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Question: Using ethnographic material, assess the value and limitations of the concept of resistance.

Answer: The concept of resistance is one of some contention amongst anthropologists. There...

Subject: Anthropology
Course: Anthropology
Level: Degree
Year: 2nd/3rd
Mark: 67%
Words: 2314

Date submitted: April 09, 2009
Date written: Not available
References: Yes
Document type: Essay*
Essay ID: 2631

Question: Examine the impact of tourism on the cultures of South-East Asia. How can the anthropological perspective help us understand and plan for these changes?

Answer: Southeast Asia has witnessed significant growth in tourism in recent years. The...

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Subject: Anthropology
Course: Anthropology
Level: Degree
Year: 2nd/3rd
Mark: 67%
Words: 3200

Date submitted: February 26, 2009
Date written: November, 2000
References: Yes
Document type: Essay*
Essay ID: 826

Question: In Evan-Pritchard’s view, what political institutions acted to promote equilibrium within Nuer society? To what extent does his viewpoint underestimate the role of external factors in encouraging stability within Nuer society?

Answer: The study of stateless societies represents one of the fundamental contributions of...

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Subject: Anthropology
Course: Anthropology
Level: Degree
Year: 2nd/3rd
Mark: 66%
Words: 1848

Date submitted: March 01, 2009
Date written: Not available
References: Yes
Document type: Essay*
Essay ID: 851

Question: According to the Shorter Oxford Dictionary, a ‘gift’ is ‘something...which is voluntarily transferred to another without the expectation or receipt of an equivalent’. Anthropologists, however, routinely talk about ‘gift-exchange’. Discuss this apparent paradox.

Answer: Gifts are exchanged constantly for all sorts of occasions, ranging from economic...

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Subject: Anthropology
Course: Anthropology
Level: Degree
Year: 2nd/3rd
Mark: 66%
Words: 2280

Date submitted: February 26, 2009
Date written: April, 2002
References: Yes
Document type: Essay*
Essay ID: 809

Question: If societies can learn to use modern technologies in ways that benefit people instead of repressing them, the problems that they face will be solved. Discuss.

Answer: In One Dimensional Man, Herbert Marcuse emphasizes the forces of technology and...

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Subject: Anthropology
Course: Anthropology
Level: Degree
Year: 2nd/3rd
Mark: 65%
Words: 1094

Date submitted: March 02, 2009
Date written: Not available
References: Yes
Document type: Essay*
Essay ID: 869

Question: Why is the body an important object of anthropological study?

Answer: In order to try and understand a different culture I feel it...

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Subject: Anthropology
Course: Anthropology
Level: Degree
Year: 1st
Mark: 65%
Words: 1987

Date submitted: March 02, 2009
Date written: Not available
References: Yes
Document type: Essay*
Essay ID: 865

Question: Outline the advantages and disadvantages of Ethnographic methods. Include as an illustrative material (i) Your own ethnographic case study, and (ii) examples from both (a) anthropological research in a modern organisational context and (b) more traditional ethnographies.

Answer: ‘Ethnography is the hallmark of social anthropology’. It’s the study of people...

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