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Applied Anthropology: New Houses for Apache Indians
-What was the research?
-The architects knew about cross-cultural differences of what and what did they not know? |
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-To research housing needs for a new Apache community
-They knew about the cross-cultural diffs in the use of space.
-They did not know how to get relevant info from the Indian people |
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Applied Anthropology: New Houses for Apache Indians
What was the students' task? |
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| -His task was to persuade the architects to hold back on their planning long enough for him to gather, through participant observation and a review of written records, the data from which Apache housing needs could be abstracted. |
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Applied Anthropology: New Houses for Apache Indians
What did the student have to overcome once immersed in the culture? |
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| Apache anxieties over an outsider coming into their midst to learn about matters as personal as their daily lives as they are acted out, in and around their homes. |
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Applied Anthropology: New Houses for Apache Indians
What is part of Apache etiquette? |
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| People need to be in full view of one another so each can assess the behavior of others from a distance prior to engaging in social interaction with them. |
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Applied Anthropology: New Houses for Apache Indians
In accordance with the answer of the previous question ("What is part of Apache etiquette?"), what kind of living space does this require. |
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| A very large, open living space. |
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Applied Anthropology: New Houses for Apache Indians
What is notable about social interaction with the Apache that differs from North Americans? |
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| Apaches prefer to ease into social situations rather than to shake hands and begin interacting immediately, as is more typical in the Anglo pattern |
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Applied Anthropology: New Houses for Apache Indians
What is the role of Apache hosts? |
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| They feel compelled to offer food to guests as a prelude to further social interaction- therefore, cooking and dining areas cannot be separated. |
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| Who didBronislaw Malinowski research |
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| The Trobriand Islanders in the western Pacific (1915-1918) |
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| What was Malinowski's argument? |
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| People everywhere share certain biological and psychological needs and that the ultimate function of all cultural institutions is to fulfill those needs. |
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| What was the first fundamental level of needs that Malinowski claimed had to be resolved by all cultures? |
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| 1) A culture must provide for biological needs, such as the need for food and procreation. |
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| What was the second fundamental level of needs that Malinowski claimed had to be resolved by all cultures? |
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| 2) A culture must provide for instrumental needs, such as the need for law and education. |
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| What was the third fundamental level of needs that Malinowski claimed had to be resolved by all cultures? |
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| 3) A culture must provide for integrative needs, such as religion and art. |
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| What important achievement did Malinowski do that changed the way anthropology was approached in his time? |
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| He was the first to insist that it was necessary to settle into the community being studied for an extended period of time in order to really understand it- this had never been done before. |
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