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Write one good paragraph, with a minimum of 6 sentences, about the way that the feature film, A Better Life, reflects on issues of migration to the United States from Latin America.

Posted on June 10, 2021 by Ambrose

A Better Life Write one good paragraph, with a minimum of 6 sentences, about the way that the feature film, A Better Life, reflects on issues of migration to the United States from Latin America. Include at least two specific examples from the film, which should be cited using parenthetical citations with the time stamp […]

Masculinity and femininity are defined very differently in Belize than in the modern United States.Describe for each place briefly how what it means to be a “good man” and a “good woman.” What kinds of forces push people to be “good” at performing their gender roles?

Posted on June 9, 2021 by Ambrose

Masculinity and femininity are defined very differently in Belize than in the modern United States (don’t think about high school but about broader society). Describe for each place briefly how what it means to be a “good man” and a “good woman.” What kinds of forces push people to be “good” at performing their gender […]

Does The Dobe Ju/’hoansi support Salhins’ claims about hunter-gatherers, in regard to workload, leisure time, nutrition, health, and abundance?Explain

Posted on June 1, 2021 by Ambrose

The Dobe Ju/’hoansi Your essay must be: • No more than 5 double-spaced pages of text • 12-point font • 1.25-inch margins • In the text, please cite sources for facts or interpretations by other authors, for example (Lee 1993: p 33). • NO COVER PAGE Marshal Sahlins and The Original Affluent Society In the […]

Write one good paragraph of at least 6 sentences, with 2 direct quotations from the reading (please use complete phrases or sentences, not just a few words) cited with parenthetical citations, i.e (Hernández, 143), in response to the following: How does Hernández explain the rise of mass incarceration in Los Angeles in the 20th century?Explain

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Ambrose

Prompt 1: Read the two readings listed/linked below. READ: Hartman, ch. 6 READ: Sarah Deer, “Federal Indian Law and Violent Crime: Native Women and Children at the Mercy of the State” (ATTACHED BELOW) Write one good paragraph, minimum 6 sentences, discussing the shift in Solomon Northup’s life and what it means about race in the […]

Some archaeologists posit that objects are imbued with agency, or at least an ability to evoke some sort of change or response in individual humans or in an entire society, by the very humans who create them. Explain what the theory is and how it is different from “animism”

Posted on May 28, 2021 by Ambrose

Object Agency Theory in Archaeology Outline The philosophical background of agency in general. Define the term agency Questions of agency/self-determination from philosophers including Aristotle, Rousseau, Hume, Locke, Marx. Agency theory’s introduction to archaeology (history of agency theory in archaeology). How agency has been a trend in the recent past across social sciences. Durkheim’s normativism and […]

Choose a specific locally-based organization (or government entity) that is engaged in making positive changes in a community in Sub-Saharan Africa. Write a 5-6 page paper that examines this organization.

Posted on May 23, 2021 by Ambrose

Description Choose a specific locally-based organization (or government entity) that is engaged in making positive changes in a community in Sub-Saharan Africa. Write a 5-6 page paper that examines this organization. Your paper will need a description of the organization and its goals, including where it is based, how many members/staff it has, whether members […]

Choose a medical anthropology-related topic. Research this topic in secondary source scholarly literature.Write a research paper on a topic relating to medical anthropology.

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Ambrose

Choose a medical anthropology-related topic. Research this topic in secondary source scholarly literature. Include in the paper at least two case studies/detailed ethnographic examples about your chosen topic in different cultures or national contexts. The goal is for you to learn as much as possible about the topic you select; read broadly across the anthropological […]

Apply cultural relativism in order to examine misconceptions about culture that may occur due to ethnocentrism.

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Ambrose

In the Final Research Paper, you will Describe an aspect of your own culture from an etic (outsider’s) perspective in Part I of the paper. Describe an aspect of another culture from an emic (insider’s) perspective in Part II of the paper. Apply cultural relativism in order to examine misconceptions about culture that may occur […]

Using “Notes from Hospice Care” (Rougier), “My Brother, the Unabomber” (Kaczynski), and “Lamentations: Bhopal’s Toxic Children” (Rougier), answer this question: what have you learned about death, dying, and the living?

Posted on May 18, 2021 by Ambrose

Using “Notes from Hospice Care” (Rougier), “My Brother, the Unabomber” (Kaczynski), and “Lamentations: Bhopal’s Toxic Children” (Rougier), answer this question: what have you learned about death, dying, and the living? You should have five paragraphs: an introductory paragraph; three body paragraphs; and a concluding paragraph. Your thesis statement should be in your introductory paragraph. Format: […]

Write two (2) “reading response papers” in which you respond to selected readings from your own perspective, highlighting interesting debates and discussion points and propose several questions for further inquiry.

Posted on May 15, 2021 by Ambrose

Two short (750 words) book response in MLA format for the following books: Carney, Megan A. The Unending Hunger: Tracing Women and Food Insecurity Across Borders. 1st ed., University of California Press, 2015. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt13x1h8d. Accessed 15 May 2021. Fu, Jia-Chen. The Other Milk: Reinventing Soy in Republican China. University of Washington Press, 2018. JSTOR, […]

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Category: Anthropology

Write one good paragraph, with a minimum of 6 sentences, about the way that the feature film, A Better Life, reflects on issues of migration to the United States from Latin America.

Masculinity and femininity are defined very differently in Belize than in the modern United States.Describe for each place briefly how what it means to be a “good man” and a “good woman.” What kinds of forces push people to be “good” at performing their gender roles?

Does The Dobe Ju/’hoansi support Salhins’ claims about hunter-gatherers, in regard to workload, leisure time, nutrition, health, and abundance?Explain

Some archaeologists posit that objects are imbued with agency, or at least an ability to evoke some sort of change or response in individual humans or in an entire society, by the very humans who create them. Explain what the theory is and how it is different from “animism”

Choose a specific locally-based organization (or government entity) that is engaged in making positive changes in a community in Sub-Saharan Africa. Write a 5-6 page paper that examines this organization.

Apply cultural relativism in order to examine misconceptions about culture that may occur due to ethnocentrism.

Using “Notes from Hospice Care” (Rougier), “My Brother, the Unabomber” (Kaczynski), and “Lamentations: Bhopal’s Toxic Children” (Rougier), answer this question: what have you learned about death, dying, and the living?

Write two (2) “reading response papers” in which you respond to selected readings from your own perspective, highlighting interesting debates and discussion points and propose several questions for further inquiry.