Anth 101 - Art & Play

Question 1

Who is Michelle Bigenho?

Answer 1

Anthropologist and ViolinistDid multisited field work and ethnography.study of bolivian music and identity.worked w a local band, two indigenous communities, and performed at an international folk festival

Question 2

Dialectic of Fieldwork

Answer 2

Both fieldworker and informant begin w little or nothing in terms of shared experience.engage in dialogue with each other about the activites going on around them�.reflexivity is key! (introspective flexibility)

Question 3

reflexivity

Answer 3

thinking critically about the way one thinks, reflecting on one’s own experience

Question 4

Fieldwork and sense of _____ x2

Answer 4

Fieldwork can disrupt our own sense of self and sense of identity of our informants.many anths experience culture shock!.however provides remarkable opportunities to talk across cultural boundaries

Question 5

Language

Answer 5

A system of arbitrary vocal sounds�Used to encode one’s experience of the world and of othersA key component of human symbolic creativity

Question 6

how is language biocultural?

Answer 6

Human brain and anatomy of the mouth and throat provide the capacity for language.languages are cultural products embedded in meanings and behavioral patterns�

Question 7

study of language?

Answer 7

linguistics

Question 8

Language vs Languages

Answer 8

Language is an abstract property that belong to humans as a whole.Languages are the specific was groups of people communicate

Question 9

Missing slide 14, 15, and 6

Answer 9

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