Agenda Review –Monaghan & Just –Podolefsky & Brown –Films –Mapping

M & J

By this point we have a good understanding of the first half of our Introductory text.

M & J By this point we have a good understanding of the first half of our Introductory text. Chapter One focused on the primary method of cultural anthropologists.

M & J By this point we have a good understanding of the first half of our Introductory text. Chapter One focused on the primary method of cultural anthropologists. Chapter Two focused on culture.

M & J By this point we have a good understanding of the first half of our Introductory text. Chapter One focused on the primary method of cultural anthropologists. Chapter Two focused on culture. Chapter Three focused on society.

M & J

We discussed definitions of key vocabulary.

M & J We discussed definitions of key vocabulary. We applied our knowledge of these terms by identifying and discussing examples from the film, “Promises.”

M & J We discussed definitions of key vocabulary. We applied our knowledge of these terms by identifying and discussing examples from the film, “Promises.” I will quickly run through these terms for the sake of review… because we have already discussed them in some detail, you should save your questions for office hours.

fieldwork

The hallmark of research in cultural anthropology, it usually involves long-term residence with the people being studied.

ethnography

The intensive and systematic description of a particular society; ethnographic information is usually collected through the method of long-term participant-observation fieldwork.

colonialism

The political, social, economic, and cultural domination of a territory and its people by a foreign power for an extended time.

participant observation

The primary research method of cultural anthropology, involving long-term observations conducted in natural settings.

serendipitous discovery

Unexpected, unplanned discovery.

serendipitous discovery Unexpected, unplanned discovery. See Monaghan & Just, p. 19 for details.

methodological, ethical, epistemological issues

The ethnographic method contains many potential pitfalls.

methodological, ethical, epistemological issues The ethnographic method contains many potential pitfalls. Some of these pitfalls are epistemological in nature, and some are ethical in nature.

methodological, ethical, epistemological issues The ethnographic method contains many potential pitfalls. Some of these pitfalls are epistemological in nature, and some are ethical in nature. See Monaghan & Just, pp for further details and specific examples.

ethnocentrism

The assumption that one’s own group’s lifestyle, values, and patterns of adaptation are superior to all others.

emic

The research strategy that focuses on native explanations and criteria of significance.

etic

The research strategy that emphasizes the observer’s rather than the natives’ explanations, categories, and criteria of significance.

temporal/spatial context

Historical details that locate an ethnography within time and space.

temporal/spatial context Historical details that locate an ethnography within time and space. See Monaghan & Just, pp for more details.

temporal/spatial isolation

The lack of temporal/spatial context.

acquired characteristics

Any aspect of an individual that has not been inherited through biological means.

acquired characteristics Any aspect of an individual that has not been inherited through biological means. See Monaghan & Just, pp for further details, specific examples, and discussion of the importance of this concept within cultural anthropology.

psychophysics

A field of study that focused on the study of how the characteristics of the observer determined the perception of physical phenomena.

psychophysics A field of study that focused on the study of how the characteristics of the observer determined the perception of physical phenomena. See Monaghan & Just, pp

classification/social categories/contestation

Classification is the labeling and value- judging of different categories.

classification/social categories/contestation Classification is the labeling and value- judging of different categories. Social categories result from the classification of people within a society.

classification/social categories/contestation Classification is the labeling and value- judging of different categories. Social categories result from the classification of people within a society. Contestation is a means of resisting the authorities who name the social categories.

classification/social categories/contestation Classification is the labeling and value- judging of different categories. Social categories result from the classification of people within a society. Contestation is a means of resisting the authorities who name the social categories. See Monaghan & Just, pp for details.

ethnic group

A group of people within larger society with a distinct cultural or historical identity; ethnicity is a common mechanism of social separation in complex, heterogeneous societies.

manifest function

The reasons that natives offer for a custom.

latent function

A custom’s underlying function, often unperceived by natives.

socialization

The development, through the influence of parents and others, of patterns of thought and behavior in children that conform to beliefs and values of a particular culture.

cross-cultural

A standard form of anthropological analysis using the comparison of traditions and practices from different societies; cross- cultural research explores cultural variations by using ethnographic data from many societies.

total institution

An organization that governs almost every facet of a person’s life.

total institution An organization that governs almost every facet of a person’s life. See Monaghan & Just, pp for details.

dualistic expectations

Preconceived notions that precipitate categorization of societies or peoples strictly in terms of binary opposition.

dualistic expectations Preconceived notions that precipitate categorization of societies or peoples strictly in terms of binary opposition. See Monaghan & Just, p. 68.

