Anthropology Ch 4

The most important goal of the Congolese sapeur is to

Accumulate prestige

The major goal of "development" is

Importing health, Expand capitalist market, Alleviate poverty: All of the Above

Cultural differences are often caused by

Isolation of communities

A synonym for hybridization is

Syncretism, Friction, Creolization: All of the Above

A multi-sited ethnographer studying Mexican migrants in the United States would be most likely to conduct fieldwork

all of the above

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

The research that anthropologist Richard Rouse has done on the effects of migration on the Mexican village of Aguililla is interesting because

it highlights how Aguilillans are part of a transnational community

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

An anthropologist studying localization would be most interested in what topic?

the rise of the Zapatista separatist movement in Mexico

The powerful symbolic link between the Portuguese concept of "the emigrant" and what it means to be a good, tolerant, and worldly Portuguese citizen is an example of Portugal's culture of _________

...

World systems theory would be most suited to which of the following research projects?

A historical study of indigenous resistance to colonialism

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

Development anthropologists often think of themselves as

Advocates of poor and marginalized people

World systems theory helped anthropologists

Better explain historical emergence of development patterns throughout the world

Anthropologists are generally ignored by "development" experts at institutions like the World Bank

False

People in the periphery responded passively to capitalist expansion

False

Promoters of globalization highlight which of the following?

Winners, the more open the economy, the better for the country

The theory that as a result of global capitalist expansion, the world is divided between a dominant "core" and a dependent "periphery" is

World systems theory

When people consume the same clothes, food, and goods they eventually think and behave the same

False

Eric Wolf encouraged anthropologists to consider what in their field studies?

History

Globalization and localization are complementary dynamics

True

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 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

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

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 aspread of cultural attributes from one society to another

Diffusionists

Globalization is exciting to anthropologists right now because they have never studied interconnectivity before.

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

Which of the following are areas of social activity that globalization affects?

Finances, Communication,Migration: All of the Above

According to anthropologists, __________ is the contemporary widening of scale of cross-culturalinteractions owing to the rapid movement of money, people, goods, images, and ideas

Globalization

__________ are people who are expelled by the authorities of their home countries

Exhiles

The recent rise of autonomy movements among Hawaiian separatists and Basques in Europe are examples of

Localization

Many arguments over global integration are about __________, but anthropologists are just as interested in cultural nuances such as inequality, confrontation, domination, and resistance

Globalization

Cultural __________ occurs when influential nations of the West impose their products and beliefs on less powerful nations

Imperialism

The creation and assertion of highly particular, often place-based, identities and communities is known as __________.

Localization

People who leave their homes to work for a time in other regions or countries are called

Migrants

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

A central feature of cultural convergence theories is that

They explain apparent decline of cultural diversity

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

A key marker of development anthropology's success is when local perspectives and voices are paid attention to in development projects

True

Localization is the flip side of globalization

True

The processes of capital accumulation and the expansion of European colonialism disrupted many societies

True