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Thursday, December 19, 2019
Friday, December 13, 2019
Real world Issues Presentations-This will be updated regularly
1. Detention Centers
https://www.anthropology-news.org/index.php/2019/08/05/what-to-call-us-border-detention-centers/
Human Rights
Power
Change
Identity
2. Iran Blue Girl
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/10/football/iran-football-women-sahar-khodayari-spt-intl/index.html
Original article no longer available NY Times
Human Rights
change
culture
society
3.Major clashes erupt in Hong Kong ahead of National Day
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/29/world/asia/hong-kong-protest-china-national-day.html
New York Times
Human Rights
change
culture
society
4. Many US women say 1st sexual experience was forced in teens.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/sexual-health/many-u-s-women-say-1st-sexual-experience-was-forced-n1054891
Power
power
identity
symbolism
5. Hong Kong as China Asserts Power.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/29/business/hong-kong-china-power.html
Human Rights
power
society
symbolism
6. Children Stealing Vanilla and Prison Term
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-49885904/the-children-in-prison-for-stealing-vanilla
Human Rights
Society
Power
Change
7. Muslim Internment Camps in China
https://nowthisnews.com/videos/politics/activist-aydin-anwar-on-chinese-internment-of-muslims
Please verify source if you are using this one.
Inequality
Power
Identity
Materiality
8. Muslim Family Boarding NYC Ferry
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/three-muslim-familes-not-allowed-board-ferry-after-being-labeled-n1067991
Human Rights
Belief and Knowledge
Culture
Social Relations
9. Violence streamed in Synagogue
https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/germany-shooting-halle/index.html
Violence
symbol
change
beliefs and knowledge
10. Mental Health Issues and Abuse Nigeria
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/11/africa/nigeria-mental-patients-abuse-hrw-report/index.html
Human Rights
Belief and Knowledge
Power
Change
11. Gender Equity in jobs
https://mwi.usma.edu/women-arent-problem-standards/
Inequality
Culture
Belief and Knowledge
Change
12. Elections in Great Britain exit Brexit
https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/11/uk/uk-election-explainer-ge19-gbr-intl/index.html
Power
Change
Identity
Social Relations
13. Catholic Priests abuse deaf
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-50549918
Human Rights
Power
Change
Belief and Knowledge
14. Human Rights ethnic cleansing China
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3bbp3/people-are-pressuring-the-olympic-committee-to-help-shut-down-chinas-uyghur-camps
Identity
Power
Change.
15. She was sex-trafficked and then criminally charged. Now she's asking for a pardon. Marisa Lati
Human Rights
Change
Power
Society
16. Protests muslims in a Hindu nation
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/16/world/asia/india-citizenship-protests.html
Inequality
Power
Identity
Change
17. France and Antisemitism
https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/14/europe/france-anti-semitic-attacks-intl/index.html
Power
Identity
Culture
Symbolism
18. People of Color and Pollution
https://www.calhealthreport.org/2019/02/08/people-of-color-and-the-poor-disproportionately-exposed-to-air-pollution-study-finds/
Materiality
society
inequality
power
“She was sex-trafficked and then criminally charged. Now she’s asking for a pardon.”
https://www.anthropology-news.org/index.php/2019/08/05/what-to-call-us-border-detention-centers/
Human Rights
Power
Change
Identity
2. Iran Blue Girl
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/10/football/iran-football-women-sahar-khodayari-spt-intl/index.html
Original article no longer available NY Times
Human Rights
change
culture
society
3.Major clashes erupt in Hong Kong ahead of National Day
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/29/world/asia/hong-kong-protest-china-national-day.html
New York Times
Human Rights
change
culture
society
4. Many US women say 1st sexual experience was forced in teens.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/sexual-health/many-u-s-women-say-1st-sexual-experience-was-forced-n1054891
Power
power
identity
symbolism
5. Hong Kong as China Asserts Power.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/29/business/hong-kong-china-power.html
Human Rights
power
society
symbolism
6. Children Stealing Vanilla and Prison Term
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-49885904/the-children-in-prison-for-stealing-vanilla
Human Rights
Society
Power
Change
7. Muslim Internment Camps in China
https://nowthisnews.com/videos/politics/activist-aydin-anwar-on-chinese-internment-of-muslims
Please verify source if you are using this one.
