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Chapter 16
Global Challenges, Local Responses, and the Role of Anthropology
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 3
05/17/2014

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FACTS TO KNOW

7 billion people on Earth, 1.3 billion people in CHINA

1969: first moon landing, 1972: first photo of earth taken "blue marble"
Definition
McDonald's: world's largest fast food chain
33,500 restaurants in 120 countries

Indian Hindu's have MAHARAJA MAC ((lamb and chicken, NO BEEF))
Term
Pluralistic Societies
Definition
multiple ethnic groups uniting in one POLITICAL union or TERRITORIAL state

yet still maintaining their own LANGUAGE and cultural HERITAGE
Term
Multiculturalism

i.e. U.S. has over 120+ ethnicities
Definition
PUBLIC POLICY based on cultural respect and tolerance for cultural differences

value different cultures coexisting w/i a country, reciprocal responsibility to accept rights of others to freely express their views and values
Term
Migration
Definition
mobility in geographic space
temporary/permanent change
INTERNAL Migration: movement within country
EXTERNAL Migration: movement to foreign country
Term
FACTS TO KNOW
in United States
38 million native African-American
13 million from Mexico
25 million Asians
Definition
FACTS TO KNOW

in France
20%= 12 million foreign born people there
6 million muslims in France ((2nd largest culture in country))
Term
Xenophobia
Definition
fear/hatred of strangers or anything/one foreign

i.e. In Assam, India Bodos (indigenous) clashed with Bengalis (immigrants) over farmland
dozens KILLED, 400 settlements ABANDONED
400,000 Bengalis packed and FLED
Term
FACTS TO KNOW

Tokyo: largest urban center ((37 millionpeople))
London was largest round 1950, then briefly NEW YORK
Definition
FACTS TO KNOW

urban areas gain 1.3 million people per week, majority in COASTAL AREAS
Term
Structural Power
Definition
power that organizes and orchestrates they systemic interaction within and among societies
-directing economic/political forces and ideological forces that shape public ideas, values, and beliefs
Term
Structural Power: Hard Power
Definition
power that coerces others and is backed up by ECONOMIC and MILITARY Force
Term
Structural Power: Soft Power
Definition
Power that COOPTS rather than coerces
presses others through ATTRACTION and PERSUASION to change ideals, beliefs, values and behaviors

i.e. CNN news, MegaCorps: Disney, TimeWarnerCable, GE (general Electric) etc..
Term
FACTS TO KNOW

U.S. responsible for 44% of military spending (($687 billion in 2011))
Definition
FACTS TO KNOW

top 3 corps. exceed annual GDP of 171 of 195 countries worldwide
Shell, EXXON Mobile, WAL-MART
Term
Stanley Ann Dunham
Definition
single mom of 44th U.S. president ((Obama))
born in Kansas, Grad From U of Hawaii

worked for women's grants in outlying islands of Indonesia and blacksmiths in Punjab
Term
FACTS TO KNOW

2050: 9 Billion people expected from current 7 Billion
1/4 countries cannot feed their overpopulated people
20th century: 44 million died to famine
Definition
STUDIED QUIZZES for STATS about Obesity!!
Term
Canadian Inuit suffering from toxins in breast milk offset from polluted food chain

may bring end to 4,000 year old culture
Definition
FACTS TO KNOW

Average American emits 17.2 metric tons of CO2 per year
Africa: < 2 metric tons/year
China: 7.2 metric tons of CO2 / year
Europe: 7.5 metric tons /year
Term
Globalization:

WGIP ((Working Group of Indigenous Peoples))
Definition
Paul Farmer: M.D. and PhD in Anthro from Harvard

Worked in Haiti, Africa, Mexico, and Peru
tended to AIDS, TB and began PARTNERS IN HEALTH (PIH)
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