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talks:first_year_forum [2015/02/22 19:15] – [Bronislaw Malinowski: The P.T. Barnum of anthropology] Ryan Schram (admin)talks:first_year_forum [2021/06/29 02:27] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 # First Year Forum: Doing Field Work in Papua New Guinea # # First Year Forum: Doing Field Work in Papua New Guinea #
  
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 > "Imagine yourself suddenly set down surrounded by all your gear, alone on a tropical beach close to a native village, while the launch or dinghy which has brought you sails away out of sight… Imagine further that you are a beginner, without previous experience, with nothing to guide you and no one to help you. For the white man is temporarily absent, or else unable or unwilling to waste any of his time on you. This exactly describes my first initiation into field work on the south coast of New Guinea." (Malinowski 1932 [1922]: 4) > "Imagine yourself suddenly set down surrounded by all your gear, alone on a tropical beach close to a native village, while the launch or dinghy which has brought you sails away out of sight… Imagine further that you are a beginner, without previous experience, with nothing to guide you and no one to help you. For the white man is temporarily absent, or else unable or unwilling to waste any of his time on you. This exactly describes my first initiation into field work on the south coast of New Guinea." (Malinowski 1932 [1922]: 4)
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 ## The more you know ## ## The more you know ##
  
-Ready to learn more about the study of culture, and how it relates to the world we live in? Well, after ANTH 1001, here are some more courses you can take!: +Ready to learn more about the study of culture, and how it relates to the world we live in? Well, after ANTH 1001, here are some more units you can take!: 
  
-* [[:1002|ANTH 1002: Anthropology and the Global]] (Semester 2, 2015) +* [[:1002:start|ANTH 1002: Anthropology and the Global]] (Semester 2, 2015) *If we live in a globalized world, then we are always moving between cultures. The biggest problems today are global in nature. What does anthropology say about them through the lens of culture?* 
-* [[:2654|ANTH 2654: Forms of Families]] (Semester 2, 2015) +* [[:2654:start|ANTH 2654: Forms of Families]] (Semester 2, 2015) *Everyone has a family. Is it true? If even the meaning of relationships, relatives and belonging is culturally relative, then what does that say about human nature?* 
-* [[:2667|ANTH 2667: The Anthropology of Religion]] (Semester 1, 2015) +* [[:2667:start|ANTH 2667: The Anthropology of Religion]] (Semester 1, 2015) *Why do people believe in God? Why have societies always made a space for religion? Is this something that all cultures have in common? Will it always be so?*
  
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