Essays on Anthropology

The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast two of the most famous female anthropologists of the 20th century, Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead. I will also briefly mention their backgrounds and the relationship between the two of them. Benedict and Mead were…

In this essay I will explore how the human foot can be used as an example of perspectives and approaches that are used in biological anthropology. The perspectives and approaches will include macroevolution, microevolution, the comparative approach and the biocultural approach. I will define each…

According to anthropologist Ashley Montagu, “We in the Western world are beginning to discover our neglected senses”. In architecture, this expresses itself in the emphasis and utilization of immateriality along with materiality. Immaterial architecture involves the “subjective and unpredictable”. The immaterial qualities of a building…

Anthropology today is not only moving towards new ways of operating past decades of postmodern and postcolonial criticism, but also, according to the authors of this course’s reading list, away from outdated terminology and approach. Where classical anthropology, in the spirit of Durkheim, Boas, and…

In this essay, I will be discussing the concept of symbolic anthropology and how humans create their own fate and reality. Clifford Geertz was an American cultural anthropologist who began the thinking of symbolic anthropology. According to Geertz, symbolic anthropology was “a system of inherited…

Throughout history, people never stopped the practice of anthropology. However, many obstacles and difficulties have appeared in front of them. The film “Anthropology on Trial” explained the history of anthropology and how those people overcome the obstacles and eventually become anthropologists that are well known…

On October 25, 2017, a woman was granted Saudi Arabian Citizenship at the Future Investment Summit in Riyadh. Blinking, smiling, and nodding her head, she said, “It is historic to be the first robot in the world to be recognized with citizenship.” Developed by Hanson…

Genealogy is used by many when looking at the past, it can help us to understand where we came from, what it was like and how everything changed and when it changed. Genealogy plays a key role when it comes to understanding who we are…

Each social anthropologist while doing hands on work will keep a broad journal or field notes concerning their appreciation of the material they encounter in the midst of step by step part recognition. It is a record of events and an understanding of those events….

When I signed up for Anthropology 102, I intended to take the course merely to satisfy a requirement for my degree at UNLV. Science has historically been one of the more difficult subjects for me to grasp and retain, so I enrolled begrudgingly, hoping to…