Anthropolgy

How are gender and age used by different groups in different ways to organize society, the division of labor, and governance?

Part One | Are gender and age cultural or biological phenomena? How are gender and age used by different groups in different ways to organize society, the division of labor, and governance? Use specific examples from readings and lectures, and cite at least two course texts (can include Eriksen). Part Two | What is kinship, […]

Write an annotated bibliography on an anthropological work on the spatial movement and mobility of people, things, and ideas.

Write an annotated bibliography on an anthropological work on the spatial movement and mobility of people, things, and ideas. Anthropologists have productively used movement, travel, and other action-oriented tropes and metaphors (flows, traffic, circulation) as heuristics through which to understand everything ( give examples of anthropological work used movement in relation medical anthropology.

Explore and assess a significant issue in Los Angeles and how the faith community responds to these Women’s contribution to the mission in the city/church.

The Praxis of Their Work in the City Ethnography research is a relational experience that entails observing people in their natural settings. However, with the method of ethnography and theology of urban mission in mind, this paper should seek to explore and assess a significant issue in Los Angeles and how the faith community responds […]

Write a 2-3 page (500-750 words) book review from a reading on a nonfiction book of your choosing, that is relevant to the topic of medical anthropology.

Nonfiction book review: Read a nonfiction book of your choosing, that is relevant to the topic of medical anthropology. Then, write a 2-3 page (500-750 words) book review. This will be similar to a book review in an academic journal: first, summarize the book’s content in detail, then offer your own opinion on it, such […]

Describe Kenneth Good’s experiences studying the Yanomamo. How did his relationships with the villagers change over time?

This week, we are focusing on ethnology and ethnography. These are the methods that cultural anthropologists use to conduct their studies of other societies- documenting the unknown, answering questions about how a particular society is structured (culturally, religiously, politically, and economically), and preserving cultural aspects of (commonly) isolated cultures before they are disrupted by modernization, […]

How did Gomberg-Muñoz become interested in this project? What are her two primary arguments in the book?

Assignment #1: Preface, Introduction, chapters 1-2 How did Gomberg-Muñoz become interested in this project? What are her two primary arguments in the book? How is this fieldwork different from typical anthropological ethnography fieldwork (especially consider legal status and ethnography within U.S.)? What ethical dilemmas does the author face? Why does she spend time in both […]

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