What is the difference between postmodernity and postmodernism? How has postmodernity affected the units of anthropological study?
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Morgan and Tylor, both considered among the fathers of anthropology, worked within the paradigm of unilinear evolution
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
According to McCurdy in "Using Anthropology," an anthropologist was hired to find out why customers of a utility company failed to reduce energy consumption, despite their claims that they were trying to conserve. He discovered that
a. customers were lying. b. thermostats were faulty. c. meters were faulty. d. fathers turned down thermostats, other family members turned them up.
According to Elman Service, the archaeological record provides no evidence for class-based conflicts that resulted in state formation
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Given the mobility of people today, anthropologists increasingly are shifting their attention from local communities to
A. post-socialist societies. B. public transcripts. C. hegemonies. D. texts. E. diasporas.