In Mixtec and Tlapanec communities in Guerrero, Mexico, brujos (witches) create figurines using wax, sugar, or dead animals to represent other people in the community. The brujo then enacts whatever misfortune he wishes for his victim on the figurine, with the expectation that the person represented will feel it. How would an anthropologist most likely categorize this practice?

Why is it important to consider power when analyzing the dynamics of cultural appropriation?

Which term describes the potential power of individuals and groups to contest cultural norms, values, mental maps of reality, symbols, institutions, and structures of power?

Gmelch discovered that baseball players who use charms, such as touching the bill of their lucky cap every time they are up to bat, believe that these charms 

An anthropologist studying football in the United States might find that taboos, sacred objects, and __________ are in almost constant use.

In Abu Lughod 2002 the author argues that the removal of the Taliban in Afghanistan 

What describes the delineation of responsibilities within a Khasis family

What do anthropologists call descent groups based on a claim to a founding ancestor but lacking genealogical documentation?

Which statement best describes anthropology?

What is polygyny?