Physical anthropology

race is defined as, “a category of humankind that shares certain distinctive physical traits” This means that physical differences involving skin pigmentation, facial features, stature, and texture of hair are factors commonly used to distinguish “races”. However, with the up rise in the rate of interracial marriages, these theories of race may not necessarily apply. Race is now being seen as a cultural category as physical features can be deceiving. Children born in interracial relationships…

exhibit obvious phenotypic differences. Some of which are heritable and others are influenced by nutrition and environmental factors. Saying this, there is no cluster of genes similar in all black people or all white people (American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 1998). Generally speaking, if race were real in the biological sense, then racial classifications for individuals would remain constant. Yet today, a person categorized as white in Brazil, may be classed as black in America or…

Since the use of genetic data to define the validity of race erupted in the 1970’s, some scientists have addressed the notion that genetic variation by means of racial differences represents a form of racialization and therefore racism, in healthcare settings and within health spectrums in general. By using race as an indicator of genetic disparities we are acknowledging race as a biologically based enigma rather than a social construct. We allow discrimination to color a picture of embodied…

Anthropology of Sport is the culturally diverse and natural comprehension of game in ancient times, history, and the contemporary world (Blanchard 1995). It examines the financial, political and social measurements of game and how wear impacts the lives of people and groups far and wide. Sports has as of late pulled in close ethnographic enthusiasm as a protest of teach, a domain of pop culture through spectatorship, and through the contemporary rage for wellbeing and wellness. Sports has been…

Kalow’s fieldwork to develop a documentary is common in the collaboration in interdisciplinary modern anthropology (Seymour-Smith, 1986). Kalow’s central premise was to show the underlying causes of child homelessness and the day-to-day life of the runaways. Kalow’s fieldwork uncovered the elements of normalcy in the children’s lives rather than demonising the runaways through a focus on teen prostitution, drug use and adolescent alcoholism (Kalow, 1996, p.60). Both Kalow and Malinowski’s…

Space ‘The central theme of this book is social and personal space and man 's perception of it’ (Hall, E.T 1966, p. 1). This is the first sentence of a book named ‘The hidden dimension’. Space and the perception of it, people normally imagine some physical objects, or something we can see through eyes. However, when we carefully think about the space, it is actually not just an object that can touch by our hands, can be something cannot see through our eyes but still can fill and remain in our…

As seen in the Economic Anthropology video that we watched in class, the Achanti in Ghana go to the markets to buy and sell goods. Only women participate in this in their culture. A monetary exchange system allows for a society to have social inequality, individual ranking and class…

earthquakes and changes to the earths crust. Inherently, this brought upon mass extinction to all life forms and later new life forms appeared. In the realm of physical or biological anthropology, the center focus is the study of evolution of humans, their changeability and adaptations to handle environmental…

powerful examples to Parks” (Geis, Suzan-Lori Parks). Although they were primarily Caucasian, Suzan also focused on African-American authors and playwrights, such as Zora Neale Hurston, Adrienne Kennedy, and Ntozake Shange. Hurston’s career in anthropology and research in African mythology and vernacular peaked Parks’s fascination with mimicking Zora’s own work in saving and recycling history for herself. As a result, Suzan began using those same techniques to create and retell history while…

The video on careers in anthropology highlighted the great diversity within the field that many people may be unaware of. While years ago most anthropologists were employed by colleges and universities, recently more and more anthropologists are being placed in other positions as there are not enough opportunities in institutions of education for all of the anthropologists that are being trained. These jobs include many positions that involve working with governments of every level, working in…