Week One - Intro

Question 1

When was the Sexual Revolution?

Answer 1

1990’s

Question 2

Why can anthropology throughout history be viewed as limited?

Answer 2

The field was dominated by men (usually western) and their perceptions of the world around them, including those of other cultures and ethnicities.

Question 3

What are ‘Partial Selves’?

Answer 3

The idea that a person’s identity is built of many different, shifting parts such as race, gender, class. Critical awareness of one’s positioning in the field.

Question 4

What brings the promise of ‘epistemological productivity’?

Answer 4

Developing true reflexivity through shared sexual encounters between two partial selves.

Question 5

What is reflexivity?

Answer 5

The examination of one’s own beliefs, judgments and practices during the research process and how these may have influenced the research.

Question 6

What did Lunsing find through his research?

Answer 6

The way in which different cultures (eg. Japan) reacted to and treated homosexual relationships, as well as social hierarchies and sexuality.