1 How is core-based consumption causing economic change in periphery cultures? Use at least two examples (from films, reading, discussion, individual research) from class content in your discussion.
Film list：
– 1. Children of the Jaguar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma1QSmtuiLQ
– 2. Good Kurds, Bad Kurds: No Friends But the Mountains https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=263&v=YbAGK7WHs2o
– 3. The Shock of the Other https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTy5G_A097k
– 4. The Tightrope of Power https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AZb3rLzJGg
– 5. The Dreamtime: Aboriginal Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5c_C2Sh7Bo
Discussion Question List:
– 1. How is indigenous identity expressed in the United States? Please give an example
– 2. Maybury-Lewis describes ethnocide. How is do you see this expressed in modern American society’s relationship with its indigenous populations?
– 3. How do oral traditions survive? Give an example of an oral tradition, legend, etc from American culture.
– 4. Maybury-Lewis describes ethnocide. How is do you see this expressed in modern American society’s relationship with its indigenous populations?
– 5.Consider Pei’s article. How has American patriotism changed since the article was published? Provide an example.
– 6. What was your response to the idea that an indigenous people were removed from Yosemite Park? Do a little googling and report back how other nation-states govern forager/pastoralist access to government owned land.
– 7. What does the Dreamtime mean to you? How does it relate to western European notions of spirituality?
2. Briefly discuss how integration/assimilation of Kurdish people was conducted in the nation-states of Turkey and Iraq? Please use examples from the readings, films, and lectures to support your essay.