EXAMPLE 1 Prompt A: This research falls under cultural anthropology which deals with human biology and behavior in the past and present, with an emphasis on the evolutionary processes that shape them. This field of study encompasses a wide range of topics such as the study of human fossils, the genetic and physiological differences between […]
Discuss a specific solution to the Challenge of Surveying U.S. Latinos, make a recommendation to address this, and discuss why your recommendation would work. What if any demographic changes do you see in Latino/a populations: where are they moving, are they moving away from traditional areas, are they living in urban or rural settings, what […]
How can the concept of ’emergent authenticity” be used, or how is it used, to understand the significance of the production of local cultural forms for tourist consumption as discussed in the Cohodas and Medina readings? In your response, you should consider: 1) Cohodas’ discussion of the local significance of Elizabeth Hickox’s production of curio […]
A lot of the opposition to same-sex families comes from religious people who consider these families as violating their religious beliefs (about the meaning and purpose of marriage). Do you think a multicultural society should base its definition of marriage on a religious foundation? What does anthropology tell us about the purpose and function of […]
Drawing from the readings of this assignment. What will be the future implications for attempting to advance and modernize cultures that don’t need or benefit from our development, and will this have an impact on the global economy? Will other societies come up with a better solution, and will there be new evolutionary adaptions that […]
This week, we’ve learned about anthropological and historical perspectives on the cultural construction of gender and sexuality, as well as changing frameworks for understanding the complexities of sex itself. As described in the lecture, anthropologists talk about gender as a performance, rather than simply identity. We do gender according to norms, roles, and ideologies that […]
Students can comment on especially the social, behavioral, ideological (e.g. beliefs), and very personal aspects of the material culture around them, which they are of course noticing more because of the emphasis in an archaeology class. You might consider these questions about the material of your everyday life: Questions: 1. what different artifacts did you […]
Anthropology in informing policy and policymakers. What is the role of anthropology in social advocacy and community engagement? What is the role of applied anthropology in community needs and impact assessment? Please provide examples of social, political, health, and environmental policies and agendas that applied Anthropology could have a greater impact. What is policy and […]
Before the discoveries of Gregor Mendel, Darwin hypothesized that the characteristics of the father and mother intermingled in the offspring. What was this idea called at the time? What discovery, first made by Mendel and later scientists such as Thomas Hunt Morgan, proved his hypothesis to be wrong?
Search online for one quality website that provides information about logic models. There are many different types of models, so pick a logic model that you like. Some websites actually provide tools for developing logic models and these may be more helpful than others. Post your findings with an annotation of how your chosen logic […]
