Flashcards
Anthropology—World Issues
Cards in this deck (5)
- 1Applied AnthropologyUsing anthro to understand the human condition in a time of global intersection and using skills like empathy and rapport
- 2Features of Applied AnthropologyAttention to small scale communities
Insistence of prior detailed knowledge
Sensitivity to cultural differences
Appreciation of alternatives
Recognition of systematic complexity - 3Population GrowthUnderstanding the factors that influence reproductive choices like desirable family size, social burdens, women's employment and occupational and spacial mobility, etc.
- 4World HungerScarcity- population is exceeding carrying capacity
Inequality- elitists do not redistribute the resources - 5Anthropology as AdvocacyAssisting indigenous populations, finding vanishing knowledge, use of medicine, adaptive wisdom, cultural alternatives