Address an environmental or social issue. Share a communication or marketing tool will you use and explain why you chose this particular media tool. Identify the issue affecting a community and how you hope to help through communication and media to encourage change.

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Global economy

Introduction
Current consumption patterns in a global economy are not sustainable. If our human population is to remain stable or even grow larger, there needs to be shift where we alter our practices of producing so many materials, deleting our earth’s resources, polluting the environment, and spending money on goods produced all over the world that leave a huge imprint. We can ask ourselves, are we a conscious consumer? Do we buy fair trade and sustainable goods? Do we know where are clothes are made and only buy local?

According to a Green Biz article, Why sustainability professionals should drive green consumerism (https://www.greenbiz.com/article/why-sustainability-professionals-should-drive-green-consumerism),

“Despite our intentions, the vast majority of us don’t consistently shop in a way aligned with our values or desires for a sustainable economy. In one recent survey, 65 percent of consumers said they want to buy purpose-driven brands that advocate sustainability, yet only about 26 percent actually do so. Another survey uncovered an ugly truth: 48 percent of Americans say we should be should care more about the environment, but convenience is more important. Anecdotal evidence suggests that right now, during the crisis, convenience trumps other concerns for most people.”

In this discussion, we will develop a topic for effecting change in what we buy as consumers.

Read The Story of Stuff Project (https://www.storyofstuff.org)
Explore a Topic:
Blog Articles (https://www.storyofstuff.org/blog/#)
Podcasts (https://www.storyofstuff.org/podcasts/)
Movies (https://www.storyofstuff.org/movies/)
The Story of Plastic Animated Short Film (https://www.storyofstuff.org/movies/story-of-plastic-animation/)
Take Action:
Fight Plastic Pollution (https://www.storyofstuff.org/plastic/)
Unbottle Water(https://www.storyofstuff.org/unbottle-water/)

Post: (15 points = 15 sentences minimum)

Using the examples provided in the Story of Stuff, discuss how you will create a communication tool to highlight the importance of an environmental or social issue affecting a community.

Questions to answer for Discussion 5:

-Address an environmental or social issue.
-Share a communication or marketing tool will you use (web site, video, cartoon, podcast, blog, photo exhibit, commercial, etc.) and explain why you chose this particular media tool.
-Identify the issue affecting a community and how you hope to help through communication and media to encourage change.

Read the two articles below and write a brief summary/response for each. Spend some time on the internet researching the Chumash People and their language project. How is language power for a culture?

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Language

Language is such an important part of culture…don’t forget, culture is learned and shared…and much of that is through language. We learn both verbal and nonverbal forms of communication, and thus everything from personal space to the ability to discuss a particular topic is shaped and constrained by language…

1.Read the two articles below and write a brief summary/response for each.

2. Then, spend some time on the internet researching the Chumash People and their language project. How is language power for a culture?

“Shakespeare in the Bush”

http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/editors_pick/1966_08-09_pick.html (Links to an external site.)

“Why Don’t You Say What You Mean?”

https://nanopdf.com/download/why-dont-you-say-what-you-mean_pdf (Links to an external site.)

Look on YouTube and select at least one video focusing on the challenges one of these groups face. Upload the link and a brief summary of the video, 3-4 sentences.

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Hunter-gatherers

In today’s world, very few hunter-gatherers remain. Two cultures that continue to an extent to practice such a lifestyle are the Inuit of the Arctic, the San or Bushmen of the Kalahari. They live in areas that no one else wants to live in, and when society needs resources there, they are impacted. Look on YouTube and select at least one video focusing on the challenges one of these groups face. To get credit, you will need to upload the link and a brief summary of the video, 3-4 sentences. (10 points)

The modern world is equally challenging for pastoralists. How can they remain nomadic and herd their animals when there are national borders and fences delineating private land ownership. The Sami people of Scandinavia and the Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania are two groups that are struggling with such issues.Llook on YouTube and select at least one video focusing on the challenges one of these groups face. To get credit, you will need to upload the link and a brief summary of video, 3-4 sentences. (10 points)

Is your draft accurate, with citations in text and one graphics? Do you have a bibliography? Once you upload your draft: evaluate the the similarity report that is generated to this upload. Review how much of your presentation is matching other sources.

