Category: Anthropology

Please read chapters 1 and 3 attached – choose 2 questions below and answer using quotes and examples from the readings to back up your points.

1. With which thinker, or which view of the original state of humanity in nature, (Rousseau or Hobbes) do you most agree with? Why? Provide examples (ideally from the readings)

2. Why do you think that most western and indigenous children, upon having had experience living among the Indigenous and the settler communities and eventually faced with the choice of where to continue living, chose to live in the indigenous villages? What potential reasons are mentioned in the reading?

3. What critique do Graeber and Wengrow have of grand historical narratives?

4. What sections or specific quotes strike you from the readings? Why? Did you have any insights? Please share 1-3 insights

5. Please describe some examples that Wengrow and Graeber provide that challenge theories of clearcut stages or progressions of socio-political development. Clearly cite the examples from the reading.

This is a high school assignment, so please use clear and simple vocabulary that is appropriate for a high school level.

Read the attached PDF and write two well-developed paragraphs. In the first paragraph, summarize the key takeaways from the excerpt, focusing specifically on the main arguments Marx presents. What are the central points he is making in this short reading? In the second paragraph, discuss any questions that arose while reading. Additionally, explain what Marx means by the term metabolic relationship and how it connects to his broader argument.

term Paper about perspectives of western medicine, APA, use 3 peer-reviewed published ,sources Organization You do not need to use sub-headings however your term paper should have structure and will include the following components: 1. The Introduction is where you will introduce your topic via a thesis statement or a statement of problem. 2. The Background provides the reader with technical, historical and/or contextual information relevant to your topic. 3. The Body is where you will critically evaluate the information you found and use it to support and/or answer your research question. 4. The Conclusion summarizes your findings and how they support the thesis statement in the introduction. 5. The Discussion presents the implications of your research and/or suggests future avenues for research

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The assigned article Beyond “Culture”: Space, Identity, and the Politics of Difference by Indian postcolonial scholar Akhil Gupta and American critical anthropologist James Ferguson critiques how Anthropologys use of culture has failed to fully explain the politics of cultural differences and their production. Challenging the notion of culture as a fixed, geographically bounded phenomenonsuch as in Geertzs workthey argue that the concept of culture itself shapes imaginaries of space and belonging, a perspective also supported by Soekefeld. In Modules 1 and 2, we debunked the idea that culture alone determines identity within a specific locality. While focusing on the individual is one way to theorize culture, Gupta and Ferguson push us to examine how hierarchies of race, class, and gender are constructed and legitimized through cultural narratives. For instance, Trumps previous and current rhetoric on immigrationframing it as a threat to the purity of American cultureillustrates how ideas around culture (which often correlates with nationhood in political rhetoric) can be deployed to justify exclusion and assert superiority. For this modules assignment, please address the following: Define the cultural critique approach in Anthropology. Explain the following quote using a cultural critique lens: For if one begins with the premise that spaces have always been hierarchically interconnected, instead of naturally disconnected, that cultural and social change becomes not a matter of cultural contact and articulation but one of rethinking differences through connection (Gupta & Ferguson 1992: 8). Briefly explain how Foucault theorizes power.

Instructions

Race is a powerful and contentious topic in today’s society. Anthropologists have taken great care to address issues of race and ethnicity throughout history, however other anthropologists help racist ideas and resolved to develop a science of race. For this journal kindly Access the website and explore Race is not Genetic and Lived Experiences.

Be sure to read Chapter 2 Race and review the following video:

Then answer the following questions:

• How does anthropology, as a discipline, define race?
• Explain why it is difficult to use biological characteristics to categorize people into races.
• Reflect on how the racial perception of other nationalities can impact your everyday life.

Other resources of interest:

AAA Statement on Race. 1998. American Anthropologist 100 (3): 712-13. .

Democracy Now! 2023. Inside the Smithsonians Racial Brain Collection & the Eugenics Project Behind It.

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Section V of your final project allows you to think broadly about using methods of cultural anthropology to understand other cultures as well as your own culture. Part of this section involves conducting an interview with one of your film’s characters, and part of this interview is understanding the system of power surrounding your character. Remember that power comes from a variety of sources including kinship systems, social relationships, economic standing, religion, and politics.

Compose your initial post as if you were conducting this interview. In your initial post, be sure to do the following: Film: Black Panther

• Identify the film.
• Name the character from the film.
• Briefly summarize the role of the character in the film.
• Compose at least five questions that would help you gain a better understanding of the character’s cultural practices, including the character’s position within some expression of power in the film.
• Explain how those questions would help you gain a better understanding of the character’s cultural practices, including the character’s position within some expression of power in the film.
• Remember to practice the principles of cultural relativism.

This assignment gives you the opportunity to receive feedback on your analysis of one of the three concepts you plan to use to explain the behavior of a character in one of scenes of the film for your final project.

Prompt

Film: Black Panther

In Section IV of the final project, you will use three to explain the behavior of the characters in three scenes of the film. In this assignment, you will choose one of these concepts to analyze and receive feedback on. Use the feedback you receive from this milestone as you work on your final project submission.

1. Anthropological Concept: Explain the influence of one of your anthropological concepts on a characters behavior in a specific scene in the film.
2. Cultural Relativism: Practice the principles of cultural relativism, particularly focusing on the following:
3. Using respectful language when describing your observations of characters behavior and cultures.
4. Avoid making judgments about the characters based on your own beliefs or cultural norms; remain objective.
5. Remain objective when comparing and contrasting cultures, and avoid saying that one culture is better than another.

you will be asked to compose responses to two questions below using good essay (expository multiparagraph) form. Each response worth one-half the value of the exam should be ~800 words in length. You are expected to refer to and cite relevant materials to support your claims and arguments whenever and wherever possible, the intext citation need to have actual page. Acceptable citation styles is APA.

Question #1:

Discuss the influence of the concepts of reason and secularism (including the scientific revolution) on anthropological theories and theorizing in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Question #2:

At the end of the 19th century Freud proposed the notion of the subconscious and argued that the relationship between the individual and society was antagonistic. Critically evaluate his analysis with reference to relevant anthropological theory of the time.

Written requirements:

Submission reveals a comprehensive, in depth, understanding and mastery of data and theory. Extremely well written; very tightly argued and logically structure; grammatically correct. Very good use of sources and data; shows awareness of differing points of view; presents the resolution of convincing synthesis, reflecting initiative and originality. Citations are well chosen and consistently presented in an accepted format. A markedly superior performance.

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