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    References: Functionalism. (n.d.). Retrieved June 30‚ 2015‚ from http://anthrotheory.pbworks.com/w/page/29531810/Functionalism#KeyTermsandDefinitions Boasian Anthropology: Historical Particularism and Cultural Relativism

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    Jose 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

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    Anthropology is the study of humans and society and cultures within that society. It studies how we as people evolve and change based on different locations in the world and different ways in which we are raised. Culture is learned through childhood and growing up watching how things are done and learning what actions are deemed acceptable. So when you are an anthropologist and step back to look at different societies‚ you are able to see difference between the same human in rituals‚ work‚ and the

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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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    Lesson 1 Notes archaeological anthropology | The study of human behavior and cultural patterns and processes through the culture’s material remains. | ascribed status   | Social status (e.g.‚ race or gender) that people have little or no choice about occupying. | cultural anthropology   | The study of human society and culture; describes‚ analyzes‚ interprets‚ and explains social and cultural similarities and differences. | cultural relativism   | The position that the values and standards

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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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    Fieldwalking Anthropology

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    The settlement of New Kinord is a privately owned‚ and protected site situated in the Muir of Dinnet‚ Aberdeenshire. Although it has not yet been radiocarbon dated it is thought to date from the Iron Age. Aerial photography shows the presence of features that are thought to be hut circles‚ enclosures and a souterrain. During the Iron Age people lived in roundhouses in which there was a central hearth where the fire was used to cook food and provide heat and light. The fire could have been used

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    NAME: LUKE MARK P. RIVERA COURSE: M.S. ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT MSEM814 – ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 1. Definition of Terms; a. Personnel Management: is an administrative discipline of hiring and developing employees. It includes; Conducting job analyses‚ planning personnel needs and recruitment‚ orienting and training‚ determining and managing wages and salaries. b. Procurement: The act of obtaining or buying goods and services. The process includes preparation and processing of

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    Part I: Primate Adaptations 1. a) The primates have develop their sense of touch. They developed fingernails on their fingers and toes instead of claws. b) They developed this trait to have better manipulation while holding and gripping things‚ like trees and branches. They can also feel better with the tip of their fingers. This trait helped them in survival. It led to better mouvements in trees‚ as well as holding food and their babies. c) As for long-term adaptive advantages‚ the sense

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    Fieldwork in the Corporate Offices of Jakarta‚ Indonesia This 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

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