Keywords: course, courses, curriculum, iskme, learning, lecture notes, lectures, localization, oercommons, oer commons, oer portal, open education, open educational resources, open education content, open education portal, open source, open source education, syllabi, teacher, teaching

Summary: This module gives an overview of localization—making content context-specific.

Keywords: Caste system, Class, Class system, Endogamous marriages, Exogamous, Income, Meritocracy, Primogeniture, Social stratification, Status consistency, Wealth

Summary: Differentiate between open and closed stratification systems Distinguish between caste and class systems Understand meritocracy as an ideal system of stratification

Keywords: altered state of consciousness, amanita muscaria, anthropologist, anthropology, banisteriopsis, ceremony, dance, dancing, datura, drumming, drums, Evenki, fly agaric, hallucinogenic drugs, hallucinogens, India, Indian, jimson weed, Native American, peyote, religion, San, shamanism, shamans, Siberia, Sora, South America, spirits, spirit world, tobacco, trance

Summary: This article explores the topic of trance as it related to shamans. The first section addresses the definition of the word trance, which is used differently in different fields of study. The second section explores how and why shamans use trance and what the experience is like for a shaman ... trance first-hand. [Expand Summary] This article explores the topic of trance as it related to shamans. The first section addresses the definition of the word trance, which is used differently in different fields of study. The second section explores how and why shamans use trance and what the experience is like for a shaman and observers. It includes two excerpts from works by anthropologists who have observed and experienced trance first-hand. [Collapse Summary]