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Emerging technologies have ethical implications with impact on anthropological
fieldwork.
Witchcraft accusations serve as a mechanism of social control.
According to the World Watch Institute in Washington, D.C., more than 1.1 billion
people in the world are now overweight or even obese.
Using examples from the chapter, how do cultures change their attitudes toward mental
illnesses through time?
Answer:Will vary
How do globalization and technology impact marriage and the family?
Answer:Will vary
Zale Seck is a West African artist from Senegal whose paintings express political and
social themes significant in our contemporary global world.
How do paleoanthropologists determine whether a fossil is part of the human
evolutionary line? What particular characteristics are of most interest to them?
Answer:Will vary
The goal of the sadhus is to liberate themselves from the physical limitation of the
mortal body.
In what ways can the rising tide of Islamic fundamentalism in the Middle East and other
areas of the world be seen as revitalization movements? Are there other terms from the
chapter that could apply to this phenomenon? What might anthropologists contribute to
our understanding of such movements?
Answer:Will vary
Anthropologists focus on culture as a way of explaining economic behavior.
Ethnomusicology began in the early 20th century.
Almost 7% of the world's population lives outside its country of birth.
In some countries, the informal economy generates as much as 40% of the GNP.
What is pressure flaking?
Answer:Will vary
Values highly promoted by a particular culture can be considered its core values.
