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ASHFORD ANT 101 Entire Course
ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 1 DQ 1 Cultural
Relativism ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 1 DQ 2 Studying
Culture ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 2 DQ 1 Foraging
Societies ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 2 DQ 2 Economic
Concerns
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ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 1 DQ 1 Cultural Relativism
Cultural Relativism. Cultural Anthropology gives
three distinct meanings of cultural relativism a
moral stance that requires anthropologists to
suspend moral and ethical judgments when
interacting with a culture different from their
own, a methodological strategy that allows the
anthropologist to pay specific attention to the
uniqueness of a culture, and an epistemological
position that cultures are unique and therefore
knowledge about different cultures is almost
inherently not comparable. (Sec. 1.3). In your
forum contribution
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ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 1 DQ 2 Studying Culture
Studying Culture. Choose one of the "Consider
This" boxes that Nowak and Laird present us with
in Chapters 1 and 2 of Cultural Anthropology, or
discuss the topics below from the film Margaret
Mead Coming of Age, available in the Films On
Demand database, in the Ashford Online
Library. The topics covered are
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ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 2 Critical Thinking Paper
Kinship Organizations
1. Due by Day 7. Critical Thinking Paper
Kinship Organizations. Kinship systems in
Foraging and Horticultural based societies
provide support for people in all stages of their
life. Address the following in a two- to
three-page paper a. Identify and describe the
kinship system of one of the cultures listed
below. These cultures are found in Chapters 3 and
4 of Cultural Anthropology. Australian
Aborigines
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ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 2 DQ 1 Foraging Societies
Foraging Societies. Answer one of the following
four questions posed by Nowak and Laird, in
Cultural Anthropology, at the very end of Chapter
3 a. What can we learn from studying foraging
societies? Is there anything we can learn
regarding our relationship to the environment, or
our family members, for example? b. What is the
ethnographic present? Do you think that the use
of the ethnographic present in the film The Gods
Must Be Crazy is appropriate,
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ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 2 DQ 2 Economic Concerns
Economic Concerns. You have two choices for this
discussion. a. Choose one of the following
questions raised by Nowak and Laird in their
"Consider This" boxes, in Chapter 4, of Cultural
Anthropology. Be sure to indicate at the outset
which question you are answering. Read the
original question and relevant information in
Chapter 4 before answering the question you
choose. Your answer should give clear examples,
include cross-cultural comparison, and
demonstrate critical thinking and analysis. Build
on the ideas and terminology in the text and your
own ideas to support your answers.
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ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 3 DQ 1 Social Organization
Social Organization. Watch Blood Bonds, available
in the Films On Demand database, in the Ashford
Online Library. Describe the correlation between
arranged marriage, economic exchanges surrounding
marriage (bridewealth, bride service, dowry,
etc.), status of women, family pressures, and
other factors you can think of and the stability
of marriage. Based on your reading of the
textbook and the film, what are the disadvantages
of different forms of marriages? Do you think
they can be as successful as marriages of choice?
Which form of marriage do you have the hardest
time understanding?
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ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 3 DQ 2 Doing Business with
Family
Doing Business with Family. Nowak and Laird's
Applying Anthropology 6.2 box, in Cultural
Anthropology, proposes the following
question The familiar saying never do business
with family advises against the practices used
in many of the chiefdom societies discussed in
this chapter. This old saying implies that doing
business with family will create conflict,
whereas chiefdom societies welcome and encourage
such close-knit economic exchanges as a way
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ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 3 Rough Draft of Final
Cultural Research Paper
1. Due by Day 7. Rough Draft of Final Cultural
Research Paper. To ensure that you are properly
prepared for your Final Cultural Research Paper
in this course, you must complete a draft/outline
that includes a. A culture from the list
below Basseri of Iran The Batek of Malaysia
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ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 4 DQ 1 Monumental
Architecture
Monumental Architecture. What does monumental
architecture imply about the cultural values and
the socio-economic-political organization of the
society that created it? Do a bit of Internet
research on religious or secular monuments,
statues, and architectural wonders in your city,
state, country, or internationally. Choose a
monument (or set of monuments), describe its main
features, discuss any symbolism it has, and
analyze the messages it sends to its intended
audience(s). Provide a link to an image of the
monument itself for the rest of us to see.
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ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 4 DQ 2 Economy and
Colonialism
Economy and Colonialism. Relate what you have
read in Chapter 8, of Cultural Anthropology,
regarding colonialism and the expansion of
capitalism in modern industrial societies to the
article, Marketers Pursue the Shallow Pocketed.
Is the information being discussed in this
article another example of colonialism? Why or
why not? Identify two potential positives and two
negatives direct marketing of the poor has on
people and their economies.
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ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 5 DQ 1 Ethics in Anthropology
Ethics in Anthropology. Be sure to watch and read
the Miscellaneous Topics at the end of Chapter
9 ofCultural Anthropology. Then, address the
following topic As noted, anthropologys work
with the military over the years has been wrought
with controversy. Where do you stand on the issue
regarding the use of anthropologists in
intelligence gathering for the military? Can you
come up with a
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ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 5 DQ 2 Anthropology and Your
Future
Anthropology and the Future. Watch Winners and
Losers, available in the Films On Demand
database, in the Ashford Online Library. Which
issues are most urgent in our world today? Are
they the same in the US as in the developing
world? Where will the application of an
anthropological perspective be most effective?
Your initial response should be at least 150
words in length. Please support your claims with
examples from the text, recommended material,
and/or scholarly articles. Respond to at least
two of your classmates posts by Day 7
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ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 5 Final Cultural Research
Paper
Focus of the Research Paper Throughout this
course, we have learned that the primary mode of
subsistence (how a culture makes a living)
impacts many other aspects of cultural behavior
and has been an effective way to organize
thoughts and studies about culture. In order to
demonstrate your understanding of subsistence
modes and its impact on a culture and why a
culture acts as it does, your Research Paper will
require you to 1. Select a specific culture from
the following list a. Basseri of Iran
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ASHFORD ANT 101 Week 5 Final Cultural Research
Paper
Focus of the Research Paper Throughout this
course, we have learned that the primary mode of
subsistence (how a culture makes a living)
impacts many other aspects of cultural behavior
and has been an effective way to organize
thoughts and studies about culture. In order to
demonstrate your understanding of subsistence
modes and its impact on a culture and why a
culture acts as it does, your Research Paper will
require you to 1. Select a specific culture from
the following list a. Basseri of Iran
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