Anthropology Chapter 4: Globalization

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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

all of the above

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

all of the above (finances, communication, migration)

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 the historical emergence of development patterns throughout the world

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

colonial history

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

comparative

people participate in globalization by?

consuming coca cola, watching tv, migrating to distant cities for work

financial globalization has allowed for?

corporations to move factories from one country to another

cultural ________ occurs when influential nations of the West impose their products and beliefs on less powerful nations

cultural convergence (imperialism)

Franz Boas and his students were __________, emphasizing that cultural characteristics result from a spread of cultural attributes from one society to another

diffusionists

Cultural __________ often exist not in spite of but because of global interconnections.

diversity

_______ are people who are expelled by the authorities of their home countries.

exiles

Which of the following is not true about hybridization theories?

explains conflict

T/F Anthropologists are generally ignored by "development" experts at institutions like the World Bank.

false

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

false

T/F People in the periphery responded passively to capitalist expansion.

false

T/F 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

T/F When people consume the same clothes, food, and goods they eventually think and behave the same.

false

according to anthropologists,_______ is the contemporary widening of scales of cross-cultural interactions owing to the rapid movement of money, people, goods, images, and ideas

globalization

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

highlights how aguilillans are part of the transnational community

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

historical study of indigenous resistance to colonialism

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

lends itself to ethnographic methodology

the creation and assertion of highly particular, often place-based, identities and communities is known as______

localization

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

localization

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

migrants

People around the world often think of development as undermining self-determination but will oftenaccept it when it is __________

on own terms

a synonym for hybridization is?

syncretism, friction, creolization (mixing)

A key difference between anthropologists of development and development anthropologists is

the first are analysts of development (aod) and the second seek way to influence from within (da)

cultural differences are often caused by?

the isolation of communities

promoters of globalization highlight which of the following?

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

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 overarching importance of listening to the priorities of neighbors

a key feature of financial globalization is

the reduction or elimination of tariffs to promote trade

A central feature of cultural convergence theories is that

they explain the 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

transnationalism

T/F A key marker of development anthropology's success is when local perspectives and voices are paidattention to in development projects

true

T/F Globalization and localization are complementary dynamics

true

T/F Localization is the flip side of globalization.

true

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

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

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

winners and losers

the theory as a result of global capitalism, the world is divided between a dominant 'core' and a dependent 'periphery' is?

world systems theory


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