legacies of violence quiz

What is the name of the village in Sardinia that is the focus of Antonio Sorge's 'Legacies of Violence'?

Orgosolo

When do tutorials start for this class?

After the midterm

How many books are assigned for this class?

4

What is the topic for Week 12?

Being Alive Well

What is the name of the anthropologist whose definition of anthropology we discussed in the intro lecture?

Tim Ingold

Which of the following is an unofficial name for the central highland area of Sardinia?

Barbagia

The Balinese cockfight and Canadian ice hockey are both 'small-scale renderings', in their respective cultures, of what cultural concept or value?

Status

If an anthropologist from a culture that did not consider seal meat to be food wrote an ethnography that described another culture’s practice of eating seal meat as disgusting, barbaric, and wrong, this would be an example of:

ethnocentrism

True or False: Society and culture are the same thing.

False

Is sociocultural anthropology best characterized as part of the sciences or of the humanities?

Both

What is the term that anthropologists use to describe shared cultural perceptions of reality?

Worldview

Which mode of livelihood is most significant for understanding the unique history and contemporary social organization of Orgosolo?

Pastoralism

Which geographic feature has had the greatest effect on the history, beliefs, and values of the people of Orgosolo?

Mountains

Which of the following is NOT a form of symbolic action?

agriculture

What is a rite of passage?

A ritual that accompanies a change in status

Which of the following people would an anthropologist classify as your parallel cousin?

Your mother's sister's child.

What is the basic unit of social organization in Orgosolo?

The extended, multigenerational household

In Orgosolo, who are the members of a cricca?

A close-knit group of men who are friends, hang out together, and look out for each other's interests

What is a patrilineage?

A lineage that is formed by tracing descent through men

What is a form of inheritance in which the goods or property of a family is divided among the heirs?

A form of inheritance in which the goods or property of a family is divided among the heirs.

True or False: All Orgolesi agree that balentia provides a practical blueprint for how people in the village should live today.

False

True or False: Contemporary Sardinia remains politically and economically isolated and separate from the rest of Italy, Europe, and the world.

False

True or false: Traditionalists in Orgosolo love local traditions; cosmopolitans disdain these traditions.

True

True or false: Orgolesi are mistrustful of outsiders and reluctant to offer hospitality.

True

The image of the rock art ('Shepherd at Rest') symbolizes the intertwined significance of:

local landscape and local livelihood through pastoralism.