When one thinks about anthropology‚ they typically imagine someone going to a far off land with indigenous people that have stark differences to their culture. This idea of studying the “other” brings up several issues such as ethnocentrism or tunnel vision in which the anthropologist must learn to set aside their own culture to accept others. In recent years‚ a dichotomy of this traditional method has emerged‚ called native anthropology. Native anthropologists study cultures and communities they
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19 th Century Approaches Unilineal cultural evolutionism—generally regarded as the first theoretical perspective to take root in the discipline of anthropology a relationship of society advancement though a series of progressive stages. In this theory‚ people believed cultures develop under one universal order of society evolution. First originating from the mid-nineteenth century philosopher Herbert Spencer‚ Unilineal Evolution classified the differences and similarities of cultures by categorizing
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the breadth of cultural anthropology. Anthropology and the vast fields that are included in the study cannot be summarized in one paper. I will attempt to cover as much as I can in the following pages. I will also relate Anthropology to college students today and explain the importance of understanding other cultures. Finally I will elaborate on some of the presentations that I liked the most and offer helpful hints and comments on those groups. The discipline of anthropology studies humankind in the
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The Following are the reasons why I would like to go to college; I would like to further my education‚ I would like to study and eventually start a vocation in the field of Anthropology‚ and I would enjoy being able to put college on the list of things I have prospered in. I would like to go to college in order to further my education. I’m the type of person who would go to school for life if I could afford it. I want to learn‚ and I love to be edified. When I’m not learning something advanced I
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GAWAD KALINGA A Research Paper Presented to Professor Alex Lazo Department of Social Sciences and Humanities San Beda College In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements in SOCAN Sociology and Anthropology in the Philippine Business Environment Presented by: CALING‚ Michael Allan M. _______ ------ ------- _____ March 2‚ 2011 GAWAD KALINGA Gawad Kalinga (GK)‚ which means to "give care" in Filipino‚ is officially known as the Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation
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ANTHROPOLOGY---CHAPTER 11 HAND-OUTS ON : “MARITAL RESIDENCE AND STRUCTURE OF KINSHIP “ In this chapter‚ we studied the marital residence explains the newly married couple usually establishes a place of residence apart from parents or relatives( neolocal residence). But about 95% of the world’s societies have some pattern of residence whereby the new couple settles within‚ or very close to‚ the household of the parents or some other close relative of the groom or bride. Neolocal (new-place) residence
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The author’s purpose in writing this article was not to show the “Nacirema” as an example of how extreme human behavior can become‚ but how an outside perspective can affect your perception of an alien culture. If one were to look at the “Nacirema’s” cultural behaviors regarding physical appearance and health without any insight or knowledge of the specific beliefs or values of that culture‚ they might seem bizarre and even incomprehensible. By showing behaviors and “rituals” performed by this unknown
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Anthropology 101 Week 1 Discussion (Assimilation) Instructor K. Burke According to the textbook‚ assimilation is the process by which a society experiencing acculturation changes so much that it is hardly distinguishable from a more dominant society (Carpo‚ 2103). This means that a smaller society basically takes on the traits of a bigger one to the point that it is hard to tell the two apart. This film was unlike anything I was prepared to watch in this class. I was surprised to learn that
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Anthropology 2A Concepts & Terms Final Exam Macro & Local Levels of Social Analysis Local Level: Analyzing relationships of a single society (village) (Trobriand) Macro Level: Analyzing relationships between societies and among global (colonialism‚ globalization‚ trade) Imperialism - The Practice of running an empire; one society subjugating/dominating other societies. -Refers to a policy of extending rule of a country or empire over foreign nations and of taking and holding foreign
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Jurmain‚ Kilgore‚ & Trevathan Essentials of Physical Anthropology‚ 7th Edition CHAPTER 2: THE DEVELOPMENT OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY Learning Objectives After reading Chapter 2‚ you should be able to… 1. Trace the development of theories of biological evolution in light of advances in the natural sciences‚ resulting in part from the age of discovery & exploration 2. Understand Western European world views (e.g.‚ the notions of fixity of species & a general sense of stasis) & how these
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