Hello, I need help with a few assignments regarding my anthropology class. I have attached the assignments and its requirements. Two assignments require reading an article and answering a few questions. Please feel free to message me if you have any questions. Thanks!
8.13 ➡ Nacirema Mini-Ethnography 2121 unread replies.2121 replies. ? This task should take about 30 minutes of your time. ❗️No two students can post the same example on this discussion board. So, please be creative! ? Use this discussion board as an opportunity to connect the course material to your own life. ⚖️ This assignment is part of the "Course Participation" group which is weighted at 20% of your grade. Prompt Compose your own mini-ethnography about Nacirema society. Be sure to follow Horace Miner’s writing style and “make the familiar strange.” Refer to the people as "The Nacirema." To come up with ideas: look around your own community and try to explore the “mundane imponderabilia.” What activities or beliefs seem “normal” to you that might seem quite strange to an outsider? What sort of “rituals” do you regularly engage in? Sample Response "The Nacirema believe that their friends and loved ones live inside glowing boxes that they carry around in their pockets. In spite of the fact that the Nacirema still see these friends and loved ones outside of the glowing box, they still use the magical boxes all day every day to communicate with them. Both essential information and mindless jokes are shared through the box. The Nacirema call these 'senohptrams'." Guidelines No Responses Needed For this discussion, you only need to respond directly to the prompt. Please analyze your own experiences directly in your response. Length and Content · Please write 3-4 complete and thoughtful sentences. · You don't have to respond to all parts of the prompt; use the prompt to help brainstorm ideas for your response. 9.30 ➡ Study Guide – Anthropology and Religion Start Assignment · Due Mar 29 by 11:59pm · Points 10 · Submitting a text entry box or a file upload ? Please fill in the study guide as you listen to the lessons. This task should take about 10 additional minutes of your time. ❗️All study guides must be handwritten. You can write these on a sheet of paper and then submit a photo. Your definitions do not need to be written in complete, perfect sentences. Rather, please write down a few notes after each key term to help you remember the material throughout the course. ⚖️ This assignment is part of the "Study Guides" group which is weighted at 15% of your grade. ? Why do you need to handwrite the study guides? Watch this 2-minute video for an explanation: Play media comment. Study Guide - Anthropology and Religion Define the following terms in your own words: · Agnosticism · Diffusionism: · Cultural Evolutionism: · Animism: · The Protestant Work Ethic: · Enchanted Worldview: · Death Ritual: · Magic: · Meaning: · Myth: · Transmigration · Social Darwinism · Animatism · Mana · Protestant Reformation · Catholic · Protestant · The Communist Manifesto · "the opium of the people" · The Marxist Approach · false consciousness · Functionalism · Taboo · Polytheism: · Monotheism: · The Enuma Elish: · Hinduism: · Bhagavad Gita: · Reincarnation: · Samsara: · Dharma: · Zoroastrianism: · The Four Noble Truths: · Silk Road: · Messiah: · The Bible: · The Qur’an: · The Torah: Briefly summarize the arguments of these social scientists: · Max Weber · Karl Marx · Friedrich Engels · Edward Burnett Tylor · R.R. Marrett · Martin Luther · Clifford Geertz · Émile Durkheim · George Gmelch Briefly summarize the cultural contributions of the following figures: · Akhenaten · Prophet Zoroaster · Siddhartha · Jesus · Moses · Abraham · The Prophet Mohammad 12.27 ? Emily Martin: The Egg and the Sperm Start Assignment · Due May 10 by 11:59pm · Points 40 · Submitting a text entry box, a media recording, or a file upload ? This task should take about 1.5 hours of your time. ❗️Please read Emily Martin's work. Actions ? Take notes on this reading as the material will appear on the upcoming quiz. ⚖️ This assignment is part of the "Course Participation" group which is weighted at 20% of your grade. Emily Martin is a cultural anthropologist who critically examines gender and sexism in society. Her interests include: Anthropology of science and medicine, gender, cultures of the mind, emotion and rationality, history of psychiatry and psychology, US culture and society. (New York University). Please closely read her argument to better understand how gender is constructed (even in the scientific community). Guidelines ❗️Please remember: it is your responsibility to demonstrate a sincere knowledge of the reading. Please reply with complete and thoughtful answers that prove – beyond any doubt – that you took the time to complete this important reading. Academic Integrity · The ideas in your response must be your own. Do not take ideas verbatim from any "study" or plagiarism websites. · You're always encouraged to tie in elements from other readings or lessons. If you incorporate ideas from our lectures or other readings, please remember to properly cite the source in-text. If you need help with citations, please refer to Purdue Online Writing Lab (Links to an external site.). Length and Content · Please write 1-3 complete and thoughtful sentences for each question (as appropriate). · Please include some citations in your responses. You can cite this reading, your own outside resources, my lessons, a radio story, etc. Citations need to be academic and reliable. Questions ❗️Please remember: it is your responsibility to demonstrate a sincere knowledge of the reading. Please reply with complete and thoughtful answers that prove – beyond any doubt – that you took the time to complete this important reading. 