Applying Anthropological Concepts
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A 5 page research paper that uses Gregory Reck's text In the Shadow of Tlaloc, Life in a Mexican Village (1978) in order to illustrate principles of cultural anthropology as discussed in Kottak's Mirror for Humanity (1996). No additional sources cited.
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Approaches and Limitations of Research in Anthropological Study According to Rosaldo and Scheper-Hughes
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This is a 5 page paper discussing the differences and limitations in approaches to the study of cultures in anthropology using research theories by Renato Rosaldo and Nancy Scheper-Hughes. Rosaldo’s approach based on cultural citizenship allows him to study cultures and their groups but is somewhat subjective while Scheper-Hughes’ sociocentric concept of self relies heavily on conclusions based on her studies of individual’s excluded from groups within cultures. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Archaeotourism
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A 12 page overview of archaeotourism, its effects on indigenous populations and archaeologically important sites. Compares archaeotourism to ecotourism and points out its benefits as well as its downfalls. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Around The World In Thirty Years
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Barbara Gallatin Anderson is an anthropologist. She has written a book that tells about her travels, the people and cultures she has encountered over the thirty years she was working as an anthropologist. This 5 page paper provides a tutorial on how to write a critique of the book, Around The World In Thirty Years. No additional sources are listed.
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Article Analysis/Evidence-Based Practice
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A 9 page article analysis of a research study, Pravikoff, Tanner and Pierce (2005), that was designed to evaluate the knowledge, computer literacy skills and general readiness of American nurses to implement evidence-based nursing practice. The writer summarizes and evaluates each section of the study, concluding with an evaluation of the research's significance to nursing. No additional sources cited.
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Baker’s Sinhalese Village Study
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In A Singhalese Village in Sri Lanka: Coping with Uncertainty, Victoria J. Baker is making a case for how the people of Suduwatura Ara, an agrarian society of homesteaders cope with the uncertainty surrounding their lives. In pursuit of this subject, Baker looks at both the macro and micro environment, not only of the people, but also the researcher. She includes a discussion of her fieldwork in 1984-1985 and her return in 1994-1995, how she had to learn the customs and build a house to live in because of the poverty. Poverty is the main thrust of her argument in the case study concerning this particular group of Sinhalese, though her main thrust is how they cope with the persistent uncertainty of losing their homes and livelihoods. 1 work cited. jvSinhal.rtf
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Bali/Colonial & Post-Colonial History
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An 8 page essay that draws heavily on J. Stephen Lansing's anthropological study of Bali entitled "The Balinese" and outlines the history of this island culture during its colonial and post-colonial eras. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Balinese Culture: A Holistic View
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A 5 page discussion of the interconnectivity of many aspects of Balinese culture and lifeways. Provides numerous examples of this interconnectivity ranging from daily life ways to elaborate ritual. Explains that Balinese religion is one of the primary examples of this interconnectivity but even aspects such as a child’s play has deep cultural meanings and an interconnectivity and relationship with seemingly unrelated aspects of that culture. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Band Societies
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A 3 page paper which discusses band societies as it relates to the centrality of the relations of production in shaping the band society’s political, social, and cultural conditions. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Barriers to Assimilation: A Study of Black Urban Culture
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This 7 page paper examines Joyce Aschenbrenner's Lifelines. Chicago in the 1970s is discussed as are racial components. This anthropological paper focuses on the culture of the American black community and changes it has endured over the decades. A proposal for this paper is included. The paper maintains that the reason why black culture stands out today is due to the fact that the social constructions are very different from White America's European culture. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Behavioral Evolution and the Formation of Culture
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An 8 page discussion of behavioral evolution and the role of behavioral science in that evolution. Notes that behavioral changes occur over time on both an individual level and a cultural level. Compares these changes with biological evolution through the process of natural selection. Warns that while the intervention of behavioral science may be of positive use in correcting truly aberrant individual behavior, it could be of tremendous adverse impact to cultural evolution as a whole. Encourages cultural self-control and warns against the approach of Westernization and deliberate cultural design and intervention. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Bell Curve
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In 5 pages "This author proposes to discuss, in a critical evaluation, how Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray, the authors of "The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life", construct their arguments, and how they use claim, facts, opinions, etc., while concentrating on how the authors use language, reasoning, etc. to build there case and then ultimately concentrating on how they contradict one another." Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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