ANT 252 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-38: Zakat, Azawagh Arabs, Grameen Bank
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Itivimuit: arctic, foraging society: basic group unit is the nuclear family. occasionally two wives. Anti-frostbite faces. extra fat and larger noses; shorter bodies, more barrel-chested : nunavut: independent inuit territory in canada; created 1999, inuit/yupik languages. Body ritual among the nacirema: challenging cultural bias, culture, ritual, ethnocentrism, belief in the body as ugly, with a tendency toward debility and disease. Plastic red rituals: the cup is the great equalizer knocks down barriers. Social drinking is a ritualized act; there are social codes for acceptability: when you have the red cup at a party, you"re part of the group, you belong. Army enlists anthropology in war zones: human terrain team. Mercenary anthropology : exploits social science for political gain. Jirga: worry that anthropologists will be viewed as intelligence gatherers. Armed social work : operation khyber, militarizing anthropology, or anthropologizing the military, no one in the group spoke arabic.
