Ant 101 Entire Course / Introduction To Cultural Anthropology / Ashford

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ANT 101 Entire Course / Introduction to Cultural Anthropology / Ashford

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ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 1 DQ 1 Cultural Relativism
ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 1 DQ 2 If You Were a Cultural Anthropologist
ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 2 Critical Thinking Paper – Kinship Organizations
ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 2 DQ 1 Foraging Societies
ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 2 DQ 2 Economic Concerns
ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 3 DQ 1 Social Organization
ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 3 DQ 2 Doing Business with Famil
ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 3 Rough Draft of Final Cultural Research Paper
ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 4 DQ 1 Monumental Architecture
ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 4 DQ 2 Economy and Colonialism
ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 5 DQ 1 Ethics in Anthropology
ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 5 DQ 2 Anthropology and Your Future
ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 5 Final Cultural Research Paper

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ANT 101 Week 5 DQ 1 Ethics in Anthropology

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Ethics in Anthropology. Be sure to watch and read the “Miscellaneous Topics” at the end of Chapter 9 of Cultural Anthropology. Then, address the following topic: As noted, anthropology’s work with the military over the years has been wrought with controversy. Where do you stand on the issue regarding the use of anthropologists in intelligence gathering for the military? Can you come up with a compelling argument based on examples given in the text, your understanding of the ethical requirements of anthropologist, and from your own experiences /understanding of past and present military actions to take a stance on this issue? Please use concepts and terminology from the text. Your initial response should be at least 150 words in length. Please support your claims with examples from the text, recommended material, and/or scholarly articles. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.

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ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 1 DQ 1 Cultural Relativism

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Cultural Relativism.Cultural Anthropology gives three distinct meanings of cultural relativism: a moral stance that requires anthropologists to suspend moral and ethical judgments when interacting with a culture different from their own, a methodological strategy that allows the anthropologist to pay specific attention to the uniqueness of a culture, and an epistemological position that cultures are unique and therefore knowledge about different cultures is almost inherently not comparable. (Sec. 1.3).
In your forum contribution:
a. Discuss what you see as the strengths and weaknesses of each of these three kinds of relativism.
b. Identify one belief or practice in another culture that you find puzzling, strange, or troubling, and then discuss the extent that cultural relativism is a useful approach to understanding and interacting with the people who hold it.
c. Discuss the extent that cultural relativism would be a useful approach to understanding and interacting with people in your

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ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 1 DQ 2 Studying Culture

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Studying Culture. Choose one of the “Consider This” boxes that Nowak and Laird present us with in Chapters 1 and 2 of Cultural Anthropology, or discuss the topics below from the film Margaret Mead: Coming of Age, available in the Films On Demand database, in the Ashford Online Library.
The topics covered are:
a. Whether the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights should be applicable to all cultures
b. Whether it is possible to truly view a culture without being influenced by the cultural constructs of our own culture
c. How our understanding of what it means to be a patient in the United States reflects our different cultural backgrounds and affiliations
d. In the film Margaret Mead: Coming of Age, it is mentioned that Mead’s initial research was criticized on methodological grounds. Why was that? Do you consider the criticism warranted or not warranted? What could she have done differently?
e. Based on the film and the book, discuss the challenges of field work. What do you think

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ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 2 Critical Thinking Paper – Kinship Organizations

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Critical Thinking Paper – Kinship Organizations. Kinship systems in Foraging and Horticultural based societies provide support for people in all stages of their life. Address the following in a two- to three-page paper:
a. Identify and describe the kinship system of one of the cultures listed below. These cultures are found in Chapters 3 and 4 of Cultural Anthropology.
 Australian Aborigines
 Btsisi
 Inuit of the Artic
 Iroquois
 San
 Yanomamo
b. Briefly describe the culture and identify three specific examples of how the kinship system of the chosen culture impacts the way this culture behaves (i.e. thinks, acts, lives).
c. Compare this to your own society. Does kinship impact these same behaviors in your own life? Why or why not?
Your paper must be in APA format. For information regarding APA samples and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center, within the Learning Resources tab on the left navigation toolbar, in your online course.

