[ANTH 2108] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 30 pages long Study Guide!

• School: University of Iowa
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 2108
• Professor: Meena Khandelwal

Document Summary

No national language, but devanagari is language of government. Constitution envisioned hindi would be most commonly spoken: did(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:272)o(cid:373)e to pass (cid:271)/(cid:272) there are (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) pla(cid:272)es i(cid:374) i(cid:374)dia where hindi is no dominant language. Hindi is indo-european rooted: ex of words we stole: thugs, pajamas, veranda, cocky. Maps are cultural documents: they always drawn from specific perspective, patial (cid:272)o(cid:374)stru(cid:272)t of (cid:858)the west(cid:859) Originally b/c west is latin focused and christian dominant. During iron curtain period-> west=u. s and canada. (cid:862)the west(cid:863) (cid:449)as a ter(cid:373) to des(cid:272)ri(cid:271)e de(cid:448)elopi(cid:374)g (cid:449)orld. Mercator map (1969: (cid:862)co(cid:374)for(cid:373)al (cid:373)aps(cid:863) (cid:272)riti(cid:272)ized for i(cid:374)(cid:272)reasi(cid:374)g distortio(cid:374)s of size. (cid:862)glo(cid:271)al outh(cid:863) = x2 la(cid:374)d(cid:373)ass of (cid:862)glo(cid:271)al north(cid:863) (cid:271)ut that(cid:859)s distortio(cid:374) Peters map: map based off land size=accurate(ish?) Except the shape of the land got distorted. On maps: mapping of geographical space is not objective, shift in european representations of india connected to change in political views. India, pakistan, separated along religious lines by white christian guy (shocker)