ANTH 111 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mbuti People, Craniometry, Positive Action
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Discourse justifies social inequalities on the basis of these identities. Samuel morton 1800 craniometry-white people had bigger heads than black= whites are smarter. Might is right- hutus and tutsis in rwanda. Ethno-etiology the way that people explain an illness. Super natural forces or spirits(personalist: black magic or voodoo. Colonialism resulted in historical trauma which led to severe effects of physical trauma from one generation to the next, manifested health issues, alcoholism and family breakdowns. Etic- relating a study of culture that is general and objective in its perspective. Societal metaphor- a view of the world represented by something in one"s society that stands for order and regularity ex i have a good support structure in place. Organic metaphor- a view of the world in which socil institutions are used to describe the biological world ex- something in a society can becom damaged or one experiences growth in intelectal development.
