Origins, History and Theoretical Frameworks
... CULTURE – sharing of ideas which legitimize social inequality SICKNESS – the outcome of conflicts and tensions in society, but with a strong symbolic dimension. The body is often used as the unit of analysis HEALTH CARE is both symbolic and ...
... CULTURE – sharing of ideas which legitimize social inequality SICKNESS – the outcome of conflicts and tensions in society, but with a strong symbolic dimension. The body is often used as the unit of analysis HEALTH CARE is both symbolic and ...
What Does It Mean To Be Literate in the Social Studies?
... NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES (NCSS) defines social studies as: “…the integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence. Within the school program, social studies provides coordinated, systematic study drawing upon such disciplines as anthropology, archaeol ...
... NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES (NCSS) defines social studies as: “…the integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence. Within the school program, social studies provides coordinated, systematic study drawing upon such disciplines as anthropology, archaeol ...
Oxymoronic_Civilisations
... anyone uses the term for this or that ideological purpose is something else again.15 To some extent I agree. The term culture is but a clue to the wider subject of the concept itself. Still, it’s the best clue we have. And what does seem remarkable is the stability of the concept and its ideological ...
... anyone uses the term for this or that ideological purpose is something else again.15 To some extent I agree. The term culture is but a clue to the wider subject of the concept itself. Still, it’s the best clue we have. And what does seem remarkable is the stability of the concept and its ideological ...
The Rashomon Effect: When Ethnographers Disagree
... because these errors compromise cross-cultural correlations. By their emphasis on error, they take a positivist position. Not surprisingly, the sorts of questions they ask of the ethnographies are especially vulnerable to false answers, in my view. For example, Naroll's most-cited finding concerns t ...
... because these errors compromise cross-cultural correlations. By their emphasis on error, they take a positivist position. Not surprisingly, the sorts of questions they ask of the ethnographies are especially vulnerable to false answers, in my view. For example, Naroll's most-cited finding concerns t ...
Anthropology
... including cultural relativism itself (cultural relativism is not selfcontradictory). ...
... including cultural relativism itself (cultural relativism is not selfcontradictory). ...
A PORTRAIT OF ANTHROPOLOGY AS A YOUNG DISCIPLINE
... Of their work they examine political economy experiments in ethnographic writing. They recognize these texts, interestingly enough, as usually well within the conventions of realist writing (108). Finally, the authors look at the importance of cultural critique, the practice of gathering ethnographi ...
... Of their work they examine political economy experiments in ethnographic writing. They recognize these texts, interestingly enough, as usually well within the conventions of realist writing (108). Finally, the authors look at the importance of cultural critique, the practice of gathering ethnographi ...
Chapter 1 - Cynthia Clarke
... Culture is the strategy people use in adapting to the natural and social environments in which they live. o Culture can also be defined as the socially acquired way of life in a social group. The process of acquiring culture is referred to as enculturation. ...
... Culture is the strategy people use in adapting to the natural and social environments in which they live. o Culture can also be defined as the socially acquired way of life in a social group. The process of acquiring culture is referred to as enculturation. ...
The Role and Use of Science in Anthropology
... must first be able to use science and biological information. Anthropology requires an strong understanding of science and social science and how the two work together and seperately, essentially it requires anthropology. Presumably one of the concerns in relation to a scientific study of humans is ...
... must first be able to use science and biological information. Anthropology requires an strong understanding of science and social science and how the two work together and seperately, essentially it requires anthropology. Presumably one of the concerns in relation to a scientific study of humans is ...
Key words
... who study human beings, are frequently accused of ignoring the cultural context. However, development of such areas as psychology of culture and intercultural psychology helps to change this approach. More and more often psychologists look for an answer to the most important question – “why does som ...
... who study human beings, are frequently accused of ignoring the cultural context. However, development of such areas as psychology of culture and intercultural psychology helps to change this approach. More and more often psychologists look for an answer to the most important question – “why does som ...
APPLIED and PRACTICING ANTHROPOLOGY
... Society for Applied Anthropology which is a separate organization and the National Association of Practicing Anthropology which is a section of the American Anthropological Association. ...
... Society for Applied Anthropology which is a separate organization and the National Association of Practicing Anthropology which is a section of the American Anthropological Association. ...
2012 Sociology assessment report
... demonstrate an understanding of the concept of community and sense of community provide a brief outline of Tonnies’s and Castells’s theories, for example o Ferdinand Tonnies – late 19th century German sociologist studied how life in the new industrial cities differed from life in rural villages. ...
... demonstrate an understanding of the concept of community and sense of community provide a brief outline of Tonnies’s and Castells’s theories, for example o Ferdinand Tonnies – late 19th century German sociologist studied how life in the new industrial cities differed from life in rural villages. ...
RE - SMU
... grand theory in anthropology and the notion of completeness in ethnographic description. They bring reflexivity to the foreground. Clearly since the 1980s postmodernism has been a major focus of debate within anthropology. Using specific works and theorists, outline the parameters of this debate. As ...
