Bali/Colonial & Post-Colonial History
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An 8 page essay that draws heavily on J. Stephen Lansing's anthropological study of Bali entitled "The Balinese" and outlines the history of this island culture during its colonial and post-colonial eras. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khbali.rtf
Paper Title: Bali/Colonial & Post-Colonial History

Balinese Culture: A Holistic View
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A 5 page discussion of the interconnectivity of many aspects of Balinese culture and lifeways. Provides numerous examples of this interconnectivity ranging from daily life ways to elaborate ritual. Explains that Balinese religion is one of the primary examples of this interconnectivity but even aspects such as a child’s play has deep cultural meanings and an interconnectivity and relationship with seemingly unrelated aspects of that culture. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPbali.wps
Paper Title: Balinese Culture: A Holistic View

Band Societies
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A 3 page paper which discusses band societies as it relates to the centrality of the relations of production in shaping the band society’s political, social, and cultural conditions. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RAbnds.rtf
Paper Title: Band Societies

Barriers to Assimilation: A Study of Black Urban Culture
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This 7 page paper examines Joyce Aschenbrenner's Lifelines. Chicago in the 1970s is discussed as are racial components. This anthropological paper focuses on the culture of the American black community and changes it has endured over the decades. A proposal for this paper is included. The paper maintains that the reason why black culture stands out today is due to the fact that the social constructions are very different from White America's European culture. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: SA422urb.rtf
Paper Title: Barriers to Assimilation: A Study of Black Urban Culture

Behavioral Evolution and the Formation of Culture
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An 8 page discussion of behavioral evolution and the role of behavioral science in that evolution. Notes that behavioral changes occur over time on both an individual level and a cultural level. Compares these changes with biological evolution through the process of natural selection. Warns that while the intervention of behavioral science may be of positive use in correcting truly aberrant individual behavior, it could be of tremendous adverse impact to cultural evolution as a whole. Encourages cultural self-control and warns against the approach of Westernization and deliberate cultural design and intervention. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Paper Title: Behavioral Evolution and the Formation of Culture

Bell Curve
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In 5 pages "This author proposes to discuss, in a critical evaluation, how Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray, the authors of "The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life", construct their arguments, and how they use claim, facts, opinions, etc., while concentrating on how the authors use language, reasoning, etc. to build there case and then ultimately concentrating on how they contradict one another." Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Bellcurv.wps
Paper Title: Bell Curve

Bias in Jody Glittenberg's "To The Mountain and Back" and Dennis Werner's "Amazon Journey"?
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A 4 page discussion of the bias which is characteristic of much of anthropological research. While some scientists contend that research can be designed and conducted in such a manner that one’s values, or the values of the subject, do not interfere with the findings; others contend that such research is an impossibility, that individual values are an inherent influence on research. Certainly neither Glittenberg's nor Werner’s approach is value free. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPltMtn2.rtf
Paper Title: Bias in Jody Glittenberg's "To The Mountain and Back" and Dennis Werner's "Amazon Journey"?

Biology & Behavior / Nature vs. Nurture
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9 pages on biologically determined behaviors and the nature vs. nurture controversy. Writer finds that many of our more common behaviors do indeed find their roots in biology. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Paper Title: Biology & Behavior / Nature vs. Nurture

Bipedal Locomotion In Australopithecus Afarensis / A Study of Lucy and Lovejoy
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A 7 page paper that provides an overview of the theories surrounding bipedalism and the benefits for Australopithecus afarensis, the ancestral hominids of the African savanna. This paper looks at the perspectives of Edey, Johanson, Lovejoy and a number of other major anthropologists. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Lucy.rtf
Paper Title: Bipedal Locomotion In Australopithecus Afarensis / A Study of Lucy and Lovejoy

Birth Order: How It Influences One's Life And Development
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6 pages in length. Is there any truth to the separation of birth order as it relates to how people develop? The scientific community has long attempted to demonstrate a relationship between birth order and personal achievement, as well as personal development, noting that there are distinct characteristics associated to the first, middle and last child. Many sociologists have attempted to pinpoint these respective idiosyncrasies, with findings indicative of quite singular attributes for each birth order child. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Paper Title: Birth Order: How It Influences One's Life And Development

Blackfoot Mythology
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An 8 page overview of Blackfoot mythology and how it has change over time from an oral phenomenon to a written one. The author points out common elements in Blackfoot and other Native myths as well as in Christianity. Blackfoot mythology is a reflection of both history and the manner in which that history was passed on between generations. While the primary gists of this mythology has previously managed to survive the ravages of time, its conversion to a written format has perhaps gist in more threat to the original nature of myth than any other factor in history. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PPnaBlkF.rtf
Paper Title: Blackfoot Mythology

Book Review of Daphne Berdahl's "Where the World Ended: Re-Unification and Identity in the German Borderland"
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A 5 page summary and critical evaluation of the ethnological book. No additional sources are used.
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Paper Title: Book Review of Daphne Berdahl's "Where the World Ended: Re-Unification and Identity in the German Borderland"

Bornstein/Crossing the Green Line
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A 4 page essay that examines Avram Bornstein's fascinating ethnography Crossing the Green Line Between the West Bank and Israel gives the reader considerably insight into the daily lives of Palestinians who are trying to survive in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. By exploring their working lives--those who migrate each day into Israel "crossing the green line" and also those who work in the West Bank-- Bornstein demonstrates the validity of his principal conclusion, which is that the "green line' is not about religious orientation, but rather about economic power and the ability of the dominate state to maintain and subordinate a cheap labor force. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khgrli.rtf
Paper Title: Bornstein/Crossing the Green Line