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Cloning and history of cloning

textbook: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ru2Fy4bQ-zx3vccHnLM-QDBxKKy6TD2e/view?usp=sharing

This is the link to post your “draft” flyer
This assignment is worth up to 50 points. Your score will come from how complete is your flyer along with all the features students noted in the discussion about the guidelines on this project?

1. Is your draft accurate, with citations in text and one graphics? Do you have a bibliography?

2. Once you upload your draft: evaluate the the similarity report that is generated to this upload.

Make sure to review how much of your presentation is matching other sources.
1. Did you cite these cases?
2. What is the percentage matched?
3. Even if you cited, you don’t want too much of your text to be “not your original writing.”

1. See the handout “reading your similarity report” (found in module zero) for gudelines or open the guidelines to reading a citation report
(https://clpccd.instructure.com/courses/30966/files/9060283/download?wrap=1) here.

3. If you decide to edit your citations, do that now and then upload your draft again to this link to evaluate the newer similarity report.

4. You have to complete your similarity report review BEFORE the due date for this assignment. So upload early.

Explain how a focus on values can help us understand why people around the world love their countries. How would you apply a holistic approach to the study of technological change? How would you apply a cross-cultural approach to study sleeping habits?

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Respond briefly to each of the following

Explain how a focus on values can help us understand why people around the world love their countries.

How would you apply a holistic approach to the study of technological change?

How would you apply a cross-cultural approach to study sleeping habits?

In cultural anthropology, theories such as neo-evolutionism did the same thing culturally, they created a “scientific” notion that cultures evolve from simple to complex. Explain how this could have created many of the issues we face today globally in terms of inequity…think about Native Americans, the African slave trade, etc.

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Thinking critically:

Anthropology, especially applied anthropology, can promote cross-cultural understanding, particularly using its holistic and relativistic lenses. However, in the past, the discipline was associated with colonialism and was more ethnocentric, using “science” and ideas about evolution to construct “race”, something we now know to be a social construct. In cultural anthropology, theories such as neo-evolutionism did the same thing culturally, they created a “scientific” notion that cultures evolve from simple to complex. Explain how this could have created many of the issues we face today globally in terms of inequity…think about Native Americans, the African slave trade, etc.

What do you think is shared amongst the majority of Americans in terms of culture ? Provide a video clip or other interesting link to support your idea/s.

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What is American Culture?

1. What do you think is shared amongst the majority of Americans in terms of culture (meaning those ideas, beliefs, values, and behaviors that are both shared and learned amongst a group of persons…)?

2. Provide a video clip or other interesting link to support your idea/s. You can also talk about subculture. (This is a category that implies that while everyone may feel part of American culture, they are also part of various subcultures – part of a group that is recognizable from the outside because it shares such things as ideas/beliefs/behaviors. Subcultures can be religions, ethnicities, or smaller things like skateboarding or street racing, but they must be recognizable to the outside because they share things. Skateboarding is a subculture that often is youth, can be any gender or ethnicity, has stereotypical behaviors such a breaking laws or smoking pot, has lingo and clothing that is exclusive to its participants, etc.)

Describe the relationship between your cultural group, their environment, and/or belief system that provides subsistence and survival. Expand on the unique features of the culture that stand out regarding social structure, kinship systems, tools, adaptation, trade, etc. Choose one example from this list and examine your cultural group’s use of any environmental or sustainable practices: Are there lessons learned from industrial agriculturalists to reduce costs and adopt renewal resources through solar, wind power, biodiesel, or grey water recycling?

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Find a Cultural Group

Investigate any cultural group that you choose and want to learn more about (past or present time).

