4 - Cultural Constructs of Risk
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Practice Questions
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What is conventional risk management?
💡 Hint: Think about the focus on numbers and data.
Who wrote 'Purity and Danger'?
💡 Hint: Consider an influential anthropologist.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does conventional risk management primarily focus on?
💡 Hint: Remember the focus on hard data and statistics.
True or False: Risk perceptions are solely determined by measurable hazards.
💡 Hint: Think about the influence of culture on perceptions.
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Challenge Problems
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Analyze a modern dietary law in your culture. How does it reflect cultural constructs about risk, and what impact does it have on health behaviors?
💡 Hint: Consider how the law sees certain foods as pure or dangerous.
Evaluate how risk communication strategies could be improved by incorporating cultural perspectives. Provide specific examples.
💡 Hint: Think about past disasters and how different communities responded.
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