MAY 2013 SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY SA1002
... Is there anything universal in human kinship systems? PART 2 ...
... Is there anything universal in human kinship systems? PART 2 ...
Culture - The CSS Point
... Non-material culture refers to the nonphysical ideas that people have about their culture, including beliefs, values, rules, norms, morals, language, organizations, and institutions. For instance, the non-material cultural concept of religion consists of a set of ideas and beliefs about God, worship ...
... Non-material culture refers to the nonphysical ideas that people have about their culture, including beliefs, values, rules, norms, morals, language, organizations, and institutions. For instance, the non-material cultural concept of religion consists of a set of ideas and beliefs about God, worship ...
1 - VUTube
... 5. Economic Anthropologist categorize the distribution of goods and services in three modes; reciprocity, redistribution and _______________. ...
... 5. Economic Anthropologist categorize the distribution of goods and services in three modes; reciprocity, redistribution and _______________. ...
F. T. Cloak, Jr. "Cultural Microevolution" Research Previews 13
... Another bad analogy is that often used by functionalists, where a society is seen as the analogue of a single organism, with such system-maintaining features as regeneration of torn tissue. I cannot review here all the difficulties encountered by this analogy, but they are mainly due, I believe, to ...
... Another bad analogy is that often used by functionalists, where a society is seen as the analogue of a single organism, with such system-maintaining features as regeneration of torn tissue. I cannot review here all the difficulties encountered by this analogy, but they are mainly due, I believe, to ...
Cultural Relativism by Mark Glazer Cultural relativism in
... Cultural relativism in anthropology is a key methodological concept which is universally accepted within the discipline. This concept is based on theoretical considerations which are key to the understanding of "scientific" anthropology as they are key to the understanding of the anthropological fra ...
... Cultural relativism in anthropology is a key methodological concept which is universally accepted within the discipline. This concept is based on theoretical considerations which are key to the understanding of "scientific" anthropology as they are key to the understanding of the anthropological fra ...
CHAPTER 2 File
... gender is socially constructed within the context of one’s particular culture. All cultures exhibit some gender role differentiation related to biological differences between the sexes. Variation to age as well. Children are not expected to behave like adults. Culture derives meaning out of timetabl ...
... gender is socially constructed within the context of one’s particular culture. All cultures exhibit some gender role differentiation related to biological differences between the sexes. Variation to age as well. Children are not expected to behave like adults. Culture derives meaning out of timetabl ...
Lévi-Strauss
... The evolutionist studies are superficial: they not teach us about the conscious and unconscious processes in concrete individual or collective experiences ...
... The evolutionist studies are superficial: they not teach us about the conscious and unconscious processes in concrete individual or collective experiences ...
Chapter 15
... and in-depth information on a society’s customary ideas, values, and practices through participation in its collective social life. ...
... and in-depth information on a society’s customary ideas, values, and practices through participation in its collective social life. ...
Session+11 – Copy
... In one sense the course Diversity of Peoples and Cultures can be regarded an introduction to a sub-discipline of Sociology called Social Anthropology, also known as Cultural Anthropology. Therefore, in this final two sessions we want to introduce you to Methods of Anthropological Inquiry. There are ...
... In one sense the course Diversity of Peoples and Cultures can be regarded an introduction to a sub-discipline of Sociology called Social Anthropology, also known as Cultural Anthropology. Therefore, in this final two sessions we want to introduce you to Methods of Anthropological Inquiry. There are ...
Cultural Anthropology 7e
... No group of humans is biologically different from another. Humans have an equal capacity for culture. Human variation & biological diversity: ...
... No group of humans is biologically different from another. Humans have an equal capacity for culture. Human variation & biological diversity: ...
Steward and Harris Presentation Slides
... culture, not seeking to understand the entire culture as a complete system (problem-orientated fieldwork) Concerned with “adaptive relationships between humans and their environments” and not with the culture traits, styles, and norms Emphasized parallels between cultures based on adaptation instead ...
... culture, not seeking to understand the entire culture as a complete system (problem-orientated fieldwork) Concerned with “adaptive relationships between humans and their environments” and not with the culture traits, styles, and norms Emphasized parallels between cultures based on adaptation instead ...
Chapter 9
... how houses are constructed to prevent flooding, the organization of armed defense, patterns of socialization to turn young men into potential combatants, and the magical recruitment of supernatural forces for defense against enemies. • There have been many criticisms of functionalism since its heyda ...
... how houses are constructed to prevent flooding, the organization of armed defense, patterns of socialization to turn young men into potential combatants, and the magical recruitment of supernatural forces for defense against enemies. • There have been many criticisms of functionalism since its heyda ...
theory - Cengage Learning
... Interested in exploring relationship between culture and the individual. Benedict described whole cultures in terms of individual personality characteristics. Mead’s early research brought her to Samoa to study emotional problems associated with adolescence. Later she studied male and female gender ...
