Anthropology Test 2

they explain the apparent decline of cultural diversity

A central feature of cultural convergence theories is that?

the first are analysts of development; the second seek ways to influence development programs from within

A key difference between anthropologists of development and development anthropologists is?

the reduction or elimination of tariffs to promote trade

A key feature of financial globalization is?

syncretism and creolization

A synonym for hybridization is?

it lends itself readily to ethnographic methodology

A world systems theory is important for all of the following reasons except?

The isolation of communities

Cultural differences are often caused by?

advocates of poor and marginalized people

Development anthropologists often think of themselves as?

History

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

Corporations to move factories from one country to another.

Financial globalization has allowed for?

to expand the power of the state

James Ferguson, who is an anthropologist of development, argues that development exists..

Consuming coke, watching tv, migrating to distant cities for work.

People participate in globalization by?

the more open a country is to foreign trade, the better the economy will be

Promoters of globalization highlight which of the following?

mean that people in remote places can be in contact with people all over the world.

Rapid increases in the scale and amount of communication.

Importing health, expanding capitalist markets, alleviating poverty

The major goal of development is?

accumulate prestige

The most important goal of the Congolese sapeur is to?

localization

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

It highlights how Aguilillans are not part of a transnational community

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

finances, communication and migration

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

comparative

Which of the following best describes the methodology of multi-sited ethnography?

it explains why conflict is growing in the world

Which of the following is not true about hybridization theories?

better explain the historical emergence of development patterns throughout the world

World systems theory helped anthropologists?