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How Do We Make Meaning?
- Discuss the relationship between notions of authenticity and art in relation to Michelle Bigenho’s work.
- Compare and contrast Malinowski and Lévi-Strauss’ ideas of myth.
- Select a rite of passage that you have either experienced or witnessed and discuss how your experiences conform to the three stages of a rite of passage, as outlined by Victor Turner.
- Canadian anthropologist Robert Park has studied “miniature” artifacts among the Thule. How does his work converge with anthropological ideas about play?
- Discuss the role of witchcraft within Azande culture.
- What is the difference between a shaman and a priest?
- What is a revitalization movement and under what conditions do revitalization movements form? Provide a detailed example.
- Describe three rituals that you have participated in? What do they share in common?
- What makes art original? How can artists integrate other forms of art from other cultures without appropriating?