1. AN203-057 15 July 2003 Welcome… Have a seat… We will begin at 6pm

2. Agenda

3. End of “Promises” video

4. Agenda End of “Promises” video Brief comments on the video

5. Agenda End of “Promises” video Brief comments on the video Review

6. Agenda End of “Promises” video Brief comments on the video Review Peer editing session – web journals

7. Agenda End of “Promises” video Brief comments on the video Review Peer editing session – web journals On-line Exhibition Review announcement

8. Agenda End of “Promises” video Brief comments on the video Review Peer editing session – web journals On-line Exhibition Review announcement Mapping group(s)

9. Agenda End of “Promises” video Brief comments on the video Review Peer editing session – web journals On-line Exhibition Review announcement Mapping group Films: “The Feast”

10. “Promises” More information about the film, the filmmakers, the children, and the conflict in Israel-Palestine may be found at the following URL: http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2001/promises/ index.html

11. “Promises”

12. As I mentioned before the film, I think it is an example of ethnography that could be useful for learning some the basic vocabulary and the key concepts of cultural anthropology.

13. “Promises” As I mentioned before the film, I think it is an example of ethnography that could be useful for learning some the basic vocabulary and the key concepts of cultural anthropology. We will review some terms and concepts from the reading; where applicable, examples from “Promises” will illustrate.

14. Review

15. A term will appear on the screen.

16. Review A term will appear on the screen. For each term, you will have a few moments to gather your thoughts before the definition appears.

17. Review A term will appear on the screen. For each term, you will have a few moments to gather your thoughts and make a few notes before the definition appears. Once the definition has been explained, you will have a few more moments to think of a specific example from “Promises” that illustrates the term/concept.

18. Sources The following list is a selective list of terms encountered in Monaghan & Just, pp. 1-74. The definitions come from three sources: –Monaghan & Just, Social & Cultural Anthropology. NY: Oxford, 2000. –Podolefsky & Brown, Applying Cultural Anthropology. 6 th Edition. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2003. –Kottak, Cultural Anthropology. 9 th Edition. NY: McGraw-Hill, 2002.

19. fieldwork

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

21. ethnography

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

23. colonialism

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

25. participant observation

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

27. serendipitous discovery

28. See Monaghan & Just, p. 19

29. methodological, ethical, epistemological issues

30. See Monaghan & Just, pp. 25-33

31. ethnocentrism

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

33. emic

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

35. etic

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

37. temporal/spatial isolation

38. See Monaghan & Just, pp. 25-26

39. temporal/spatial context

40. See Monaghan & Just, pp. 25-26

41. acquired characteristics

42. See Monaghan & Just, pp. 34-35

43. psychophysics

44. See Monaghan & Just, pp. 36-37

45. classification/social categories/contestation

46. See Monaghan & Just, pp. 42-43.

47. ideology

48. ethnic group

49. 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.

50. manifest function

51. The reasons that natives offer for a custom.

52. latent function

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

54. socialization

55. 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.

56. social identity

57. cross-cultural

58. 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.

59. total institution

60. See Monaghan & Just, pp. 62-63

61. dualistic expectations

62. See Monaghan & Just, p. 68

63. Film “The Feast” An ethnography by John Marshall About two Yanomamo tribes