... Interested in exploring relationship between culture and the individual. Benedict described whole cultures in terms of individual personality characteristics. Mead’s early research brought her to Samoa to study emotional problems associated with adolescence. Later she studied male and female gender ...
ICS Seminar Series Juan Carlos Zavala Olalde
... This paper brings together concepts and perspectives from biology and cultural studies to explore strengths and limitations of the concept of ‘person’ in Mexican culture, discourse and practice. It argues that the dominant concept of ‘person’ misrepresents the social forces and intercultural context ...
... This paper brings together concepts and perspectives from biology and cultural studies to explore strengths and limitations of the concept of ‘person’ in Mexican culture, discourse and practice. It argues that the dominant concept of ‘person’ misrepresents the social forces and intercultural context ...
Ethnography
... ETHNOCENTRISM: Judging others by our own understanding of the world. Brazilian culture is different from American culture, one is not better. ...
... ETHNOCENTRISM: Judging others by our own understanding of the world. Brazilian culture is different from American culture, one is not better. ...
Field work techniques Ethnography (ethnographers)
... Cultural relativism as you know from AnthroSpeak assignment is idea that traits can only be understood within their cultural context. - Extreme version: all traits good within their cultural context…as stated in Mirror for Humanity…Nazi Germany would be evaluated as nonjudgmentally as Athenian Greec ...
... Cultural relativism as you know from AnthroSpeak assignment is idea that traits can only be understood within their cultural context. - Extreme version: all traits good within their cultural context…as stated in Mirror for Humanity…Nazi Germany would be evaluated as nonjudgmentally as Athenian Greec ...
The Girld Who Took Care of the turkeys
... • The study of humanity – All people, in all times, all places • From our evolutionary origins millions of years ago (5 - 7 m.y.a.) • To today’s worldwide diversity of peoples and ...
... • The study of humanity – All people, in all times, all places • From our evolutionary origins millions of years ago (5 - 7 m.y.a.) • To today’s worldwide diversity of peoples and ...
Introductory overview of Anthropology
... Human evolution: from tree-dwelling primate to Homo sapiens Human survival strategies: from biological to cultural evolution. ...
... Human evolution: from tree-dwelling primate to Homo sapiens Human survival strategies: from biological to cultural evolution. ...
NATIVE NORTH AMERICANS ANT 3350 Fall 2005 INSTRUCTOR
... Self identified descendants of the pre-Columbian indigenous peoples of North America today make up less than 2% of the population of the United States, while legally recognized “Indians” (recorded on roles of officially recognized tribes) make up about .5% (1/2 of 1%). Curiosity about the earthworks ...
... Self identified descendants of the pre-Columbian indigenous peoples of North America today make up less than 2% of the population of the United States, while legally recognized “Indians” (recorded on roles of officially recognized tribes) make up about .5% (1/2 of 1%). Curiosity about the earthworks ...
CHAPTER 3 Culture
... distinct cultures that are able to produce their own adaptations of American commercial culture. ...
... distinct cultures that are able to produce their own adaptations of American commercial culture. ...
View Course Outlines
... choice questions. 3. Questions on exams and Project 4. Questions on exams and essay question on final. ...
... choice questions. 3. Questions on exams and Project 4. Questions on exams and essay question on final. ...
Anthropology and Intercultural Relations
... somewhere else, did you pick up this practice while traveling, or in some other way? How do you think the practice came to be practiced here, by you? Studying Culture: The Anthropological Perspective 1. What exactly is it that anthropologists study? 2. List the five facets of the anthropological pe ...
... somewhere else, did you pick up this practice while traveling, or in some other way? How do you think the practice came to be practiced here, by you? Studying Culture: The Anthropological Perspective 1. What exactly is it that anthropologists study? 2. List the five facets of the anthropological pe ...
Chapter 4
... Interested in exploring relationship between culture and the individual. Benedict described whole cultures in terms of individual personality characteristics. Mead’s early research brought her to Samoa to study emotional problems associated with adolescence. Later she studied male and female gender ...
... Interested in exploring relationship between culture and the individual. Benedict described whole cultures in terms of individual personality characteristics. Mead’s early research brought her to Samoa to study emotional problems associated with adolescence. Later she studied male and female gender ...
Intercultural competence
Intercultural competence is the ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with people of other cultures: Appropriately. Valued rules, norms, and expectations of the relationship are not violated significantly. Effectively. Valued goals or rewards (relative to costs and alternatives) are accomplished.In interactions with people from foreign cultures, a person who is interculturally competent understands the culture-specific concepts of perception, thinking, feeling, and acting.Intercultural competence is also called ""cross-cultural competence"" (3C).