P & B

We have not discussed this text very thoroughly, but we have already covered the basics for two of its main themes:

P & B We have not discussed this text very thoroughly, but we have already covered the basics for two of its main themes: –Fieldwork

P & B We have not discussed this text very thoroughly, but we have already covered the basics for two of its main themes: –Fieldwork –Culture

P & B We have not discussed this text very thoroughly, but we have already covered the basics for two of its main themes: –Fieldwork –Culture What remains to be done is to situate the individual case studies from the reader within the framework that we have already created.

Culture & Fieldwork

Body Ritual Among the Nacerima by Horace Miller

Culture & Fieldwork Body Ritual Among the Nacerima by Horace Miller Slumber’s Unexplored Landscape by Bruce Bower

Culture & Fieldwork Body Ritual Among the Nacerima by Horace Miller Slumber’s Unexplored Landscape by Bruce Bower Tricking and Tripping: Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of AIDS by Claire E. Sterk

Culture & Fieldwork Body Ritual Among the Nacerima by Horace Miller Slumber’s Unexplored Landscape by Bruce Bower Tricking and Tripping: Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of AIDS by Claire E. Sterk Crack in Spanish Harlem by Philippe Bourgois

Culture & Fieldwork Body Ritual Among the Nacerima by Horace Miller Slumber’s Unexplored Landscape by Bruce Bower Tricking and Tripping: Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of AIDS by Claire E. Sterk Crack in Spanish Harlem by Philippe Bourgois Corporate Anthropologists by Jennifer J. Laabs

Culture & Communication

Shakespeare in the Bush by Laura Bohannan

Culture & Communication Shakespeare in the Bush by Laura Bohannan To Give Up on Words: Silence in Western Apache Culture by Keith H. Basso

Culture & Communication Shakespeare in the Bush by Laura Bohannan To Give Up on Words: Silence in Western Apache Culture by Keith H. Basso A Cultural Approach to Male-Female Miscommunication by Daniel N. Maltz and Ruth Borker

Culture & Communication Shakespeare in the Bush by Laura Bohannan To Give Up on Words: Silence in Western Apache Culture by Keith H. Basso A Cultural Approach to Male-Female Miscommunication by Daniel N. Maltz and Ruth Borker Suite for Ebony and Phonics by John R. Rickford

Culture & Food

Ancient Bodies, Modern Customs, and Our Health by Elizabeth D. Whitaker

Culture & Food Ancient Bodies, Modern Customs, and Our Health by Elizabeth D. Whitaker Chinese Table Manners: You are How you Eat by Eugene Cooper

Culture & Food Ancient Bodies, Modern Customs, and Our Health by Elizabeth D. Whitaker Chinese Table Manners: You are How you Eat by Eugene Cooper Culture and the Evolution of Obesity by Peter J. Brown

Culture & Agriculture

The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race by Jared Diamond

Culture & Agriculture The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race by Jared Diamond The Domestication of Wood in Haiti: A Case Study in Applied Evolution by Gerald F. Murray

Culture & Agriculture The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race by Jared Diamond The Domestication of Wood in Haiti: A Case Study in Applied Evolution by Gerald F. Murray Two Rights Make a Wrong: Indigenous Peoples Versus Environmental Protection Agencies by Richard Reed

Culture & Race

Race Without Color by Jared Diamond

Culture & Race Race Without Color by Jared Diamond Official Statement on Race by the AAA

Culture & Race Race Without Color by Jared Diamond Official Statement on Race by the AAA White Priviledge: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh

Culture & Race Race Without Color by Jared Diamond Official Statement on Race by the AAA White Priviledge: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh Of Kwanza, Cinco de Mayo, and Whispering: The Need for Intercultural Education by Deborah Freedman Lustig

Films Saudi Arabia Promises The Feast

Mapping