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172: Poverty
173: Symbolism
174: Applying Concepts of cultural and social change to ethnographies
175: Development versus Dependency theory
176: The role of the anthropologist
177: Social and Cultural Change; Causes and Results
178: The Process of Social and Cultural Change
179: Myth
180: Religion and Ideology
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171: Functionalism
Functionalism is a system used by cultures which concentrates on and
emphasises the functional interactions of cultures and societies, i.e.
why and how certain rituals, daily chores etc. are perform..
172: Poverty
Contribution by anthropologists to issues such as poverty-
Development anthropology- efforts by anthropologists to improve the
well-being of people in the ?developing? countries, in areas such as he..
173: Symbolism
A symbol is something human beings use to stand for something else (Needham).
Animals, as well as humans, have been said to use symbols, e.g. sign
language, computer keys in apes. But they do not us..
174: Applying Concepts of cultural and social change to ethnographies
Yanomamo
- Many of the changes that are occurring among the Yanomamo are the
result of the increasing Catholic mission activities at their several main
posts of Ocamo, Mavaca and Platanal and the e..
175: Development versus Dependency theory
- How does Frank?s ?dependency theory? differ from the traditional ?development
theory??
The conventional view of the undeveloped countries denies them a history:
?To classify these countries as ?t..
176: The role of the anthropologist
- Development anthropology- efforts by anthropologists to improve the
well-being of people in the ?developing? countries in areas such as health
care, education, and agriculture.
- Development anth..
177: Social and Cultural Change; Causes and Results
Causes
- Globalisation- contact
- Economic growth
- Changes of subsistence
- Technology
- Natural Changes
- Colonialism
- Leader
- Conflict within a country
- Inventions
Results
- Alcoholis..
178: The Process of Social and Cultural Change
What Processes bring about cultural change?
Leslie White?s ?cultural materialist? theory (1971) states that there
are 3 sub-systems:
1) Technological- material culture used to exploit environment (..
179: Myth
Myth- a story describing the origins of the world, some natural phenomenon,
or some aspect of culture, which contains at least one physically or humanly
impossible event or situation. Myths are ofte..
180: Religion and Ideology
Religion can take many forms, there can be a worship of a range of deities
(Gods) or one, or none. God can be constantly intervening, or rarely intervene.
Gods can be punitive or benevolent. They ca..
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