Study Guide Questions Flashcards
What is the term for a specific thought anchored to a specific location?
Place-Based Thought
(T/F) Imagined objectivity is the idea that certain bits of information are viewed as “objective” because of how they are structured and who is claiming the authenticity of the subject.
True
What is the definition of “salvage anthropology”?
Attempting to collect and preserve all remaining aspects of a “disappearing” culture
What is the defintion of the “Interpersonal theory of disease”?
A view of disease in which is it assumed that illness is caused by tensions or conflicts in social relations
(T/F) Dr. Sturm suggests that the early Cherokee Nation race in two ways. The first being “race as a nation,” and the second being “race as blood quantum.”
True
What term matches this definition? When a form or media creates a main protagonist, usually a White, European male, that fights against his people to lead an Indigenous community to freedom.
White Messiah Formula
According to Dr. Jackson, what is the definition of authentic ethnographic research practices?
A relationship between an Inderpent thinking think and a non-thinking dependent thing. This causes issues like misrepresentations and dehumanization.
What is the defintion of “racialized socio-political formation”?
Emphasizes the extent to which race is social and political construction that operates on both micro and macro levels.
(T/F) Dr. Lawrence-Zuniga presents place as a scientific, measurable dimension of a locations, which space can be defined as the emotions and cultural importance we attach to it.
False
What is the concept of ethnographic taxidermy, according to Drr. Starn?
“Freezing” an Indigenous community for the anthropological purpose of reconstructing their culture to an idealized pre-contact era.
What does Dr. Basso tell us the Apache call their journey to obtain wisdom?
Trail of Wisdom
(T/F) The Hmong people see the world divided into two parts: the world of the seen (living) and the world of the unseen (spirits)
True
Dr. Kessler’s work with cases of intersexed infants reaffirms what gender norm in United States culture?
That gender is a strict binary of male or female
(T/F) Dr. Gray and Dr. Basso speak about what is means to “dwell” in a place. Is it true that Dr. Basso presents a definition of dwelling that describers an interdependent relationship between the place and the humans that inhabit it?
True
What is the term for an individual of a mixed race with more “subordinate” blood, according to that culture?
Hypodescent
(T/F) Dr. Duany claims that Puerto Rican immigrants to the United States select “other” on their census as an act of defiance due to a lack of racial representation
True
What does the term “Pan-Indianism” mean
A generalized grouping of all Native American peoples under one central image and description
What is the term for historical research that focuses on specific events and people rather than a general overview of an era?
Microhistory
(T/F) After reviewing Dr. Bourgois’ work with Puerto Ricans living in El Barrio, would it be fair to say that these individuals were able to travel to the United States and create an identity on their terms?
False
What is the term of defining race through metaphors like blood and kinship to form a collected superorganism?
Race as a Nation State
What is the deinition of “sense of place”?
The combination of emotions and meaning that defines a specific place
(T/F) Dr. Gray and Dr. Basso both speak about what it means to be”dwell” in place. Is it true that Dr. Gray presents a definition of dwelling that describes that creation of places as an action
False
What is Dr. Jackson’s definition of sincere ethnographic research practices?
A relationship between two independent thinking things. This promotes interdependent between the researcher and the community.
What aspects of Native American culture does Dr. Starn propose anthropologists shift their research towards
Mundane, daily activities
