Interview Preparation Outline for ATH 101 Final Project

ATH 101 Final Project Part A Milestone One: Interview Preparation Outline Heather Bulu SNHU ATH 101 January 21, 2024

I. Defining Anthropology: A. Anthropology is the study of all aspects of humans including their primate relatives throughout the past and present (Welsch, 2019). There are four official subfields within anthropology that include the study of human aspects and they include: biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and archeology. The study of human aspects must be interwoven by all the subfields due to the complexity of humans to gain insight to the overall human species. A linguistic anthropologist may study how a tribal groups’ language shapes their membership and identity as well as organizes their cultural beliefs and ideologies to determine how their structural differences in language differentiate them between other tribal communities nearby. The same tribal group may be studied by the other subfields to gather information about their biology, artifacts, and culture to gain a better understanding of the group as a whole. II. Anthropological Perspective: A. During a global crisis, an anthropological perspective can be useful because it provides information about human history, communities today, what the needs are, and what should be done. For example, anthropologists have been aiding in the sustainability movement with knowledge of human action motives as well as alternative ways of living to combat the environmental crisis (Reuter, 2015). They understand the movement of global consumer culture, human relations, and cultural diversity. A comprehensive long- term view of the human story aids in pushing new narratives and decision making, such as sustainability (Reuter, 2015).

B. In the case of a biological crisis, anthropology can aid greatly because “human behavior influences how infectious diseases spread” ( Sikakulya, et al., 2021 ). Knowing human patterns, behaviors, cultures, and biology can help organizations make decisions to aid in the spread of diseases. One major contributing factor to the Ebola crisis in the Congo was the study of funeral rituals in which anthropologists learned that human touch at the point of death was important to the community ( Sikakulya, et al., 2021 ). Anthropologists were able to aid in the finding and communication of unsafe burials ultimately preventing disease spread. In this kind of situation, I would think of covid. Now since we have been through similar things many different times such as measles, smallpox, chicken pox, the

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plague, bird flu, mad cow diseases and so many more illnesses that would all be considered environmental crises, we can look to the past and see how those situations were handled and use a similar tactic in the case of covid. That would be the most logical thing to do since we have had

success in the past without the lengths the political leaders have gone to this time. I feel we could still have our freedom while combating covid just like we did when bird flu was new to us. To have a good perspective in anthropology for this kind of situation is critical. III. Historical Perspective

A. An example of an important historical contribution of anthropology that has legitimized the field is Franz Boas and his study of “race” and culture with the Kwakuitl tribe in British Columbia, Canada. Franz Boas’ findings concluded that there is no biological basis for race and that culture is rather learned social experiences in a person’s life. B. An example of a cultural group or individual using a previous life experience to inform their everyday life is someone brought up at a young age going to church or worshiping regularly. Surveys show that adults who regularly attended church as children are much more likely to attend church today. However, at the same token, those who have stopped attending also influence others not to attend as we see today that a third of American adults have fallen away from attending religious services (Wingfield, 2023). C. Individuals are a product of their familial past and are not. Families pass down traditions and beliefs to children such as religion, morals, and beliefs that shape social behaviors in their life such as saying please and thank you. However, children can also be shaped by other societal and cultural factors such as social media which can influence a person and shape their social behaviors as well. For example, a social media post can influence a belief about waste or political votes. D. Individuals are a product of their regional pasts to some extent as we can see with someone who moves away from their region. That person will carry some beliefs, physiology, and biological factors from where they came. An example of this is an African American moving from a lower latitude to a higher latitude where their skin still appears with more pigmentation (Welsch, 2019).

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References: Reuter, T. (2015). Averting a Global Environmental Collapse: The Role of Anthropology and Local Knowledge . Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Averting a Global Environmental Collapse: The Role of Anthropology and Local ... - Google Books Sikakulya, F.K., Ilumbulumbu, M.K., Djuma, S.F., Bunduki G.K., Sivulyamwenge A.K., Jones M.K., (2021). Safe and dignified burial of a deceased from a highly contagious infectious disease ebolavirus: Socio-cultural and anthropological implications in the Eastern DR Congo. One Health . 13:100309. doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100309. PMID: 34458545; PMCID: PMC8379334 Welsch, R. (2019). Anthropology (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press Academic US.

Wingfield, M. (January 3, 2023). Children being raised in America today attend church far less frequently than their parents and grandparents did. Baptist News Global . Children being raised in America today attend church far less frequently than their parents and grandparents did – Baptist News Global

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