ANTA02H3 Lecture : lec 10
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Final exam: april 15th 2-4 gym: value, anthropologist see problems from a different perspective and solve them in ways others can"t, can solve problems from three different areas: concepts: method of analysis: ex. worked with doctors to teach children about taking insulin as a rite of passage instead of looking as it as something their parents are forcing them to do. culture: ex. landline phones more private whilst cell phones more public (u. k. ); vice versa in czech republic, aero chocolate selling it as indulgent, secret, womanhood, etc. Katrina: what can you derive from the response to hurricane katrina about the u. s. , human tendency to explain the unexplainable, blame the victim. too stubborn, slow, dumb to leave: people who live in the lowest-lying place of new orleans are those in poverty. cajuns and african-americans: a lot of people unable to escape hurricane katrina, this ignored all the structural things that allowed people to leave.
