Anthropology Archives - Page 27 of 29

In about 300 words, reflect on what you have learned about racism as a system of privilege and oppression. Ideally weave in your own everyday experience of yourself as a racialized person:What does your whiteness, brownness, blackness, yellowness or redness mean for your life; how have some of the concepts you have learned in this section of the course shed light on your own life experiences:Discuss

Posted on October 7, 2020 by Ambrose

In about 300 words, reflect on what you have learned about racism as a system of privilege and oppression. Ideally weave in your own everyday experience of yourself as a racialized person….what does your whiteness, brownness, blackness, yellowness or redness mean for your life; how have some of the concepts you have learned in this […]

Read Blackless et al. 2000, “How sexually dimorphic are we?” Discuss its implications in regards to the common concept of there being just two sexes.

Posted on October 5, 2020 by Ambrose

View “Living a Transgender Childhood”. Do not just give me a synopsis of what the video is about – I already know what the video is about. Also, rather than focusing on Josie’s parents, or on your opinions and feelings of what you would do if it was your child, focus instead on the science […]

Read Ainsworth 2015 – Sex redefined. Comment upon this article in terms of the general cultural dichotomization of sex, particularly in regards to religions and their influences on shaping governmental social laws and policies.

Posted on October 5, 2020 by Ambrose

Paper details: Read Ainsworth 2015 – Sex redefined. Comment upon this article in terms of the general cultural dichotomization of sex, particularly in regards to religions and their influences on shaping governmental social laws and policies.

Read Iemmola and Ciani 2009, “New evidence of genetic factors influencing sexual orientation in men: Female fecundity increase in the maternal line”. Discuss its implications regarding homosexuality and human reproduction.

Posted on October 3, 2020 by Ambrose

Paper details: Read Iemmola and Ciani 2009, “New evidence of genetic factors influencing sexual orientation in men: Female fecundity increase in the maternal line”. Discuss its implications regarding homosexuality and human reproduction.

Summarize Your Sources for the Final Research 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 due to ethnocentrism.

Posted on October 3, 2020 by Ambrose

Summarize Your Sources for the Final Research Paper. Make sure that your instructor approved of the sources you chose for the final paper and your working thesis statement. Make any changes that your instructor requested prior to beginning work on the final paper. See this sample paper for an overview of what should be […]

What were the main differences between H. habilis and H. erectus? Was H. habilis more like H. erectus, or more like the australopithecines? Some argue that H. habilis should be classified in the Australopithecus genus rather than the Homo genus.

Posted on October 1, 2020 by Ambrose

Read about “A juvenile early hominin skeleton from Dikika, Ethiopia”. Discuss the importance of “Selam” in regards to early human evolution. Discuss the importance of Ardi in regards to early human evolution. What were the main differences between H. habilis and H. erectus? Was H. habilis more like H. erectus, or more like the australopithecines? […]

Create a digital scrapbook that will be used throughout the course:Briefly describe the relationship between gender and economic production. Describe how gender impacts your ability to make a living.

Posted on October 1, 2020 by Ambrose

Collaboration is an important practice, both in your academic and professional career. Anthropologists often collaborate with their colleagues, during research studies, at conferences, etc. This collaboration can lead to substantial anthropological advances and serves as an excellent professional development tool. Throughout this course, you will collaborate with your classmates, as you would with colleagues in […]

Evaluate how the construction of gender impacted your own life in a positive or negative way:Identify whether there is a gender inequality in your family relationships. Explain your reasoning.

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Ambrose

Collaboration is an important practice, both in your academic and professional career. Anthropologists often collaborate with their colleagues, during research studies, at conferences, etc. This collaboration can lead to substantial anthropological advances and serves as an excellent professional development tool. Throughout this course, you will collaborate with your classmates, as you would with colleagues in […]

Explain how the language acquisition process of the Nicaraguan Sign Language (NSL) is being framed in the film? From what perspective?

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Ambrose

1. Based in Chapter 4 ‘Language Acquisition and Socialization’ reading and video. please address the following: a) Explain how the language acquisition process of the Nicaraguan Sign Language (NSL) is being framed in the film? From what perspective? b) From a Linguistic Anthropology point of view (using chapter 4 ideas and concepts), describe and explain […]

Choose one of the three debates Miller describes and the conflicting values it represents:Discuss how that debate represents a dilemma you have experienced, in other words, a debate within yourself.

Posted on September 23, 2020 by Ambrose

In essence, these are some of the conflicting ideas about the nature of the strongest motivator in human experience. These opposing views are discussed in the section, Three Debates in Chapter 1 of your textbook. These debates represent age-old human disagreements about what “makes the world go round.” These debates often manifest in our individual […]

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Read Blackless et al. 2000, “How sexually dimorphic are we?” Discuss its implications in regards to the common concept of there being just two sexes.

Read Ainsworth 2015 – Sex redefined. Comment upon this article in terms of the general cultural dichotomization of sex, particularly in regards to religions and their influences on shaping governmental social laws and policies.

Read Iemmola and Ciani 2009, “New evidence of genetic factors influencing sexual orientation in men: Female fecundity increase in the maternal line”. Discuss its implications regarding homosexuality and human reproduction.

What were the main differences between H. habilis and H. erectus? Was H. habilis more like H. erectus, or more like the australopithecines? Some argue that H. habilis should be classified in the Australopithecus genus rather than the Homo genus.

Create a digital scrapbook that will be used throughout the course:Briefly describe the relationship between gender and economic production. Describe how gender impacts your ability to make a living.

Evaluate how the construction of gender impacted your own life in a positive or negative way:Identify whether there is a gender inequality in your family relationships. Explain your reasoning.

Explain how the language acquisition process of the Nicaraguan Sign Language (NSL) is being framed in the film? From what perspective?

Choose one of the three debates Miller describes and the conflicting values it represents:Discuss how that debate represents a dilemma you have experienced, in other words, a debate within yourself.