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AN203-057 15 July 2003

AN203-057 15 July 2003. Welcome… Have a seat… We will begin at 6pm. Agenda. Agenda. End of “Promises” video. Agenda. End of “Promises” video Brief comments on the video. Agenda. End of “Promises” video Brief comments on the video Review. Agenda. End of “Promises” video

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AN203-057 15 July 2003

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  1. AN203-05715 July 2003 Welcome… Have a seat… We will begin at 6pm

  2. Agenda

  3. Agenda • End of “Promises” video

  4. Agenda • End of “Promises” video • Brief comments on the video

  5. Agenda • End of “Promises” video • Brief comments on the video • Review

  6. Agenda • End of “Promises” video • Brief comments on the video • Review • Peer editing session – web journals

  7. Agenda • End of “Promises” video • Brief comments on the video • Review • Peer editing session – web journals • On-line Exhibition Review announcement

  8. Agenda • End of “Promises” video • Brief comments on the video • Review • Peer editing session – web journals • On-line Exhibition Review announcement • Mapping group(s)

  9. Agenda • End of “Promises” video • Brief comments on the video • Review • Peer editing session – web journals • On-line Exhibition Review announcement • Mapping group • Films: “The Feast”

  10. “Promises” • More information about the film, the filmmakers, the children, and the conflict in Israel-Palestine may be found at the following URL: http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2001/promises/ index.html

  11. “Promises”

  12. “Promises” • As I mentioned before the film, I think it is an example of ethnography that could be useful for learning some the basic vocabulary and the key concepts of cultural anthropology.

  13. “Promises” • As I mentioned before the film, I think it is an example of ethnography that could be useful for learning some the basic vocabulary and the key concepts of cultural anthropology. • We will review some terms and concepts from the reading; where applicable, examples from “Promises” will illustrate.

  14. Review

  15. Review • A term will appear on the screen.

  16. Review • A term will appear on the screen. • For each term, you will have a few moments to gather your thoughts before the definition appears.

  17. Review • A term will appear on the screen. • For each term, you will have a few moments to gather your thoughts and make a few notes before the definition appears. • Once the definition has been explained, you will have a few more moments to think of a specific example from “Promises” that illustrates the term/concept.

  18. Sources • The following list is a selective list of terms encountered in Monaghan & Just, pp. 1-74. • The definitions come from three sources: • Monaghan & Just, Social & Cultural Anthropology. NY: Oxford, 2000. • Podolefsky & Brown, Applying Cultural Anthropology. 6th Edition. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2003. • Kottak, Cultural Anthropology. 9th Edition. NY: McGraw-Hill, 2002.

  19. fieldwork

  20. fieldwork • The hallmark of research in cultural anthropology, it usually involves long-term residence with the people being studied.

  21. ethnography

  22. ethnography • The intensive and systematic description of a particular society; ethnographic information is usually collected through the method of long-term participant-observation fieldwork.

  23. colonialism

  24. colonialism • The political, social, economic, and cultural domination of a territory and its people by a foreign power for an extended time.

  25. participant observation

  26. participant observation • The primary research method of cultural anthropology, involving long-term observations conducted in natural settings.

  27. serendipitous discovery

  28. serendipitous discovery • See Monaghan & Just, p. 19

  29. methodological, ethical, epistemological issues

  30. methodological, ethical, epistemological issues • See Monaghan & Just, pp. 25-33

  31. ethnocentrism

  32. ethnocentrism • The assumption that one’s own group’s lifestyle, values, and patterns of adaptation are superior to all others.

  33. emic

  34. emic • The research strategy that focuses on native explanations and criteria of significance.

  35. etic

  36. etic • The research strategy that emphasizes the observer’s rather than the natives’ explanations, categories, and criteria of significance.

  37. temporal/spatial isolation

  38. temporal/spatial isolation • See Monaghan & Just, pp. 25-26

  39. temporal/spatial context

  40. temporal/spatial context • See Monaghan & Just, pp. 25-26

  41. acquired characteristics

  42. acquired characteristics • See Monaghan & Just, pp. 34-35

  43. psychophysics

  44. psychophysics • See Monaghan & Just, pp. 36-37

  45. classification/social categories/contestation

  46. classification/social categories/contestation • See Monaghan & Just, pp. 42-43.

  47. ideology

  48. ethnic group

  49. ethnic group • A group of people within larger society with a distinct cultural or historical identity; ethnicity is a common mechanism of social separation in complex, heterogeneous societies.

  50. manifest function

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