ANTHRO EXAM Flashcards
WHAT ARE THE STAGES OF RITES OF PASSAGE AND WHO CAME UP WITH IT?
SEPARATION, LIMINALITY, REINCORPORATION- VICTOR TURNER
HOW DO YOU INFLUENCE THINGS OUT OF YOUR CONTROL
MAGIC
WHAT DOES MAGIC HELP PEOPLE DO
EXPLAIN THE UNEXPLAINABLE
WHAT IS THE EARLIEST EVIDENCE OF RELIGION
PALEOLITHIC CAVE PAINTINGS
WHAT RESULTS FROM STRESS (RELIGION)
REVITALIZATION MOVEMENTS
WHAT IS THE POSSIBILITY BETWEEN SOCIAL SRUCTURES CALLED (VICTOR TURNER)
COMMUNITAS
WHAT DOES PUBLIC ANTHRO DEMONSTRATE
THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS OUTSIDE THE DISCIPLINE
WHO DISCUSSED THE SACRED?
DURKHEIM
WHAT IS THE SACRED AND WHAT IS THE PROFANE
SACRED = SUPERNATUAL, PROFANE = MUNDANE
WHAT WOULD THE FORCE (STAR WARS) BE?
ANIMATISM
WHAT IS ANIMISM?
SUPERNATURAL BELIEF
WHAT IS ANIMATISM? LIST TWO EXAMPLES
IMPERSONAL FORCES THAT CAN BE GOOD OR EVIL- THE FORCE (STAR WARS), MANA (MELANESIAN CULTURES)
WHAT ARE THE 3 REPONSES YOU CAN HAVE WHEN YOUR ORGANIZATION DECLINES
EXIT, VOICE, LOYALTY
WHAT IS EXIT? VOICE? LOYALTY?
WHO WAS IT DEVELOPED BY?
EXIT: WITHDRAW
VOICE: REPAIR OR ATTEMPT IMPROVEMENTS (MUST BE APART OF GROUP)
LOYALTY: REMAIN IN GROUP
*HIRSCHMAN
WHAT DOES PUBLIC ANTHRO DO?
ENGAGE COMMUNITIES
WHAT IS BIOPOWER?
FORCES THAT REGULATE LIFE WHICH GOVERN BODIES/POPULATIONS
WHAT IS DISCIPLINARY POWER?
BEHVAING IN A WAY BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE IT IS RIGHT (EVERYDAY INTERACTIONS)
WHAT WAS WHEELER’S CONTRIBUTION
FATHER OF PUBLIC ANTHRO
EXPLAIN THE STAGES OF RELIGIOUS NATIONALISM
DESPAIR: DISAFFECTION WITH IDEA OF THE WEST (CAPITALISM, SECULARISM, INDIVIDUALISM)
RELIGIONIZING POLITICS: POLITICAL DIFFICULTIES HAVE RELIGIOUS CAUSE AND RELIGIONS GOALS HAVE POLITICAL SOLUTIONS
ADAPTION: NEW RELIGION FORMED
WHAT IS RITUAL
REPEATED PRACTICES THAT INVOLVED SACRED PERFORMANCES
WHAT IS CULTURE
SHARED AND LEARNED THROUGH ENCULTURATION
WHAT IS MYTH
NARRATIVE PLOT ABOUT THE SUPERNATUAL WHICH OFTEN CONTAIN LESSONS
WHAT IS DESCRIPTIVE LINGUISTICS
HOW LANGUAGE WORKS (WHAT CULTURES VALUE)
WHAT IS SOCIOLINGUISTICS
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
WHAT DO STRATIFIED IDENTITES HAVE UNEQUAL ACCESS TO?
WEALTH, POWER, PRESTIGE
-stratified identities are the first thing you see ex) race, gender, class
WHAT ARE THE SOCIETAL HIERARCHIES (types of societies)
-EGALITARIAN: everyone is equal (hunter gather)
-RANK SOCIETY: unequal prestige but equal access to resources
-CLASS SOCIETY: western world
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ETHNIC GROUP AND ETHNICITY
-ETHNIC GROUP= GROUPS WITH SIMILAR NORMS AND VALUES DEFINED BY LANGUAGE, GEOGRAPHY, ETC.
-ETHNICITY= ETHNIC GROUP PERSON IDENTIFIES WITH AND FEELS EXCLUSION FROM OTHER GROUPS
WHAT DOES SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORY DO? WHAT IS THE CASE STUDY?
