Who are the Chukchi? How and why did they get to be where they are? To whom are they related?Discuss
Who are the Chukchi? How and why did they get to be where they are? To whom are they related?
Category: Anthropology
What evidence is there that Africans, certain Indians and Australian aborigines are related?Explain how
What evidence is there that Africans, certain Indians and Australian aborigines are related?
How are genetic polymorphisms used to distinguish populations?Discuss
How are genetic polymorphisms used to distinguish populations?
How did the introduction of the “color blind ideal” to American education “effectively silence or at least mystify the race concept” (Burkholder 2011)? What are some of the ways classroom curriculum changed in response to broader political developments in the United States?Explain
How did the introduction of the “color blind ideal” to American education “effectively silence or at least mystify the race concept” (Burkholder 2011)? What are some of the ways classroom curriculum changed in response to broader political developments in the United States? Be specific and use examples from the text.
What does it mean to say that gender is “socially constructed” and what role can clothing/fashion play in this process?Discuss
What does it mean to say that gender is “socially constructed” and what role can clothing/fashion play in this process? Use examples from at least two different course materials in your answer (including films, articles, textbook chapters).
Using examples from at least two different course materials , discuss how clothing and fashion can be used as forms of both oppression and resistance or even liberation.
Using examples from at least two different course materials , discuss how clothing and fashion can be used as forms of both oppression and resistance or even liberation.
What did the “Zoot Suit” represent for young Mexican-Americans in California in the 1940s? Why was it so controversial, and what other kinds of fashion can be thought of in similar ways? Why?Discuss
What did the “Zoot Suit” represent for young Mexican-Americans in California in the 1940s? Why was it so controversial, and what other kinds of fashion can be thought of in similar ways? Why?
In the article “Do Muslim Women Need Saving,” what does Abu-Lughod mean when she calls the burqa a liberating invention? Why does she compare them to mobile homes?
In the article “Do Muslim Women Need Saving,” what does Abu-Lughod mean when she calls the burqa a liberating invention? Why does she compare them to mobile homes?
Discuss three examples of how changing cultural “norms” have been reflected in changing clothing styles/practices.
Discuss three examples of how changing cultural “norms” have been reflected in changing clothing styles/practices. Use at least two different course materials in your answer (including films, articles, textbook chapters).
Describe an example of a cultural encounter that you have experienced in your own life and discuss the ways in which it may have expanded or challenged your own ideas about cultural norms, values, symbols, and mental maps of reality.
Describe an example of a cultural encounter that you have experienced in your own life and discuss the ways in which it may have expanded or challenged your own ideas about cultural norms, values, symbols, and mental maps of reality. Conclude by discussing what you might have learned about culture from that encounter.