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- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Cultural_Anthropology/The_Art_of_Being_Human_(Wesch)/07%3A_Superstructure/7.03%3A_Religions_and_Wisdom_of_The_WorldThe World’s Religions: A Concise Introduction, by Huston Smith God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions that Run the World, by Stephen Prothero Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey through the R...The World’s Religions: A Concise Introduction, by Huston Smith God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions that Run the World, by Stephen Prothero Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey through the Realm of Vanishing Cultures, by Wade Davis The Serpent and the Rainbow, by Wade Davis
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Cultural_Anthropology/The_Art_of_Being_Human_(Wesch)/07%3A_SuperstructureThumbnail image - Head shaman of Olkhon at Lake Baikal. Buryatia, Russia. (CC BY-SA 3.0; Аркадий Зарубин via Wikimedia Commons.).
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Cultural_Anthropology/The_Art_of_Being_Human_(Wesch)/03%3A_Evolution/3.03%3A_Challenge_Three-_The_28_Day_ChallengeYour challenge is to try something new or change a habit by dedicating yourself to doing it every day for 28 days. Objective: Practice trying new things, experience more, and to reflect more deeply on...Your challenge is to try something new or change a habit by dedicating yourself to doing it every day for 28 days. Objective: Practice trying new things, experience more, and to reflect more deeply on how humans learn and create new habits, as well as how you, specifically, can better identify what conditions or techniques work best for you when you are trying to learn something new or change your habits. Step 1: Choose something you would like to do (or stop doing) over the next 28 days.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Cultural_Anthropology/The_Art_of_Being_Human_(Wesch)/09%3A_The_Good_Life/9.02%3A_The_Power_of_StorytellingCampbell called on artists to develop new stories that could speak to the challenges of our times and serve the four functions of religion outlined earlier – stories that could teach us how to live a ...Campbell called on artists to develop new stories that could speak to the challenges of our times and serve the four functions of religion outlined earlier – stories that could teach us how to live a good life in today's world (the pedagogical function), stories that could help us get along and feel connected to one another (the sociological function), stories that could give us a better picture and understanding of how things work today (the cosmological function), and stories that could allow…
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Cultural_Anthropology/The_Art_of_Being_Human_(Wesch)/10%3A_The_Art_of_Being_Human/10.02%3A_If_Paul_Farmer_Is_The_Model_Were_Screwed_GoldenI began to learn through my experience in cultural anthropology that my willingness to change myself might be simultaneously the ONLY and BEST thing I can offer the world; that challenging myself to b...I began to learn through my experience in cultural anthropology that my willingness to change myself might be simultaneously the ONLY and BEST thing I can offer the world; that challenging myself to be a healthy, responsible human might not only be incredibly beneficial to me, but also to those around me; that the world is just a reflection of its people, of me; that healthy, responsible individuals can create a healthy, responsible world.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Cultural_Anthropology/The_Art_of_Being_Human_(Wesch)/02%3A_Culture/2.03%3A_Challenge_Two-_Fieldwork_of_the_FamiliarYour challenge is to do fieldwork in your own culture, find the strange in the familiar, and produce a compelling photo essay of your insights. For example, the Nacirema keep small animals called teps...Your challenge is to do fieldwork in your own culture, find the strange in the familiar, and produce a compelling photo essay of your insights. For example, the Nacirema keep small animals called teps, heal themselves through the ritual of gnippohs, spend lots of time obsessing over their bodies while they ezicrixe, spend 13 to 25 years of their lives simply training for the complexity of their lives in special places called loohcs, etc.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Cultural_Anthropology/The_Art_of_Being_Human_(Wesch)/08%3A_Globalization/8.02%3A_Challenge_Eight-_Global_ConnectionsYour challenge is to connect with someone from a foreign country, preferably somebody with a very different cultural and socio-economic background from yourself. Objective: Expand the mindset, method,...Your challenge is to connect with someone from a foreign country, preferably somebody with a very different cultural and socio-economic background from yourself. Objective: Expand the mindset, method, and goals of anthropology to a global level, broadening your understanding of cultural differences, global connections, and how the world works to bring about prosperity and well as poverty and inequality. Option 3: Connect with anyone from a foreign country using the questions from Challenge 7.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Cultural_Anthropology/The_Art_of_Being_Human_(Wesch)/05%3A_InfrastructureThumbnail: New York driver using two hand held mobile phones at once in a traffic jam. (CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported; Ed Poor via Wikipedia).
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Cultural_Anthropology/The_Art_of_Being_Human_(Wesch)/01%3A_Fieldwork/1.02%3A_Challenge_One-_Talking_to_StrangersYour first challenge is to approach a stranger and engage them in "big talk" (as opposed to "small talk"). Capturing and telling the stories of humans in compelling ways is an essential component of a...Your first challenge is to approach a stranger and engage them in "big talk" (as opposed to "small talk"). Capturing and telling the stories of humans in compelling ways is an essential component of anthropology, and these days that means mastering multiple forms of storytelling in multiple media (photography, video, audio, as well as text). Try to get in a positive mindset as you approach strangers, and let that carry you through this challenge.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Cultural_Anthropology/The_Art_of_Being_Human_(Wesch)/06%3A_Social_Structure/6.03%3A_Challenge_Six-_Get_UncomfortableYour challenge is to do at least one hour of fieldwork, immersing yourself in a cross-cultural or sub-cultural experience – a place, event, activity that makes you uncomfortable. Objective: Experience...Your challenge is to do at least one hour of fieldwork, immersing yourself in a cross-cultural or sub-cultural experience – a place, event, activity that makes you uncomfortable. Objective: Experience more, experience difference, and experience differently – to practice using communication, empathy, and thoughtfulness to really experience the world from a different cultural position.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Cultural_Anthropology/The_Art_of_Being_Human_(Wesch)/01%3A_Fieldwork/1.01%3A_Asking_Questions_Making_Connections_and_Trying_New_ThingsWhat on the one hand seemed like a bunch of simple facts to be memorized for an exam carried much deeper and more profound messages for me – that the world is not as it seems, that we know the world o...What on the one hand seemed like a bunch of simple facts to be memorized for an exam carried much deeper and more profound messages for me – that the world is not as it seems, that we know the world only through our own cultural biases, that even the little things matter, that taken together all the little things we do make the world what it is, and that if we are willing to challenge ourselves, truly understand others with empathy, and shed the comfort of our familiar but sometimes blinding, b…