Inequality
Power
Identity
Materiality
8. Muslim Family Boarding NYC Ferry
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/three-muslim-familes-not-allowed-board-ferry-after-being-labeled-n1067991
Human Rights
Belief and Knowledge
Culture
Social Relations
9. Violence streamed in Synagogue
https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/germany-shooting-halle/index.html
Violence
symbol
change
beliefs and knowledge
10. Mental Health Issues and Abuse Nigeria
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/11/africa/nigeria-mental-patients-abuse-hrw-report/index.html
Human Rights
Belief and Knowledge
Power
Change
11. Gender Equity in jobs
https://mwi.usma.edu/women-arent-problem-standards/
Inequality
Culture
Belief and Knowledge
Change
12. Elections in Great Britain exit Brexit
https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/11/uk/uk-election-explainer-ge19-gbr-intl/index.html
Power
Change
Identity
Social Relations
13. Catholic Priests abuse deaf
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-50549918
Human Rights
Power
Change
Belief and Knowledge
14. Human Rights ethnic cleansing China
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3bbp3/people-are-pressuring-the-olympic-committee-to-help-shut-down-chinas-uyghur-camps
Identity
Power
Change.
15. She was sex-trafficked and then criminally charged. Now she's asking for a pardon. Marisa Lati
Human Rights
Change
Power
Society
16. Protests muslims in a Hindu nation
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/16/world/asia/india-citizenship-protests.html
Inequality
Power
Identity
Change
17. France and Antisemitism
https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/14/europe/france-anti-semitic-attacks-intl/index.html
Power
Identity
Culture
Symbolism
18. People of Color and Pollution
https://www.calhealthreport.org/2019/02/08/people-of-color-and-the-poor-disproportionately-exposed-to-air-pollution-study-finds/
Materiality
society
inequality
power
“She was sex-trafficked and then criminally charged. Now she’s asking for a pardon.”
Marisa Lati - The Washington Post
Them
e: Inequality
Key Concepts:
- Culture
- Change
- Belief and Knowledge
Human RiTheme: Inequality
Key Concepts:
- Power
- Identity
- Materiality
Monday, December 9, 2019
IA Step 4
850 words
Cover page like other sections
MLA inside with title
Critical Reflection
method
Key concept
This focuses on how to do applied anthropology and do it well.
You will compare and evaluate the methods used in the two field work experiences.
You will discuss the position of the observer and how this affected results.
You will give an account of what has been learned through the process of gathering fieldwork data.
Cover page like other sections
MLA inside with title
Critical Reflection
method
Key concept
This focuses on how to do applied anthropology and do it well.
You will compare and evaluate the methods used in the two field work experiences.
You will discuss the position of the observer and how this affected results.
You will give an account of what has been learned through the process of gathering fieldwork data.
Learning Capitalist Culture Chapter 4 questions
Learning Capitalist Culture
Chapter 4 – Working and Playing Around in the Classroom
1. Who
composed each of the three class levels at North Town High School? (pgs. 101 –
102)
2. Draw a seating chart? (pg. 101)
3. What
was one way Anglos believed Mexicans could do better in school? (pg. 102)
4. Teachers
perform their roles without being openly racist for several reasons. List and
discuss the three reasons. (pgs. 104 – 105)
5. Did returning North Town students often say about how they were prepared for
university?(pg. 109)
6. What
were classes geared towards? What did classes lack?(pg. 109)
7. Even
though ‘mainstreamers’ disagreed they both
wanted many of the same things for society. What were they? (pg. 111)
8. What
is the ‘making out game’? (pg. 112 - 113)
9. What
is the most important commodity schools produce? (pg. 113)
10. Define
reciprocity.
