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What are the two demenions of anthropology?
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Academic & applied
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Describe academic anthro
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Gathering and teaching of anthropological knowledge.
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Describe applied anthro
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Application of data, perspectives, theory, and methods to identify, assess, and solve contemporary social problems.
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Why do many developments fail if they do not ask anthropologists to help them?
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Anthropologists will help them work to identify needs, wants, demands, contraints, & priorites of the people in the societies.
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Who are Cultural Resource Managers?
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They decide what needs saving & tries to preserve important info from past when site cant be saved. Legislation requires them at construction sites.
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What is ethnocentrisim?
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Tendency to view own culture as superior and apply own cultural values in judging the behavior and beliefs of people in other cultures.
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What is the first thing applied anthropologists do?
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1. Identify the needs that locals think need changing
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What is the second thing applied anthropologists do?
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Work locals to design culturally appropriate and socially sensitive change.
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What is the third thing applied anthropologists do?
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Seek to protect local people from harmful policies and projects that threaten them
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How are academic & applied anthro connected?
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They interract with methods, theories, research, jobs. Anthro studies elementary school classroom culture.
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What is urban anthropology?
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Cross-cultural, ethnographic, and biocultural study of global urbanization and life in cities. Identifies key social groups in urban context.
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Explain rural/urban anthro
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Studies the cultural and social forms, practicies & beliefs, Rural culture affects city life for migrants.
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What is medical anthropology?
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Analyzes the bio-cultural context and implications of disease and illness.
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What is the difference between disease and illness?
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Disease: scientifically identified health threat. Illness: condition of poor health felt by an individual --> culturally constructed
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What are Personalistic disease theories?
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Blame disease on malicious agents like witches, sorcerers, ghosts, or ancestral spirits
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