ANTHR101 Lecture Notes - Human Genome Project, Economic Sanctions, Pharmaceutical Industry
14 Mar 2014
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Applied anthro is not a discipline or specialization within anthropology, just a modern applications. Started 30-40 years ago when a lot of cultures were being essentially forced to change, countries being forced to develop. applied anthro was a response. The process by which nations are drawn into a single world economy. It has diminished the regional distinctiveness found in many parts of the world. Local products and economies are being swallowed up by globalization. Forms of globalization old way of doing this: Think of what the europeans did when they came to the. Forced local populations to start producing things for their way of life. Not talking about the spread of religious because people want to change their religion, we"re talking about govts who won"t help other countries unless they change their ways of doing things. Ie. george bush threatened to cut off funding to developing countries if they don"t ban abortion.
