Ch. 6 Questions
World systems theory would be most suited to which of the following research projects?
A historical study of indigenous resistance to colonialism
The most important goal of the Congolese sapeur is to
Accumulate prestige
Development anthropologists often think of themselves as
Advocates of poor and marginalized people
A multi-sited ethnographer studying Mexican migrants in the United States would be most likely to conduct fieldwork (where):
All of the Above
A believer in cultural imperialism would explain that people who watch American television in remote places like a Walpiri camp in the Australian outback are
Being subjected to alien cultural influences
World systems theory helped anthropologists
Better explain historical emergence of development patterns throughout the world
Financial globalization has allowed for
Corporations to move factories from one country to another
Franz Boas and his students were __________, emphasizing that cultural characteristics result from a spread of cultural attributes from one society to another.
Diffusionists
________are people who are expelled by the authorities of their home countries.
Exhiles
Anthropologists are generally ignored by "development" experts at institutions like the World Bank.
False
Globalization is exciting to anthropologists right now because they have never studied interconnectivity before.
False
People in the periphery responded passively to capitalist expansion.
False
The authors think that cultural diversity persists in the world because cultures have been isolated from each other for so long but that diversity is bound to disappear as cultures intermingle more.
False
When people consume the same clothes, food, and goods they eventually think and behave the same.
False
Which of the following are areas of social activity that globalization affects?
Finances Communication Migration All of the Above
One of the main reasons localization interests anthropologists is that
Global Integration creates opportunities for local cultures to express themselves
According to anthropologists, ___________is the contemporary widening of scale of cross-cultural interactions owing to the rapid movement of money, people, goods, images, and ideas.
Globalization
Eric Wolf encouraged anthropologists to consider what in their field studies?
History
Cultural differences are often caused by
Isolation of communities
The recent rise of autonomy movements among Hawaiian separatists and Zapatistas in Mexico are examples of
Localization
People who leave their homes to work for a time in other regions or countries are called
Migrants
A synonym for hybridization is
Syncretism Friction Creolization All of the Above
If a development anthropologist were to get involved in a project in your city that is revitalizing a poor neighborhood, they would probably emphasize
The importance of listening to the priorities of the neighbors
A key feature of financial globalization is
The reduction /elimination of tariffs to promote free trade
James Ferguson, who is an anthropologist of development, argues that development exists
To expand state power
Often, anthropologists use the term ___________rather than "globalization" to refer to the "global" circulation of goods and people.
Transnational
Globalization and localization are complementary dynamics.
True
Localization is the flip side of globalization.
True
The processes of capital accumulation and the expansion of European colonialism disrupted many societies.
True
Promoters of globalization highlight which of the following?
Winners, the more open the economy, the better for the country
The linked elements that contribute to the manufacture of an object like a T-shirt is called a _________.
commodity chain
Cultural ________________often exist not in spite of but because of global interconnections.
diversity
Which of the following is not true about hybridization theories?
it explains why conflict is growing in the world
A world systems theory is important for all of the following reasons except
it lends itself readily to ethnographic methodology
Rapid increases in the scale and amount of communication
mean that people in remote places can be in contact with people all over the world
People around the world often think of development as undermining self-determination but will often accept it when it is _________________.
on their own terms
The major goal of "development" is
Importing health Expand capitalist market Alleviate poverty All of the Above
In a study on the Olympics a hybridization theorist would likely focus on
Unexpected social patterns that emerge from intermingling between athletes, fans, and officials from different countries
A key difference between anthropologists of development and development anthropologists is
A.o.D. are analysts of development; D.A. seek ways to influence it from within
The theory that explains why cultural differences have not disappeared because cultural consciousness is increasingly bringing people together around cultural similarities is
Clash of Civilizations Theory
Which of the following best describes the methodology of multi-sited ethnography?
Comparative
People participate in globalization by
Consuming Coca Cola Watching Youtube Migrating to distant cities to work All of the Above
Many arguments over global integration are about _____________, but anthropologists are just as interested in cultural nuances such as inequality, confrontation, domination, and resistance.
Globalization
The research that anthropologist Karen Tranberg Hansen has done on secondhand clothing in Zambia is interesting because
Highlights how people impose local meanings on objects
Cultural _____________occurs when influential nations of the West impose their products and beliefs on less powerful nations.
Imperialism
A commodity chain analysis applied to motorcars would be interested in all of the following except
The layout of the factory in which they are built
A central feature of cultural convergence theories is that
They explain apparent decline of cultural diversity
A key marker of development anthropology's success is when local perspectives and voices are paid attention to in development projects.
True
Anthropologists use _______________to juxtapose phenomena that were once thought worlds apart.
multi-sited ethnography