SOSA 1002 FINAL Flashcards
Division of Labour (Fedorak, 8)
A way of organizing duties. In households, may refer to differentiation of duties based on gender
Family (Fedorak, 8)
People who consider themselves related through kinship: nuclear, extended, single, blended.
Gender Identity (Fedorak, 8)
A cultural construct that gives us our social identity, status, and roles in society based on our gender identity and expected gender roles in society
Gender Variant Roles (Fedorak, 8)
Exhibiting gender traits that are based on gender identity and expectations
Kinship (Fedorak, 8)
An ethnic, culturally contracted concept of family
Civic Media (Fedorak, 9)
The use of social media to garner attention and encourage action from a global audience
Cyberanthropology (Fedorak, 9)
The study of emerging social phenomena in online communities and subculture
Globalization (Fedorak, 9)
Worldwide intergration of economies, assisted by global transportation, communication, and information technology.
Media Anthropology (Fedorak, 9)
The study of influences of media on culture
Participatory Media (Fedorak, 9)
Active participation by people in media, including creating content
Participatory Politics (Fedorak, 9)
Participation by people in the media, including creating content.
Migration, Emigration, and Immigration (Fedorak, 10)
The movement of people from one place to another, be it to a new country, from rural regions to urban centres, or from one region to another.
Emigration refers to movement out of a (source) country.
Immigration refers to movement into a (destination or host) country
Discrimination (Fedorak, 10)
Differential attitudes towards people and access to resources and opportunities based on gender, age, sexual orientation, disabilities, or ethnic identity.
Systematic Racism (Fedorak, 10)
Discrimination embedded in the systems of a culture that limits access to resources and opportunities for people of a certain ‘race’.
Xenophobia (Fedorak, 10)
Dear or dislike of strangers, often predicated on physical appearance or religious beliefs.
Ethnic Enclaves (Fedorak, 10)
A locality, often a neighbourhood, where most of the member are of the same ethnic origin.
Example: Chinatown
Applied Anthropology (Fedorak, 11)
The practical application of the knowledge, expertise, and skills of anthropologists to help solve societal problems.
Cultural Imperialism (Fedorak, 11)
Promoting a nation’s values, beliefs, and behaviours above all others.
Missionism (Fedorak, 11)
The process of converting people to another belief system.
Modernization (Fedorak, 11)
The process of making other societies over in the image of the West by changing their social, economic, political, and religious systems
NGOs (Fedorak, 11)
Non Governmental Organization involved in humanitarian aid and development.
Gender Stratification (Fedorak, 12)
Unequal access to resources, opportunities, and prestige, usually for women, because of their gender
Media epidemiography (Fedorak, 9)
The study of the distribution and patterns of media use
Netizens (Fedorak, 9)
Members of a new form of citizenship that uses the Internet to solve socio-political problems
Social Media (Fedorak, 9)
Social interaction and social mobilization facilitated by mobile devices (e.g. cell phones)
Hijab (Fedorak, 12)
A head covering for Muslim women
Purdah (Fedorak, 12)
A Muslim tradition of secluding women, either within their homes or beneath concealing clothing
Patriarchal Society (Fedorak, 12)
A male dominated society.
READINGS: COURSE READER
Arranging a Marriage in India: It is understood that marriages will only be arranged if the families are in similar what?
The marriage will only be arranged if the families are within the same caste and general social class
READINGS: COURSE READER
Arranging a Marriage in India: What traits do parents in India look for when arranging a marriage for their sons and daughters?
Well educated, employed, and often, more modern and Westernized.
Bilateral Descent
The descent group is formed by people who believe they are related to each other by connections made through their mothers and fathers equally
Patrilocal
With or near the husband’s father
Matrilocal
With or near the wife’s mother
Avunculocal
With or near the husband’s mother’s brother
Uxorilocal
With or near the wife’s kin (13%)
Virilocal
With or near the husband’s kin (most common)(68% of world’s known societies)
Neolocal
Apart from either the husband’s or wife’s kin
**5% of societies
READINGS: COURSE READER
Baseball Magic: What are the three categories discussed in this article?
