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Problem: What is the cultural myth surrounding the movie set?
What group (or groups) counts on your species and/or its habitat for their livelihood, both small-scale and large-scale? How do they gain economic benefit from
What can we learn from observing and studying primate behavior? What are the similarities between Bonobo and humans?
: Considering the new behaviors associated with bipedality, how would bipedality have expanded hominins' niche? Explain your answer
Problem: The concept of "race" is used by social scientists because:
For this assignment you should conduct an observation in a setting that you are familiar with (examples are a religious service, a coffee shop,
Problem: What is demographic fatigue? How is it expressed in a population?
Consider Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) controversy. Q-1: Discuss the different worldviews, myths, beliefs that are at work in this controversy.
Auto-ethnographic description of Starbucks coffee company that develops an ethnographic argument about its social life.
Describe the differences between the information acquired by relative dating techniques and chronometric dating techniques.
Assignment Task: 1. Reflect on your personal experience about: Have you ever being prejudiced towards someone?
Do Native people have 'special rights' over their reservations? If they don't, what kind of DO they have, and where did such rights originate?
Drawing on the module readings, briefly describe the field of anthropological linguistics and its' contributions to understanding foundations of human language
What are some prevailing theories for the origin of language? What can work with primates tell us about language acquisition?
Problem: What is one important trend in anthropology since the 1970s?
Problem: How has the traditional Nayar marriage practices changed in modern times?
Problem: How social institutions make culture feel so natural and stable?
Problem: What do the scientists bring with them when they meet the aliens?
What media did they use? And was it effective or not? Provide a long explanation with examples from the reading Cool Anthropology
Problem: Explain one concept of Dr. Johansen's lecture about discovering Lucy that you found important. Short answer
Using at least two case studies discuss some of the differences between serial killers and mass murderers.
Seeds were an important part of the diet of Western Desert peoples, and were largely collected by women. The film shows the labor-intensive process
Write a summary of The Political Economy Machinery: Toward A Critical Anthropology of Development as a Contested Capitalist Practice by P Neveling
Grew up in a Puerto Rican household. Reflect on how your parents modeled gender and mental health.
How does Douglas' notion of the pure and impure relate to Geertz's analysis of symbols?