This document provides four discussion questions about foraging societies from Chapter 3 of the textbook Cultural Anthropology by Nowak and Laird. The questions address: 1) What can be learned from studying foraging societies regarding relationships with the environment and family? 2) Whether the concept of the "ethnographic present" was appropriately used in the film The Gods Must Be Crazy. 3) Whether the historical view of men's hunting as more valued than women's gathering is culturally biased. 4) The practice of infanticide from the perspective of cultural relativism considering a scenario of an Inuit mother's decision during a time of food scarcity. Students are asked to thoroughly answer one of the four questions in at least 150 words

1. ASH ANT 101 Week 2 DQ 1 Foraging Societies
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Answer one of the following four questions posed by Nowak and Laird, in Cultural Anthropology, at
the very end of Chapter 3:
a. What can we learn from studying foraging societies? Is there anything we can learn regarding our
relationship to the environment, or our family members, for example?
b. What is the ethnographic present? Do you think that the use of the ethnographic present in the film
The Gods Must Be Crazy is appropriate, or do you think Lee's criticisms are valid?
c. Do you think the view of many anthropologists (pre–1970s) that men's hunting activities are more
highly valued than women's gathering activities is a culturally biased perspective based on Eurocentric
notions that men are the family "breadwinners"? Do you think this view is outdated (based both on
more recent ethnographic information and changes in American culture)?
d. An Inuit mother has just given birth to a baby. She has a one–year–old baby still dependent on her

2. milk. It is the season of food scarcity, which means the mother is not as well nourished as she could be.
She and her husband decide that their older child is a higher priority, and they opt to end their
newborn baby's life. Considering the concepts of ethnocentrism and cultural relativism, discuss the
practice of infanticide.
Clearly identify the topic you chose at the outset of your discussion. Answer the question posed
thoroughly and thoughtfully by building on the ideas and terminology in the text and your own ideas to
support your answers. Your initial response should be at least 150 words in length. Respond to at least
two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.
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