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ANTHRO EXAM Flashcards

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WHAT ARE THE STAGES OF RITES OF PASSAGE AND WHO CAME UP WITH IT?

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SEPARATION, LIMINALITY, REINCORPORATION- VICTOR TURNER

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HOW DO YOU INFLUENCE THINGS OUT OF YOUR CONTROL

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MAGIC

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WHAT DOES MAGIC HELP PEOPLE DO

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EXPLAIN THE UNEXPLAINABLE

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WHAT IS THE EARLIEST EVIDENCE OF RELIGION

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PALEOLITHIC CAVE PAINTINGS

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WHAT RESULTS FROM STRESS (RELIGION)

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REVITALIZATION MOVEMENTS

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WHAT IS THE POSSIBILITY BETWEEN SOCIAL SRUCTURES CALLED (VICTOR TURNER)

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COMMUNITAS

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WHAT DOES PUBLIC ANTHRO DEMONSTRATE

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THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS OUTSIDE THE DISCIPLINE

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WHO DISCUSSED THE SACRED?

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DURKHEIM

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WHAT IS THE SACRED AND WHAT IS THE PROFANE

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SACRED = SUPERNATUAL, PROFANE = MUNDANE

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WHAT WOULD THE FORCE (STAR WARS) BE?

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ANIMATISM

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WHAT IS ANIMISM?

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SUPERNATURAL BELIEF

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WHAT IS ANIMATISM? LIST TWO EXAMPLES

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IMPERSONAL FORCES THAT CAN BE GOOD OR EVIL- THE FORCE (STAR WARS), MANA (MELANESIAN CULTURES)

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WHAT ARE THE 3 REPONSES YOU CAN HAVE WHEN YOUR ORGANIZATION DECLINES

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EXIT, VOICE, LOYALTY

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WHAT IS EXIT? VOICE? LOYALTY?
WHO WAS IT DEVELOPED BY?

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EXIT: WITHDRAW
VOICE: REPAIR OR ATTEMPT IMPROVEMENTS (MUST BE APART OF GROUP)
LOYALTY: REMAIN IN GROUP
*HIRSCHMAN

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WHAT DOES PUBLIC ANTHRO DO?

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ENGAGE COMMUNITIES

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WHAT IS BIOPOWER?

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FORCES THAT REGULATE LIFE WHICH GOVERN BODIES/POPULATIONS

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WHAT IS DISCIPLINARY POWER?

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BEHVAING IN A WAY BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE IT IS RIGHT (EVERYDAY INTERACTIONS)

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WHAT WAS WHEELER’S CONTRIBUTION

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FATHER OF PUBLIC ANTHRO

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EXPLAIN THE STAGES OF RELIGIOUS NATIONALISM

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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

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WHAT IS RITUAL

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REPEATED PRACTICES THAT INVOLVED SACRED PERFORMANCES

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WHAT IS CULTURE

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SHARED AND LEARNED THROUGH ENCULTURATION

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WHAT IS MYTH

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NARRATIVE PLOT ABOUT THE SUPERNATUAL WHICH OFTEN CONTAIN LESSONS

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WHAT IS DESCRIPTIVE LINGUISTICS

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HOW LANGUAGE WORKS (WHAT CULTURES VALUE)

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WHAT IS SOCIOLINGUISTICS

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR

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WHAT DO STRATIFIED IDENTITES HAVE UNEQUAL ACCESS TO?

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WEALTH, POWER, PRESTIGE
-stratified identities are the first thing you see ex) race, gender, class

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WHAT ARE THE SOCIETAL HIERARCHIES (types of societies)

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-EGALITARIAN: everyone is equal (hunter gather)
-RANK SOCIETY: unequal prestige but equal access to resources
-CLASS SOCIETY: western world

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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ETHNIC GROUP AND ETHNICITY

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-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

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WHAT DOES SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORY DO? WHAT IS THE CASE STUDY?

