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- 7.1 @1002:2018
- between rural and urban societies? ## What is a contemporary society? ## This class is about the conditions of life and society in the contemporary world. The contemporary world is: * Interconnected. Everyone lives in some kind of conjuncture of cultures ... ists argue that you cannot understand life in the contemporary world by a **"from-to" story**, e.g. from traditi
- 13.2 @1002:2018
- es in an intersection of two or more systems. * Contemporary societies are all different, but we can understan... creativity. ## Snake and mongoose ## That is, contemporary life is defined by its contradictions. There are ... One 3000-level unit, typically either ANTH 3601 (contemporary theories) or ANTH 3602 (reading ethnography) #
- 1.1 @1002:2022
- and why anthropology matters to understanding the contemporary world. * The first week examines a big idea in... w media, and see how the week’s issues enter into contemporary cultures. * **Ask questions, discuss, and liste
- 1.1 @1002:2024
- and why anthropology matters to understanding the contemporary world. * The first week examines a big idea in... w media, and see how the week’s issues enter into contemporary cultures. * Ask questions, discuss, and listen
- 1.2 @1002:2024
- ryday life, like water for a fish. Living in the contemporary world means living according to the “let’s preten... s of the collective consciousness are facts. The contemporary world is one in which one group’s collective cons
- 3.1 @1002:2024
- the different kinds of social forms we see in the contemporary world. That’s what this week is about. ===== Boh... tter money” (Shipton 1989) ===== Inside of every contemporary society, there are two competing principles =====
- further_information_about_this_unit @1002:2018
- ifferences. We examine several different kinds of contemporary situations in which people live as a way to intro... d how anthropologists apply these key concepts to contemporary situations, and what kinds of competing explanati
- 1.1 @1002:2018
- ations in which people live. ## Culture and the contemporary world ## Classical anthropology has a bias towa... f anthropology's key ideas in order to understand contemporary societies. ## A guide to the unit ## {{page>1
- 6.2 @1002:2018
- le in your family because you love them. But in contemporary societies--like Kabre, Maimafu, Mount Hagen, Trin... pective, remittances are also a major part of the contemporary global economy, especially from the perspective o
- 4.1 @1002:2024
- er// and paternal relatives. Some historical and contemporary examples are: * Nayar (Nair) people of Kerala
- 8.1 @1002:2024
- ism: Enchantment, Spells, and Occult Practices in Contemporary Economies//, edited by Brian Moeran and Timothy d
- 8.2 @1002:2024
- Political Allegiance in South Asia.” //Journal of Contemporary Religion// 35 (1): 93–114. https://doi.org/10.108
- 10.2 @1002:2024
- ate about life === * Hunter-gatherers are “our contemporary ancestors” (Some anthropologists say this about e
- 11.1 @1002:2024
- eline route, on ancestral land yet outside of the contemporary Standing Rock reservation. * The tribe had pr
- 12.1 @1002:2024
- llution are too high. **Ulrich Beck has a point. contemporary societies are highly dependent on expert knowledg