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CINEMA WRITE-UP 1

Answer the following questions based on your understanding from the text and from the movie, Ongka's Big Moka.

1.) Define and discuss the set of subsistence strategies that the Kawelka tribe engages in. How are these strategies different from that of a band-level society?

2.) Describe the technology used by the Kawelka tribe. Is it complex? Simple? What is produced and how is it used?

3.) Who owns the pigs in the Kawelka tribe? What does this say about the concept of ownership of personal property in tribal forms of society in general?

4.) Define what "Moka" is and discuss how it relates to economy and status in the Kawelka tribe.

CINEMA WRITE-UP 2

Answer the following questions based on your understanding from your readings and from the movie: A Man Called Bee.

1.) What specific methods does Dr.Chagnon use to study the Yanomamo Indians?

2.) Identify and discuss the paradigm that Dr. Chagnon appears to be drawing from in answering questions about Yanomamo culture.

3.) There are two different forms of migratory movement styles, or settlement patterns in Yanomamo society. What are they and what are the underlying reasons for them?

4.) What kinds of leadership styles are seen in Yanomamo society, and what roles in society do they fulfill?