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Anthro 3AC Spring 2023 Midterm Study Guide General Instructions (READ THIS): The midterm exam will be on Thursday, March 2, 9:30–11:00, in 295 Haas . The exam will cover material from the introduction and Themes 1 (Seeing & Doing Like Anthropologists) and 2 (Conceptualizing Race & Ethnicity). There will be a midterm review session during our normal lecture time on Tuesday, February 28. Students should come prepared to work through course readings and lecture slides, after reviewing these materials. The exam will consist of short definitions, short responses, and essay questions (see below). This is a closed-book exam. In each case, you will be given several options on the exam, and will only have to answer a subset of those options (for example, giving you X short definition terms, and requiring you to choose & define any 8 of them). Please note that the exam will be drawn from this study guide in its entirety . So if you are prepared on every definition and prompt on this study guide, you will do well. We recommend the following study strategies:  Review your notes from the readings, from lecture, and from section. (If you don’t take notes while reading, during lecture, or during section, you should start.)  Try to outline the main points from each reading.  Go over this study guide, and outline each term/question as best you can. In outlining answers, be sure to refer to the relevant reading(s), if applicable (e.g. instead of saying “The kula is…” you should say “According to Malinowski, the kula is…)  Go to the midterm review session on Feb. 28, and ask questions about the terms/ questions that you’re struggling with.  Go to your GSI’s office hours, and Prof. Ferme’s office hours, and ask further questions.  Ask questions on Ed Discussion (check first to see whether another student has already asked the same question). On the exam, please make sure your handwriting is legible, as our understanding your responses to a prompt, definition, or question depends on our being able to read them. In preparing for the exam, test your ordinary handwriting with someone you don’t know, and see whether it is legible, and whether with difficulty or not. Do something to improve if necessary. Section A: Short Definitions In this section, you will be asked to choose 10 of the following terms and offer a brief definition / identification (1-3 sentences). Be sure to define the term as it is relevant to the context of course readings and lectures. Definitions that have been taken from the internet or from other sources will not receive credit. Each correct answer will receive 2 points.

Key Terms or Figures (Put the author's name in parentheses as you explain the concept, if relevant, and if you remember.) social fact ethnographic refusal settler colonialism salvage anthropology cultural relativism ethnography participant observation fieldwork armchair anthropology kula reflexivity ‘imponderabilia of everyday life’ cosmic Zora scientific racism miscegenation environmental adaptation degeneracy contemporary synthesis molecular photofitting ethnicity totemism Négritude Section B: Short Responses In this section, you will be asked to choose 3 of the following questions and offer a brief response (about one paragraph, or 5-6 sentences). Your response should draw on concrete examples from relevant readings. Each answer can receive a maximum of 10 points. According to Durkheim, what makes a phenomenon a “social fact”? What is the importance of cultural relativism for anthropology? How is Hurston’s experience with racism shaped by her relationship to place? According to Michel-Rolph Trouillot, what is the relationship between historical events and historical narratives? Explain positivism and constructivism in Trouillot’s article. What is the difference between actor and subject, according to Michel-Rolph Trouillot? How does Malinowski use the analogy of "skeleton," "flesh and blood," and "spirit" in his discussion of method and analysis of a society and culture?

What was the methodological innovation that Bronislaw Malinowski introduced? How did it differ from previous approaches to anthropological research, and why was this new methodology important? How do events in W.E.B. DuBois’ life experience inform his shifting understanding of race? How did the context and era Franz Boas was working in inform his argument in “Race and Progress” published in Science ? Discuss what you see as a key objective of Boas’s article “Race and Progress.” Why is eugenics an important concept that Boas was trying to address in “Race and Progress”? What does Du Bois say about the psychological impact of racial segregation through the story of a dark cave with a glass plate? How can the cave story relate to the current, on-going reality of racism? What is ‘the contemporary synthesis’, and how does it relate to debates over DNA and race? What does the term “bioethnic conscription” refer to? What are the social conditions that can contribute to high prevalence of type 2 diabetes, according to Montoya? How does Seth Holmes talk about “structural vulnerability” as being different from individual or “risk-behavior” understandings of illness? What is “Ashley’s Sack” and its significance? What is the contrast between “nature” and “nurture” about? Can you think of any readings from the syllabus and lecture examples that provide evidence to discuss this relationship? Coulthard, Fanon, Du Bois and Hurston write about the ways in which society’s racist gaze shapes a Black person’s sense of self. Briefly give examples from two of these authors. Section C: Essay Questions In this section, please respond to two of the following choices. Your responses should take the form of a short essay (about 2 pages long). Be sure to read the prompt carefully, answer it fully, applying concrete details and evidence from relevant course readings. You do not need to include an introduction or a conclusion, but make sure that your essay is clearly organized and that you support your claims with evidence from the readings. Each short essay can receive a maximum of 25 points. How are history, power and interpretation related in the readings we have done? In your response, address at least three of the following authors’ work: Trouillot, DuBois, Auslander, Auslander & Williams, and Simpson. Bronislaw Malinowski argued that the ethnographer should use the “native

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language… as an instrument of inquiry” (36). Give examples of how Malinowski, Hurston, and Simpson implemented this recommendation in their research and writing, and discuss their significance. Compare Malinowski’s holistic approach to ethnography and Simpson’s ethnographic refusal. Explain each approach by using concrete examples from the two authors’ articles. One of the key disruptions of slavery was a break in the intergenerational transmission of familial and collective histories. Discuss in relation to DuBois, Hurston, Auslander, and Auslander & Williams. How are developments in DNA science related to conceptualizing race as a category? Draw on the work of Fullwiley and Montoya in your response (Boas is optional). What are some of the key anthropological research methods? In your response, be sure to draw on the work of at least three of the following anthropologists, drawing connections between their discussion of method and their ethnographic writings: Simpson, Hurston, Fullwiley, Montoya, Holmes, Auslander, Auslander & Williams. According to Mark Auslander and Avis E. Williams, why is listening to objects and landscapes meaningful in anthropology? Explain by using two examples mentioned in the guest lecture and referring to one of the following authors; Trouillot, DuBois, and Malinowski. How does DuBois talk about ‘double consciousness,’ and how is his discussion of this term related to the arguments of one or more of the following authors: Fanon, Simpson, and Coulthard? What does Franz Fanon mean when he states that his identity, as a black man, is “overdetermined”? Can this concept be linked to ideas expressed by Du Bois, Hurston, and authors discussed in Coulthard? Compare and contrast the ways in which Audra Simpson, Frantz Fanon, and Sean Coulthard link racial oppression to different colonial experiences. Explain the concept of scientific racism using the concrete examples from two of the following authors’ articles: Boas, DuBois, Fullwiley, Montoya. How are consciousness and recognition related? How does this relationship bear on issues of identity? Discuss both Fanon and Coulthard in your answer.

anth 3AC s23 midterm study guide

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