Development

STUDY GUIDE MILLER

Study Guide

1. See “Contents” in your book… (Contents= study guide).
2. See Chapter summaries for big picture content and key terms→ see chapter readings for explanations/ key terms in context.
3. All these questions are associated with key terms and concepts from the textbook.
4. The exam is 50 multiple choice/ T-F…. and 4 written questions.

BIG PICTURE

-What are the distinctive features of cultural anthropology? Why are they important?

-What is culture?  What purpose does it serve?

- How does mode of livelihood relate to….. consumption/ exchange/ reproduction/ social groups/ stratification/ power and political order/ expressive culture/ ect….?  How does the Holistic perspective play into this?

-What is social stratification? In what ways is society stratified? What are the implications for individuals in the lower/ higher strata?

SMALL PICTURE

1. What is happening in West Papua New Guinea?
2. What is the natural resources curse?
3. Achieved vs Ascribed position?
4. Social stratification as it relates to Race, Class, Gender ect....
5. Diaspora? Migration?
6. Patriarchy/ Matriarchy
7. Power/ Authority/ Influence
8. Political organizations: types/ examples... implications for the State.
9. Militarism? Social control? Policing?
10. War/ Drone war? Implication.
11. What is communication? Forms ect...
12. Creole/ pidgin
13. Displacement/ productivity of language
14. Sapir Whorf hypothesis
15. Sociolinguistics--> examples AAVE/ regional accents ect....
16. Who is Kanzi? Why should we care?
17. Magic and Religion? What is the difference?
18. Forms of magic (Tyler)...
19. How are beliefs expressed?
20. Why do people turn to magic and religion?
21. Animatism?
22. Rituals? Examples?
23. Types of religious specialists?
24. religious syncretism?
25. religious pluralism?
26. revitalization movement? Examples.
27. Videos from IN/ OUT of class
28. Expressive culture?
29. Art? Fine/ Folk... implications
30. Ethno-esthetics
31. ethnomusicology
32. Material/ intangible cultural heritage
33. Museums...
34. Repatriation.... NAGPRA
35. Migration/ immigration: motivations for... causes and dynamics of...
36. Internal/ International/ Transnational
37. IDP/ refugee/ institutional/ Development-induced migration
38. push/ pull theory
39. Remittance
40. acculturation/ assimilation
41. development/ poverty  

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