Anthro - TASC

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Privilege - Time

Early 2000s

Privilege - Author

Shamus Khan, sociologist, St Paul’s alumni

Privilege - Society

St Pauls, an elite private boarding high school in New Hampshire

Privilege - Context

Khan returns as a teacher and to analyze the social dynamics and creation of the adolescent elite, how the next generation of elite is brought up

Privilege - Research methods

Participant observation, interviews

Working the Night Shift - Time

2006

Working the Night Shift - Author

Reena Patel, feminist geographer

Working the Night Shift - Society

Women working in India’s call centers (in Mumbai, Bangalore, and Ahmedabad)

Working the Night Shift - Context

Women who work the night shift in India’s call centers (to account for the western world’s needs), and how their role/public perception shift in response to globalization

Working the Night Shift - Research Methods

Interviews

In Search of Respect - Time

1980s

In Search of Respect - Author

Phillipe Bourgeois, anthropologist

In Search of Respect - Society

Nuyorican crack dealers in Harlem, NYC

In Search of Respect - Context

Examining the life of Nuyorican drug dealers and how the internalization of the American Dream resulted in their destructive lifestyles.

How the restructuring of urban societies keeps those socially marginalized out of the system.

Impact of ethnicity and globalization in urban migrants and their identities

In Search of Respect - Research Methods

Participant observation, interviews

Global Maya - Time

1990s

Global Maya - Author

Lillian Goldin, anthropologist

Global Maya - Society

Mayan people of Guatemala City

Global Maya - Context

Korean textile factories and their harsh working conditions, poor pay, and cultural degradation of the mayan/guatemalan people

How the shift between two forms of labor affect the Mayan people’s perception towards work, societal structure, and beliefs.

Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies - Time

Early 2000s

Fresh Fruit Broken Bodies - Author

Seth Holmes, Physician & medical anthropologist

Fresh Fruit Broken Bodies - Society

Triqui laborers working on migrant farms in the Skagit Valley or immigrating to the US for work

Fresh Fruit Broken Bodies - Context

How migrant workers are treated and why they work for a place that keeps them there

How structural violence in the migrant labor community is normalized (symbolic violence)

* Exploring the stereotypes and prejudices that make up the transnational labor system
* Exploring the causes and effects of suffering/illness on the body
* The role of healthcare, social hierarchies, living/working conditions, and stereotypes affect marginalized people (structural violence)

Fresh Fruit Broken Bodies - Research Methods

Participant observation, interviews

McDonalds in Hong Kong - Time

1990s

McDonald’s in Hong Kong - Author

James Watson

McDonald’s in Hong Kong - Society

Hong Kong

McDonald’s in Hong Kong - Context

How globalization affects cuisine cultures and the cultural landscape in Hong Kong (refutes the idea that globalization leads to only standardization & homogeneity, but rather hybridization/glocalization)

McDonalds in Hong Kong - Research methods

Interviews