Fieldwork
Moral principles that govern how a person might behave, conduct an activity, engage in research and view the behaviour of others.
What is ethics?
What is a rite of passage?
A ceremony, ritual or event that marks a change in life or status.
Altering one's attitudes and behaviours to align with those of the group
What is conformity?
For something to be folklore it must be shared _______________ and connect ____________ ____ _____ _____________.
What are "democratically" and "history to the present"/ "past to the present"
The process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change?
What is natural selection?
The anthropologist who misrepresented the Yanomamo people in his work.
Who is Napoleon Chagnon?
The shared lens of values and beliefs through which a society views reality.
What is culture?
A social custom prohibiting or forbidding discussion of a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing
What is a taboo?
The three phases of a rite of passage.
What are segregation, transition, and reintegration?
Humans share ____% of our DNA with chimpanzees.
What is 98.8%? (99% is also acceptable)
Qualitative research methods used during fieldwork and interpretations of that research
What is ethnography?
The definition of norms
What are the rules and guidelines of a society that indicate how people should behave?
A group of people that differentiates itself from the larger, dominant culture to which it belongs by having its own sets of norms and values.
What is a subculture?
A genre of folklore comprising stories circulated as true, usually with some spooky or scary element.
What are contemporary legends?
A body of pseudoscientific theories and societal practices that claim to apply biological concepts of natural selection to human societies.
What is Social Darwinism?
Provide two examples of benefits of field research in anthropology
- research results can influence policy change
- destigmatise groups of people
- draw public attention to social issues
An intense community spirit; a feeling of great social solidarity.
What is communitas?
Provide two examples of social constructs.
Open ended. Examples:
- countries
- money
- gender
- race
- ethnicity
- adolescence
Protective magic intended to turn away harm or evil influences.
What is apotropaic magic?
The name for the hole at the bottom of the skull that determines whether or not a species is bipedal
What is the foramen magnum?
Identify three ethical guidelines for anthropological fieldwork.
What are:
Researches must reveal to the subjects that they are doing research
Subjects must be free to avoid contact with the researcher if they choose
Informed consent
Subjects must have the opportunity to provide feedback
Researchers must assure the confidentiality of any information shared with them
There must be no harm done to the informants
There must be no secret research for private companies or governments
All research must be published in an academic publication
There must be a clear purpose to the research
Applying one's own culture or ethnicity as a frame of reference to judge other cultures, practices, behaviors, beliefs, and people.
Reflecting on one’s own ethical and political values as well as one's background to determine how this shapes research and the interpretation of data.
What is reflexivity?
Name five genres of folklore.
1. material culture such as art, textiles, objects
2. music: traditional, folk and world music
3. stories: legends, urban legends, personal experience narratives
4. verbal art such as jokes, proverbs, word games
5. belief and religion: folk religion, ritual and mythology
6. foodways: traditional cooking customs, relationship between food and culture
This species discovery was instrumental in understanding bipedalism in our evolutionary history.
What is Australopithecus afarensis?