1. Using specific examples from the text, explain how these misrepresentations of the biological activities of the egg and sperm provide an ideological bass and rationale for gender stereotypes and inequality? Why do these myths persist, even though the science has been revised? Please properly cite your evidence in-text. 2. How do cultural biases permeate our culture so deeply that they can even skew a scientist’s interpretations of biological processes? 3. How do imaginations of character, personality, and intention of eggs and sperm contribute to the current social debates around women’s health choices, from amniocentesis to abortion to fetal surgeries? 4. What does Martin mean by “waking up sleeping metaphors in science”? Why do you think anthropologists might be uniquely positioned to take on that task? 12.28 ? Don Kulick - No Start Assignment · Due May 10 by 11:59pm · Points 60 · Submitting a text entry box or a file upload ? This task should take about 1.5 hours of your time. ❗️Please read the PDF document Actions . ⚖️ This assignment is part of the "Course Participation" group which is weighted at 20% of your grade. ? The first portion of this reading is exceptionally challenging but, once you get to the second header, it gets a lot easier. Don Kulick's research and writing cover a variety of topics and disciplines, including sociolinguistics, gender and sexuality studies, disability studies and queer theory. He has published on language socialization, language death, indigenous forms of Christianity, sex work and prostitution, reflexive epistemology, fat studies, and animal studies. He has conducted extensive anthropological fieldwork in Papua New Guinea, Brazil, and Scandinavia. He has received numerous grants and honors, including an NEH Fellowship, an A. W. Mellon Foundation Guest Professorship, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. (University of Uppsala) Your Response Please thoughtfully answer the following questions: 1. Kulick incorporates linguistics in his work. Which word does he examine? What power does this word have? Use specific examples from the text to support your points, remember to properly cite your evidence. 2. What “masculine” characteristics does he examine? How are sexuality and gender identity deeply intertwined? Provide specific examples from the text. 3. Explore the mundane imponderabilia. Do Kulick's arguments resonate with you? Draw upon your own knowledge and lived experiences to support your arguments. Guidelines ❗️Please remember: it is your responsibility to demonstrate a sincere knowledge of the reading. Please reply with complete and thoughtful answers that prove – beyond any doubt – that you took the time to complete this important reading. Academic Integrity · The ideas in your response must be your own. Do not take ideas verbatim from any "study" or plagiarism websites. · You're always encouraged to tie in elements from other readings or lessons. If you incorporate ideas from our lectures or other readings, please remember to properly cite the source in-text. If you need help with citations, please refer to Purdue Online Writing Lab (Links to an external site.). Length and Content · For this assignment, quality is much more important than quantity. You only need to write 1-3 sentences for each question, but please seriously reflect on the work before drafting your response. · Please include at least one in-text citation in this assignment. You can cite this reading, your own outside resources, my lessons, a radio story, etc. Citations need to be academic and reliable. · Be sure to practice cultural relativism and to refrain from practicing ethnocentrism. · Remember to think critically! Examine the evidence presented, consider the speaker, consider the arguments coming from your professor and classmates and, ultimately, decide for yourself! 13.9 ➡ Melvyn Goldstein - Fraternal Polyandry: When Brothers Take A Wife Start Assignment · Due May 24 by 11:59pm · Points 40 · Submitting a text entry box or a file upload ? This task should take about 60 minutes of your time. ❗️Please read the article (Links to an external site.). ⚖️ This assignment is part of the "Course Participation" group which is weighted at 20% of your grade. Goldstein examined polyandry in the Tibetan tradition, read the work to make sense of this cultural practice. Your Response Please thoughtfully answer the following questions: 1. Using specific examples from the text, explain the worldview of Tibetans practicing polyandry. Why, in their opinion, would having multiple wives of the same generation be problematic? Properly cite your evidence in-text. 2. Compare and contrast the ideal of a woman's sexuality between your own culture and Tibetan culture. (Consider traditional ideals; perhaps consider ideas of purity and monogamy.) 3. What, in the Tibetan worldview, are the benefits of fraternal polyandry? Explain their motivations why this practice makes sense in its own context. Guidelines ❗️Please remember: it is your responsibility to demonstrate a sincere knowledge of the reading. Please reply with complete and thoughtful answers that prove – beyond any doubt – that you took the time to complete this important reading. Academic Integrity · The ideas in your response must be your own. Do not take ideas verbatim from any "study" or plagiarism websites. · You're always encouraged to tie in elements from other readings or lessons. If you incorporate ideas from our lectures or other readings, please remember to properly cite the source in-text. If you need help with citations, please refer to Purdue Online Writing Lab (Links to an external site.). Length and Content · For this assignment, quality is much more important than quantity. You only need to write 1-3 sentences for each