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Agenda Review –Monaghan & Just –Podolefsky & Brown –Films –Mapping
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M & J
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By this point we have a good understanding of the first half of our Introductory text.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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M & J
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We discussed definitions of key vocabulary.
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M & J We discussed definitions of key vocabulary. We applied our knowledge of these terms by identifying and discussing examples from the film, “Promises.”
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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.
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fieldwork
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The hallmark of research in cultural anthropology, it usually involves long-term residence with the people being studied.
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ethnography
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The intensive and systematic description of a particular society; ethnographic information is usually collected through the method of long-term participant-observation fieldwork.
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colonialism
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The political, social, economic, and cultural domination of a territory and its people by a foreign power for an extended time.
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participant observation
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The primary research method of cultural anthropology, involving long-term observations conducted in natural settings.
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serendipitous discovery
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Unexpected, unplanned discovery.
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serendipitous discovery Unexpected, unplanned discovery. See Monaghan & Just, p. 19 for details.
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methodological, ethical, epistemological issues
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The ethnographic method contains many potential pitfalls.
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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.
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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. 25-33 for further details and specific examples.
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ethnocentrism
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The assumption that one’s own group’s lifestyle, values, and patterns of adaptation are superior to all others.
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emic
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The research strategy that focuses on native explanations and criteria of significance.
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etic
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The research strategy that emphasizes the observer’s rather than the natives’ explanations, categories, and criteria of significance.
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temporal/spatial context
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Historical details that locate an ethnography within time and space.
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temporal/spatial context Historical details that locate an ethnography within time and space. See Monaghan & Just, pp. 25-26 for more details.
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temporal/spatial isolation
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The lack of temporal/spatial context.
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acquired characteristics
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Any aspect of an individual that has not been inherited through biological means.
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acquired characteristics Any aspect of an individual that has not been inherited through biological means. See Monaghan & Just, pp. 34-35 for further details, specific examples, and discussion of the importance of this concept within cultural anthropology.
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psychophysics
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A field of study that focused on the study of how the characteristics of the observer determined the perception of physical phenomena.
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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. 36-37.
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classification/social categories/contestation
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Classification is the labeling and value- judging of different categories.
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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.
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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.
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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. 42-43 for details.
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ethnic group
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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.
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manifest function
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The reasons that natives offer for a custom.
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latent function
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A custom’s underlying function, often unperceived by natives.
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socialization
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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.
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cross-cultural
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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.
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total institution
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An organization that governs almost every facet of a person’s life.
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total institution An organization that governs almost every facet of a person’s life. See Monaghan & Just, pp. 62-63 for details.
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dualistic expectations
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Preconceived notions that precipitate categorization of societies or peoples strictly in terms of binary opposition.
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dualistic expectations Preconceived notions that precipitate categorization of societies or peoples strictly in terms of binary opposition. See Monaghan & Just, p. 68.
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P & B
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We have not discussed this text very thoroughly, but we have already covered the basics for two of its main themes:
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P & B We have not discussed this text very thoroughly, but we have already covered the basics for two of its main themes: –Fieldwork
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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
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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.
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Culture & Fieldwork
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Body Ritual Among the Nacerima by Horace Miller
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Culture & Fieldwork Body Ritual Among the Nacerima by Horace Miller Slumber’s Unexplored Landscape by Bruce Bower
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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
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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
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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
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Culture & Communication
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Shakespeare in the Bush by Laura Bohannan
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Culture & Communication Shakespeare in the Bush by Laura Bohannan To Give Up on Words: Silence in Western Apache Culture by Keith H. Basso
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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
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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
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Culture & Food
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Ancient Bodies, Modern Customs, and Our Health by Elizabeth D. Whitaker
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Culture & Food Ancient Bodies, Modern Customs, and Our Health by Elizabeth D. Whitaker Chinese Table Manners: You are How you Eat by Eugene Cooper
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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
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Culture & Agriculture
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The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race by Jared Diamond
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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
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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
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Culture & Race
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Race Without Color by Jared Diamond
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Culture & Race Race Without Color by Jared Diamond Official Statement on Race by the AAA
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Culture & Race Race Without Color by Jared Diamond Official Statement on Race by the AAA White Priviledge: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
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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
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Films Saudi Arabia Promises The Feast
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Mapping
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