January 18‚ 2013 British Anthropological Studies of Folklore ENG70N-B6 Reported by: Niña L. Azumbrado Folklore and Anthropology Anthropologists view folklore as a means to understand the views of a culture. So‚ folklore is a key to understand the creative force within small groups of societies. Cultural anthropology is the study of the artifacts of a society. It takes into consideration forms of artwork‚ dance‚ music‚ liturgy and even business techniques to form an accurate picture of
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understood as the expectations of how people react to these situations. Artefacts - Artefacts are manufactured by men who reflect the culture’s values and norms. (2) Cross- cultural Analysis In 19th century‚ renowned anthropologists Edward Burnett Tylor and Lewis H Morgan have performed first cross-cultural analysis. Both Anthropology and Social Anthropology have made significant progress from the stages of Victorian England’s lower savagery to civilization. The concept of culture can be understood
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goes far beyond mere personal refinements. The only requirement for being cultured is to be human. Thus‚ all people have culture. The term culture has been defined in a variety of ways. One of the earliest widely cited definitions‚ offered by Edward Tylor in the nineteenth century‚ defined culture as “that complex whole which includes knowledge‚ belief‚ art‚ morals‚ law‚ custom‚ and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society”. Culture is transmitted through the process
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Exam 1 study guide PEOPLE * EB Tylor- the father of modern anthropology‚ supported evolutionism/uni-lineal evolution * Franz Boaz- the father of American anthropology‚ supported empiricism * Margaret Mead- Boaz’s student‚ wrote about the sexual revolution * Borshay Lee- studied the !Kung San from Africa * Zora Neal Hurston- one of Boaz’s students‚ an African-American folklorist * Bronislaw Malinowski- the father of fieldwork‚ said anthropologists need to learn the language
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South Asia‚ Kamla Bhasin and Nighat A Said‚ “Feminism for us today is an awareness of women’s oppression and exploitation in society‚ at work and within the family and conscious action by women and men to change this condition.” According to P.C. Kottak‚ “Anthropology is the scientific humanistic study of the human species. It is the exploration of human diversity in time and space.” According to Bronislaw Malinowski‚ “Anthropology is the study of men embracing women.” From the above definitions
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fragile and irrational to serve as a base for marriage in most societies‚ which will be discussed later. In America‚ however it has become a Cultural norm to marry for love‚ but America presently has one of the highest divorce rates in the World (Kottak 226). What are the possibly different main claims/positions related to this topic? Some people consider love to be an emotion; a mental state that a rises spontaneously rather than through conscience effort‚ believing that romantic love is a
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kot16996_ch01_002-023.indd Page 2 What distinguishes anthropology from other fields that study human beings? How do anthropologists study human diversity in time and space? Why is anthropology both scientific and humanistic? Street scene with soccer in Istanbul‚ Turkey. Culture‚ including sports‚ helps shape our bodies‚ personalities‚ and personal health. 12/24/09 7:41:11 PM user-s173 /Users/Shared/K4/Layout kot16996_ch01_002-023.indd Page 3 12/25/09 4:08:41
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Ancient Egypt is mostly based on how women in Egypt had almost the same rights as men did‚ they could even rule a country. They were ahead of their time‚ women and men were just as equal‚ and an example of this equality is Queen Hatshepsut‚ Egyptian pharaoh. Also their beliefs in the afterlife‚ Egyptian pyramids‚ and Egyptian medicine and surgery. All this contributed in the Egyptian empire. These all form part of the Ancient Egypt history. One of the first women to hold the position of a pharaoh
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Main components of every civilization: 1. government and laws 2. formal religion 3. language 4. agriculture (irrigation‚ domestication of plants‚ etc) 5. specialized skills (pottery‚ clothing‚ etc) 6. trade (to acquire what you do not have and cannot make‚ but need) 7. economic system (bartering or currency‚ etc). Factors that give rise to civilization: A. Geographical location 1. All four of the major centers of early civilization (were China‚ India‚ Mesopotamia‚ and Mesoamerica) arose
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Anthropology Study Guide 1.) The Nacirema excerpt is written by Horace Miner from the etic or outside perspective describing a ‘backward’ culture with weird beliefs and rituals. The purpose of this essay is to address some critical questions and desire at the heart of anthropology. How do we understand other people who are strange‚ odd‚ and different. Why do people do what they do. How do we know our descriptions are accurate? 2.) Cultural relativism vs ethnocentrism cultural relativism
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