... grand theory in anthropology and the notion of completeness in ethnographic description. They bring reflexivity to the foreground. Clearly since the 1980s postmodernism has been a major focus of debate within anthropology. Using specific works and theorists, outline the parameters of this debate. As ...
HAU HAU
... epistemological relation – a cosmopolitical alliance – with what has been “constitutively” excluded from that tradition, and which may as well be located inside as outside its historical and geopolitical limits. This excluded element is the subject-matter of what is usually called “ethnography” – th ...
... epistemological relation – a cosmopolitical alliance – with what has been “constitutively” excluded from that tradition, and which may as well be located inside as outside its historical and geopolitical limits. This excluded element is the subject-matter of what is usually called “ethnography” – th ...
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology II
... Eriksen, Thomas Hylland. Small places, Large issues – an Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology. Chapter 11. 2nd edition. London, Sterling: Pluto Press, 1995 9, Anthropology and law Malinowski, Bronislaw. Crime and Custom in Savage Society. London: Rotledge-Paul, 1978, pp. 50-59 Acton, Tho ...
... Eriksen, Thomas Hylland. Small places, Large issues – an Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology. Chapter 11. 2nd edition. London, Sterling: Pluto Press, 1995 9, Anthropology and law Malinowski, Bronislaw. Crime and Custom in Savage Society. London: Rotledge-Paul, 1978, pp. 50-59 Acton, Tho ...
File - Word
... If people are born into one culture but raised in another, to which culture(s) do they belong? Why have so many nations and cultures assumed they were the most civilized, virtuous, or noble people on earth? Are there benefits to being ethnocentric? What are some of the stereotypes that people hold o ...
... If people are born into one culture but raised in another, to which culture(s) do they belong? Why have so many nations and cultures assumed they were the most civilized, virtuous, or noble people on earth? Are there benefits to being ethnocentric? What are some of the stereotypes that people hold o ...
The Anthropological Questions
... identify which factors are most significant at any particular time. ...
... identify which factors are most significant at any particular time. ...
Anthropologists unite!
... translate, and they look for inspiration to literary theorists and philosophers (preferably French, even if they have to be read in often impenetrable translations). For a long time the main branches of anthropology largely ignored one another, but in the 1980s two radical movements provoked a confr ...
... translate, and they look for inspiration to literary theorists and philosophers (preferably French, even if they have to be read in often impenetrable translations). For a long time the main branches of anthropology largely ignored one another, but in the 1980s two radical movements provoked a confr ...
cultural-domain-analysis
... technique for studying meaning. Objectives: (1) to specify the conditions under which a native speaker of a language will call something (like a plant, a kinsman, a car) by a particular term (2) to understand the cognitive process by which native speakers decide which of several possible terms ...
... technique for studying meaning. Objectives: (1) to specify the conditions under which a native speaker of a language will call something (like a plant, a kinsman, a car) by a particular term (2) to understand the cognitive process by which native speakers decide which of several possible terms ...
Week One What is Anthropological Knowledge
... with particular emphasis on variation in ecology, social organization, economy, polity, and religious beliefs and practices. This course is an introduction to the comparative study of culture and society, with particular emphasis on indigenous peoples, small scale societies, and global regions of th ...
... with particular emphasis on variation in ecology, social organization, economy, polity, and religious beliefs and practices. This course is an introduction to the comparative study of culture and society, with particular emphasis on indigenous peoples, small scale societies, and global regions of th ...
CHAPTER 15 NOTES File
... to change and solves the problems of existence. Various cultural institutions—such as religion, kinship, marriage, and political and economic organization—mesh to form an integrated cultural system. Because systems generally work to maintain stability, cultures are often fairly steady and remain so ...
... to change and solves the problems of existence. Various cultural institutions—such as religion, kinship, marriage, and political and economic organization—mesh to form an integrated cultural system. Because systems generally work to maintain stability, cultures are often fairly steady and remain so ...
Music and Culture K. Tellier
... drumming rhythms that form the basis of those styles of music and experience firsthand the feeling that surrounds the celebration of Carnival. ...
... drumming rhythms that form the basis of those styles of music and experience firsthand the feeling that surrounds the celebration of Carnival. ...
Chapter 18, World Problems and the Practice of Anthropology
... The major cause of hunger in the LDCs is overpopulation: Populations have grown so large that available land and technology cannot produce enough food to feed them. ...
... The major cause of hunger in the LDCs is overpopulation: Populations have grown so large that available land and technology cannot produce enough food to feed them. ...
The Interpretation of Cultures
... beings, South Sea Martians? That they are just the same as we at base, but with some peculiar, but really incidental, customs we do not happen to have gone in for? That they are innately gifted or even instinctively driven in certain directions rather than others? Or that human nature does not exist ...
... beings, South Sea Martians? That they are just the same as we at base, but with some peculiar, but really incidental, customs we do not happen to have gone in for? That they are innately gifted or even instinctively driven in certain directions rather than others? Or that human nature does not exist ...