Streaming Sinclair Videos: Anthropology

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"Examines the field of anthropology from the point of view of those who have been studied. Visits Papua New Guinea, which was originally studied by Margaret Mead, and explores the people' s reactions to the anthropologist's conclusions about their culture."

Link to Video (52 minutes)
"Voyage to perhaps the most remote and inhospitable region of the world, and meet one of the last surviving warrior societies. Living dispersed in small groups on an Indonesian island, the Fayu have a long history of fierce conflict with their neighbors."

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"This program examines the controversial study of the tiny Tasaday tribe discovered in the remote Philippine rain forest in 1971. Initially hailed as the anthropological find of the century, many reputable anthropologists have declared it a hoax, a plot of the regime of Ferdinand Marcos and his Minister for Tribal Affairs. Arguments are presented on both sides of this intriguing issue."

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"A pioneer in the infant science of anthropology, Margaret Mead stepped outside the conventional roles assigned to women of her time to make important and lasting contributions to her field. Her trips to New Guinea, Samoa, and Bali were documented in books that became popular reading; her insights into cultures, communities, and their members' relationships to them made peoples of differing backgrounds more understandable to each other and presented a new way of looking at ourselves."

Link to Video (52 minutes)
"An ethnographic view of Masai culture and society, focusing on the preparation of young Masai girls for marriage and life in their society. Probes, through a candid interview with an older woman, the feelings of the Masai women about polygamy and their inability to own property."

Link to Video (50 minutes)
"Deep in uncharted New Guinea lives a tribe so isolated that ritual cannibalism may still be practiced. Called the Korowai, these elusive people have lived in the rain forest for thousands of years with virtually no contact with the outside world. They survive using the materials afforded by their surroundings and, incredibly, build tree houses perched up to 90 feet in the air without using nails or hardware."