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ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 2 DQ 1 Foraging Societies

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Foraging Societies. Answer one of the following four questions posed by Nowak and Laird, in Cultural Anthropology, at the very end of Chapter 3:
a. What can we learn from studying foraging societies? Is there anything we can learn regarding our relationship to the environment, or our family members, for example?
b. What is the ethnographic present? Do you think that the use of the ethnographic present in the film The Gods Must Be Crazy is appropriate, or do you think Lee’s criticisms are valid?
c. Do you think the view of many anthropologists (pre–1970s) that men’s hunting activities are more highly valued than women’s gathering activities is a culturally biased perspective based on Eurocentric notions that men are the family “breadwinners”? Do you think this view is outdated (based both on more recent ethnographic information and changes in American culture)?
d. An Inuit mother has just given birth to a baby. She has a one–year–old baby still dependent on her milk. It is the season of

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ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 2 DQ 2 Economic Concerns

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Economic Concerns. You have two choices for this discussion.
a. Choose one of the following questions raised by Nowak and Laird in their “Consider This” boxes, in Chapter 4, of Cultural Anthropology. Be sure to indicate at the outset which question you are answering. Read the original question and relevant information in Chapter 4 before answering the question you choose. Your answer should give clear examples, include cross-cultural comparison, and demonstrate critical thinking and analysis. Build on the ideas and terminology in the text and your own ideas to support your answers.
i. What is the traditional sexual division of labor in American culture? Is it undergoing a transformation? Among Btsisi’, women and men are respected for the tasks they perform. Do you think this is the case in the United States?
ii. How does the location of your home, and the concentration of the population within a particular area, relate to your mode of production? Has this changed in our North American

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ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 3 DQ 1 Social Organization

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Social Organization. Watch Blood Bonds, available in the Films On Demand database, in the Ashford Online Library. Describe the correlation between arranged marriage, economic exchanges surrounding marriage (bridewealth, bride service, dowry, etc.), status of women, family pressures, and other factors you can think of and the stability of marriage. Based on your reading of the textbook and the film, what are the disadvantages of different forms of marriages? Do you think they can be as successful as marriages of choice? Which form of marriage do you have the hardest time understanding?
Reflect on marriage and divorce in current North American societies. What factors contribute to the stability of marriages in our culture? What factors contribute to stability of marriage in the cultures shown in the film? And lastly, what factors of the cultures in the film could contribute to the stability of marriage in our culture? And vise versa? Your initial response should be at least 150 words in

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ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 4 DQ 1 Monumental Architecture

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Monumental Architecture. What does monumental architecture imply about the cultural values and the socio-economic-political organization of the society that created it?
Do a bit of Internet research on religious or secular monuments, statues, and architectural wonders in your city, state, country, or internationally. Choose a monument (or set of monuments), describe its main features, discuss any symbolism it has, and analyze the messages it sends to its intended audience(s). Provide a link to an image of the monument itself for the rest of us to see.
Bring in what you have read on leadership and political and religious organization in band, tribes, and states up to now in developing your answer. Build on the ideas and terminology in the text and your own ideas to support your claims. Your initial response should be at least 150 words in length. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.

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ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 4 DQ 2 Economy and Colonialism

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Economy and Colonialism. Relate what you have read in Chapter 8, of Cultural Anthropology, regarding colonialism and the expansion of capitalism in modern industrial societies to the article, “Marketers Pursue the Shallow Pocketed.” Is the information being discussed in this article another example of colonialism? Why or why not? Identify two potential positives and two negatives direct marketing of the poor has on people and their economies. What theory of development is most applicable to the expansion of global markets to poor, low income, and indigenous communities?
Your initial response should be at least 150 words in length. Please support your claims with examples from the text, required material, and/or scholarly articles. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.

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ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 5 DQ 2 Anthropology and Your Future

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Anthropology and the Future. Watch Winners and Losers, available in the Films On Demand database, in the Ashford Online Library. Which issues are most urgent in our world today? Are they the same in the US as in the developing world? Where will the application of an anthropological perspective be most effective? Your initial response should be at least 150 words in length. Please support your claims with examples from the text, recommended material, and/or scholarly articles. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.

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ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 5 Final Paper

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Throughout this course, we have learned that the primary mode of subsistence (how a culture makes a living) impacts many other aspects of cultural behavior and has been an effective way to organize thoughts and studies about culture. In order to demonstrate your understanding of subsistence modes and its impact on a culture and why a culture acts as it does, your Research Paper will require you to:
1. Select a specific culture from the following list:
a. Basseri of Iran
b. The Batek of Malaysia
c. Enga
d. The Amish
e. Huaorani of Ecuador
f. Bedouin
g. Zulu
h. Kurds
i. Maori
j. Mbuti
k. Nayar of India
l. Semai
m. Navajo
n. Tikopia of Melanesia
2. Research this culture using the Ashford University Online Library. Please identify and use a minimum of three scholarly articles from the library in addition to the text your research. Keep in mind that most anthropological research, whether article length or book length, is either an ethnography or an ethnology. You may use any combination of