Population A: Zulu
The Zulu tribe lived in inland regions that were mainly cold and filled with thunderstorms. In the daytime the temperature would be up to 28 degrees Celsius, and by night time it dropped to 11 degrees Celsius. The thunderstorms were very frightening to the Zulu tribe that they didn’t do any work, any talking, and any cooking because they thought doing all that would attract the lightening to them. The physical adaptation throughout the Zulu tribe is the men were the leaders for everything. They took on most of the roles around the land and the women just had to respect and bow to that. They are self sufficient and separated by gender when it comes to working on the land. Women take care of domestic responsibilities while the men take care of defending the homestead. A cultural adaptation would be that some of the Zulu people live in rural communities but also some have migrated to urban areas. Even so, they remain strong and have a mixture of western and traditional ways that are seen throughout the Zulu people. As a race I would say that the Zulu tribe is like the Mexican American race. There religion goes back to believing in a god and ancestors as well. They incorporate these gods and ancestors in there daily routines and lives everyday. The physical and cultural adaptations are different from the race I chose for the Zulu tribe because as a Mexican race there is not just one person running the household, everyone contributes in one way and that’s working together. Although believing in a god and ancestors is like the Mexican race and heritage, the women never had to bow down to what the men say. Looking back at the physical and cultural approaches the Zulu people have, as an anthropologist, the cultural aspects of the tribe would be a more useful approach to learning about the tribe and what they do.
The Zulu men working on the crops as they are said to do.
Population B: Andean Indians (Native American)
The Andean Indians lived mainly in the mountains. The lowlands were very hot and they had heavy rainfall that supported the dense forest. A physical adaptation would be that the men took on most of the roles, like the farming with the extensive number of crops to be planted and grown. Most of the transportation was done on foot with no animals to help carry the food. For long trips they had canoes to travel them to island to island. A cultural adaption with the Andean Indians is that they have chiefs to run the villages, whether it was small or big. The chiefs were men brought down from generation to generation. When one passes away the next son was to be the leader of the village. As a race, I would say that the Andean Indians are like the Mexican American race. The Andean Indians were religious just like the Mexican heritage having there own religion and beliefs, believing in there own gods and having rituals that they go through. There beliefs are used throughout there everyday life and daily routines. Just like the Mexican race, a lot of the Andean Indians had migrated in many places to better there life’s. There whole village was run by one chief where as the Mexican race only had gods everyone believed in not just one place or person. As an anthropologist, it would be useful to look at the race between the Andean Indians and the Mexican American race because there are many similarities between the two than differences to look at.
An Andean Indian chief that would run a whole village whether it be small or large.
Good description on the environment for each population.
ReplyDeleteMake sure you review the difference between a physical and a cultural trait. A physical trait is a biological one, something body-related, like skin color, body shape, metabolism, etc. For the cultural traits, we were look for traits that helped the cultures adapt to the stresses of their physical environments.
Your emphasis on religion was an interesting choice for a post that was supposed to be about environmental influences. Is race usually based upon religion? Or upon outward physical traits?
Summary on the issue of adaptations versus race?
Great images. I suggest you change your blog layout so your posts aren't so narrow. Your pictures will post easier.
i dont think race is based upon religion, but its what i thought brought them to have the same similarities, like brought them together. the adaptations vs race is at the bottom of each parragraph for each population.
ReplyDeleteI see. However, the post was comparing two different ways of looking at a population. One was by comparing the way a population was adapting to the stresses of the natural environment, physically and culturally. The other was by assigning race, which is usually defined by outward physical characteristics. The emphasis was on the NATURAL environment's influence over expressed traits versus race.
ReplyDeleteReligion is an interesting aspect of a culture and will be covered later in the term. It just wasn't part of this particular assignment addressing adaptation and didn't support your position.