This document provides discussion questions and prompts for an anthropology course. It includes three options for discussing questions about traditional gender roles and their transformation in American culture compared to other cultures, how modes of production have historically dictated where people live, and how modern mobile societies compensate for lack of accessible extended family. It also prompts discussing a video about reciprocity online in relation to examples of reciprocity from the course textbook. Students are asked to critically analyze the video's perspectives on reciprocity and give their own opinion on principles that should guide online interactions.

1. ASH ANT 101 Week 2 DQ 2 Economic Concerns
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You have two choices for this discussion.
a.Choose one of the following questions raised by Nowak and Laird in their "Consider This"
boxes, in Chapter 4, of Cultural Anthropology. Be sure to indicate at the outset which
question you are answering. Read the original question and relevant information in Chapter
4 before answering the question you choose. Your answer should give clear examples,
include cross-cultural comparison, and demonstrate critical thinking and
b.analysis. Build on the ideas and terminology in the text and your own ideas to
support your answers.

2. i. What is the traditional sexual division of labor in American culture? Is it undergoing a
transformation? Among Btsisi’, women and men are respected for the tasks they perform.
Do you think this is the case in the United States?
ii. How does the location of your home, and the concentration of the population within a
particular area, relate to your mode of production? Has this changed in our North American
culture over time? Can you predict a time when, as a society, where we live will not be
dictated by our modes of production?
iii. Kinship systems in horticultural-based societies provide support for people in all stages
of life. With the current mobility of global populations we find ourselves increasingly
geographically distant from parents and grandparents. How do we as members of a highly
mobile and diverse society compensate for the lack of accessible kin?
b. Now that you have learned about different types of reciprocity, watch Video
Reciprocity and answer the following question about web reciprocity: To what extent
are they similar to and different from the examples on reciprocity given in Chapter
4?

3. Use terms and examples from the discussion on reciprocity in Chapter 4 to critically evaluate the
various perspectives on reciprocity highlighted in the video. Give your own opinion about the principles
of reciprocity that should guide web interactions in general and video channel interactions in
particular.
Your initial response should be at least 150 words in length. Please support your claims with examples
from the text, required and recommended material, and/or scholarly articles. Respond to at least two of
your classmates’ posts by Day 7.​
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