Cultural Revolution

Hahn (1995:262-293), discusses ethnomedicine and anthropological medicine almost interchangeable, they are one in the same. There are several theories and practices included in anthropological medicine, the most important if the practitioners understanding of a distinct culture, subcultures, and how they differ if beliefs, importance, and understanding of different sicknesses. Hahn (1995:267-269, breaks down the theory of anthropological medicine into three distinct categories. First, sickness…

Clash of Cultural Appreciation Ideals Culture appreciation is a controversial topic in America it is often easily outburst by many different opinions, the different opinions arrive from not having a standard guideline that outlines a common definition of cultural appreciation and how to go about it. In his Article “This is How We Don’t: The Raised Stakes of Cultural Appropriation,” Rex outlines how he views cultural appreciation to be nothing more but stealing one’s identity, he refutes author,…

For the most part, I believe Americans would like to make decisions based on moral absolutism as that seems to be right decision to make, but in all reality, guidance is based on moral relativism due to so many variables that take place today. Ruth Benedict discusses in A Defense of Ethical Relativism what various cultures viewed as a moral absolutism in a particular part of the world but may be seen as moral relativism in another part. Benedict discussed homosexuality as being accepted in the…

our hair and the art forms we can create through braiding." This quote shows the background of braids. They are not just used for style and appearance. Cultural appropriation is a concept dealing with the adoption of the elements of a minority culture by members of the dominant culture. Appropriation and appreciation are two different things. Cultural appropriation is a bad because people being a hypocrite, black women are being penalized for their natural hair, and people loving black culture…

In his book Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste (1984) Pierre Bourdieu argues that cultural choice is related to social position that each individual holds within society. He argues that our everyday decisions are based on symbolic moments that we experience based on our understanding of good taste. His book is based on surveys and interviews conducted in France 1963. I will be critically analysing Distinction and Bourdieu’s Forms of Capital (1986) as well as many other…

According to “Custer Died for Your Sins,’ by Vine Deloria, an anthropologist may do more harm than good in Native American research when the anthropologist hosts workshops, which inform young Indian community members of what the anthropologist believes to be the issues as well as the solutions to the issues of challenges facing the community, rather than allowing Indians to organically administer their own solutions to modern day obstacles, develop their own leaders, and determine how their…

Mythology is often seen as a beautiful maze of conflicting and colorful tales. Tales that depict real life phenomenon’s woven into creative theatrics lead by Epic Heroes. In the world of mythology, stories of homicide and suicide are matched by carefully crafted tales of parricide and regicide, and no one myth can give a true clear view of overriding the strong impulses that are found in humans, nature and societies all over the world. Myths have proven to be a wonderful guide for explaining and…

From these keys points, I noticed that between Gen Y and older generations, there are some differences in the characteristics that could be attributed to factors such as their attitudes and professional values other than generational belonging. It is important to find the ways to break the stereotypes because managing the mixture of ages, faces, values and views is an easy task. Since the differences and generational stereotypes are known to exist, there is no need to overstate them in the…

The greatest generation is defined as the people who lived through the World War II era, and generation z, the people born into advancing technology. It may be thought that the two generations have nothing in common, but both are faced with many serious issues. Though the generations may have similarities, they have completely opposite causes. The greatest generation is full of people living with depression, alcohol abuse, people based on societal approval and anxiety but can the issues baby…

Assault on Paradise: Social Change in a Brazilian Village is a revision in ethnography use of Conrad Kottak’s time during the rapid iconic and social change in Arembepe, Brazil. Conrad Phillip Kottak, now a Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Michigan decided to go out and explore the village of Arembepe, Brazil. During that time, he was a participant in the Colombia Summer Field Studies program in Anthropology, as an undergraduate. During his time in the village, beginning…