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Relevant Courses:
Cultural Anthropology Courses
Relevant topics for Cultural Anthropology
could include subsistence activities in an arid environment,
nomadism and settlement of nomadic peoples, economic
production by women, symbiotic relations between herders and
farmers, and ethnographic research methods.
What role does the physical environment
(climatic conditions) play in a nomadic way of life?
In what ways do Bedouin interact with
surrounding groups and how is this symbiotic relation
maintained? How do the nomadic and
semi-nomadic people maintain their identity as “Bedouin”?
Human Geography Courses
From the field notes of the four Bedouin
families, identify the migration routes during the past year.
From the maps in other sections of the VKRP website, identify
the various climatic zones on the Karak Plateau and explain
how these might influence the presence or absence of nomadic
groups.
Old and New Testament Courses
Relevant topics for New and Old Testament
courses could include the survival of traditional herding
activities, tribalism, and the movement of nomadic groups, and
the symbiotic relationship between nomads and villagers in the
Middle East.
What parallels can you draw from your
reading of the Bible and what you have learned about the
culture of nomadic groups?
How does the study of the Bedouin in Jordan
change you idea of the Middle East?
Raid al Baqain
Email:
albaq-r@joinnet.com.jo Murl Dirksen
Email:
mdirksen@leeuniversity.edu
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