ANTHRCUL 101 Lecture 32Outline of Last LectureI. Contours of a Global SystemII. Cultural Features of World SystemsIII. Mapping World System Theory IV. World System and Social ControlV. The Circulation of CultureOutline of Current LectureI. Kayapo, Out of the Forest (film) ct’dII. Predicaments of DevelopmentIII. Kayapo Film NotesIV. Cannibal ToursV. For MondayCurrent Lecture4/10: Reversing the Anthropological LensI. Kayapo, Out of the Forest (film) ct’da. Drawing on “tradition” in new waysb. Reverses the technologies of ethnographic representationc. Appropriates a “global” audience to shame a national stated. Two strata of culture: Brazilian state citizens and indigenous people, use of technology to draw attention to the culture of the Kayapo from the international community to gain supportII. Predicaments of Developmenta. Increased social equity?i. Or cultural imperialism: The spread or advance of one culture at the expense of othersb. Underdifferentiation: overly uniform approach to developmenti. Failure to recognize or make use of specific, local social unitsii. Overcome when local populations insert their cultural networks into projectsc. Overinnovation (too much change): Projects requiring major changes in people’s daily lives, especially ones that interfere with customary subsistence pursuits.III. Kayapo Film NotesThese 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.a. Use their cultural forms of theater, militancy, etc .to confront the state in ways that other indigenous groups have not been successfuli. Two days before protest: major leader in hospital with appendicitisb. Celebrating human growth and naturec. Dance that represents reuniting of the different tribesd. Sting arrives to help Indians, makes sure there is a lot of publicitye. Clifford Gertz ethnography vs. Kayapo documentaryi. Geertz appeals to American culture, makes it easy for us to understandii. Turner (Kayapo) documenting how Kayapo take control of how they are being representedIV. Cannibal Toursa. Ethnography of “cultural tourists” b. Imperialist Nostalgia: A longing for same cultural forms that colonialism alters or eradicatesc. A Thesis-Like Statement:i. “Tourism has less to do with what other people are really like and more todo with how we imagine them to be…” (Edward Bruner)d. Cannibal tours are part of a larger system of colonially inspired organized toursi. These tours teach us more about tourist culture than about the cultures visitede. Enter Dennis O’Rourke: Cannibal Tours i. Visual Representations often de-contextualize from the larger social contextii. How can a camera be used to bring more of the context into view? V. For Monday:a. Modern Projects:i. From “development” abroad, to “development” at homeii. Anthropologies of medicine ,health and healingiii. Getting Ghost (chapter
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