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1ANT 101 To exceed, you must read/Uophelpdotcom
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2ANT 101 Entire Course (Ash course)
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- ANT 101 Week 1 DQ 1 Cultural Relativism
- ANT 101 Week 1 DQ 2 Studying Culture
- ANT 101 Week 2 DQ 1 Foraging Societies
- ANT 101 Week 2 DQ 2 Economic Concerns
- ANT 101 Week 2 Critical Thinking Paper Kinship
Organizations - ANT 101 Week 3 DQ 1 Social Organization
- ANT 101 Week 3 DQ 2 Doing Business with Family
- ANT 101 Week 3 Rough Draft of Final Cultural
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3ANT 101 Week 1 DQ 1 Cultural Relativism (Ash
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- Cultural Relativism. Cultural Anthropology gives
three distinct meanings of cultural relativism a
moral stance that requires anthropologists to
suspend moral and ethical judgments when
interacting with a culture different from their
own, a methodological strategy that allows the
anthropologist to pay specific attention to the
uniqueness of a culture, and an epistemological
position that cultures are unique and therefore
knowledge about different cultures is almost
inherently not comparable. (Sec. 1.3). - In your forum contribution
- a. Discuss what you see as the strengths and
weaknesses of each of these three kinds of
relativism. - b. Identify one belief or practice in another
culture that you find puzzling, strange, or
troubling, and then discuss the extent that
cultural relativism is a useful approach to
understanding and interacting with the people who
hold it. -
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4ANT 101 Week 1 DQ 2 Studying Culture (Ash course)
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- Studying Culture. Choose one of the "Consider
This" boxes that Nowak and Laird present us with
in Chapters 1 and 2 of Cultural Anthropology, or
discuss the topics below from the film Margaret
Mead Coming of Age, available in the Films On
Demand database, in the Ashford Online Library. - The topics covered are
- a. Whether the UN's Universal Declaration of
Human Rights should be applicable to all cultures - b. Whether it is possible to truly view a culture
without being influenced by the cultural
constructs of our own culture -
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5ANT 101 Week 2 Critical Thinking Paper Kinship
Organizations (Ash course)
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- Assignments
- 1. Due by Day 7. Critical Thinking Paper
Kinship Organizations. Kinship systems in
Foraging and Horticultural based societies
provide support for people in all stages of their
life. Address the following in a two- to
three-page paper - a. Identify and describe the kinship system of
one of the cultures listed below. These cultures
are found in Chapters 3 and 4 of Cultural
Anthropology. - Australian Aborigines
- Btsisi
- Inuit of the Artic
- Iroquois
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6ANT 101 Week 2 DQ 1 Foraging Societies (Ash
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- Foraging Societies. Answer one of the following
four questions posed by Nowak and Laird, in
Cultural Anthropology, at the very end of Chapter
3 - a. What can we learn from studying foraging
societies? Is there anything we can learn
regarding our relationship to the environment, or
our family members, for example? - b. What is the ethnographic present? Do you think
that the use of the ethnographic present in the
film The Gods Must Be Crazy is appropriate, or do
you think Lee's criticisms are valid? - c. Do you think the view of many anthropologists
(pre1970s) that men's hunting activities are
more highly valued than women's gathering
activities is a culturally biased perspective
based on Eurocentric notions that men are the
family "breadwinners"? Do you think this view is
outdated (based both on more recent ethnographic
information and changes in American culture)? -
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7ANT 101 Week 2 DQ 2 Economic Concerns (Ash course)
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- Economic Concerns. You have two choices for this
discussion. - a. Choose one of the following questions raised
by Nowak and Laird in their "Consider This"
boxes, in Chapter 4, of Cultural Anthropology. Be
sure to indicate at the outset which question you
are answering. Read the original question and
relevant information in Chapter 4 before
answering the question you choose. Your answer
should give clear examples, include
cross-cultural comparison, and demonstrate
critical thinking and analysis. Build on the
ideas and terminology in the text and your own
ideas to support your answers. - i. What is the traditional sexual division of
labor in American culture? Is it undergoing a
transformation? Among Btsisi, women and men are
respected for the tasks they perform. Do you
think this is the case in the United States? - ii. How does the location of your home, and the
concentration of the population within a
particular area, relate to your mode of
production? Has this changed in our North
American culture over time? Can you predict a
time when, as a society, where we live will not
be dictated by our modes of production? -
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8ANT 101 Week 3 DQ 1 Social Organization (Ash
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- Social Organization. Watch Blood Bonds, available
in the Films On Demand database, in the Ashford
Online Library. Describe the correlation between
arranged marriage, economic exchanges surrounding
marriage (bridewealth, bride service, dowry,
etc.), status of women, family pressures, and
other factors you can think of and the stability
of marriage. Based on your reading of the
textbook and the film, what are the disadvantages
of different forms of marriages? Do you think
they can be as successful as marriages of choice?
