ANTHR 101

Question 1

What does Professor Basso conclude is the reason why Western Apache are silent?

It is a response to uncertainty
They are too dignified
Their language is impoverished
Indians lack personal warmth

Answer 1

It is a response to uncertainty

Question 2

All of Professor De la Cadena and Mariano’s differences could be explained by race, ethnicity and class.

T/F

Answer 2

False

Question 3

According to Professor Muehlebach, social citizenship promotes the ideology of a moral order and subjectivity that binds citizens through duties rather than rights
T/F

Answer 3

False

Question 4

What is Professor Simpson’s main critique of the term “indigeneity?”

It is not specific enough
It focuses on only a colonizer’s point of view
It only refers to one group of people
It is too objective

Answer 4

It focuses on only a colonizer’s point of view

Question 5

In Energoploitics Professor Boyer argues that the implementation of wind power projects in Mexico needs to consider

The history of colonialism in the area
Voices and attitudes of Indigenous communities
Resistance movements fronted by local groups
All of the above

Answer 5

All of the above

Question 6

What is the Third Way as discussed in the “Moral Neoliberal”?

Refers to a middle political alignment that is more consistent with right wing beliefs.
A spiritual political movement that is exercised frequently in Milan.
Center-left politics that uphold neoliberal markets with social care.
A unique type of Italian voluntarism.

Answer 6

Center-left politics that uphold neoliberal markets with social care.

Question 7

According to Dr. Shange, public afterlife of ethnography, begins at the moment of publication, and is a crucial site of inquiry to understand the challenges and limitations of public social science.

T/F

Answer 7

True

Question 8

According to Professor Basso, what is a situation in which Western Apache refrain from speech?

When they are at a school function
When someone doesn’t seem to be themselves
When they are traveling
None of the above

Answer 8

When someone doesn’t seem to be themselves

Question 9

Professor Scott claims that repeated controversies over religious expression in France are symptomatic of problems with what?

Laicite
Intolerable difference
Republican universalism
Radical politics

Answer 9

Republican universalism

Question 10

According to Professor De la Cadena, incommensurable differences are things that can easily be measured

T/F

Answer 10

False

Question 11

What does Professor Muelbach believe is the reason for moral neo-liberal emergence?

Social disintegration
Abandonment
Anomie
All of the above

Answer 11

All of the above

Question 12

In Prof. Chin’s article, how did girls in Newhallville blur “racial absolutes”?

By using expensive Mattel dolls.
By using their dolls outside of their home with their friends.
Through dressing them in African-style clothing.
By putting their hair into distinct African American styles using beads, braids, and foil.

Answer 12

By putting their hair into distinct African American styles using beads, braids, and foil.

Question 13

Why don’t Apache introduce strangers?

Strangers are expected to speak eventually
Apache don’t care about people they don’t know
They don’t want to seem too friendly too fast
A and C

Answer 13

A and C

Question 14

According to Professor Scott, what is a predominant fear many French have about Muslims?

The idea of the Muslim “extremist”
The construction of Muslim places of worship
The selling of Muslim goods
The public prayers of Muslim people

Answer 14

The idea of the Muslim “extremist”

Question 15

Professor De la Cadena argues that:

Translation deals with turning one language into another
Translation does not convey that lettered and a-lettered worlds are distinct and present in one another
Translation is able to convery that lettered and a-lettered worlds are distinct and present in one another
Translation allows people to understand others from different cultures

Answer 15

Translation does not convey that lettered and a-lettered worlds are distinct and present in one another

Question 16

Professor Gershon argues that new media influences hiring because:

People apply to jobs through social networks such as LinkedIn.
People are concerned about things they post online negatively affecting their chances of getting hired.
People must develop a brand personality in which they present themselves in a certain way that is attractive to companies.
Both B and C

Answer 16

Both B and C

Question 17

According to Dr. Bonilla’s article, how did citizenship play a role in sending aid to Puerto Rico?

As US citizens the people of Puerto Rico were able to get aid after waiting a few weeks.
Puerto Rico has no connection to the United States so they had to get aid from the UN
Puerto Rico’s status as a US Territory brought to question what rights the people of Puerto Rico had to getting aid from the US
Citizenship played no role in Puerto Rico receiving aid after Hurrican Maria.