Bourdieu and Foucault: Symbolic Domination Verses the Pradigmatic Approaches of Levi Strauss and Structural Marxism
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A 2 page contrast of symbolic domination as proposed by Pierre Bourdieu and Michael Foucault and the paradigmatic approaches to symbolism and ideology proposed by Levi-Strauss and structural Marxism. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Paper Title: Bourdieu and Foucault: Symbolic Domination Verses the Pradigmatic Approaches of Levi Strauss and Structural Marxism

Brazilian Culture / The Carnival At Rio DeJaneiro
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A 5 page research paper focusing on the current day celebration and activities associated with this celebrated festivity in Brazil. Various rituals and traditions are highlighted throughout the discussion. A brief overview of the origin of carnivals is included as well. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Paper Title: Brazilian Culture / The Carnival At Rio DeJaneiro

Bridewealth and Dowry
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A 6 page paper assessing whether bridewealth and dowry practices in Africa protect women or further gender inequality. Both bridewealth and dowry have had the effect of redistributing wealth within the areas in which the people practicing it live, and in so doing also provide a homogenizing effect on class and status in Africa. The nature and uses of both forms have been changing in recent years, however, so that at present bridewealth among the elites often fills a role traditionally reserved for dowry. Though the concepts of bridewealth and dowry seem backward to those not practicing them, they have the effect of protecting women rather than undermining the advance of gender equality in Africa. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KSafrBridew.rtf
Paper Title: Bridewealth and Dowry

Brothers Grimm/Snow-White & Rose-Red
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A 5 page research paper that analyzes the classic Grimm fairy tale in a sociological/ anthropological manner that relates the tale to cultural elements. The writer discusses the pagan elements in the story, as well as the nineteenth century mindset of the Brothers Grimm. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: khswrr.rtf
Paper Title: Brothers Grimm/Snow-White & Rose-Red

BUILDINGS AND CULTURE: REVIEW OF ARCHITECHTURAL DESIGNS/BOOKS
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This 5 page paper discusses the views of Brand, Geertz, Alexander, and Rapaport on architecture and culture. Examples are given to illustrate concepts of each author, quotes cited from text and referenced. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: MBcularch.rtf
Paper Title: BUILDINGS AND CULTURE: REVIEW OF ARCHITECHTURAL DESIGNS/BOOKS

Canada's Northwest Explorers
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A 15 page paper discussing Samuel Hearne (1745-1792), John Henry Lefroy (1817-1890) and Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), all explores of the same region of extreme Northwest Canada. All had interest in the famed Northwest Passage, but finding the passage was more than only a passing interest for him. Each of the explorers had different motivations. Not all expeditions were successful, but there was value even in those that were not. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: KSCanExplor.wps
Paper Title: Canada's Northwest Explorers

Cannibal Culture / Addressing The Similarities & Differences Of Culture
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A 12 page paper that provides an analysis of the issues that differentiate culture and also demonstrate similarities. This paper is based primarily on the work of Deborah Root, but also focuses on other anthropological perspectives on the progression of cultural norms. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Paper Title: Cannibal Culture / Addressing The Similarities & Differences Of Culture

Cannibalism: Ancient Cultural Rituals, Acts of Desperation, and Acts of Psychological Deviancy
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An 8 page discussion of the societal considerations of cannibalism. Approaches cannibalism first from the ritualistic perspective of ancient cultures which in many case see the act as preserving the connection between living and dead and the passing of the attributes of the dead to the living. The author then approaches the topic of cannibalism from the perspective of those who must resort to cannibalism in order to survive catastrophic events. Provides examples of the 1992 air crash in the Andes and the Donner Party in the winter of 1846-1847 in which the survivors ate the flesh of those that died in order to live themselves. Concludes with an example of the psychological deviancy of cannibalism in such cases as that of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer who was convicted of killing and eating portions of the bodies of seventeen of his victims. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Paper Title: Cannibalism: Ancient Cultural Rituals, Acts of Desperation, and Acts of Psychological Deviancy

Careers in Anthropology
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A 6 page overview of careers available in anthropology. Stipulates that the student with the most well-rounded academic background is more likely to obtain employment than is a student whose academic coursework was limited to anthropology. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPanthro.wps
Paper Title: Careers in Anthropology

Caribbean Islands and Islands of the Indian Ocean
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An 8 page paper comparing these two areas. The writer describes and compares the culture, environment and society of each. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Caribisl.wps
Paper Title: Caribbean Islands and Islands of the Indian Ocean

Caring: Russian Families
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A 3 page paper which examines the culture of caring in Russian families. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RArusfml.rtf
Paper Title: Caring: Russian Families

Carlo Ginzburg/ A Sixteenth Century Life
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A 7 page analysis of Carlo Ginzburg's book The Cheese and the Worms: the cosmos of a sixteenth-century miller. In this book, Ginzburg utilizes sixteenth century records from the Inquisition to recreate the mental world of an Italian miller. This work has helped to create a new historical genre—'micro-history'—which is an attempt to study historical themes through small, but revealing, individual episodes. No additional sources cited.
Filename: 99chwms1.rtf
Paper Title: Carlo Ginzburg/ A Sixteenth Century Life

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