On an unrelated note, here is a posting from Savage Minds (i.e., the best Anthro blog out there) regarding “how anthropology and the occupy movement” overlap. http://savageminds.org/2011/10/21/academia-and-ows-an-open-thread/ Academia and #OWS: An open thread by Kerim on October 21st, 2011 There have been a couple of good posts online about the links between anthropology and the Occupy Wall Street protests. [...]
In my search to find sites that Make Anthro Public, I found a real winner today at http://anthro.pophago.us/. Rather than describe it, I’ll allow suspense and the following definition to lead the way. anthropophagy can refer to: human cannibalism human consumption (that is, the tendency of certain animals, such as leeches or trichinae, to eat or similarly harm humans) [...]
Why might POLYGAMY be as common as it is? The general term “polygamy” is often used as is in the form of a man married to many women. In truth, there are several forms of alternative marriage arrangements in the world. Three most common ones are when one man is married to many women (Polygyny), [...]
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Do men and women really talk differently? If so, can they “communicate”? How can understanding the work of DeSaussure help us today? I would say that every person talks differently, but the differences in how the genders communicate are very unique. In the Maltz and Borker article “A cultural Approach to Male-female Miscommunication”, they point out [...]
Is Ebonics a language? According to Rickford it is. Ebonics is just like a language in that it has a structure, grammar and vocal inflexions that all have particular meanings and rules of usage. Ebonics is a newly formed and widely spreading language that often is mixed into English and other languages and self-expressions for [...]
Does Race exist? Is it valuable to continue discussions of racism? If Franz Boas (One of the fathers of Anthropology) defined much of these issues 100 years ago, why are we redefining them now? Race exists in the sense of inherit cultural ideas of races rather than a biological fact. “Race without Color” article by Jared Diamond [...]
Miner’s “Body Ritual among the Nacirema“ The Nacirema article from the AAA (American Anthropological Association) website and other links at the bottom of the paper.www.msu.edu/~jdowell/miner.html - 42k – Cached What was the point of the Nacirema article? The Nacirema or “American” article pointed out the ethnocentric mind set of people in “civilized and advanced societies”. [...]
http://cultureinscribed.wordpress.com/ From the Culture Inscribed blog, I read a write up they did on a Panel at California State University of Fresno where they had professionals and students engaging the issue of what has been learned about the five-year war in Iraq. Go and read the blog and see if you think Americans have learned anything from [...]
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These are other peoples understanding and arguments about this controverisal debate. Read these Nature vs Nurture articles and see where you stand on the issues of biology and psychology influences. http://chronicle.com/free/v47/i04/04b00701.htm http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/psychology/nature_nurture.html http://home.att.net/~xchar/tna/ledoux.htm What is the Nature/Nurture dichotomy? Is it helpful to discuse and what do you think? Nature is the biological and physical aspects of human development [...]
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“The Worst Mistake In The History Of The Human Race” by Jared Diamond (PDF/Adobe Acrobat) View as HTML Easter’s End by Jared Diamond- example of a study about a vanished civilization www.environnement.ens.fr/perso/claessen/agriculture/mistake_jared_diamond.pdf http://discovermagazine.com/1995/aug/eastersend543 Do you agree with Diamond? Was the Neolithic revolution our worst mistake? Can Technology save us from ourselves? Diamonds perspective on human [...]
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Is the equality between the sexes in the US? Will there ever be equality between the sexes in the US? No. It is possible that in the future, there could be equality between the sexes but there would have to be a lot more equality between other differences as well. It might not be [...]
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Garfinkel’s Agnes was a report on a project about socialized gender and what would allow Agnes to pass as a “normal” women. This particular story will bend your mind around the idea of gender biologically, socially and personally. Article: garfinkels-story-of-agnes.doc What does Garfinkel’s Agnes teach us about gender? [...]
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