Studying Others in Anthropology

How is the living community of Indigenous remains found?

• Government records

• Oral histories

• DNA tests

• Asking communities

When was the First Nations Sacred Ceremonial Objects Amendment Act passed in Alberta?

• 1867

• 2008

• 1996

• 2019

• What is NOT one of the results of eurocentrism?

• • The concept of the ‘nuclear family’

• • English being used as an international language

• • Indigenous art styles

• • Salvage anthropology

True or False? Europeans were the first to discover the American continents.

• True

• False

1. What is cultural appropriation?

• A phenomenon that occurs mostly in a culturally diverse environment.

  
  

• A very modern way of admiring a foreign culture.

  
  

• When a language is learned by a person who is not from the same country/region of that language’s native speakers.

• When members of a majority group adopt cultural elements of a minority group in an exploitative, disrespectful, or stereotypical way

1. The most important part when it comes to understanding an external culture is?

• Empathy

• Context

• Solidarity

• Good Will

1. What is cultural appreciation?

• Embracing an foreign culture, from the proper amount of respect and understanding that it deserves and showing genuine interest for it.

• Having a huge amount of respect for a foreign culture.

  
  

• Participate in a culture’s events just for entertainment.

  
  

• Appreciate a culture’s popular symbols and traditions.

  
  

How has the history of colonialism affected the perception of indigenous communities in anthropology, potentially leading to xenophobia?

• • Increased understanding and cooperation

• • Reinforcement of xenophobia

• No impact on xenophobia

• Cultural exchange

How can anthropologists, and people in general, build trust and positive relationships with indigenous communities to counter xenophobia?

• Maintain distance and objectivity

• Avoid contact with communities

• Engage in participatory research

• Ignore community perspectives

How does the concept of "othering" influence xenophobia in anthropological research on indigenous communities?

• Reduces xenophobia

• Has no impact on xenophobia

• Promotes cultural understanding

• Amplifies xenophobia