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Definition of Applied Anthropology

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the use of anthropological knowledge and methods to solve practical problems, often for a specific client

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Aspects of applied anthro

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  • research aimed at practical applications
  • problem oriented research aimed at the world’s contemporary populations
  • Apply anthropological data, concepts and strategies
  • Try and solve social economic and technological problems:
  • -at home and abroad
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What is B.A.R.F.?

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Bass’
Anthropological
Research
Facility

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What happens at the facility?

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Bodies are donated to science

  • decomposition is recorded
  • temperature is noted
  • photographs are taken
  • known information about the individual is cross referenced with information extrapolated from the individual
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What happened in the 1920’s?

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Anthropologists were asked to help with the war effort

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What did anthropologists do during WWII?

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recruited by the national research council to study

  • national moral
  • food preferences (during rationing)
  • National character studies on our enemies
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What new type of anthropologist emerged in the 1970’s to the present?

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  • not employed in academics:
  • due to a decline in the job market
  • combined with an increase in federal legislation
    • National Historical Preservation Act (1966)
    • NAGPARA (Native American Grave Preservation Repatriation Act)
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What organizations have been supporting Applied Anthropology?

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  • Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
  • World Health Organization (WHO)
  • Corporations
  • Family planing clinics
  • Urban planning departments
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What did anthropologists help with in Haiti? Who was it?

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Deforestation
-in 4 years 75,000 households planted 20 million trees
G.Murray

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What did anthropologists help with in India?

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Baby food wasn’t selling.

Babies were on the packaging, therefore they assumed that babies were the ingredient.

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What did anthropologists help with in S. America?

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Helping people understand that the microbes in there drinking water were microscopic. Showing that they did indeed need to boil it.

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What is applied anthropology aimed at?

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directed culture change

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What is an anthropological researcher responsible?

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Anticipating a ethical dilemmas

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What is the A.A.A.?

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American Anthropological Association

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What is project camelot?

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U.S. military funded program to study cicil violence in Asia, Latin America, Africa, and Europe

  • Several revolts took place
  • Anthropologists were involved in studies
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What questions were brought up by project Camelot?

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Was the project a legitimate attempt to collect social science data?
Was it a cover for the U.S. military?

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What lesson did anthropology learn from project camelot?

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All anthropologists have an ethical responsibility to avoid research that is in any way morally questionable.

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What is the HTS?

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the human terrain system

  • the military embeds anthropologists with troops in Iraq and Afghanistan
  • may not be an expert in that culture
  • advise commanders on situations
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What is the HTS goal?

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Help soldiers understand local culture

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What is part of the A.A.A. code of conduct?

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  • Must have informed consent of participants

- mandates no harm to people who are studied

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What disciplines are involved in medical anthropology?

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  • nutrition
  • epidemiologists
  • medical doctors
  • anthropologists
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What does medical anthropology do?

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  • Studies human health in a variety of environments and cultural contexts
  • Holistic approach to health
  • Factors:
  • environment
  • Culture
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What is the environmental factor of medical anthropology?

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  • the effect people have on the environment
  • example: overcrowding
  • the biological effect of environment on the people
  • example: tropical environments
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What is the cultural aspect of medical anthropology?

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  • view cultural practices that make people sick
  • example: using local ricer as a place to provide water for animals and using that same water to drink
  • medicinal plants used to cure illness
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What is our example of the use of medical anthropology?

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Cannibal mourners

  • The Fore
  • Papua New Guine
  • Kuru
26
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What types of medical practitioners did we discuss in class?

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  • Shamans
  • Physicians
  • M.D.
  • D.O.
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What is the cultural concept of sickness?

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  • sickness comes when there is an imbalance in the body
  • to cure, one must consume food with the opposite properties
  • caused by supernatural forces

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