What are the four areas or subfields of Anthropology?

• What are the four areas or subfields of Anthropology? Explain using concrete class
examples when and in what contexts did we talk about each of these subfields?
• Who was Franz Boas? What article did we read in class? What was his main point?
Where did he do his most famous fieldwork? Why is he important to the field of
anthropology?
• Who was Keith Basso? Where did he do her most famous fieldwork? Why is he
important to the field of linguistic anthropology?
• Who is Napoleon Chagnon? Where did he do his most famous fieldwork? Why is he
considered a famous and controversial academic in the field of anthropology?
• Who is Royal Robins? Why is he important in the History of Climbing? Why is he
relevant in our class?
• What does Ortner mean by “thick resistance” when talking about Sherpa agency?
• What is Ethnocentrism? Explain in the context of Younghusband’s “Diplomatic
Expedition to Tibet in the early 1900s
Part 2: Choose One question – Long answers 200 words – 20 points
• Using films we watched in class, explain the concept of Orientalism. Use examples from
Nanook of the North, The Epic of Everest, Everest (Imax) and High Tension. (My comment: You DO NOT need to choose this one if you have you not finished watching the movies)
• Who is Tenzing Norgay? Why does he represent an important moment in British
History? What can we learn from analyzing his life? (My opinion: You can choose to do this one by doing some research but it has to be unique or i mean less similarity And do not include outside sources, only the book provided down below.)
• Explain the concept of gender using Women experiences that Sherry Ortner analyzes in
her book. (My opinion: You can choose to do this one by doing some research but it has to be unique or i mean less similarity And do not include outside sources, only the book provided down below.)
• When did Sherpa women begin working in Himalayan expeditions? Explain the process
that caused change in gender relations. What caused Sherpa women to start climbing
high mountains?
Part 3 Essay Question (5 paragraphs 250 words per paragraphs 5 points per well written paragraph with examples from Ortner’s work and the films we watched) 25 points
Essay Questions:
• Using Sherry Ortner’s book “Life and Death in Mount Everest,”
explain the violent conflict between Sherpa’s and Climbers in April 2013. Describe the
conflict and explain the intersection of ethnicity, nationality, religion, globalization and
Himalayan climbing. Explain the concepts of Zhindak and Yidam in Sherpa culture. Why
are they relevant when we try to understand why Ueli Steck was subject to a lynching
attempt?
The films we have watched are: Epic of Everest, The Man Who Skied Everest, Everest: Imax
Remember: Please bring some examples from these movies and mostly from the book down below.
Required TEXT: Ortner, Sherry. 1999. Life and Death in Mt. Everest: Sherpas and Himalayan Mountaineering
The PDF of the text is given!
My Comments: No plagiarizing please; Own Work, less similarity. Second: Please Label Part 1 and Part 2 and Answer Part 1 in 350 words total and part 2 as 200 words and part 3: 5 paragraphs each 250 words. Thats a total of 1800 words. Third: No Outside Sources except one requried source which is the book thats provided down below. Fourth: Bring Examples from the movies if possible for Part 1 2, and 3.

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