Anthropologist Clyde Kluckhohn (1944) saw a key public service role for anthropology. In his words, it could provide a "scientific basis for dealing with the crucial dilemma of the world today: how can peoples of different appearance, mutually unintelligible languages, and dissimilar ways of life get along peaceably together?" Anthropologists also have made and continue to make a dramatic impact on people's welfare as they cope with crises such as the January 2010 Haiti earthquake. What are some examples of this?
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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Theatre’s receding influence on the general culture is reflected in diminishing taxpayer support for the not-for-profit theatres. 2. The play Caroline, or Change is an example of the transition of identity theatre into the mainstream. 3.The 2009 revival of the 1950s musical West Side Story was remarkable because it was based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Your text describes a type of narrative found in many cultures in which a peasant father and his son, while traveling with their beast of burden, meet a number of people who criticize them. What is the motif?
a. The “motif” refers to the psychological motives of the characters in a story, in this case, the desire of the son to do better than his father. b. The “motif” is meant to be the historical background to the story, in this case, the history of exploitation of the peasantry. c. The “motif” refers to the story situation, in this case, a father and son trying to please everyone. d. The “motif” is meant to be the physical environment in which the story occurs, in this case, the yam gardens of Ghana. e. The “motif” refers to the economic background, in this case, feudalism.
Summarize the cause of the Tisza River crisis, its environmental effects, and the political reactions to it
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