Answer Focus Questions

-Describe the relationship between your cultural group, their environment, and/or belief system that provides subsistence and survival.
-Expand on the unique features of the culture that stand out regarding social structure, kinship systems, tools, adaptation, trade, etc.
-Choose one example from this list and examine your cultural group’s use of any environmental or sustainable practices:
-Are there lessons learned from industrial agriculturalists to reduce costs and adopt renewal resources through solar, wind power, biodiesel, or grey water recycling?
-Are there lessons learned from horticulturalists or agriculturalists to mitigate deforestation, habitat loss, and/or disease, use slash and burn agriculture, or rotate crops?
-Are there lessons learned from pastoralists or foragers to regenerate plant resources, save water, or regenerate the desert by moving camps or livestock?
-Explain how the cultural group’s traditional way(s) of life are becoming modernized to adapt to a changing environment, government policies, or any other reason for adapting their tradition way of life.

Submission

Write an Essay (25 sentences plus reference) – Note the name of the culture & subsistence strategy (ex: Bantu, Horticulture) at the top of the page.

Grading:
Appropriately and adequately provided the submission requirement.
Provided a reference.

Describe the relationship between your cultural group, their environment, and/or belief system that provides subsistence and survival. Expand on the unique features of the culture that stand out regarding social structure, kinship systems, tools, adaptation, trade, etc. Choose one example from this list and examine your cultural group’s use of any environmental or sustainable practices: Are there lessons learned from industrial agriculturalists to reduce costs and adopt renewal resources through solar, wind power, biodiesel, or grey water recycling?

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Find a Cultural Group

Investigate any cultural group that you choose and want to learn more about (past or present time).

Answer Focus Questions

-Describe the relationship between your cultural group, their environment, and/or belief system that provides subsistence and survival.
-Expand on the unique features of the culture that stand out regarding social structure, kinship systems, tools, adaptation, trade, etc.
-Choose one example from this list and examine your cultural group’s use of any environmental or sustainable practices:
-Are there lessons learned from industrial agriculturalists to reduce costs and adopt renewal resources through solar, wind power, biodiesel, or grey water recycling?
-Are there lessons learned from horticulturalists or agriculturalists to mitigate deforestation, habitat loss, and/or disease, use slash and burn agriculture, or rotate crops?
-Are there lessons learned from pastoralists or foragers to regenerate plant resources, save water, or regenerate the desert by moving camps or livestock?
-Explain how the cultural group’s traditional way(s) of life are becoming modernized to adapt to a changing environment, government policies, or any other reason for adapting their tradition way of life.

Submission

Write an Essay (25 sentences plus reference) – Note the name of the culture & subsistence strategy (ex: Bantu, Horticulture) at the top of the page.

Grading:
Appropriately and adequately provided the submission requirement.
Provided a reference.

Explain how the discipline uses field method technique(s) to study a living culture, an ancient culture, or the earliest human hunter-gatherers. Describe how important the AAA Code of Ethics are when using human subjects for research. Identify a significant contribution within the discipline you chose. Share why the career is of interest to you. Provide reference citation(s) that do not have to follow a particular format. Web site link needs to be hyperlinked.

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Anthropology & the Code of Ethics

Research & Review:
Visit the following website to learn about careers in Anthropology & the Code of Ethics:

The American Anthropological Association (https://www.americananthro.org), to learn more about the discipline of anthropology. Find the non-academic careers (https://www.americananthro.org/AdvanceYourCareer/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=1783&RDtoken=17085&userID=) are available for anthropologists and explain educational requirements, skills, and job duties.
The American Anthropological Association Code of Ethics (https://www.americananthro.org/ethics-and-methods)

Career Paths for Anthropology Majors
– Four Career Paths for Anthropology Majors

Careers in Government
Anthropologists work for federal, state and regional government agencies in a variety of capacities in planning, research and managerial positions. Specialties for anthropologists in government include:

  • international development
  • forensic anthropology
  • crime scene investigation
  • cultural resource management
  • legislative staff
  • natural resource management
  • positions in defense and national security
  • public administration
  • refugee services administrator

Careers in Education
Many anthropology alumni have established careers in primary, secondary and higher education, as teachers, professors, researchers and academic advisers and counselors. Career opportunities in academia for anthropology alumni include positions in various university programs or departments, including:

  • K-12 STEM Teacher
  • admissions advising and management
  • cognitive psychology
  • community studies
  • cultural studies
  • ecology
  • education
  • ESL specialist
  • ethnic studies
  • linguistics
  • medicine
  • neuroscience
  • public health
  • student affairs administration

Careers in Business
The perspective that anthropologists can lend to corporate management teams is valued. Career opportunities include:

  • clinical research coordination
  • human resources
  • inter-cultural communication
  • international trade
  • lobbyist
  • market research
  • medical anthropology

Careers in Health
A Bachelor of Science degree in Anthropology provides a holistic approach to pre-medical, pre-dental, and pre-veterinary training; it also provides the educational background for further training in the health professions, biological and evolutionary sciences, and forensic investigation.
Students that focus on biological processes in Anthropology will be well-prepared to enter advanced training programs in the following fields:

  • Medicine
  • Veterinary Medicine
  • Forensics
  • Dentistry
  • Pathology
  • Nursing
  • Public Health
  • Epidemiology

According to Newsweek Magazine (full article) (Links to an external site.), over the past 20 years, social science majors have had an increasing rate of successful admission to medical school, in comparison to their science-major counterparts. Moreover, students with a broader perspective are now in demand by health professions schools nationwide. This article summarizes this trend by saying that “medical educators are looking beyond biology and chemistry majors in the search for more well-rounded students who can be molded into caring and analytic doctors.”

In addition, the American Association of Medical Colleges notes in a 2011 report that, “Health is a product of the interactions among biology, genetics, behavior, relationships, cultures, and environments. Some of medicine’s most promising frontiers for improving health explore the realms of human behavior and social science. . . A complete medical education must include, alongside the physical and biological science, the perspectives and findings that flow from the behavioral and social sciences.”

Careers in Public Service
An emphasis in sociocultural anthropology offers good preparation for numerous public service opportunities, including positions in:

  • advocacy
  • development
  • community organizing
  • historic preservation
  • library science
  • literacy programs
  • museum curation
  • policy analysis
  • political activism
  • social work
  • Ethnographic Fieldwork

– Ethnographic Fieldwork
Ethnographic fieldwork is a type of anthropological research during which anthropologists immerse themselves into a specific society in order to get a better insight about the people they study. Generally, by conducting ethnographic fieldwork, anthropologists learn cultures by observing and living the life of people they are studying. Ethnographic field work is the primary methodology employed by anthropologists, although other disciplines such as cultural studies and sociology may also employ ethnographic methods. Ethnography involves immersion in the daily lives of a particular community of people for an extended period of time for the purpose of collecting various types of data about that community. The purpose of the ethnographic approach is to study of social interactions, behaviors, and perceptions that occur within groups, teams, organizations and communications. The goal of ethnography research is to provide a detailed insight into people’s view and actions. Participants or situations are sampled on an opportunistic or purposive basis.t describes a specific group of people and their interactions with each other and those not part of the group. Ethnographic research is conducted to contest and/or sustain stereotypes of particular groups by telling the stories of the lived experiences of individuals.

Answer Focus Questions
Explore one sub-discipline of Cultural Anthropology from your research:

Explain how the discipline uses field method technique(s) to study a living culture, an ancient culture, or the earliest human hunter-gatherers.
Describe how important the AAA Code of Ethics are when using human subjects for research.
Identify a significant contribution within the discipline you chose.
Share why the career is of interest to you.
Provide reference citation(s) that do not have to follow a particular format. Web site link needs to be hyperlinked. 1 point.