11. How does
reciprocity and the ‘making out game’ work together? (pg. 113 - 128)
12. What are
the five basic notions of reciprocity that all successful North Town teachers
have? (pg. 134)
13. Discuss
how impression management plays an important role in TWO of the
following...(Why is it necessary, why is it practiced, what would happen
without it)
a. Teachers
in the classroom
b. Dating
c. Football
d. Partying
Learning Capitalist Culture Chapter 3 questions
Learning Capitalist Culture
Chapter 3 – Finding an Identity in the Social Status Scene (pgs. 63 -
100)
1. How did the girls act toward Foley?
2. Why
did the parents accept the drinking parties? (pg. 65)
3. What
was the cultural rule of North Town? (pg. 66)
4. What
was the cultural work ethic of North Town? (pg. 66)
5. What
was the main reason for gossip and competition among girls? Why?(pg. 68 - 69)
6. Why
did boys not want to fight over girls?(pg. 68 - 69)
7. What
did females gain by attracting the more desirable males? (pg. 69)
8. Who
do the football players hang out with? Who do they confide with? (pg. 69 - 70)
9. What
meaning did ‘going steady’ take on? (pg. 70)
10. How did
boys and girls differ in how they talked about romance? (pg. 71)
11. What
determined how kids classified each other? (pg. 72)
12. Who was
the lowest status group in North Town High School?(pg. 72)
13. What role
do labels play in terms of status in North Town? (pg. 72 -
76)
14. What
effect did negative labels have on students (nobodies, nerds, homeboys/girls?
(pg. 77 - 80)
15. What were
some common stereotypes and complaints made by Anglos against Mexicans? (pg.
82)
16. Why do
kids have they prejudices? Where did they come from? (pg. 82 – 84)
17. How did
the vatos view the school/ How did they view themselves? (pg. 86 - 87)
18. Mexican
American girls were far less likely to date Anglo boys, even from prominent
families. Why (pg. 94)
19. Why did
Mexican American males have tremendous pressure on them to date Anglo girls?
(pg. 94 – 95)
20. What roles
does male deception and impression management play prominent boys vs. vatos
picking up girls and using their ‘rap’? (pgs. 97 – 98)
Monday, December 2, 2019
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Learning Capitalist Culture Chapter 2
Name:
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Social and Cultural Anthropology Date:
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Learning Capitalist Culture
Chapter 2 – The Great American Football Ritual (pgs. 28 - 62)
1. What
did supporting “the team” mean? (pg. 29)
2. What
were locations of the various ‘cliques’/groups
in the bleachers at the Pep Rally (Draw Below)? (pg. 29)
3. Who
dominated the Pep Rally? How did the football team enter? How does this reflect
the influence of the towns history? (pg. 29 - 30)
4. What
did the marching band symbolize? (pg. 31)
5. How
did band members view participating in the band? How did the football team view
the band? (pg. 31 - 32)
6. How
did the football players show their ‘power and prestige’?(pg. 31)
OVER à à à
7. Who
made up the cheerleaders? Who was in the Pep squad? (pg. 32 - 34)
8. Why
was there opposition to the hiring of Coach Trujillo? (pg. 35)
9. What
is the central role of a coach in many American communities? )pg. 40 – 41)
10. What role
did the Booster Club and local parents play in how the coach chose players?
(pg. 43 – 44)
11. What role
did the Homecoming Bonfire play in North Town? (pg. 47 – 48)
12. How did
the Powder-Puff Football game reinforce gender roles? How did the females view
it?(pg. 49 – 52)
OVER à à à
13. What do
team sports, especially American football do? (pg. 54 - 55)
14. Who were
the ‘vatos’? Why were sports event important? (pg. 55 – 56)
15. How did
the Vatos view girls from other towns? (pg. 56 – 58)
16. How were
the football players and Vatos similar?
17. What is
Impression Management? How does it play into the lives of youths in North Town?
(pg. 61 – 62)
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