In his paper The Role of the Behavioral Scientist in the Civil Rights Movement, written in 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. Day talked to behavioral scientists in the United States. Please provide four instances of each concept of the person and the health logic, and elaborate on how these examples are like or unlike the […]
Overview It is time to take a virtual field trip! For this short answer assignment, visit any of the galleries in the Resources section for this week. Choose two cultural works that catch your attention, and respond to the prompt below. Prompt Craft your answer with the considerations below. Specifically, you must address the following […]
Building on previous research that shows people of different genders often communicate differently, an anthropologist has been studying how gendered communication affects family interactions. The anthropologist uses recorded conversations from participant families’ homes. The anthropologist also uses documentary footage of family interactions. The interactions are analyzed for information about gendered communication, power relationships, and connections […]
Anthropologists have been studying the role of soybean curd and related products in the culture of Hong Kong. The researchers interview people about how frequently they eat soybean products, where they eat them (at home or in restaurants), and during what time of day they eat them. The researchers also ask people about how they […]
An Inconvenient Truth Al Gore declares that there is a moral imperative to act to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. He suggests that the moral imperative derives from a duty we have to leave to future generations a planet as habitable as the one we inherited from our ancestors. What is […]
Esoteric and Neopagan NRM traditions tend to share a fascination with the individual “Self” as a focus of religious attention. Considering the various religious branches of Satanism and neopaganism, which among these do you feel offers the most in-depth exploration of the Self, and why (you may choose more than one)? Please illustrate your answer […]
This week, you read about “Body Ritual Among The Nacirema,” and in my lecture, I talked about how this article can help you understand the various aspects of the Nacirema. In order to do so, please take a look at the article and answer the questions that are related to it. After learning about the […]
The Stadel lion-human figurine and companies like Peugeot discussed in the Harari reading are all part of the culture, specifically the symbolic character of culture. Explain how each of these is an example of the symbolic nature of culture, drawing from both the Week 1 lecture and the Harari reading for your answer. Then explain […]
How is culture produced and reproduced? The social construction of reality is a framework that helps us begin to answer this question. Using the social construction of reality framework how food in one of the below case studies is connected with other facets of culture and how it plays a role in the production and […]
This discussion is designed to highlight the similarities and differences between how we personally define the term “culture” and how anthropologists understand the “culture concept”. How does your notion of culture compare to that of your peers and anthropologists? The aim is to get you to start thinking about how different ways of conceptualizing culture […]
