POST 1:

From one culture to the next, body adornment and modification have been part of human artistic expressiveness for centuries. Read about some examples of this at http://penn.museum/sites/body_modification/bodmodtattoo.shtml (Links to an external site.)

In recent decades, tattooing has becoming increasingly common in many industrialized modern countries. Interview someone who has at least one tattoo.

Why did they choose to have a tattoo? What does the tattoo symbolize to them? What are the social responses to their tattoo — that is, how do different people react to it?

Based on the responses of your interviewee, can you make any cultural comparisons between body modification practices of the past and tattoos of today?

– POST 2

Please answer the following questions:
1) What was the one most useful or meaningful thing you learned in this course? ?
2) What concepts or course content challenged your personal views the most?
?3) Identify and explain any ways you think you have developed or grown as a result of this course/anthropology. ?
4) Did you learn anything about yourself? What??
5) What was your favorite aspect of this course? Why?

– an overview to go based of

–The characteristics and functions of diverse forms of marriage and family is this week’s topic. You will interview someone about their wedding to uncover the traditions included in their wedding ceremonies, and the various factors that influenced their decision about what to include in their wedding.

• Identifying the various forms of marriage.
• Listing the functions of marriage in society.
• Describing different types of family units.

– Reference

Cultural Anthropology: The Human Challenge
(15th Edition), Haviland, Prins, Walrath & McBride