Geertz’s work remains relevant today as it provides insights into how different cultures shape social life and individual identities. It also highlights the importance of understanding cultural meanings and symbols in order to gain insight into people’s behavior.
Margaret Mead made many significant contributions to the field of anthropology. She was the first anthropologist to study Samoan culture, and she also did ground-breaking work on adolescence.
Ruth Benedict developed the theory that each society has a distinct personality as a result of the unique experiences and challenges confronted by that culture.
Bronislaw Malinowski was a Polish-born anthropologist who pioneered participant observation as an ethnographic method.
The Ancient Maya cultivated cacao trees in sacred groves located in the shade of karst sinkholes, which which were ideal for cacao cultivation
In the early twentieth century the Trobriand people were the subject of an in-depth ethnographic study by Bronislaw Malinowski. The anthropologist lived on Mailu Island for several years. He learnt their language and interacted with the islanders daily. His stated aim was to understand the “imponderabilia of everyday life” in the tribe.
Evans-Pritchard describes the religious beliefs of the Nuer tribe as “spiritual” in that they conceive God to be Kwoth, a “being of true spirit” who is everywhere and in everything. They believe that everything they are and everything they have and everything that happens is so because it is his will.
Australia to pay compensation to the Stolen Generations of Australia – thousands of indigenous children forcibly taken from their mothers.
Every year athletes with Alaska Native Heritage from all over the world travel to Fairbanks in Alaska to compete in the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics (WEIO). The annual Olympics are an opportunity for Indigenous Alaskans to come together and keep their traditions alive. The competitive events at the games include: “[The WEIO] becomes more important year … Read more
