Ant2410 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

These are student notes from section I of Cultural Anthropology taught by Dillon Mahoney and the University of South Florida. They go over the main concepts and ideas from the first portion of the class.

In the article, Body Ritual Among the Nacirema, Horace Miner provides a good example of...ethnographic description, but does not follow the guideline of considering both the emic and etic perspectives, leading to a biased portrayal of this cultural group. What is the point of the Body Ritual Among the Nacirema article?To force Americans to confront their own ethnocentrism by showing that American cultural practices could be seen as strange or weird. What does it mean to take the Anthro...

derived from herds of domesticated animals, such as sheep, goats, camels, cattle, and reindeerPastoralism ____________________ is the subsistence strategy based on plant cultivation and animal domestication that relies on sophisticated technology to use fossil fuel energy in raising and processing plant and animal domesticates.Industrialism Selective pressures affect ____________________.both sociocultural systems and biological species ____________________ is an important factor affe...

Anthropologists distinguish between kin terms and genealogical kin types. What is the difference?Kin terms are the words used for different relatives in a particular language, but genealogical kin types refers to the actual genealogical relationship. The Barí of Venezuela recognize multiple fathers, even though biologically there can be only one actual genitor. This example showsthat like "race" and gender, kinship is culturally constructed Anthropologists are interested in kinship ...

list the factors that affect stream flow depth of width channel width of roughness of stream button slope or incline of surrounding terrain discuss the importance of groundwater and evaluate the environmental problems associated with it groundwater is one of the most important natural resources it provides drinking water and supplies for households and crop irrigation the downside movement of rock or soil due to the influence of gravity mass wasting what is the primary energy source t...

In the article, Body Ritual Among the Nacirema, Horace Miner provides a good example of...ethnographic description, but does not follow the guideline of considering both the emic and etic perspectives, leading to a biased portrayal of this cultural group. What is the point of the Body Ritual Among the Nacirema article?To force Americans to confront their own ethnocentrism by showing that American cultural practices could be seen as strange or weird. What does it mean to take the Anthro...

____________________ is the subsistence strategy based on primary reliance upon products derived from herds of domesticated animals, such as sheep, goats, camels, cattle, and reindeerPastoralism ____________________ is the subsistence strategy based on plant cultivation and animal domestication that relies on sophisticated technology to use fossil fuel energy in raising and processing plant and animal domesticates.Industrialism Selective pressures affect ____________________.both socio...

Anthropologists distinguish between kin terms and genealogical kin types. What is the difference?Kin terms are the words used for different relatives in a particular language, but genealogical kin types refers to the actual genealogical relationship. The Barí of Venezuela recognize multiple fathers, even though biologically there can be only one actual genitor. This example showsthat like "race" and gender, kinship is culturally constructed Anthropologists are interested in kinship ...

list the factors that affect stream flow depth of width channel width of roughness of stream button slope or incline of surrounding terrain discuss the importance of groundwater and evaluate the environmental problems associated with it groundwater is one of the most important natural resources it provides drinking water and supplies for households and crop irrigation the downside movement of rock or soil due to the influence of gravity mass wasting what is the primary energy source t...

Notes from the textbook and practice quiz questions based off of the book Cultural Anthropology An Applied Perspective, for ANT 2410