Answer those questions with any examples/ideas from Bronislaw malinowski, Geertz Clifford, Franz Boas, Margaret Mead, Derek Freeman, Karl Marx, Sidney Mintz, Evans-Pritchard, Jamaica Kincaid....etc
SHORT essay questions-
How did an overly bounded and ahistorical view of culture influence how Mead, Malinowski, and Freeman represented the people they studied?
Discuss some of the historical relationships between the Enlightenment, colonialism, and anthropology.
Describe how Malinowski and Boas revolutionized what had been called "armchair" anthropology.
The position of the anthropologist is an important consideration in fieldwork. Referencing the Mead and Freeman controversy discuss how the position of the anthropologist in the field influences the production of anthropological knowledge.
Classic anthropologists tended to avoid thinking about the effects of colonialism on their work. Discuss the consequences of this tendency and consider how a renewed focus on colonialism changes anthropology.
Classic anthropology attempted to show that the native's perspective was actually understandable and rational instead of strange and irrational. Use examples to illustrate this fact.
Explain how both the consumption and production of products can produce differences in rank and distinction.
Explain how categories or categorical systems influence perspectives or worldviews and why this is significant to the study of anthropology.
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