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In this chapter, Holmes discusses three ethnographic case studies: Abelino's knee, Crescencio's headache, and Bernardo's stomachache.
Explain the difference between speed and velocity, including instantaneous speed and instantaneous velocity.
Discuss how varying societal notions of race (in film Jamaica and Tamarindo) in different places can be used to make an argument for their cultural construction
Why assessing island environmental vulnerabilities is important in risk management for island communities. Cite examples from your readings.
Problem: Why is the concept of intelligence problematic? Give three detailed reasons and examples from your text or the lectures.
Problem: What is the purpose of cultural anthropology?
Explain three reasons behind the continuous operation of Mining companies in the Philippines. Discuss each reason by relating them to the current conditions.
how anthropologists approach violence and warfare; we have long studied this issue and have developed a number of theories
Have you ever eaten tepary beans? These are incredibly drought-resistant beans that have been a staple food grown by Tohono O'Odham in the Southwest.
How did this commodification of persons evolve and develop from colonial through early national periods to facilitate increasing commodification of agriculture?
What is the political organization among the Kpelle? How is justice determined in this case? In your society, if a cow (or another valued commodity) was damaged
Define in your own words, what we mean by monoculture agriculture vs. polyculture crops. Include one benefit and one drawback of each.
Discuss whether such events are evidence of a growing loss of "empathy" in our society and how we can account for the differences between our society and others
What is coal? How is it formed? What is it formed from? What is the difference between a body fossil and a trace fossil?
What implications does this issue have for the economy? What topics would you have to learn about to understand the issue in greater detail?
What is the difference between R and K selective? Provide an example of a K specialist species and an R specialist species.
Is evaporative cooling effective in dairy cow housing? What would be your preferred system for animal heat abatement?
Problem: What is the impact of technology on sex, gender, and sexuality?
Compare that to what will happen to social systems if climate change progresses in the business as usual or runaway climate change scenarios.
Why is air pollution considered a negative externality?. How much does air pollution cost the Canadian economy?
What is the relation between nature and women, according to feminism? What is the meaning of the killing of the deer in Warren's essay?
Describe how the material presented in this module has affected the way you think about the classification or categorization of "biological sex."
describe one example Boroditsky gives in the video of how speakers in other cultures perceive the world differently. How would an English speaker perceive
Emily Martin researched gendered construction and understanding of the human egg and sperm.
Discuss what the tool changes were between the Middle Stone Age to the Later Stone Age. How did this increase or decrease the "fitness" of early modern humans?