Rituals, Taboos, and Fetishes.
READINGS: COURSE READER
Baseball Magic: What is an example of a ritual? How are they born?
Wearing the same clothes, recreating a routine, straightening a cap, etc…
They are born out of habit and good experiences/performances
READINGS: COURSE READER
Baseball Magic: How are personal taboos born?
Personal taboos grow out of exceptionally poor performances, which a person attributes to an external element (e.g. behaviours, food, actions)
READINGS: BbL ARTICLES
Love: The Chemical Reaction: According to the article, what parts of the brain are set off when a subject looks at their loved ones?
The parts of brain related to reward and pleasure
READINGS: BbL ARTICLES
Love: The Chemical Reaction: According to the article, why do we love who we love?
“We love whom we love not so much because of the future we hope to build but because of the past we hope to reclaim.”
READINGS: BbL ARTICLES
The Balance of Duty and Desire in a Polygamous Community: What religion is often linked to polygamy?
Mormonism, or the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS)
READINGS: BbL ARTICLES
The Balance of Duty and Desire in a Polygamous Community: What type of society is perpetuated within Angel Falls?
A patriarchal society
READINGS: BbL ARTICLES
The Balance of Duty and Desire in a Polygamous Community: What 3 kind of background are polygamous wives drawn from?
Widowed, divorced, and young women who are open to the polygamous lifestyle
READINGS: BbL ARTICLES
The Balance of Duty and Desire in a Polygamous Community: What is the most dangerous and delicate situation that can occur within a polygamous marriage?
When a new wife arrives, as the other wives can generate an intense jealousy, and cause them to deeply resent their sister wife.
READINGS: BbL ARTICLES
Eating Christmas in the Kalahari: Where did the Kung Bushmen gain their knowledge of Christmas from?
The London Missionary society brought the holiday to the southern Tswana tribes in the early 19th century
READINGS: BbL ARTICLES
Eating Christmas in the Kalahari: What is the Bushmen’s idea of the Christmas story?
“Praise the birth of white man’s god-chief.’
Which is basically it. Just throw in some eggnog and drunk relatives and eyy you’re home.
Click Through:
You can do it! It’s been a long semester, but you’re here now! You can do it! I believe in you!
READINGS: BbL ARTICLES
Shakespeare in the Bush: What did we learn from this article?
Acceptable answers:
Absolutely Nothing
I didn’t read it
The plot line of Hamlet
That all they do is party
READINGS: BbL ARTICLES
Historical Interpretation of Lacrosse and Hockey: Why is it difficult to comprehend why Canada’s primary national symbol is Hockey and Lacrosse?
Because the games are violent, while Canada’s has such a history with peacekeeping and being polite.
READINGS: BbL ARTICLES
Historical Interpretation of Lacrosse and Hockey: What aspects of hockey enabled Canadians to display qualities in patriarchal relations?
Stoicism, courage, perseverance, and proficiency
READINGS: BbL ARTICLES
Materialist, Cultural, and Biological theories on why Yanomami make war: What is Yanomami?
An American Indian people living mainly in the forests of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil.
READINGS: BbL ARTICLES
Materialist, Cultural, and Biological theories on why Yanomami make war: War happens based on our definition of enemy - True or False?
True
READINGS: BbL ARTICLES
Globalization and French Cultural Identity: Why are the French threatened by globalization?
The French are proud of their culture and identity, and they believe globalization will ‘westernize’ them
READINGS: BbL ARTICLES
Globalization and French Cultural Identity: What is the greatest area of concern for France within the entertainment sector?
Film and Cinema
READINGS: BbL ARTICLES
Globalization and French Cultural Identity: The main argument for protecting the French entertainment industry is not _____ or _____, but ______.
