ANTHROP 2R03 Study Guide - Winter 2019, Comprehensive Final Exam Notes - Witchcraft, Christianity, Hunter-Gatherer
30 Mar 2019
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Integral to course: questions on midterm and final based on av presentations, as well as lectures and readings. Witchcraft explains misfortune: we can empathize with the desire to know why, jeanne-favret-saada deadly words: witchcraft in the bocage (1981): rural normandy, Us national security agency and magic: blog post by matt bernius, anthro. Idea is to collect and scan data for patterns that would provide information about terrorist plots and therefore prevent events like 9/11, boston marathon bombing, shooting in san. Through magic, we can know when existential evil will strike; we can prevent the granary from falling upon us. Social scientists important to understand these practices and ways of interpreting the world. Include self in account, and interactions between self and others: pay attention to power relationships, understanding where you come from, and how that baggage shapes the way you are going to see/understand the world.