Answer 17

Puerto Rico’s status as a US Territory brought to question what rights the people of Puerto Rico had to getting aid from the US

Question 18

In Kenneth’s and Mamie’s Phipps Clark study about Black children’s perceptions of race, the Clarks argued that black children preferring white dolls could see themselves in them thus building their self-esteem.

T/F

Answer 18

False

Question 19

How does Professor Redfield NOT describe “doctors without borders”?

As focusing mainly on long term healthcare
As always at “war”
As operating during never ending crises
As acting through ethical vision rather than politcal vision

Answer 19

As focusing mainly on long term healthcare

Question 20

Which of these is not one of Professor Bonilla’s components of disaster-ology?

Disasters are great levelers of society
Disasters are the results of the long process of structural violence
Disasters are socially produced
Both A and C

Answer 20

Disasters are great levelers of society

Question 21

Professor Simpson says that in Western countries, “culture” is a codeword for:

Difference
Uniqueness
Collective achievement
Art of a social group

Answer 21

Difference

Question 22

What are objects-in-motion as Professor Mankekar describes?

Commodities that simply move around the world to be sold
Physical objects that elicit different value through transportation across the world.

Answer 22

Physical objects that elicit different value through transportation across the world.

Question 23

In Dr. Feld’s article about Por Por in Accra, Ghana, why were Nii Yemo’s father’s belongings such as licenses, uniforms, sports club membership cards, intercountry driving permits, etc. meaningful to Nii Yemo?

These documents memorialized his father’s work and wealth as a driver
This material wealth gives you a reputation, which is then passed on to your family
Because they keep the name of their ancestors with them when they keep their things.
All of the above

Answer 23

All of the above

Question 24

Which of the following are theme(s) emphasized by Professor Redfield in his article?
Forms of Identity
Humanitarianism
Citizenship Rights
Both b and c

Answer 24

Both b and c

Question 25

In Dr. Feld’s article about Por Por in La, Accra, Ghana, why was the use of La a theme of community pride?

Because La is the only place in the world that has por por music.
La is not an actual place, people preferred the name Labadi.
Because they used naming as resistance to colonialism.
Because that is where Dr. Steven Feld became famous.

Answer 25

Because they used naming as resistance to colonialism.

Question 26

How does gender feature in Professor Mankekar’s writing?

Professor Mankekar did not discuss gender
Women were the main actors in the preservation of Indian culture through visits to Indian grocery stores
Men were the primary patrons of the Indian grocery stores in the Bay Area
Men and women experience memory differently

Answer 26

Women were the main actors in the preservation of Indian culture through visits to Indian grocery stores

Question 27

According to Dr. Feldman, the categorization of population for relief purposes in Gaza, contributed to developments in

Humanitarian policy
Refugee conditions
Political vocabulary and identification
Legal condition

Answer 27

Political vocabulary and identification

Question 28

Professor Boyer claims that in order to understand Aeolian politics one needs to have an understanding of the legacy of colonialism, petropower, and oppositional movements specific to the region.
(T/F)

Answer 28

True

Question 29

Professor Holmes claims that citizenship doesn’t have anything to do with the segregation of workers.
(T/F)

Answer 29

False

Question 30

What premises does Professor Szeman base his argument on?

Oil and capital are linked
Techno-utopianism is a possible solution to solving a potential oil apocalypse
The success of capital depends on continuous expansion
Both A and C

Answer 30

Both A and C

Question 31

Professor Simpson defines “voicing” as:

The point of view of the colonizers in certain areas
The most popular outside perceptions of a group
The dominant forms of knowing and commitment to accurate representation
The dominant points of view in a group typically held by political leaders

Answer 31

The dominant forms of knowing and commitment to accurate representation

Question 32

Apocalyptic Environmentalism, unlike strategic realism and techno-utopianism sees disaster at the end of oil as imminent because the necessary political and economic changes have not been made to prevent it
(T/F)

Answer 32

True

Question 33

Professor De la Cadena argues what about ways of knowing

Runakuna ways of knowing are different from the governments
Runakuna ways of knowing are the same as the governments
Runakuna ways of knowing are difficult to translate to the other ways of knowing
A and C

Answer 33

A and C

Question 34

The Garifuna embrace (blank) through consumption and style.

Fashion
Neoliberalism
Individualism
Blackness, or Black power

Answer 34

Blackness, or Black power