Gods Must Be Crazy and "Stuff" We are curious about ourselves, other people around us, and what it means to be alive or dead. We ask questions and find answers that help assure us we have a good foundation of understanding about who we are. Anthropology is a social science that attempts to provide us with a better understanding of our humanness - what it means to be human. In order to understand this, we need to explore what we mean by culture because we rely on culture for our values, ways we think, ways we view the world around, ways to act properly.
We also need to understand that to be human means that we have a biological as well as a social side to us. We need a grasp of what both of these mean to us. What is Anthropology? These are: Anthropologists also tend to look for similarities and differences between people and their cultures. Woman warrior. The portrayal of women warriors in literature and popular culture is a subject of study in history, literary studies, film studies, folklore and mythology, gender studies, and cultural studies.
Folklore and mythology[edit] Medieval women helping to defend the city from attack. In Hindu mythology, Chitrāngadā, wife of Arjuna, was the commander of her father's armies. The Amazons were an entire tribe of woman warriors in Greek legend. "Amazon" has become an eponym for woman warriors and athletes. In British mythology, Queen Cordelia fought off several contenders for her throne by personally leading the army in its battles.
In his On the Bravery of Women the Greco-Roman historian Plutarch describes how the women of Argos fought against King Cleomenes and the Spartans under the command of Telesilla in the fifth century BCE.[1][2] Literature[edit] Media[edit] See also[edit] Lists Related articles Further reading[edit] Alvarez, Maria. External links[edit] Notes[edit] Tribal WAR - Papa New Guinea. ANTHROPOLOGISTS AND WAR - Gusterson - 2007 - Anthropology Today. The International Journal for Peace Studies - Educational Research Articles. Peaceful Societies. Peaceful societies are contemporary groups of people who effectively foster interpersonal harmony and who rarely permit violence or warfare to interfere with their lives. This website serves to introduce these societies to students, peace activists, scholars and citizens who are interested in the conditions that promote peacefulness.
It includes information on the beliefs of these peoples, the ways they maintain their nonviolence, and the factors that challenge their lifestyles. LISTS: A list of peaceful societies is never completely finished or accurate. However, social scientists have convincingly described at least 25 societies around the world in which there is very little internal violence or external warfare. Generalizations are difficult to make accurately, except that most of the time these peaceful societies successfully promote harmony, gentleness, and kindness toward others as much as they devalue conflict, aggressiveness, and violence. Documentary: The Ax Fight / Yanomamo. Watch a preview From the Yanomamo series by Timothy Asch and Napoleon Chagnon color, 30 min, 1975 The Ax Fight was restored by the National Film Preservation Foundation.
A fight broke out in Mishimishimabowei-teri on the second day of Chagnon and Asch's stay in this village in 1971. The conflict developed between the villagers of Mishimishimabowei-teri and their visitors from another village. The event lasted about half an hour, ten minutes of which were filmed.
The Ax Fight thus operates on several levels. Related ResourcesStudy Guide Film Festivals, Screenings, Awards American Film Festival Red RibbonDiploma of Honor, International Scientific Film Association, Philadelphia View more photos on www.flickr.com. Small Wars Journal. Ax fight.