-EXAGGERATES DIFFERENCES
-CASE STUDY: 2 GROUPS OF BOYS AT SUMMER CAMP NATURALLY PRODUCE PREJUDICE AGAINST EACH OTHER (conflict grew with contact and lessened with common goal)
WHICH ANTHROPOLOGISTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH STIGMA
-DURKHEIM FIRST EXPLORE, THEN GOFFMAN USED IT LATER
WHAT DID GOFFMAN PROPOSE ABOUT STIGMA
-SPOILED IDENTITY: IDENTITY THAT CAUSES STIGMA
-THE STIGMATIZED: HAVE STIGMA
-THE NORMAL: DO NOT CARRY STIGMA
-THE WISE: REGARDED AS NORMAL BUT HAVE KNOWLEDGE
WHO INTRODUCED CULTURAL RELAVITISM?
FRANZ BOAS
WHAT ARE THE SOCIAL PROCESSED THAT MAKE RACE APART OF THE NATURAL ORDER OF THINGS
NATURALIZATION
WHAT DO DU BOIS METAPHORS FOR RACIAL RELATIOS EMPHASIZE?
PSYCHOLOGICAL
WHAT IS DU BOIS REFLECTING ABOUT IN HIS PAPER
RACE
WHAT IS THE EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT DICUSSED IN “WHEN FIELDWORK BREAKS YOUR HEART AN EXAMPLE OF?”
REFLEXIVITY AND POSITIONALITY
WHAT IS THE PHENOMENON ALVARO JARRIN OBSERVES
STRUCTURAL VIOLECE
WHAT IS THE CASTE SYSTEM
RANKED SUBGROUPS WITH RULES OF INTERACTIONS EX) MARRIAGE
WHAT IS NATIVISM
“OURS BUT DIFFERENT THAN US” EX) ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS ARE WHITE BUT NOT AMERICAN
WHAT DOES RACISM DO
-CONTROL, RETAIN POWER, REINFORCES HIERARCHIES
WHO COINED STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE
GULTANG
WHAT IS STRUCTUAL VICTIMIZATION
INSTITUTIONS PRIVILEGE SECTIONSN OF SOCIETY AND STIGMATIZE OTHERS
WHAT IS THE CANADA FIRST MOVEMENT
ENFORCED ANGLO-SAXON VALUES
WHAT DOES FOUCAULT SAY ABOUT POWER
COMES FROM EVERYWHERE AND IS EVERYWHERE- NEITHER AN AGENCY OF STRUCTURE
WHAT IS MODERN POWER
EXPECTATIONS, RULES, NORMS (ILLUSION YOU ARE BEING WATCHED) - PRISON GUARD TOWER
WHAT IS BIOPOLITICS
INTERSECTION OF LIFE AND POLITICS
WHAT IS EUGENICS
THEORY OF RACIAL IMPROVEMENT THROUGH BREEDING (GETTING RIDE OF UNWANTED TRAITS)
WHO ARE SHAMANS
RESPECTED, ELDERLY MEMEBERS OF COMMUNITY THAT PASS DOWN KNOWLEDGE
WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF TRANCES
-LIGHT: SLOW BREATHING, ILLUSIONS
-MEDIUM: SENSORY ILLUSIONS
-DEEP: SUPERHUMAN ABILITES, CONTROL
WHAT ARE THE SOCIAL FUNCTIONS OF RELIGION
-SOCIAL CONTROL, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, GROUP SOLIDARITY
WHAT ARE THE PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF RELIGION
-COGNITIVE: INTELLECTUL FRAMEWORK
-EMOTIONAL: REDUCE ANXIETY
WHAT IS A DOCTRINE
FORMALIZED STATEMENTS ABOUT RELIGION
WHAT IS IMITATIVE MAGIC AND CONTAGIOUS MAGIC
-IMITATIVE: ALIKENESS ex) voodoo doll
-CONTAGIOUS: PASSED ALOBE ex) spells
WHAT ARE THE ISSUES WITH CULTURAL RELAVITISM
-RESTRICT FREEDOM
-VIOLENCE
-CHILD MARRIAGE
-BODY MUTILATION
WHO WAS CREDITED WITH MUSEUM WALKTHROUGH
RIVERS (FIRST SCIENTIFIC ARCHAEOLOGIST)