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-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)

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WHICH ANTHROPOLOGISTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH STIGMA

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-DURKHEIM FIRST EXPLORE, THEN GOFFMAN USED IT LATER

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WHAT DID GOFFMAN PROPOSE ABOUT STIGMA

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-SPOILED IDENTITY: IDENTITY THAT CAUSES STIGMA
-THE STIGMATIZED: HAVE STIGMA
-THE NORMAL: DO NOT CARRY STIGMA
-THE WISE: REGARDED AS NORMAL BUT HAVE KNOWLEDGE

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WHO INTRODUCED CULTURAL RELAVITISM?

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FRANZ BOAS

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WHAT ARE THE SOCIAL PROCESSED THAT MAKE RACE APART OF THE NATURAL ORDER OF THINGS

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NATURALIZATION

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WHAT DO DU BOIS METAPHORS FOR RACIAL RELATIOS EMPHASIZE?

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PSYCHOLOGICAL

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WHAT IS DU BOIS REFLECTING ABOUT IN HIS PAPER

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RACE

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WHAT IS THE EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT DICUSSED IN “WHEN FIELDWORK BREAKS YOUR HEART AN EXAMPLE OF?”

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REFLEXIVITY AND POSITIONALITY

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WHAT IS THE PHENOMENON ALVARO JARRIN OBSERVES

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STRUCTURAL VIOLECE

37
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WHAT IS THE CASTE SYSTEM

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RANKED SUBGROUPS WITH RULES OF INTERACTIONS EX) MARRIAGE

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WHAT IS NATIVISM

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“OURS BUT DIFFERENT THAN US” EX) ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS ARE WHITE BUT NOT AMERICAN

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WHAT DOES RACISM DO

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-CONTROL, RETAIN POWER, REINFORCES HIERARCHIES

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WHO COINED STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE

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GULTANG

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WHAT IS STRUCTUAL VICTIMIZATION

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INSTITUTIONS PRIVILEGE SECTIONSN OF SOCIETY AND STIGMATIZE OTHERS

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WHAT IS THE CANADA FIRST MOVEMENT

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ENFORCED ANGLO-SAXON VALUES

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WHAT DOES FOUCAULT SAY ABOUT POWER

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COMES FROM EVERYWHERE AND IS EVERYWHERE- NEITHER AN AGENCY OF STRUCTURE

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WHAT IS MODERN POWER

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EXPECTATIONS, RULES, NORMS (ILLUSION YOU ARE BEING WATCHED) - PRISON GUARD TOWER

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WHAT IS BIOPOLITICS

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INTERSECTION OF LIFE AND POLITICS

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WHAT IS EUGENICS

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THEORY OF RACIAL IMPROVEMENT THROUGH BREEDING (GETTING RIDE OF UNWANTED TRAITS)

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WHO ARE SHAMANS

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RESPECTED, ELDERLY MEMEBERS OF COMMUNITY THAT PASS DOWN KNOWLEDGE

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WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF TRANCES

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-LIGHT: SLOW BREATHING, ILLUSIONS
-MEDIUM: SENSORY ILLUSIONS
-DEEP: SUPERHUMAN ABILITES, CONTROL

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WHAT ARE THE SOCIAL FUNCTIONS OF RELIGION

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-SOCIAL CONTROL, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, GROUP SOLIDARITY

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WHAT ARE THE PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF RELIGION

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-COGNITIVE: INTELLECTUL FRAMEWORK
-EMOTIONAL: REDUCE ANXIETY

51
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WHAT IS A DOCTRINE

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FORMALIZED STATEMENTS ABOUT RELIGION

52
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WHAT IS IMITATIVE MAGIC AND CONTAGIOUS MAGIC

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-IMITATIVE: ALIKENESS ex) voodoo doll
-CONTAGIOUS: PASSED ALOBE ex) spells

53
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WHAT ARE THE ISSUES WITH CULTURAL RELAVITISM

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-RESTRICT FREEDOM
-VIOLENCE
-CHILD MARRIAGE
-BODY MUTILATION

54
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WHO WAS CREDITED WITH MUSEUM WALKTHROUGH

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RIVERS (FIRST SCIENTIFIC ARCHAEOLOGIST)

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