1. Open and watch this excerpt from the film Jackson Pollock 51: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrVE-WQBcYQ Carefully listen to the way Pollock describes his creative process and produce a list of words, descriptions, and ideas that most stand out for you. Now describe THREE ways that Pollock likely shocked and/or challenged the way traditional painters made art in […]

An Inconvenient Truth Al Gore declares that there is a moral imperative to act to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. He suggests that the moral imperative derives from a duty we have to leave to future generations a planet as habitable as the one we inherited from our ancestors. What is […]

Read this scenario and complete the questions that follow. Use the data table on p. 23 of your lab manual to answer the questions associated with this exercise. An employee at a shoe store has observed that taller customers have larger shoe sizes than customers who are shorter. She knows that shoe sizes are based […]

(Q001) Refer to the images in the Lab 7 Exercise Image Library on p. 221 of your lab manual to answer the following questions. Which individual has shovel-shaped incisors? (Q003) What might these two traits indicate about these individuals’ ancestry? (Q004) Are these two traits alone enough to make an ancestry determination? Why or why […]

Overview It is time to take a virtual field trip! For this short answer assignment, visit any of the galleries in the Resources section for this week . Choose two cultural works that catch your attention, and respond to the prompt below. Prompt Craft your answer with the considerations below. Specifically, you must address the […]

How is the study of your ancestors biopolitical, not just biological? Does that make it less scientific or differently scientific? What was gained by reducing organisms to genotypes and species to gene pools? What is gained by reintroducing bodies and species into evolutionary studies? The molecular biologist François Jacob argued that evolution is more like […]

Describe the different types of occupations associated with the act of death. What be one of the professional’s impact on pre-death types of services (for example: insurance). Any peer-reviewed, scientific sources are welcomed. I am having difficulty locating sources that are 10 years old or younger.

Now read MY BERRY FAST http://muskratmagazine.com/my-berry-fast/ to learn about the experience of an Ojibwe woman, Akeesha Footman from the Rainy River First Nation (Manitou Rapids) in Northern Ontario. 1. What was your first reaction to the story by Akeesha Footman? 2. How does the berry fast help Ojibwe women discover purpose and meaning in their […]

Discussion Topic Option 1: Emic vs. Etic and the Nacirema Horace Miner’s 1956 piece on the Nacirema has become a classic in anthropology for a number of reasons. Miner’s piece was at once intended to illustrate the pitfalls of ethnocentrism and cultural romanticism, while emphasizing the need for cultural relativism and the role of the […]

Order Instructions You have already read and discussed, the introduction chapter from Inside Organized Racism Download Inside Organized Racism, by Kathleen Blee. Discuss the idea of position/positionality, and emic and etic. Define the meanings of these terms. How does Dr. Blee’s position come through in the chapter? How are the concepts of emic and etic […]