Use your textbook to respond to ONE of the following with a short essay response of 300-600 words. Be sure to read and reply to at least 3 other students. The concepts are found in Chapters 1-4. Be sure to explain the textbook terminology as you use it, and cite your textbook and/or use quotes as needed.
Chapter 3 uses the association between early anthropology and colonialism to illustrate some of the dangers of early applied anthropology. We also learn how American anthropologists studied Japanese and German "culture at a distance" in an attempt to predict the behavior of the enemies of the United States during World War II. Political and military conflicts with other nations and cultures continue today. What role, if any, could and/or should applied anthropologists play in these conflicts?
Chapter 4 is about how biological anthropologists and archaeologists conduct scientific studies of the past. Science, however, exists in society as well as in the context of law, values, and ethics. What are some examples of how this fact affects the work of biological anthropologists and archaeologists?
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