How is identity related to culture? Compare three different cultures in terms of how identity is formulated.
How is identity related to culture? Compare three different cultures in terms of how identity is formulated.
Category: Anthropology
Describe the ethical risks in anthropological fieldwork. What are the ethical obligations of an anthropologist?
Essay Topic: Describe the ethical risks in anthropological fieldwork. What are the ethical obligations of an anthropologist?
How has DNA contributed to our understanding of transition of human evolution?Discuss
Topic: How has DNA contributed to our understanding of transition of human evolution?
What contemporary Euro-American dating/courtship and marriage practices do you recognize in the history of Euro-American kinship and gender, particularly in terms of hypergamy, endogamy and the double standard?Discuss
Discussion 3 Anthropologists have noted connections between a woman’s “purity,” the development of social classes and hierarchy in Eurasian cultures, family honor, and women’s connections to property. Summarize how different anthropologists have explained these connections (note: pay particular attention to Stone’s discussion of Goody, Schlegel and Ortner in developing your response). What contemporary Euro-American dating/courtship […]
What is the role of historical narrative (or agodzaahi) in Apache culture? Support your explanation with a story or narrative from Chapter 2.Discuss
Description Read Chapter 1 and 2. “Quoting the Ancestors” and Stalking with Stories” in the book Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache by Keith Basso. Try to avoid simply answering the questions without linking the topics or themes together What is place-making? (Chapter 1) With Charles Henry and Morely Comrwell […]
Is the law useful for the resolution of disputes?Discuss
Is the law useful for the resolution of disputes?
Explain why the new finding(s)/topic is/are important and place it in a broader context of the scientific literature (with hyperlinks to other journal articles) and societal interests/current affairs.
Write an article aimed at a high school-age audience. The article must be clearly grounded in the field of comparative cognition and culture. Write an article that would be engaging to the general public as if you were a science writer working for The Conversation, The Atlantic or National Geographic. The article might be focused […]
Explain why the topic is important and place it in a broader context of the scientific literature (with hyperlinks to other journal articles) and/or societal interests/current affairs.
Write an ‘analysis and comment’ style article aimed at a high school age audience about the differences between two high achieving educational systems (Finland and Korea) that employ very different methods of teaching i.e. Finland’s shorter days and fewer exams compared to Korea’s more rigorous exam culture. The article must be clearly grounded in the […]
Compare and contrast the ideas of Smuts, Hrdy, Harris, Fox and Chapais on the evolutionary origins of human kinship. What is your position on each of the theories discussed?
Discussion 2 Compare and contrast the ideas of Smuts, Hrdy, Harris, Fox and Chapais on the evolutionary origins of human kinship. What is your position on each of the theories discussed? For each discussion forum the following are expected: Initial posting of 150-250 words Refer specifically to the assigned readings and/or video in your posts.
Address how the site was discovered, and the processes and techniques used to find and excavate the site during its first excavation in 1995 by Klaus Schmidt.
This paper is about the excavation of the Gobekli Tepe. The paper must address how the site was discovered, and the processes and techniques used to find and excavate the site during its first excavation in 1995 by Klaus Schmidt. The paper is for an archaeology course so please keep that in mind when writing.