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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native mentality or behavior…” (Malinowski‚ B. 1922) • Verandah anthropologist • Malinowski is saying in order to do real anthropological research‚ we need to be in the environment • Participant-observation • “Social anthropology began in the Trobriand Islands in 1914” o Leach‚ Edmund R. • Armchair (at home) → Verandah (in a distant country – Rivers) → Participant Observation (observing and participating in everyday field settings – Malinowski‚ Evans-Pritchard) • Malinowski – left England
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Why is anthro important? Important to understand the diversity Important to be tolerant Important to be able to apply our knowledge Anthropological perspective What makes anthro unique Comparative: views humans across time and space (comparative method) Has many sub areas; past present or future anthropologist spend many years studying in different countries how people act allows others to compare ex‚ students researching product of ethnographic (generalizations based on comparative
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3 FIELDWORK AND ITS INTERPRETATION Theory without data is empty‚ but data without theory are blind. — C. Wright Mills FIELDWORK Anthropology distinguishes itself from the other social sciences through the great emphasis placed on ethnographic fieldwork as the most important source of new knowledge about society and culture. A field study may last for a few months ‚ a year‚ or even two years or more‚ and it aims at developing as intimate an understanding as possible of the phenomena investigated
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There are a number of ways teachers have been incorporating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures to their specific learning areas. Some have been slightly easier than others‚ but nonetheless there are opportunities for teachers to do so in every aspect of the key learning areas. This will all depend on the teacher’s knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures. The more confident a teacher is on the topic‚ the more opportunities that teacher will
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The health of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples compared to the non-Indigenous population is significantly poorer (Wieland 2014‚ p. 12). The “Closing the Gap” campaign aims to create generational Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equality (Wieland 2014‚ p. 12). This essay will discuss the Aboriginal And Torres Strait health reforms‚ factors that impact on their health and wellbeing and strategies that allow protection against adversity. This essay will also discuss
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MAKING A LIVING Anthropology: Chapter 16 Cultural Anthropology: Chapter 8 Physical Anthropology and Archaeology: Not Present CHAPTER OBJECTIVES 1. Know what an adaptive strategy is. In addition you should know how Cohen uses adaptive strategies to classify different societies. 2. Understand what foraging entails and what social and cultural traits are commonly found in foraging societies. 3. Understand what horticulture entails and what social and cultural traits are commonly
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Marriage‚ Family‚ And Residence : What Are The Possibilities? Introducing Cultural Anthropology‚ Roberta Edwards Lenkeit (Chapter 7) © Plush Studios/Blend Images/Getty Images MARRIAGE‚ FAMILY‚ AND RESIDENCE: WHAT ARE THE POSSIBILITIES? Note that the scarves of the bride and groom are tied together. This joining of scarves symbolizes their eternal bond in this traditional Hindu wedding. © 2009 by The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ all rights reserved MARRIAGE‚ FAMILY‚ AND RESIDENCE: WHAT ARE THE POSSIBILITIES
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intimidated‚ perhaps by their own feeling of inferiority‚ to justly portray the Islanders who “literally sang their way across the sea” (D’Arcy‚ 71). With Paul D’Arcy there is no such hindering sentiment. His book‚ The People of the Sea‚ Enviorment‚ Identity‚ and History in Oceania “‚ covers the maritime dimension of Remote Oceania’s history for the period from 1770 until 1870. The study emphasizes Pacific Islanders varied relationships with the sea as evolving processes during a crucial transitional
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domination of economic resources can occur when one partner uses family for personal gain. Murdock also insisted that for a nuclear family the parents should be reproducing. This means that every parent should be looking after their own child. In the Trobriand Islands they have no idea of how children are procreated‚ this means that they are not reproducing. Also in Nayar any one of the visiting warriors may father the child‚ this means that any man could be fathering a child that is not his. This also
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