Anthropology 1025F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-13: Sahrawi People, Forensic Anthropology, Sociocultural Anthropology

• School: Western University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: Anthropology 1025F/G
• Professor: Dr. Randa Farah

Document Summary

The world behind everyday appearances: a(cid:374)th(cid:396)opolog(cid:455) (cid:395)uestio(cid:374)s (cid:449)hat see(cid:373)s (cid:862)(cid:374)atu(cid:396)al(cid:863), examines why people believe and behave the way they do. Sitting on the ground vs sitting on chairs : Space, time and power: al-azhar university in cairo (one of the oldest in the world, ps: the oldest univ in the world 859 ad fez, morocco (fatima al-fihri) In sahrawi refugee camps in the algerian desert: sahrawis sitting on the floor, the people of western sahara were pastoral nomads, lived in tents, though different from refugee tents. Classroom in sahrawi camps: children studying outside, sitting around the teacher, students sitting around the teacher, more circular, freedom of movement. I(cid:374)trodu(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of (cid:862)(cid:373)oder(cid:374)(cid:863) s(cid:272)hools: things changed in camps, literacy campaigns, education in sahrawi camps developed, g(cid:396)ade si(cid:454) stud(cid:455)i(cid:374)g i(cid:374) (cid:858)(cid:373)ode(cid:396)(cid:374)(cid:859) s(cid:272)hools. Refugees: they had a different concept of time, the watch then is a symbol/sign, culture is like a text filled with symbols that we need to decode.