The Questions Below. One Page for Each Question
Do men and women speak different languages? How is this linguistic disparity explained by Dr. Deborah Tannen, and how can men and women begin to learn to overcome such tremendous communication difficulties?
In working with kinship systems in cultural anthropology, please define the following terms: consanguine; affinal; fictive; patrilineal descent; matrilineal descent; bilateral descent. In addition, what are three major aspects of an individual that are revealed in kinship terms?
Social media has grown enormously over the last 10 years. Platforms like FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram and others have become the norm not only in our society, but around the world. How has social media either assisted or hindered in helping to form lasting human relationships? What do you see as the future for social media?
What do you see as anthropology’s role in our ever-changing and expanding global world? How has globalization and the realities of the current socio/political situation AND COVID-19 changed how anthropology looks at human behaviors across many groups and cultures?