ANTA02H3 Lecture Notes - Natural Disaster, Ethnography, Applied Anthropology
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Anta02 week 12 april 2, 2013 lecture. 3 different parts 2 hours: essay/ in search of respect. Bourgois"s key argument with the three sub-arguments: 2 short essay type questions. Solving three kinds of problems : behavior : here"s what do people do (ethnography, concepts: here"s what it means (analysis, culture: here"s why they do it (theory) Anything that involves problem-solving; observing what people do and why they do it. Applied anthropology in government, health care, business, ngos, etc. Thinking about problems in new or unique ways. The hurricane was a natural disaster; its doubles were not: level 5 hurricane, real disaster is when the levies broke, new orleans is costal and built below sea level and is protected by levies. Katrina and the collective unconscious: most vulernable citizens is refered to the other america, they exist in the shadow of the rest of the usa.
