CH.9) In the United States, the currency that is considered valuable would be checks, cards, and dollar bills. However, checks and cards are the same as dollar bills, but in a bank account. Money is any item that is long-lasting and scarce, which is the characteristics that a dollar bill has. In other cultures, there were other items that were scarce, including shells. The indigenous people of California used clam shell beads for currency. The dramatic shift in currency in California is astonishing. Gift exchange has made a huge impact in the market-based economy. When it comes to gift exchanges, different gifts have diverse values of meaning. Including money, which is valuable, but has no meaning whatsoever. While gifts that are wrapped are
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There are three topics that hold a exceedingly diverse meaning, which are sex, gender, and sexuality. The word “sex” refers to the human’s unique body functions and generative body parts. Also, “gender” would be considered as the assumptions of how a male or female should properly perform based on their culture. Ultimately, “sexuality” is focused on a human’s sexual desires and their choices. For instance, a person’s sexuality could be influenced by whether the person is interested in a female, male, or both (Walden-Hurtgen, 2015, Lecture 22). Furthermore, intersex can be influenced by sexuality as well. Intersex, also known as transgender, could be described as a male who strongly feels the need to have a “sex change,” so that he could be known as a woman or vice versa for a woman wanting to be a man (Welsch & Vivanco, 2015, p. 295). These concepts are slowly changing American culture day by day as more transgenders are appearing and possibly creating a third gender. To sum up, many people would assume, including me, that sex and gender are exactly the same. However they are wrong since sex refers to the biology of a human and gender refers to their …show more content…
As we all may know, any type of illness is a sign of being unhealthy or having a disease, but what does health mean to anthropologists when looking into culture? Medical anthropology is the study of connections between culture, disease, and biology and how they relate to interupt health. Usually, an individual’s culture could form his or her explanation of where the illness came from and what the symptoms are. In most cultures, doctors are not given full authority to take care of all ill patients. Doctors were most often low status in the past, so they were not highly paid (Walden-Hurtgen, 2015, Lecture 26). When patients were ill, doctors were not their “go-to” people since they assumed that doctors would not fully understand the extremity of their pain and other symptoms (Welsch & Vivanco, 2015, p. 377). Generally in America, people who are sick will not have to show up to work or school. However in other cultures, people see these illnesses extremely different. When Welsch, the author, was ill in a Ningerum village, people expected Welsch to die. In America, we expect people to cure over time, while in other cultures, they expect the ill’s lives to be over. Most cultures believe it is a type of sorcery that hurts their villagers and there is nothing they can do about it (Welsch & Vivanco, 2015, p.
There are three topics that hold a exceedingly diverse meaning, which are sex, gender, and sexuality. The word “sex” refers to the human’s unique body functions and generative body parts. Also, “gender” would be considered as the assumptions of how a male or female should properly perform based on their culture. Ultimately, “sexuality” is focused on a human’s sexual desires and their choices. For instance, a person’s sexuality could be influenced by whether the person is interested in a female, male, or both (Walden-Hurtgen, 2015, Lecture 22). Furthermore, intersex can be influenced by sexuality as well. Intersex, also known as transgender, could be described as a male who strongly feels the need to have a “sex change,” so that he could be known as a woman or vice versa for a woman wanting to be a man (Welsch & Vivanco, 2015, p. 295). These concepts are slowly changing American culture day by day as more transgenders are appearing and possibly creating a third gender. To sum up, many people would assume, including me, that sex and gender are exactly the same. However they are wrong since sex refers to the biology of a human and gender refers to their …show more content…
As we all may know, any type of illness is a sign of being unhealthy or having a disease, but what does health mean to anthropologists when looking into culture? Medical anthropology is the study of connections between culture, disease, and biology and how they relate to interupt health. Usually, an individual’s culture could form his or her explanation of where the illness came from and what the symptoms are. In most cultures, doctors are not given full authority to take care of all ill patients. Doctors were most often low status in the past, so they were not highly paid (Walden-Hurtgen, 2015, Lecture 26). When patients were ill, doctors were not their “go-to” people since they assumed that doctors would not fully understand the extremity of their pain and other symptoms (Welsch & Vivanco, 2015, p. 377). Generally in America, people who are sick will not have to show up to work or school. However in other cultures, people see these illnesses extremely different. When Welsch, the author, was ill in a Ningerum village, people expected Welsch to die. In America, we expect people to cure over time, while in other cultures, they expect the ill’s lives to be over. Most cultures believe it is a type of sorcery that hurts their villagers and there is nothing they can do about it (Welsch & Vivanco, 2015, p.