Anthropological Association- a professional organization of scholars and practitioners in the field of anthropology Anthropologist- the science of human beings; especially : the study of human beings and their ancestors through time and space and in relation to physical character‚ environmental and social relations‚ and culture Applied anthropology- refers to the application of the method and theory of anthropology to the analysis and solution of practical problems Archaeology- a science that deals with past
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The goal of anthropology is to learn about people in all spaces and times. Specifically‚ cultural anthropology aims to study how contemporaneous populations understand and organize the world around them‚ both socially and environmentally‚ as well as how they view and treat themselves and others. Four articles‚ which impacted how I think about cultural anthropology‚ are interwoven by concepts of ethics‚ power‚ identity‚ and environment. The main goal of the code of ethics should be to protect human
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the unconscious habits‚ values‚ and standards of your own culture come to your attention. Edward T. Hall (1914-2009) Beyond Culture‚ 1976) ❑ Anthropology: a broad‚ comprehensive‚ ambitious scientific discipline that studies humans: ▪ Both as biological organisms as well as culture-bearing creatures. ▪ From all possible perspectives & using all possible approaches‚ tools & techniques
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INTRODUCTION: Accounting is a glorious but misunderstood field. Accountants are often stereotyped as soulless drones laboring listlessly in the bowels of corporate bureaucracies. It’s often thought of as a discipline of pinpoint exactitude with rigid rules‚ in practice accountants rely heavily on best estimates and educated guesses that require careful judgment and strong imagination. The short-but-sweet description of accounting is "the language of business." A more formal definition is offered
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When one goes to the store one expects to be monitored constantly. But this may be the reality we live in every time we make a purchase. Retail anthropology is the study of consumers’ shopping habits in order to choose the best locations‚ retail sites‚ and designs for the space within each store. This may seem like such a good idea for businesses and even for the people‚ but is it really a good idea? Being able to control what the masses may buy can be a powerful tool against the people. Surveillance
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Mental Illness: Silencing the Stigma What I knew about mental illness before this project was very limited. I mean besides the T.V. shows that portray a bleak life for people with mental illness. Images of individuals with mental illness aren’t always so in your face. Subtle stereotypes pervade the media regularly. I had minimal knowledge as to what types of mental illness there were. All I knew was that there were general perceptions about these people. Just the other day before the presentations
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Dissecting the Infected: The Adamant Notion of a ‘True Zombie’ Definition An inefficient virus kills its host. A clever virus stays with it. – James Lovelock Pre-Code Hollywood broke horror barriers in 1932 with the independently produced film White Zombie by brothers Victor and Edward Halperin‚ a work strongly considered to be the first feature-length zombie film. Prior to the film’s creation‚ articles and journals on the subject of Voodoo in Haiti had been already published in the U.S. (Rhodes
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Forensic Anthropology is the examination of human skeletal remains for law enforcement agencies to determine the identity of unidentified bones. ( http://fac.utk.edu/forensic.html ) The forensic branch is under the biological section of the anthropology hierarchy. Forensic anthropology is a relatively new career choice in the biology field. It was first brought around in the late 1800’s by Thomas Dwight. In 1894 he gave a lecture on anthropology in the forensic field at Harvard University therefore
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the infection of malaria. This single abnormal hemoglobin allele is known as hemoglobin S‚ Allison (1990) was first to examine that when hemoglobin S is present‚ people seem to be less resistant and protected against malaria. Her research in The Anthropology of Infectious Disease helps in further understanding the connection between a cultural environment where a certain disease (malaria) is most present‚ and how biologically people of the surrounding community anatomically adapt to fight off the condition
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Exam 2 Review Ch. 7 * Hominins: Modern humans and all extinct species more closely related to humans than chimps and bonobos * Fossils found in water and wind-eroded exposures‚ rift valleys (Great Africa and Rift Valley)‚ volcanic tuffs‚ rich in potassium‚ café sites. In Africa during the Late Miocene * Majority of known fossil record is from 500‚000 years ago * Characteristics: increased upright posture‚ bipedal locomotion‚ change in diet‚ larger braincase‚ small face‚ smaller
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