Midterm - Winter 1996
Student's
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Write as clearly as
possible and keep in mind that the space allocated to each question is what you
are roughly expected to need to give an adequate answer.
Before starting, write
your name and your TA's name on each page, read all the questions carefully,
and plan the time you want to spend on each answer.
1. Connect each scholar
with a particular concept:
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a.
Yankeh ( )
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i.
hasham
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b.
Tedlock ( )
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ii. the
story of the muni bird
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c.
Heidegger ( )
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iii.
linguistic purism
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d.
Kroskrity ( )
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iv.
okeayme
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e.
Abu-Lughod ( )
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v.
highlighting
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f.
Goodwin ( )
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vi.
Equipment/tools
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g. Dai
Qing ( )
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vii.
Zuni verbal performace
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h. Feld
( )
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viii.
authenticity vs. artistic freedom
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2. True (T)/False (F)
i) To take an emic
perspective means to understand what is significant for the participants ( )
ii) In all societies, when
two people meet, the first question they ask is "how are you?" ( )
iii) The German
philosopher Immanuel Kant thought that it might be difficult for anthropology
to be accepted as a formal science due to the observer's paradox ( )
iv) Wittgenstein believes
that the main function of language is to label objects in the world ( )
v) Among the Bedouins,
inheritance is through the mother's line ( )
vi) For Tedlock, pausing
is not a very important aspect of Zuni dramatic poetry. ( )
vii) The absence of
something can be significant in social interaction ( )
viii) A theory is not the
truth, but an intellectual construct, something that is always provisional ( )
3. Using Goodwin's
article and the "Ax fight" illustrate three of the four "ways of
seeing" discussed in class?
1) seeing as
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2) seeing as
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3) seeing as
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4. Do either A or B:
A. How do we know that
the girls in the playground switch register while role playing (based on
Jennifer Schlegel's class presentation)?
B. List 2 types of
gestures and give an example for each type (based on Valentina Pagliai' class
presentation)?
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5. Give a brief
definition of the built environment & one example (from the readings or
class discussions) of the way in which it plays a role in human communication.
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6. When do Bedouin
women veil and what are the functions of veiling according to Abu-Lughod ?
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7. Do either A or B:
A. How is the notion of
tool relevant to understanding culture?
B. What is an okyeame
and what are his social functions?
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8. How is social
hierarchy reproduced in the Samoan fono?
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9. Do either (A) or
(B):
A) Based on the
readings and class lectures, briefly describe what ethnographers do.
B) Explain the
difference between an etic perspective and an emic perspective using examples
from the readings or
class lectures.
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10. Do either (A) or
(B)
A) What do the Arizona Tewa mean when they say that
"our language is our life (history)"?
B) What did you learn
about the meaning of "speech community" from reading Bloomfield and
Morgan? _________________________________________________________________________
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