ANTH 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Jesse Owens, Clifford Geertz, Marshall Sahlins
2 Dec 2014
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Pop art reproduction of andy warhol"s portrait of john lennon. As you read, identify and highlight key terms below, underline passages. Pay close attention to the essay by geertz, as you"ll be asked to write about this in the short essay on final exam. Unesco world heritage sites, e. g. cultural, natural, endangered. Sacred space and pilgrimage sites, e. g. vatican, mecca, jerusalem, varanasi, bodhgaya. Iconic rituals, e. g. tea in turkey, china, japan, india, u. k. Sports and nationalism, e. g. hockey, cricket, baseball, soccer. John macaloon: olympic games and 3 levels of identity. Icons and iconicity, e. g. obamas, beatles, andy warhol, princess diana, nelson mandela. **clifford geertz: concept of culture implication for how we understand humans, humanness. See 106 and 351 for discussion of how tea provides window on role of time and labor and social belonging in turkey. Using delaney"s examples of grand canyon, kaa"ba, and ground. Zero, discuss how places take on special meaning.
