ANTH 1000 Lecture 4: Tasmania, australia
18 Jan 2019
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Different models: problem-oriented, longitudinal, team research, multi-sited ethnography. Ancestors traveled to land mass roughly 40,000 years ago. Were geographically separated from mainland australia following the end of the last ice age, roughly 12,000 years ago. Possessed technologies/material culture not found on mainland. Widespread identity rights movement beginning in the 1970s, which resulted in both state and federal recognition as aboriginal. Giant mounds of shells that has accumulated over many generations or years - culturally important. Canoe in australia that hasn"t been made in over 170 years. Shell collection - found on the coasts at different times of the year. Milligan baskets, collected circa 1850 sent to london in 1851. Australia was one of the few places that did not completely fall through. A lot of money coming through because of natural resources. New highway project from south to north. This reading sheds light on ethnographic methods and how anthropologists approach research in a foreign culture.
