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- Aug 2023
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from his feet the sudra [servile class] was born
This is incredibly dehumanizing for Dalits. Dalits are outside the varnas; therefore the natural continuation of this metaphor would have Dalits serve as the ground that the body of varnas walk on.
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Used clothing is called obruni wawu, or “a foreign person has died,” reflecting the assumption that no living person would give away such wearable clothing.
This choice of name strongly reflects the difference in material comforts between US citizens and those of Ghana. Many people here get rid of perfectly wearable clothes all the time but over there it's only conceivable if the clothing's owner had died.
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Put simply, anthropology is the study of humanity across time and space.
this is a valuable definition because it illustrates the massive breadth of anthropology as a field. "The study of humanity across time and space" is the most vast definition for any field of study I've ever heard of.
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Anthropology aims to overcome bias by examining cultures as complex, integrated products of specific environmental and historical conditions.
important explanation of anthropology's core goal
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