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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Forensic Anthropology Theme: A forensic anthropologist examines the skeletal remains which makes significant contributions to an investigation. Forensic anthropology is the application of the science of physical anthropology to the legal process. The identification of skeletal‚ badly decomposed‚ or otherwise unidentified human remains is important for both legal and humanitarian reasons. Forensic anthropologists apply standard scientific techniques developed in physical anthropology to identify
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Applied Anthropology is the use of anthropological knowledge and skills to solve practical problems; the application of anthropological expertise to the needs of society. It is also referred to as the fifth subfiled of anthropology‚ which works within physical‚ cultural‚ archeological and linguistic anthropology‚ to faciliate positive outcomes in troubled araeas of human need. The work of Dr. Mikel Hogan interested me the most; I have never before given a thought as to how applied anthropology can
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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 For others‚ this involves studying historical content and observing the people from a higher vantage point.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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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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requires a successful career. Forensic anthropology is challenging for the mind‚ and provides the required amount of money
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led to Scheper-Hughes being expelled indefinitely from the village in which she had worked (Scheper-Hughes 2000:118) and raised serious questions about the ethics of anthropological inquiry. In this essay I will argue that Nancy Scheper-Hughes’ fieldwork in Ireland was fundamentally unethical on the grounds that she morally wronged her participants through her fictionalized representation of them‚ and that she did not seek their informed consent. That being said‚ she was also committed to structural
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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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