ANTHROPOLOGY EXAM 1 (FEBRUARY 18‚ 2013) GENERAL ANTHROPOLOGY * Study of human kind‚ perspective of all people & all times * Full understanding of what it means “to be human” * Very diverse as a species BIOCULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY * Understanding relationship between biology and culture HOLISTIC * Referring to the whole system * Relating to or concerning the whole system rather than just part of the system * e.g. medicine→treatment of the whole body * consider all
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12:00 Section September 16‚ 2012 Grasping Different Life Anthropologists are consistently trying to understand different cultures and the way people think‚ act‚ and feel. Some experience the different cultures through filed studies‚ living amongst the people allowing them to study and act like one of them. For others‚ this involves studying historical content and observing the people from a higher vantage point. This technique allows them to study their actions from a distance‚ but Clifford
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he aftermath of Globalization leaves the anthropological-cultural world not merely in pieces‚ as one of the most accepted anthropological analysts of the time‚ Clifford Geertz‚ postulates‚ but in dust: A seemingly atomized‚ incoherent mesh of individuals‚ who can’t be attributed to a specific ethnic background anymore‚ and who are barely representative members of the nation-states which issue their passports. By all traditional measurements‚ this conglomeration of individualized humans should not
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vie The difficult task of anthropologists Social and cultural anthropology is the comparative study of culture and human societies. Anthropologists seek an understanding of human kind in all its diversity. This understanding is reached through the study of societies and cultures and the exploration of the general principlesof social andcultural life. Social and cultural anthropology places special emphasis on comparative perspectives that challenge cultural assumptions. Many anthropologists
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Anthropologist George Murdock gathered information from studies previous anthropologist have done using hundreds of groups around the world (page 56). They compared several areas of customs. It seems that although several customs such as incest taboos‚ toilet training‚ marriage and others were in some way apart of each culture they were viewed differently. Some cultures define family different‚ things as simple as toilet training‚ disposing of the dead. All these things I have always assumed were
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main fields of anthropology: biological anthropology‚ cultural anthropology‚ archaeology‚ and linguistics. Anthropologists tend to specialize in one of the four main fields but must be familiar with the other fields because they are all closely related to one another. First‚ biological anthropology deals with the study of humans as living organisms. In other words‚ people on this field might study human growth‚ anatomy‚ human ancestors‚ and genetics. Second is cultural anthropology. This field studies
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the contemporary world where people and goods constantly (but not freely) move? How such cultures are daily being reproduced‚ commented upon and criticized‚ transformed‚ or newly produced? This course will introduce the field of socio-cultural anthropology through the exploration of some of its central topics‚ methods and theories. We refuse to see “culture” as a bounded “thing” in a particular place or as a fixed and timeless characteristic of a certain group of people. Instead‚ we focus on the
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Name: Anthropology 100 Study Guide 2 Complete the study guide before the exam 2 review. The review session will be spent covering questions you have regarding this study guide (please come prepared with questions!). Hand in study guides with the exam to receive UP TO 5 extra credit points. Human Variation (Chapter 7): Classical Racial Traits: 1. ______________________________________________________________ 2. ______________________________________________________________
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ANTH100 – Introduction to Anthropology APUS Assignment: Be An Anthropologist 2 Due by 11:59p on Sunday of Week 6 Purpose: The goal of this exercise is to observe a ‘cultural scene’ as an anthropologist would (i.e. based on everything you have learned in the course to-date). The student will analyze their observations in terms of themes from the subfield of cultural anthropology such as how it helps frame our societies (family‚ lifestyle‚ lineage‚ language and communication) and‚ in some ways‚ its
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Cultural Anthropology All Anthropologists have different definitions of Culture. Just like how everyones Culture is different. Some Anthropologist used other Anthropologist definitions of Culture. In this paper I am going to talk about three Anthropologist who in some ways defined Culture the same but also very differently. Those Anthropologist are Edward B. Tylor‚ Clifford Geertz‚ and Conrad Kottak. I am also going to talk about my understanding of Culture. Tylor defined Culture the best
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