The main argument for protecting the French entertainment industry is not ECONOMIC or COMMERCIAL, but CULTURAL.
READINGS: BbL ARTICLES
Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving?: What is Colonial Feminism, as described in the article?
A selective concern about the plight of Egyptian women that focused on the veil as a sign of oppression
Exogamus
You marry outside of the group
Endogomy
Marriage in a particular decent group
Matrilineal
Children are born into mother’s decent group
Patrilineal
Children are born into father’s decent group
What do we have to recognize when talking about family?
The variation in types of marriage cross-culturally.
There is no single definition of marriage that is adequate to account for all of the diversity found in marriages.
Plural marriage
Polygamy
North Americans are allowed to practice what?
Serial monogamy
Polygyny
A man has more than one wife
Polyandry
A woman has more than one husband
Why is football so popular in the USA?
It symbolizes key aspects of American life.
What is Communitas?
Communitas is: an intense community spirit, the feeling of great social equality, solidarity, and togetherness.
What is the term Communitas used to distinguish?
This term is used to distinguish the modality of social relationships from an area of common living.
Then there was that movie that I don’t think anyone watched about Cricket
Did anyone watch that? I mean, voluntarily? Because I know some people that were guilted into watching it. For that, my friends, I am sorry.
Why do anthropologists take a broader view of politics than political scientists so?
their cross cultural data indicates that many kinds of behaviour and thought are political in addition to formal party politics, voting, and government.
What are the three major problems dealt with in Political Anthropology?
Problem of order, problem of scale, and problem of consent and resistance
Define influence
The ability to achieve a desired end by exerting social or moral pressure on someone or some group
Define authority
The ability to take action based on a persons achieved or moral reputation.
Define power
The capacity to take action in the face of resistance, through force if necessary
Political Organization is:
That part of the total social organization that is concerned with maintaining order within a territorial framework by the organized, exercise of coercive power which can imply the threat of physical force.
Political organizations typically have four ares of interest. What are they?
Settle disputes with outside threats
Establish allocation of land and land use rights
Coordinate relationships with neighbouring groups
Find a way to mediate between competing interests of individuals within a group
Human adaptation refers to two things. What are they?
Biological and cultural processes that enable a population to survive and reproduce within a changing environment.
What are the Theories about the relationship between culture and environment?
Diffusionism, determinism, possibilism, internationalism, Steward’s Model, and ethnoecology
Points about diffusionism
Mid to late 19th century
We find similarities between cultures and believe that these similarities are caused by diffusionism.
Cultural traits are similar because culture X borrowed from culture Y
Points about determinism
The environment dictates the shape a culture takes.
Points about possiblilsm
This is a theory about limits
The environment sets limits on cultural possibilities
Points about interactionalism
Julian Steward developed this theory, which is still popular today
The focus is on the dynamic relationship between the environment and culture
Points about Steward’s Model
Belief systems
Family life
politics
Systems of social inequity
Gender relations
Work organization
Food production system
Environment
Ethnoecology
Complimentary set of approaches
The study of the environment and culture from an emic perspective
What is a child soldier?
any person below 18 years of age who is or has been recruited or used by an armed group in any capacity.
Including but not limited to children, boys and girls, used as fighters, cooks, porters, messengers, spies, or for sexual purposes.
What are the 6 Six Grave Violations against Children?
Killing and maiming of children
Recruitment and use of children of soldiers
Sexual violence against children
Attacks against schools or hospitals
Denial of humanitarian access for children
Abduction of children
Who is Roméo Dallaire
Canadian peacekeeper for the UN during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide & Retired Lieutenant General
Risk factors for child solider recruitment?
Impoverishment
Travelling Unaccompanied
Orphanhood
Homelessness
Being female
Roles: Child Soldiers to Gang Members - what are the similarities?
Drug mule = Porter
Scout = Spy
Prostitute = Sex Slave
Hired Gun = Frontline Combator
