- Engelke writes that the concept of “civilization” produces a paternalistic attitude by so-called civilized peoples towards so-called uncivilized peoples. What does he mean? What ideas lie behind this attitude? What are some effects of this attitude and these ideas? Use specific examples from class texts/films to illustrate your points.
- 750 word minimum
- two sources
- use book ‘How to think like an anthropologist by Matthew Engelke’
- Matthew Engelke. 2018. How To Think Like An Anthropologist. Princeton University Press.
- Malinowski, Argonauts of the Western Pacific pp.24-25, Section IX [here: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/55822/55822-h/55822-h.htm#ch0]
- Chagnon – doing fieldwork
- Rosaldo – Grief and a headhunter’s rage,
- use book ‘How to think like an anthropologist by Matthew Engelke’
