Conklin 4 & 5_ Kevin Sims PDF

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Kevin Sims ANTH 220G Professor Kelley October 1 , 2020

Journal Entry: Conklin Chapter 4 & 5

The Wari has been able to change their way of living. When it comes to the topic of death they now mourn differently. Instead of doing the traditional eating and burning of bodies, they hold proper funerals with the support of both family and other people in their community. In the text it states, “ The closer the individual seems to death, the greater the number of relatives and neighbors who crowd into the house to see what is happening and offer their support...Expectations for how one should act when a close family member is sick or dying mirror expectations for how one should act in mourning. Consanguines are the primary caregivers for patients of all ages; 1 even when a married person is sick, his or her natal family usually takes charge and makes decisions about how to treat the illness” ( Conklin, 66). This shows how these people were taught to be less “savage-like” and adapt to the theories that make western civilization....