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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.

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ANTH 120 Introduction to Anthropology Culture and SocietyFinal.docx

  • 1. 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)
  • 2. 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
  • 3. Items in bold italics are candidates for short answer questions.