ANTH 120: Introduction to Anthropology: Culture and Society Final Exam Study Guide Terms and Concepts: Myth, Magic, and Religion Houdenosaunee/Iroquois – creation myth and its impact on worldview and society Biblical Creation Myth and its impact on early Israeli worldview and society Different consequences of different worldviews Myth Worldview Metaphor Religion Religious practice: prayer, feasting, physiological manipulation, taboos Rituals Rites of passage Apache Womanhood ritual Animism Different religious organizations (priests vs. shamans) Shamanism – common beliefs of shamanistic/animistic cultures Dobe Ju’/Hoansi healing rituals Magic Science (its worldview and its relation to magic) Science and eugenics Myth of objectivity Social impacts of science Technology Essential elements for biological life Endosymbiosis Complex Systems Theory (Nonlinear Dynamics) Autopoesis Emergence Culture as an emergent property of human networks Technology as an emergent property/extension of culture Marshall McLuhan’s ideas about technology as an extension of the senses Links between economy,technology, and violence The Shock Doctrine Neoliberalism Perpetual growth myth Impacts of modern globalized capitalism on society and environment Network Society The Global Casino Technology as social control The Panopticon Lessons from Amish hackers Violence Relationship between inequality and violence Relationship between colonialism and violence George Washington Dobe Ju/Wansi Ju/Wansi conflict resolution Semai enculturation of nonviolence Components shared by peaceful societies Cosmology Readings: Gmelch – Baseball Magic Loaded, by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Films: Shock Doctrine This Changes Everything Items in bold italics are candidates for short answer questions. ...