Work Displacement

It's time for Things Lyra Learned Whilst Cramming For The Intermediate Exam again!

1. British Anthropologists have, by definition, ridiculous names. That doesn't mean I'm allowed to ridicule them.
(Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard, I ask you. And please to remember that name correctly, brain. Not Edmund Pevensie, not Ewan McGregor, not even Evan Rosier. ['even Evan'. Hahah.] EDWARD. EVAN. EVANS-PRITCHARD.
The Brits have a cruel sense of humour.)

2. Unilineal Evolutionism ≠ Neo-Evolutionism. Because Neo-Evolutionism is more related to Neo-Marxism. Which is a form of Cultural Materialism. Got it?

3. 'cross cousins' is an anthropologically relevant term. 'parallel cousins' is an anthropologically relevant term. 'totally cousins' is not.
Also, a good kinship diagram shouldn't look anything like the House of Finwë. Even though that would really help with getting through the 45 minutes.

4. Laws and Customs of the Eldar is NOT an ethnography. Beren's Silmaril is NOT a good example of bridewealth.

5. Actually, they are, but they're not relevant for this exam.

6. In other words, stop looking for fanfic.

7. Also, stop producing ideas for cultures of your own. Subcreation is not part of the exam. Yes, it's fun. Yes, there's at least one fat plotbunny on every single page of the textbook. IGNORE THEM. (Ouch, my feet.)

8. Stop updating your LJ and get back to work, dammit.

This Problem Wouldn't Exist In The English Language

In meinem Text fehlt ein 'n'!

Und zwar heißt es da:
Diese liegen alltägliche Aktivitäten zugrunde.

Soll das jetzt heißen
Diesen liegen alltägliche Aktivitäten zugrunde, oder
Diese liegen alltäglichen Aktivitäten zugrunde?

Vom Kontext her geht beides.
Na super. Ein 'n' fehlt, und schon ist die Kausalität unklar.
Sind synthetische Sprachen nicht toll?

*panik*

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For the English-speaking world: There's an 'n' missing in the text I'm reading. It's an important 'n', because depending on just where it's missing, the sentence either means
"They form the basis of everyday activities", or "Everyday activities form their basis". So, because of one 'n', one tiny little 'n', the entire causality is unclear.
Synthetic languages are a beautiful thing... except not now.

Quarter-life Crisis

So. Tomorrow is the intermediate exam in Cultural Anthropology.

( Inane Rambling, cut for depression and length )