Anthropology

In New Guineas Gebusi tribe the concept of kogwayay is a complex idea of the groups beliefs as a culture. A combination of three different sounds, each with their own meaning there is kog, which means togetherness, friendship, and similarity, wa, which means to talk, and yay which is to cheer, yell, joke, and cry out (18). Each part of the word represents, for the Gebusi, their cultural ideas of community (kog), communication (wa), and spiritual celebration (yay). Taken separately or together,...

According to the theory of evolution, artificial selection is the process of deliberate or accidental alteration of species through human activities. It allows for the manifestation of  favorable  traits and suppression of  unfavorable  traits. A specific individual is chosen for his or her desirable traits and then inbred with another which has similar traits the product is one with a higher potential of the traits desired. This process is repeated until the desired traits...

Psychological anthropology investigates the psychological conditions that encourage endurance and change in social systems, with the goal of better understanding the relationship between culture and the individual (Alten, 1998). Psychoanalysts like Freud and Erikson were among those who led the development of this concept.    Learning anthropology is never wearisome task. Its different disciplines and aspects keep a dedicated learning moving and wanting to learn more. For certain,...

The author of this essay, Bradd Shore, focused on making generalizations about Polynesian conceptions of power, how men use this power, and how this affects their cultural practices and behavior.He started by defining the word of mana, the supernatural or divine power and continued to give its sources. The evidence he used is the transformation of mana into two subsidiary notions, which are tapu (sacred) and noa (non-sacred, common).  He also showed the practices and rituals done by Polynesians...

Research Question What do you think has been the reason why Christians (specifically Roman Catholic Church) believe in the existence of ghosts and demons How do they deal with itReligion is basically defined as a set of beliefs to gods.  It is primarily a sacred involvement to things that has to do with spirituality.  Karl Marx once said that human makes religion and not religion makes a human, as what most of us believes.  There are different religions that have evolved centuries...

Japan has a very rich culture that has developed and advance over millennia. The prehistoric nature of the countrys culture which was during the prehistoric Jomon period developed to a modern hybrid culture which is a combination of North America, Asia, and Europe influences. With immigration from different continents, Japan itself experienced an era of isolation as due to the Tokugawa shogunate and was only ended during the Meiji period and the advent of The Black Ships. History shows that there...

Ever since the dawn of man, curiosity has been part of our natural system. We have an innate thirst for knowledge, no matter how small it may seem. We have that knack for asking about things, regardless of how insignificant it may seem to our lives. This habit starts from a young age, and even as time progresses, we still continue to ask about things even if we are well into adulthood. In our world today, scientists are the ones who officially do the major research and study. To be a scientist,...

The field of medical anthropology is concerned with how culture influences human health and disease as well as the role of health care system in determining health and disease.  Cultural and ethnic influences are considered as far as health status of different populations is considered whether in the prehistoric era or in the contemporary days (McElroy, 2002).  Among the cultural factors that have an influence on the development and outcome of disease across different cultures are poverty...

Candombl originated from Africa and is now an established religion being practiced in Brazil. In the book of Larry Crook, Brazilian Music, he narrates that during the trans   Atlantic slave trade during the fifteenth century, African slaves mostly from Yoruba and Fon of West Africa brought by Portuguese in Brazil brought along with them their religious practices and has evolved to be  Candombl. This is also the main reason behind Yoruba as the language of  Candombl.     The...

Humans are greatly affected by the cultural environment in which they are raised. In other words, if you were raised in a foreign cultural environment you would be a different person than you are today. Even I will be different were I born in a different country. If I were born in the Philippines, I will have grown with the concept of hiy or shame. Hiy would have defined most of my actions as much as it curbs Filipino culture. Thus, I will consider my shame as my familys shame. Conversely, in...

Cultural anthropology, which is also known as social or sociocultural anthropology, is defined as the study of customary patterns in human behavior, thought and feelings (Haviland, Walrath and Prins, 2006). The discipline uses the methods, concepts, and data ofarchaeology,ethnography,folklore,linguistics, and related fields in its descriptions and analyses of the diverse peoples of the world (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2010). Anthropologists generally describe culture in terms of a set of interacting...

Biological aging is the process by which changes occur in the body over time which in return leaves the body exposed to diseases and eventual death. It is a complex process that involves physical changes, exponential increase in mortality rate and also increased risk of attack by diseases. These changes are usually associated to the process of aging. They occur across all species of animals. The process is said to be under gene control. Although aging runs across all species, the life expectance...