Economic anthropology

Amanda Ripley, “culture is a thing that changes. It’s more malleable than we think. Culture is like this ether that has all kinds of things swirling around in it, some of which are activated and some of which are latent. On the other hand, given an economic imperative or change in leadership or accident of history, those things get activated.” The good news is. “ Therefore, We Americans have a lot of things in our culture which would support a very strong education system, such as a…

How does your culture, religion, and life experience change the way you see the world? There is so many amazing things about culture. The different holidays we celebrate, the way we view situations, and religions we turn to in need are all things that only happen because of culture and life experiences. Your culture effects the way you see the world because of how you were raised, religion you follow, and over all the different types of people you have had the pleasure, or displeasure, of…

Being an African American 15 year old girl has affected the aspects of my Cultural Identity. It has shaped myself as a person and my personality. My cultural identity brings out the fact that i enjoy doing many things including things that i may not like to do. FIrst, what does it mean to be a black girl? Most people describe black people as ghetto. But as for me, i describe African American people as normal. It is really embarrassing to me when I see African Americans being ghetto. Also, when…

Cultural identity is a part of my everyday life. I don’t often think about it, if not, at all. It’s just like speaking your language; you do it naturally. The cultural heritage that we’re exposed to from everything around us, shapes our cultural inheritance. We have the decision to choose whether we want to do something; those choices can make or break us. It all comes down to who you truly want to be as a person; whether you make decisions on your own or make decisions encouraged by the people…

Many biological and social anthropologists argue race is a cultural construct. We can’t define acts of injustice by examining race as independent of biological/genetic variations. Scholars discovered race didn’t exist in the 17TH century but race originated as a folk idea-it was a social invention, not a product of science. More than 400 years ago in the 1600’s Englishmen came to America seeking fortunes. They planned to overthrow the Indians by enslavement and obtain their wealth. Unfortunately…

Critical thinking is an important concept that should always be applied when talking about our society’s social issues. Alas, it is a very hard task to undertake considering our biased worldview due to cultural hegemony. Cultural hegemony is a concept in which the ruling classes within our society dominates all other classes by imposing their own perspective, therefore making their beliefs (whether about fashion, religion, political views, etc.) become the cultural norm. By definition, cultural…

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,…

“In some Caribbean islands, braids were used as a way to escape slavery by forming intricate braid patterns that signified a map. These customs have been passed down to us which is why we take pride in the care of 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…

framework (Schmalleger, 2012). Poverty, inequality, and social exclusion are theorized to be major causes of high crime rates and violence. With the decline in culture moral comes higher crime rates. When looking at the research on poverty and economic inequality in the U.S., we have by far the highest poverty rate and the biggest gap between the rich and poor of the develop countries (Kramer, 2000). Even though the U.S. is a wealthy society, we have more inequality where families are more…

form of cultural capital is recognized when a person is regarded with academic credentials and qualifications that can further them in life. Evidently, he argues that “it makes it possible to establish conversion rates between cultural capital and economic capital by guaranteeing the monetary value of a given academic capital” (Bourdieu, 1986) what this means is once someone is financially stable they are more likely to have a stronger sense of cultural capital then those who come from a…