Category: Anthropology

Read and critically analyze “Eating Christmas in the Kalahari
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” by Richard Lee.  Natural History. 1969.  A scholarly essay (approximately 500-750 words) is to be constructed addressing the following questions.
To which field of anthropology would this article be assigned? Why? (one to two sentences)
Which other anthropology field could it be assigned? Why? (one to two sentences)
How does it apply to class lectures with specific and detailed examples? (six to ten sentences)
How can the information apply to your Personal or Professional, and Academic/Social experiences in the world? (four to six sentences)
Discuss a particular point that you found interesting. Why? (two to four sentences)  
While writing the essay, include the answers to the following questions and try to “think outside the box.” Do not limit answers to the obvious, superficial response. Stretch your intellect to explore other lecture areas and test to see if they apply to these particular articles. The expectation for the essay is coherent, logical, relevant arguments and insights to fully demonstrate the student’s mastery of the anthropological concepts discussed in this unit.
Guidelines
Essay assignments should conform to MLA formatLinks to an external site. and cite the associated reading/resource. 
Use a 12-point font.
Use double spacing, so there is room for me to write comments.
Include your last name in the filename (example: Unit-1 AS1 Smith.) 
It should be a Word (.doc or .docx) format file.

Explain three cultural practices to someone who has not encountered these cultures before. How would you explain these cultural practices from a cultural relativist perspective?
Provide (1) a detailed description and analysis of each selected case (How is this practice meaningful to the culture?)  
(2) explain the difference between an ethnocentric and a cultural relativist perspective.
Cultural practice #1: Young girls force fed in Mauritania 

Cultural practice #2: when brothers share a wife  
[reading attached]
Cultural practice #3: Divorce Iranian style: 

Source about cultural relativist perspective: 

I’m writing an essay about loris’ venom. I have 5 articles
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10536643/
https://jvat.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1678-9199-19-21#Sec2
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/science/slow-loris-venom.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/adorable-little-furballs-death-slow-lorises-use-their-venomous-bites-against-each-other-180976111/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7076782/
I also started it.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mr4BzS2xIbdboQvosFND82IXcnCFiMmWyi6mVYWGvyY/edit?usp=sharing

Write a 3 page APA style format on recycling use on a college campus. Answer and attach three interviews from students. Follow instructions from attachments on knowledge and use of recycling. And use the questioners from assignment instructions.

Recruit a person who is not associated with this class for a brief 10-15 minutes interview. Your primary goal during the interview will be to learn how your informant defines  “culture” and what they think it’s most important elements or functions are. Take notes while conducting the interview. Use your notes to create an interview report. In your report include the following:
A brief description of your interview subject and how you know them. For example, “Bob is a 35 year old auto-mechanic who grew up in the Bay Area. We first met when…”. Protect their privacy by using only their first name when addressing them and do not provide any identifying information such their place of residence, work, etc.
Tell us what you learned about how your informant defines culture and what they think are its most important elements and functions. You can directly quote your informant, but the bulk of the writing/talking should be you explaining what your informant had to say. Don’t just create a transcript of what they said, but rather explain and interpret their response for us.
Include at least one direct quote of something your informant said in response to a question.
Tell us what you found to be the most interesting or challenging aspect of the interview process.

A vital component of this course is researching and writing a culture-history review paper about a Pacific Island. Simply, a culture-history review highlights the past, present, and future of an island community. This is a 3000-word paper based upon no less than five academic sources that will cover topics as: 1) Geographic and environmental context; 2) Prehistoric culture and development; 3) Contact and colonial history; and 4) Contemporary lifeways. Out of the 5 resources, three of them have to be primary sources such as books, articles, and journal publication. 

As a 4-field discipline examining the whole human and human experience, anthropology addresses race and the fact that Homo Sapiens (us!) are 99.9% genetically similar and the ascription of race to physical attributes (phenotypes) has led to the cultural construction of race that has been used to justify oppression and inequality. We focus this week on biology – human variation and adaptation – that frames the cultural construction of race in America.
OUTCOME:
Analyze contemporary anthropological views on ethnicity and nationalism, economic power and politics, and social characteristics (e.g., family, gender, etc.), as these views pertain to American culture and history.
Key Concepts
Race is not genetically real – what evidence do we have?
Phenotypes
Ancestry
Race is culturally constructed
Required Readings
Ancestry and Human Variation 180 Sp24.pdf
AAA Statement on Race.pdf
Required Videos
Skin Color Is A Human Adaptation (6 minutes)

American Slavery (a viewpoint) by Prof. Mahmoud El-Kati (3 minutes) https://vimeo.com/286047719
Race: Power of an Illusion – The Difference Between Us (57 minutes)

Policy brief
2-4page Select a social issue that matters to you. Do research on the issue. Write a policy brief on the issue. Conclude with possible solutions to the social issue. Explain why you think those are the best solutions and how they would help resolve the problem. Be sure to cite at least two authors from the semester in your policy brief. 
* Definition: A policy brief is a concise summary of a particular issue, the solutions to deal with it, and some recommendations on the best option.
* See this piece to learn How to Write a Policy Brief:https://www.idrc.ca/sites/default/files/idrcpolicybrieftoolkit.pdf

follow the instructions，give a draft first and then give a final draft. It needs to be at least 70% difference between two drafts.
also needs to complete the self evaluation 
The interview source is also in the picture.

Gender: It is commonly believed in contemporary world that
women have always been perceived as the lesser” sex, but several female anthropologists
including Pringle, Mead, Milks and Friedl argue that gender status and gender
roles are dependent on geography, economy, and the socio-political structure of a
society. What do you think? Support your argument by referencing/citing two of
the readings/authors indicated or course readings. Provide a text to self-analysis
integrating your own experience as a woman.
Please get the references from the files below.