Which form of marriage do you have the hardest
time understanding? -
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9ANT 101 Week 3 DQ 2 Doing Business with Family
(Ash course)
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- Doing Business with Family. Nowak and Laird's
Applying Anthropology 6.2 box, in Cultural
Anthropology, proposes the following question - The familiar saying never do business with
family advises against the practices used in
many of the chiefdom societies discussed in this
chapter. This old saying implies that doing
business with family will create conflict,
whereas chiefdom societies welcome and encourage
such close-knit economic exchanges as a way of
preventing conflict. In fact, in an interesting
article on family businesses, Bertrand and Schoar
comment on how cultures based on strong family
ties can have a negative impact on economic
development. The reasoning is that the more we
are taught to count on our kinship and family
ties, the less likely we are to trust those
outside our family networks, which greatly
prohibits the development of larger economic
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10ANT 101 Week 3 Rough Draft of Final Cultural
Research Paper (Ash course)
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- Assignments
- 1. Due by Day 7. Rough Draft of Final Cultural
Research Paper. To ensure that you are properly
prepared for your Final Cultural Research Paper
in this course, you must complete a draft/outline
that includes - a. A culture from the list below
- Basseri of Iran
- The Batek of Malaysia
- Enga
- The Amish
- Huaorani of Ecuador
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11ANT 101 Week 4 DQ 1 Monumental Architecture (Ash
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- Monumental Architecture. What does monumental
architecture imply about the cultural values and
the socio-economic-political organization of the
society that created it? - Do a bit of Internet research on religious or
secular monuments, statues, and architectural
wonders in your city, state, country, or
internationally. Choose a monument (or set of
monuments), describe its main features, discuss
any symbolism it has, and analyze the messages it
sends to its intended audience(s). Provide a link
to an image of the monument itself for the rest
of us to see. -
12ANT 101 Week 4 DQ 2 Economy and Colonialism (Ash
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- Economy and Colonialism. Relate what you have
read in Chapter 8, of Cultural Anthropology,
regarding colonialism and the expansion of
capitalism in modern industrial societies to the
article, Marketers Pursue the Shallow Pocketed.
Is the information being discussed in this
article another example of colonialism? Why or
why not? Identify two potential positives and two
negatives direct marketing of the poor has on
people and their economies. What theory of
development is most applicable to the expansion
of global markets to poor, low income, and
indigenous communities? -
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13ANT 101 Week 5 DQ 1 Ethics in Anthropology (Ash
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- Ethics in Anthropology. Be sure to watch and read
the Miscellaneous Topics at the end of Chapter
9 ofCultural Anthropology. Then, address the
following topic As noted, anthropologys work
with the military over the years has been wrought
with controversy. Where do you stand on the issue
regarding the use of anthropologists in
intelligence gathering for the military? Can you
come up with a compelling argument based on
examples given in the text, your understanding of
the ethical requirements of anthropologist, and
from your own experiences /understanding of past
and present military actions to take a stance on
this issue? Please use concepts and terminology
from the text. Your initial response should be at
least 150 words in length. Please support your
claims with examples from the text, recommended
material, and/or scholarly articles. Respond to
at least two of your classmates posts by Day 7. -
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14ANT 101 Week 5 DQ 2 Anthropology and Your Future
(Ash course)
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- Anthropology and the Future. Watch Winners and
Losers, available in the Films On Demand
database, in the Ashford Online Library. Which
issues are most urgent in our world today? Are
they the same in the US as in the developing
world? Where will the application of an
anthropological perspective be most effective?
Your initial response should be at least 150
words in length. Please support your claims with
examples from the text, recommended material,
and/or scholarly articles. Respond to at least
two of your classmates posts by Day 7. -
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15ANT 101 Week 5 Final Cultural Research Paper (Ash
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- Focus of the Research Paper
- Throughout this course, we have learned that the
primary mode of subsistence (how a culture makes
a living) impacts many other aspects of cultural
behavior and has been an effective way to
organize thoughts and studies about culture. In
order to demonstrate your understanding of
subsistence modes and its impact on a culture and
why a culture acts as it does, your Research
Paper will require you to - 1. Select a specific culture from the following
list - a. Basseri of Iran
- b. The Batek of Malaysia
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16ANT 101 To exceed, you must read/Uophelpdotcom
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