ANTHRO 2A Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Franz Boas, Structural Anthropology, Historical Particularism
22 Feb 2018
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Understand boas" basic position on race from his theory of historical particularism: power point lecture on the basics of cultural anthropology. Introduction, the mind of primitive man, franz boas. Power point lectures on the history of anthropology and its. The first three chapters of cultural anthropology: a. Problem based approach and the corresponding power point. The constructionist view of culture (that culture is not natural but constructed) The balinese cockfight: the meaning of progress and development. The impact of western imperialism on colonized peoples and nations. Applied humanitarian anthropology: subsistence strategies, economic systems, globalization, neoliberalism, and the nation. Subsistence strategies: (hunting and gathering) (slash-and-burn agriculture) (irrigation agriculture) The difference between commodity money and credit (or fiat ) money. Negative market externalities: media shown in lecture. The test will have questions about some basic aspect of: Ongka"s big moka: the kawelka of papua new guinea.
