. American Anthropological Association. ISBN (ebook) – 978-1-931303-62-0; ISBN (print) – 978-1-931303-63-7 This textbook is freely available as an eBook at: Cover PDFs of individual chapters from Explorations are available in the Reading Assignments […]
This masters thesis focuses on the archaeological history of Pylos, in western Greece. This thesis focuses on the archaeological methods used in the different generations of archaeological digs, their findings, how technology changed or improved over time, and what could be used in future at Pylos. I have the site reports for each relevant dig […]
Below are the instructions for this paper. Please answer everything in both A and B in the paper. Below are the links you will use. Please use realistic regular ritualistic practices and rites of passages, nothing too crazy that wont seem realistic. https://vimeo.com/17477281 Roots of Love https://vimeo.com/194081969 – Sent Away Boys Transational Hair and Turban […]
During the second half of the class, we’ve considered several significant milestones in humanity’s past. This essay challenges you to think about how archaeologists reconstruct the past using material data, focused on one of the following sections covered in the second half of the course: the spread of modern humans, the development of agriculture, and […]
my topic is: Ecology/Environment/Environmentalism You must complete three tasks/assignments this week: #1) READ: Are Pandemics Good for the Environment? An anthropologist looks at past disease outbreaks to consider how the COVID-19 crisis may—or may not—benefit the environment. Surviving Climate Change in Italy Chestnut trees provide a key insight into how people can prepare for the […]
Franz Boas started Anthropology as a 4-field approach in the United States. Please, listen to the program below and answer the following questions: https://www.npr.org/2020/11/18/936346847/the-invention-of-race What is the meaning of the word eugenics? What is the source of his idea of cultural relativism? Why did he doubt the prevalent ideas about racial differences? How do his […]
