While early arm chair anthropologists and social scientists believed there was a hierarchy of cultures, and that societies evolved in a linear direction from primitive to civilized, ethnographic fieldwork and participant-observation with indigenous societies transformed the way anthropologists view the world and the many peoples who inhabit it. Why do anthropologists now reject this hierarchical view? How have ethnocentric views led to misunderstandings, misrepresentations, and mistreatments of people in small scale societies? What evidence do anthropologists offer of the complexities and cultural significance that people in these societies offer the world? Based on the readings and videos of the hunter-gatherer (also called foraging) societies this week (The Ju/'hoansi, Inupiaq and Koyukon), why do anthropologists argue that it is ethnocentric and incorrect to view such societies as inferior or backward? What are some of the complexities their cultures exhibit and what types of knowledge do they hold? What could people in the industrialized world learn from their knowledge and practices? And why do anthropologists argue that intervention into their worlds can cause more harm than good (even when the intentions are to improve their standards of living)?

Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)

11th Edition

ISBN:9780134580999

Author:Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn

Publisher:Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn

Chapter1: The Human Body: An Orientation

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Problem 1RQ: The correct sequence of levels forming the structural hierarchy is A. (a) organ, organ system,...

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While early arm chair anthropologists and social scientists believed there was a hierarchy of cultures, and that societies evolved in a linear direction from primitive to civilized, ethnographic fieldwork and participant-observation with indigenous societies transformed the way anthropologists view the world and the many peoples who inhabit it. Why do anthropologists now reject this hierarchical view? How have ethnocentric views led to misunderstandings, misrepresentations, and mistreatments of people in small scale societies? What evidence do anthropologists offer of the complexities and cultural significance that people in these societies offer the world? Based on the readings and videos of the hunter-gatherer (also called foraging) societies this week (The Ju/'hoansi, Inupiaq and Koyukon), why do anthropologists argue that it is ethnocentric and incorrect to view such societies as inferior or backward? What are some of the complexities their cultures exhibit and what types of knowledge do they hold? What could people in the industrialized world learn from their knowledge and practices? And why do anthropologists argue that intervention into their worlds can cause more harm than good (even when the intentions are to improve their standards of living)?

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