A. Learning Objectives for the Day • What is kinship and what kind of ...
A. Learning Objectives for the Day • What is kinship and what kind of ...
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A. <strong>Learning</strong> <strong>Objectives</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Day</strong><br />
<strong>•</strong> <strong>What</strong> <strong>is</strong> <strong>the</strong> kula ring, <strong>and</strong> how does it demonstrate <strong>the</strong> way a male-centric<br />
ethnographic study can prevent one from underst<strong>and</strong>ing key social<br />
activities?<br />
<strong>•</strong> When <strong>is</strong> magic used by Trobri<strong>and</strong>ers? By American baseball players? How<br />
would one characterize such situations?<br />
Focus on <strong>the</strong> article, “Baseball Magic”<br />
B. Terms to know<br />
kula ring<br />
magic/sorcery<br />
WEEK #12<br />
MONDAY, MARCH 31<br />
A. <strong>Learning</strong> <strong>Objectives</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Day</strong><br />
<strong>•</strong> <strong>What</strong> are <strong>the</strong> key d<strong>is</strong>tinctions among <strong>the</strong> three major belief systems that<br />
anthropolog<strong>is</strong>ts study?<br />
<strong>•</strong> <strong>What</strong> are <strong>the</strong> minimal categories <strong>of</strong> religious behavior?<br />
<strong>•</strong> How <strong>is</strong> a shaman different than a “priest”?<br />
<strong>•</strong> How can one underst<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> altered states <strong>of</strong> consciousness that shamans<br />
experience (spirit possession <strong>and</strong> trance)?<br />
B. Terms to know<br />
witchcraft<br />
religion<br />
ritual<br />
rites <strong>of</strong> passage<br />
rites <strong>of</strong> healing<br />
shaman versus priest<br />
spirit possession<br />
trance<br />
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2<br />
A. <strong>Learning</strong> <strong>Objectives</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Day</strong><br />
<strong>•</strong> How can one underst<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> altered states <strong>of</strong> consciousness that shamans<br />
experience (spirit possession <strong>and</strong> trance) <strong>and</strong> how <strong>is</strong> th<strong>is</strong> experience different<br />
from Sita’s ghost possession?<br />
d<strong>is</strong>cuss <strong>the</strong> article “Shamans”<br />
d<strong>is</strong>cuss <strong>the</strong> article “Taraka’s Ghost”<br />
<strong>•</strong> When looking at social differentiation at <strong>the</strong> local level, <strong>what</strong> are <strong>the</strong> three<br />
types <strong>of</strong> societies that anthropolog<strong>is</strong>ts recognize?<br />
B. Terms to know<br />
social differentiation<br />
egalitarian, ranked & stratified societies<br />
sumptuary rules<br />
leveling mechan<strong>is</strong>ms<br />
FRIDAY, APRIL 4<br />
A. <strong>Learning</strong> <strong>Objectives</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Day</strong><br />
<strong>•</strong> <strong>What</strong> are some character<strong>is</strong>tics <strong>of</strong> India’s caste society?
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