1.1. "Of particular interest to linguistic anthropologists is a language's focal vocabulary - that is, words and terminology that develop with particular sophistication to describe the unique cultural realities experienced by a group of people." (Guest 121)
1.2. The lexicon of language is required to be expanded upon in order to be able to communicate within specific communities such as with the cosmetics, sports, and digital communication industries.
1.3. https://youtu.be/difvQyWFmxw
2. Chapter 5: Human Origins
2.1. "Evolution is not a controversial subject among scientists" (Guest 162).
2.2. Varying degrees to zero degrees of belief in the theory of evolution is in great part due to religious beliefs. Evolution vs. creationism, a Pew poll, and courtroom battles provide more information.
2.3. https://youtu.be/mJoZrJknJJE
3. Chapter 6: Race and Racism
3.1. "In fact, humans are almost identical, sharing more than 99.9 percent of our DNA" (Guest 198).
3.2. During our 200,000 years as modern humans, we've been actively swapping genetic material. Human variations like skin color happen gradually and are only 0.1 percent of a person's genetic code. Thus, making us almost identical and debunking the notion of race.
3.3. https://youtu.be/RNP2eAxLraA
4. Chapter 8: Gender
4.1. "CO-MADRES activist Alicia Panameno de Garcia, in an interview with anthropologist Lynn Stephen, shared how rape had become a widely used weapon of state-sponsored torture and how psychologically difficult it was to talk about it openly, even with other women victims" (Guest 302).
4.2. During the civil war, the men and mostly women of El Salvador knew that if they stood up to the state, they could be raped, murdered, or disappear, but they fought back anyway.
4.3. https://youtu.be/UR9cDtRU8mI
5. Chapter 11: Class and Inequality
5.1. "Throughout much of the world, education is considered the key to upward social mobility within stratified societies" (Guest 396).
5.2. In the attempt toward social mobility through education, social reproduction should be factored in, as the idea of meritocracy can be stifled through the concepts of habitus and cultural capital.
5.3. https://youtu.be/n-1vmvNuO0E
6. Chapter 15: Religion
6.1. "Marx...believed that throughout human history, economic realities have formed the foundation of social life and have generated society's primary dynamics, including class stratification and class struggle" (Guest 583).
6.2. In the nineteenth century in Western Europe, Karl Marx theorized that the institutions of culture derive from economic struggle and that religion was an antidote to numb the suffering, hence distracting the people from resisting exploitation.
6.3. https://youtu.be/bHxiMNvdWdA
7. Chapter 1: Anthropology in a Global Age
7.1. "This is also the challenge of anthropology today: to understand the rich diversity of human life and to see how our particular life experiences connect to those of others" (Guest 6).
7.2. When their drinking water began to run dry and become contaminated, the women of Plachimada, India garnered international attention as they spoke out in protest against the Coca-Cola company.
7.3. https://youtu.be/G0viqm5KDrQ
8. Chapter 2: Culture
8.1. "Who could you bring home to your parents? Could you cross boundaries of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, class, or gender?" (Guest 38).
8.2. Cultural norms are what each of us have come to learn as “normal” and correct behavior throughout our lives. But what happens when people cross the boundaries of what is considered normal?
8.3. https://youtu.be/q-qlS_J4Mho
9. Chapter 7: Ethnicity and Nationalism
9.1. "New immigrants reshape their home-country ethnic identification to build alliances and solidarity in their new host country"(Guest 243).
9.2. New York’s Little India is where Indian immigrants from a spectrum of India's ethnic backgrounds have constructed a community as one integrated ethnicity. But there is one group of Indians who has yet to be included.
9.3. Video found within link: https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/desi-dhamaka-protests-at-madison-square-park/
10. Chapter 9: Sexuality
10.1. "By controlling sexuality, colonizers sought to establish clear boundaries of European identity and thereby protect their rights to the profits of colonialism and their privileges as members of what they considered to be the dominant race" (Guest 330).
10.2. The monumental task to keep "inferior" races from interbreeding, proved to be much more complicated for European colonizers, as the legal status of mixed-race children had to be addressed.
10.3. Optional: Link to video about that area (Please nothing graphic). Video content should be accurate and informative
11. Chapter 12: Global Economy
11.1. "The triangle trade that emerged in the 1500s among Europe, Africa, and the Americas involved an extensive exchange of goods, people, wealth, food, diseases, and ideas that transformed economic, political, and social life on both sides of the Atlantic" (Guest 451).
11.2. During the establishment of resources that would enable economic growth and strong international trade, the Europeans, brought their diseases and debilitating working conditions thus wiping out the laborers in the Caribbean, hence turning to the slave trade for replacements.
