Lecture: Week One

Welcome to Anthropology 100G:

Principles of Human Organization: Nonwestern Culture

Fall Semester 1999

Dr. Alexander Moore

Lecture Outlines: Week Nine

STUDY GUIDE FOR THE SECOND MIDTERM EXAM

REMINDER:

The exam is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 2, at 8 am. Please be in your seats promptly on the hour so we can hand out the exams. This exam is worth slightly more than the last one: 20% rather than 15%. NO MAKE-UPS, unless scheduled with GOOD reason ahead of time! Don't even ask unless it's an absolute emergency.

READINGS:

Cultural Anthropology, 2nd ed., Prologue, Part III; and Chs. 10, 11, 12, & 13. In Ch. 9 pp. 204-219 are strongly recommended.

Chagnon et al., Yanomamö Interactive, User's Guide (print introduction), then browse the CD-ROM. One exercise would be to compare the event list in the Ax Fight with the analysis in lecture of the event as social drama.

FILMS:

Ax Fight, Tapir Distribution, The Feast, The Kawelka: Ongka's Big Moka. Tapes of these films are on reserve in Leavey Library. The Ax Fight is of course on the CD-ROM.

FORMAT:

Same as last time; objective questions will tend to concentrate on the readings, with some on the films; the essays will give you a chance to integrate lectures, films, and readings. You must answer one of two essay questions on The Ax Fight!

REVIEW (study questions):

the dilemma of tribal societies: how to keep conflict within bounds. Why? How? What? When?
the raid and the feast as typical activities of tribal societies. Why? How? What? When?
the three more important types of feasts, what are they? which films illustrate them?
the Big Man as hero, how does he impact moral and material (economic) values?
social drama and conflict processes, how and why are these action sequences inevitable, unavoidable for tribal peoples?
the importance of ritual processes for tribal peoples.
the importance of the theory of associations for tribal peoples.
the emergence of politics among tribal peoples.
the importance of shamans and prophets among tribal peoples.
what would the Yanomamö look like if they had a tribal republic?
how could a prophet revitalize the Yanomamö?

Oct. 26, 1999

Shamans And Prophets Are Always With Us: An Example Of A Contemporary Prophet

Quack's: Society's Demands, And The Reality Test.
Prophet: Shaman Types Who Cure Societies
Phase Models Again: Liminality Working By Myth, Symbols, And Abreaction.
Examples Of Prophets
1. Ibeorgun (Ipeorkun) And The Kuna
2. John-Roger And The Movement Of Spiritual Inner Awareness (Msia)
Is Msia A Cult? Or A Sect?
1. Definition: p. 332
2. Phases One, Two, Three
3. Phase Four: Revitalization
  1. A prophet formulates a code.
    1. Life story of Roger Delano Hinkins
  2. The prophet communicates the code.
    1. John-Roger leaves high school. teaching in 1970, incorporates as a church in 1971
    2. Offers services for a fee.
  3. The prophet organizes the followers.
    1. 1973 MSIA purchased house in Mandeville Canyon, other properties follow.
    2. 1988: a second-in-command, John Morton
  4. Prophet and followers adapt code to objective conditions.
  5. The prophetic movement transforms the culture.
    1. Question: How sectarian is this movement?
  6. The movement routinizes the new culture.
SO DOES THE MODEL WORK?