Problem
A. What specific policies are transforming land use in Guinea? Why can these policies be categorized as neoliberal?
B. Based on the Guinea example from Wallace et al. (2014), how do people respond to neoliberal policies and how are these policies enforced?
C. Wallace et al. (2014) argue that the data to evaluate their ebola hypotheses are unavailable. How might an anthropologist contribute to our understanding of ebola transmission and outbreaks? What data could an anthropologist collect?
D. Why does George Monbiot argue that engaging in eco-friendly consumerism cannot solve the climate crisis, and how does he relate such consumerism to neoliberalism?
E. Do you think 'green' technology can solve the climate crisis? What are the arguments for and against investing in technology to sequester or reduce carbon emissions in industrial processes?
F. Using examples from your own life experience, discuss how neoliberal policy has affected health care and worker protections during the pandemic.
G. What is the brain drain, and how is it related to colonialism? Do we see a brain drain within certain communities in the United States as well? Provide examples.
H. What kind of international health infrastructure do Shamasunder et. al. (2020) believe would help prevent disease spread? How do the authors propose this new public health infrastructure should be funded?
I. How is Cuba's approach to health care different from the USA?
J. How does the United States government's economic policy toward Cuba affect the Cuban people? How does this policy compare to neoliberal economic policy?
K. What were the key motivations for the "Indian wars" of the United States, and do you feel these motivations persist in US policy and dominant US culture?
L. What is the significance of the "Indian Country" metaphor in the US military, and how might this influence soldier attitudes and culture in the USA?
M. What was the Human Terrain System and do you think anthropologists should participate in such projects? Why/Why not?
N. a. What was the purpose of American Indian boarding schools? b. Do you see institutionalized education used similarly today?
O. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, how has US colonial culture appropriated and fetishized native culture?