Questions and Answers of Biological Anthropology

Have you experienced artistic portrayals of your own culture or identity that you find offensive? If so, do you think they should be censored?The statue of President Theodore Roosevelt flanked by an
What is the core approach to an anthropology of art?
Describe some of the reasons that people make art and give examples of symbolism and ritual in art.
If the majority in a community finds an artistic representation of their religion, race, or culture offensive, should it be censored?The statue of President Theodore Roosevelt flanked by an African
What are some of the ways in which the arts of various cultures differ from each other?
Compare the ways that art expresses cultural themes using the examples of manga, anime, and cockfighting.
Art offensive to religion, race, culture, or ethnicity has sometimes led to violence and death. Is the fear of violence a sufficient justification for artistic censorship?The statue of President
How is the power of art related to performance and emotion?
Analyze the roles that art can play in politics. Give examples of the use of art to promote political ends.
In your opinion, should controversial art be removed, or should it be displayed as a means of educating the public?The statue of President Theodore Roosevelt flanked by an African American on one
What is the relationship between art and cultural themes?
Assess the degree to which art reflects cultural identity and personal identity in different societies.
Art pervades almost every aspect of human social life. Give examples of art in the ways people make a living, in religion, in social structure, and in family life.
What is deep play and how is it reflected in the Balinese cockfight?
Examine the ways in which art is used to represent "the other," including the role of orientalism in Western art.
Survey the effect of the international art market and tourism on art.
Some analysts make a distinction between art and craft (the application of aesthetic principles to the production of utilitarian objects). Discuss and debate whether or not this is a useful
How is art used in support of social structure and power?
Evaluate the ways that censorship affects the arts in different cultural contexts.
In this chapter, we explored Balinese cockfighting and Spanish bullfighting as examples of deep play. We noted that in the United States, sports like football might be examples of deep play. However,
What changes have taken place in the ways in which museums portray cultures?
Are tourism and the global art market a benefit or a detriment to art? Propose several ways in which tourism and capitalism benefit artistic production and several ways in which they harm this same
What are some of the connections between the arts and personal identities?
How does art express boundaries between the cultural in-group and the cultural "other?"
How has the market for art affected the artistic production of indigenous people?
How does art become an important factor in cultural identity as people interact with others in a globalized context?
What has been the effect of globalization on world music?
Identify some of the critical motives and methods for the European expansion of the 16th century.
To what degree is the current geographical distribution of wealth and power in the world today similar to what it was 1,000 years ago?
Compare and contrast the era of colonization between 1500 and 1800 with colonizing in the 19th century.
What was the condition of Europe in the 15th century?
Analyze the ways in which Europeans attempted to extract wealth from their colonies in the 19th and 20th centuries.
What were the primary motivations for European expansion?
Discuss the reasons why almost all colonies had achieved independence by the end of the 1960s.
In what parts of the world were Europeans most successful at capturing and controlling new lands and why?
Evaluate the relationship between globalization and nationalism.
What were the key mechanisms Europeans used to make their control of foreign territories financially lucrative?
When I (Rich Warms) was young, I served as a Peace Corps volunteer and lived in a town called Ouahigouya in the country then called Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) in West Africa. I spent most of my
What roles have art and artifacts played in colonialism and the expansion of European and North American power?
Are there parallels between today's wealthy nations in Europe and North America and the 19th-century colonies of these same nations? If so, what are they?While campaigning in 2016, Donald Trump
What was colonialism and when did it happen?
Do you believe that policies promoting economic nationalism are likely to affect the pace of globalization?While campaigning in 2016, Donald Trump declared that the United States would "no longer
Why did Europeans colonize regions in the 19th century and how did they justify taking colonial possessions?
Must the economic ascent of nations such as China and India come at the price of decline in Europe and North America, or is it possible for economic conditions to simultaneously improve in all
What specific methods did Europeans use to control and extract wealth from their colonies?
The brief historical description in this chapter may be very different from what you were taught in high school and some college classes. What are the differences and how can they be explained?
