Constructing Identities
Question One
Humans’ identities are learned phenomena and culture, according to anthropologists and other scholars. These scholars argue that identity is not anchored in the natural or biological world but is pioneered by humans. But since culture is created in various places, it takes multiple forms and modifications in those places over time. Some of the consequences or problems of wanting to think about people’s identities as natural include creating an identity or sense of character, and those characteristics can take some time and may be difficult for an individual to desire (Robbins, 2016). Not provides a comprehensive sense of self or dealing with issues surrounding identity will cause depression and fear.
Some strategies for making people think differently about their identities, and for acknowledging the culturally determined nature of identity include embracing religion, values and beliefs, occupation and hobbies, and cultural backgrounds. These strategies can tie a bunch of participants together. Examples of disputes include disagreements about race-related problems between whites and blacks, middle easterners or nonwhites (Robbins, 2016). Other examples include disagreements between different ethnic groups, sexual-orientation disputes, and even gender disagreements.
Question Two
Margaret Mead, an American biological anthropologist was a supporter of widening sexual agreements within the development of contemporary cultural practices. The problems with Margaret Mead’s field research according to Derek Freeman is that Dr. Mead’s investigations and documenting had been impeded by bad planning, and ineffective prompt of Samoan (Murray, 2018). It was a choice to live predominantly among white officials and not among natives. Dr. Freeman was right about Samoan Adolescence because he was staying, teaching and studying village life which gave him a better experience.
Both Mead and Freeman are either right or wrong in their Samoan Adolescence tests, based on the factors they have factored in. Mead suggested a new sequence of masculinity and femininity in each of the cultural groups she investigated while Dr. Freeman suggested their local affairs and cultural heritage of head-hunting (Murray, 2009). Mead’s and Freeman’s research explains the factors that leads to characterization of human identities as leaned phenomena.