ANTHRCUL 101 Lecture 10Outline of Last Lecture I. Film Setup: We are All NeighborsII. Specific Film Viewing QuestionsIII. Film Notes: We Are All NeighborsOutline of Current Lecture I. Basic InformationII. Observing AnthropologicallyIII. Big Questions of CultureIV. Linguistic AnthropologyV. Ethnicity, Race, and DifferenceVI. Getting GhostCurrent Lecture2/4: Exam 1 Review Session**Snow Day 2/2: For now, everything will proceed as if that day didn’t exist. Prof. Chivens will add in the most important parts later.**Monday 2/9: Guest lecture about primate studyEXAM 1: February 6, 11am-12pm, MLB 3VII. Basic Informationa. Bring a pencil or two and an eraserb. How is the exam structured?i. 1 brief fill in the blank section ii. 22-ish multiple choice questions iii. 3 term identifications (give basic definition as described in class and then connect to anthropology, why it is important, etc.)iv. 2 short answer questions (about ½ page long each) v. About 45 minute long exam VIII. Observing Anthropologicallya. Thick/thin descriptions as part of the setup of anthropologyi. In interpreting any action or exchange you can describe them based on the surface values and also go deeper – levels of interpretation ii. Second order information can be part of thick descriptionsThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.b. Juxtaposition: placing two things next to each other in order to make something visiblei. Juxtaposition of cultures in Bohannan and the Food Court Musical IX. Big Questions of Culturea. Remember the basic characteristics of culture!!!b. Levels of Culture – some pieces of culture that are shared locally, regionally, nationally, etci. Ann Arbor crossing: “rules of engagement” for pedestrians show levels even within the local level of culturec. Cultural contestationi. To find out about cultures, look for places where people really disagree about thingsd. Agency: culture doesn’t turn us into symbolic robots – we don’t just learn symbols, we do things with symbols X. Linguistic Anthropologya. What ties the four fields of anthropology together: the problem with interpretation (and ultimately with storytelling)i. Anthropologists, no matter what level of science they use, are always forced to use some degree of interpretation b. Rapport: in cultural/linguistic anthropology, what happens between the researcher and subjects over a long period of time to get them to be comfortablesharing their culture honestly and openlyXI. Ethnicity, Race, and Differencea. Status shifting: negotiating our identities in action – changing how we act/speak/identify ourselves in certain social situations i. Comparison of race in the US vs. Brazil (pg. 376-9)b. Smedley Article i. Ideas of defamiliarizationii. Using historical record to point out how race as an idea has a history that has emerged out of slavery in the US and in some ways the civilized vs. savage concept were different than what we might think they were1. African people seen as more civilized during colonization2. Slaves captured from war in places like Ireland were considered savage3. Turning point: revolt by BaconXII. Getting Ghosta. General sense of the basic plot of each
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