What was the Tirailleurs Sénégalais and what was its political role?
This chapter examines the role of exploration, invasion, and conquest in Europe's rise to power. However, European society was also a source of great innovation. What is the relationship between
What was the role of anthropology in colonialism?
Explain the importance of the idea of a "civilizing mission" to both people living under colonialism and people in the colonizing countries.
When did the colonies taken in the 19th century gain their independence and what key factors were responsible for this?
By modern standards, many injustices were committed on the path that today's wealthy nations took to power. Do these past injustices demand compensation by current-day people? Does history impose
What is the relationship between globalization and nationalism in the current-day world?
Describe the successes and failures of attempts to eliminate poverty between the end of World War II and the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
List the major characteristics of culture.
What is the most important thing you've learned from studying anthropology?As this chapter has shown, cultures and societies around the world are faced with grave concerns. Keeping abreast of current
Describe the key political and economic patterns between the end of World War II and the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Distinguish how poverty, violence, and governmental instability continue to be important forces in the world
Describe how culture is learned throughout life.
What do you think is the single largest problem facing the world today? What contributions can anthropology make to understanding and solving this problem?As this chapter has shown, cultures and
What principal political and economic changes occurred after 1990?
Assess the role of multinational corporations in the world and explain their relationship to the conditions of workers, gender relations, and cultural standardization.
Explain the relationship between culture and how people use symbols, rituals, and events to classify their world and create meaning.
If you could change a single thing in your community, what would it be? How do you think the change would affect other aspects of your community?As this chapter has shown, cultures and societies
Have world poverty and instability ended?
Summarize the role and importance of urbanization in the world and how some cities change culture.
Describe the roles of conflict and consensus in culture change.
How have political and economic changes since the end of World War II affected cultures around the world?
What is development aid and what roles have anthropologists played in it?
Evaluate the significance of population growth and the effects of government policy and economics in controlling population growth.
Assess whether there is an American culture and its characteristics.
What are the likely effects of the increasing size and power of multinational corporations on world politics? Will the enormous power of these corporations result in a more homogenous world?
What are multinational corporations (MNCs) and what role do they play in world poverty?
Examine the role of indigenous people in modern-day nations and the challenges that confront them.
Define anthropology and explain how it differs from other academic disciplines.
Are education programs likely to be effective in controlling world population growth? What types of policies may increase or decrease population growth?
What are some of the ways in which MNCs change culture?
Discuss some of the key environmental challenges facing the world and the differences between pollution in wealthy and poor nations.
Explain ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, and the ways anthropology has evolved under changing working conditions.
How can the demands of people for increased prosperity and better standards of living be balanced with the environmental problems that the consumption of high levels of goods and energy creates?
What important roles do children play in extremely impoverished communities?
Explain the ways that anthropology can play a critical role in evaluating and finding solutions to problems that face the world.
Discuss some of the key reasons for studying anthropology.
Many people argue governments should assure that indigenous people can determine their own future. What are the advantages and disadvantages to this approach? What are possible alternatives to it?
What are the major trends in urbanization?
Assess the role of peace and violence in human societies.
Summarize the important ways in which anthropology can help us understand today's world and help us plan for the future.
In what ways does urbanization change culture?
Describe the 19th-century origins of anthropology and the research style of anthropologists of that era.
Is overpopulation a critical problem?
Compare and contrast different research techniques in anthropology, including participant observation, research conducted from emic and etic perspectives, and crosscultural research.
What was China's one-child policy and was it successful?
Analyze the importance of gender research, the postmodern critique, and engaged and collaborative work to the field of anthropology.
How severe are the environmental problems facing humanity and how do they relate to poverty?
List the ethical dilemmas facing anthropology and discuss the ways that anthropologists try to resolve them.
What are some of the most significant problems facing indigenous people in the current-day world?
Evaluate human rights from an anthropological perspective.
What are the prospects for the future of humanity?
Explain the overall patterns of production strategies and their relationship to the environment.
Summarize the major characteristics of foraging.

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