Anthropology Class Notes We/They dichotomy Western / Non-Western Rational / Mystic Scientific population / Non Understand the holistic "whole" approach Edward Tylor - Father of anthropology Franz Boas - Father of American anthropology Hominids - Bipedal Primates Chapter 1: Anthropology and human diversity Relevant Questions: 1) What is anthropology? The study of peoples (Anthropos-man / Logos-study of) 2)What are the goals of anthropology? To understand the biological evoltion of the human species
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Bravo Anthropology 310 11/04/2007 Analysis of Anthropology Methodologies Culture is an abstract term used by anthropologists to describe a people’s way of life. The book defines culture as "the sum total of the knowledge‚ ideas‚ behaviors‚ and material creations that are learned‚ shared‚ and transmitted primarily through the symbolic system of language" (Lenkeit 26). Culture is such an important topic that anthropologists have devoted a whole subfield to its study. This subfield‚ cultural anthropology
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The four fields of anthropology are physical anthropology‚ archaeology‚ linguistic and cultural anthropology. In the lecture notes These are very important aspects to study and are known as the Boasian Approach. Biological or physical anthropologists study inherited traits that are passed down within a culture. They use fossils and compare anatomies of other species like our own to understand the evolution of the human mind‚ body and behavior. The subfield archaeology studies past ways of life by
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ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH Put simply‚ anthropological research is the study of anthropology. “Anthropology is a comparative study of culture‚ society‚ and human difference. The field challenges us to consider the many ways in which people’s lives are shaped by social relations‚ cultural images‚ and historical forces”. (Biehl‚ J. G. (2004). Introduction to Anthropology.). By this we can see that as a whole‚ anthropology is the study of people and their behavior towards one another‚ the way they live
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chapter raises important issues about the efficiency of traditional ethnographic fieldwork techniques in transnational corporate settings. William Leggette conducted his fieldwork in Jakarta‚ Indonesia. He depicts this culture as a “multi-ethnic‚ multi-cultural landscape [that] promotes a constant sense of dislocation-for both resident and visitor alike”(75). There are noticeable contrasts between the class systems in this city‚ as skyscrapers overshadow the decrepit and numerous tin-roof shanties. Leggette
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Sidny Elliott Prof. AnnMarie Beasley‚ M.A. Anthropology 300 23 September 2014 WRITTEN RESPONSE 1: ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD What is Anthropology? Anthropology is that study of human kind as a whole‚ with …ology meaning “study of” and anthrop… meaning “humankind”. Anthropology also has four sub disciplines‚ physical/biological anthropology that studies humans as biological organisms‚ cultural anthropology/ethnology the study of cultural innovations and interactions‚ linguistics
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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 explore problems
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has been wrought with controversy. Where do you stand on the issue regarding the use of anthropologists in intelligence gathering for the military? I realize that anthropologist where needed to help understand the culture‚ the personalities‚ the cultural landscapes and exactly where we could get strategic strongholds of who we were in conflict with. An anthropologist name Montgomery McFate felt as though “If you understand how to frustrate or satisfy the population’s interests or get them to
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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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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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