Ann Dunham has worked for an extended period in Indonesia and is known as an expert in in micro-finance. Micro-finance gives credits to small business owners. Ann Dunham married an immigrant from Kenia. The marriage was short-lived. She had a son in her first marriage and her son Barak Obama is of course much more […]
David Graeber is an American Anthropologist who is known for his involvement in the Occupy Movement. Earlier in this course you learned about his last book he wrote with the British Archeologist David Wengrow. Please, watch the interview below. Part 1: View the video above and complete the questions below: What was the starting point […]
As you read Scott you’ll notice how he uses archeological research to comment and analyse the phenomina of early societies which continue define the problems of the modern era. Comment on some of these issues which include: the origins of disease in domestication the poverty of the cereal diet the disaster of a monocultural approach […]
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY For this essay, you will do a comparative close reading of two different scholarly anthropology articles . Criteria for choosing articles and tips on how to find them are given below. A “close reading” is a kind of textual analysis that pays close attention to language and rhetoric. In this case, I want […]
Watch Cat Tales(episode 2) from Dog and Cat Tales Question: Just because humans interfere in the breeding process, doesn’t mean that evolutionary forces have stopped working. Using one example from Cat Tales, explain how one of the four evolutionary forces discussed in the textbook can be at work at the same time as artificial selection. […]
Using the information from Cat Tales(episode 2) from Dog and Cat Tales (video file attached-voice only). Explain the process that caused cats to become the pets we know of today. Include the various lines of evidence included in the video.
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
Using chapters 12-16 from, WTF? What’s the Future by Tim O’Reilly, you’ll create a report that critically analyzes chapters 12-16. In terms of structure, the report needs to be critical and comparative. That is, it should include: *a) a clear introduction that identifies the title and author the readings being reviewed along with an indication […]
The modern United States is an example of a market economy; the peoples of the Trobriand Islands, or the Kawelka of New Guinea are examples of gift economies. Explain some ways that relations between people tend to be different in each kind of economy?
culture anthropology Quote and Question Paper on “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down” by Anne Fadiman. Briefly describe who the Hmong are and then go on to describe the experience of the Lee family and the conflict of cultures presented in the text. (150 to 250 words) a. Choose a quote from the […]
