Hess - School of Communication and Information
... Bradley, R. (1996). [Review of the book Science & technology in a multicultural world: The cultural politics of facts and artifacts]. Politics and the Life Sciences, 15, 2, 337-338. Carroll, R. (1988). Cultural misunderstandings: the French-American experience. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ...
... Bradley, R. (1996). [Review of the book Science & technology in a multicultural world: The cultural politics of facts and artifacts]. Politics and the Life Sciences, 15, 2, 337-338. Carroll, R. (1988). Cultural misunderstandings: the French-American experience. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ...
Chapter 1
... Holism reminds us that each part of a culture is connected to every other part and affects its operation. ...
... Holism reminds us that each part of a culture is connected to every other part and affects its operation. ...
... should not be domesticated or controlled to create a general well-being because it provides the sources for survival. The discussion with Heidegger respecting to what Ingold calls, “the dwelling perspective” deserves considerable attention. The British anthropologist acknowledges that anthropology i ...
Distincitve Qualities of Anthropology Concept of Culture
... a whole, as a primary theoretical goal of anthropology • fieldwork as a primary research technique (“participant observation”) ...
... a whole, as a primary theoretical goal of anthropology • fieldwork as a primary research technique (“participant observation”) ...
Anthropology - Saint Mary`s College
... Relevance to the current curriculum of the anthropology program is the number one selection guideline with a focus in areas of present course offerings at Saint Mary’s College. The collection in anthropology is also supported by other social science collections. Collecting efforts are aimed at maint ...
... Relevance to the current curriculum of the anthropology program is the number one selection guideline with a focus in areas of present course offerings at Saint Mary’s College. The collection in anthropology is also supported by other social science collections. Collecting efforts are aimed at maint ...
Introduction to Anthropology
... exciting and ‘living’ subject that provides tools with which to understand issues that are relevant to people in today’s cultural and social world; including students’ own lives as sons, daughters, students, classmates, boyfriends, girlfriends and so on. Specifically, we will establish the scope of ...
... exciting and ‘living’ subject that provides tools with which to understand issues that are relevant to people in today’s cultural and social world; including students’ own lives as sons, daughters, students, classmates, boyfriends, girlfriends and so on. Specifically, we will establish the scope of ...
Lectures on Medical Anthropology by Elisabeth Hsu
... - Bio-cultural - Marxist, political economy, macro social approach (often called Critical medical Anthropology (see Baer) - Critical medical anthropology ( Margaret Lock, developed from critical cultural anthropology) - ethnomedicine, early streams ...
... - Bio-cultural - Marxist, political economy, macro social approach (often called Critical medical Anthropology (see Baer) - Critical medical anthropology ( Margaret Lock, developed from critical cultural anthropology) - ethnomedicine, early streams ...
Why Conduct Qualitative Research?
... A priori truths exist: if we see those truths it’s because of the way our brains are structured. The human mind, he said, has a built-in capacity for organizing sensory experience. Today, many scholars to look to the human mind itself (cognitive neuroscience) for clues about how human behavior is or ...
... A priori truths exist: if we see those truths it’s because of the way our brains are structured. The human mind, he said, has a built-in capacity for organizing sensory experience. Today, many scholars to look to the human mind itself (cognitive neuroscience) for clues about how human behavior is or ...
Cultural Anthropology An Applied Perspective, 5e
... to describe another culture in terms of the categories, concepts, and perceptions of the people being studied. In the etic approach (outsider view), anthropologists use their own categories and concepts to describe the culture under analysis. ...
... to describe another culture in terms of the categories, concepts, and perceptions of the people being studied. In the etic approach (outsider view), anthropologists use their own categories and concepts to describe the culture under analysis. ...
Geertz and Schneider – USA
... The discipline had grown not only in complexity and size, but in its geographic dispersal. But the discipline remained centralized. (Around prominent universities) The 1950s and 1960s also saw considerable diversification of the core areas for ethnographic research. (ex: Britain had expanded from th ...
... The discipline had grown not only in complexity and size, but in its geographic dispersal. But the discipline remained centralized. (Around prominent universities) The 1950s and 1960s also saw considerable diversification of the core areas for ethnographic research. (ex: Britain had expanded from th ...
Social Anthropology: Canadian Perspectives on Culture and Society
... and description towards analysis. You will need to make decisions about how much to share what is important about your scene. It may not all be important. ...
... and description towards analysis. You will need to make decisions about how much to share what is important about your scene. It may not all be important. ...
social and cultural anthropology ee
... comparative analysis of Mexican and US views of death cannot be conducted successfully in the context of an extended essay because the topic is too broad. The research would have to be narrowed down by focusing, for example, on specific sub-groups of each society, as well as on a few well-chosen con ...
... comparative analysis of Mexican and US views of death cannot be conducted successfully in the context of an extended essay because the topic is too broad. The research would have to be narrowed down by focusing, for example, on specific sub-groups of each society, as well as on a few well-chosen con ...
How Climate Change Makes Cultural/Bio
... were derived from the abstract and ethnocentric theories of western philosophers and social theorists who were unaware of environmental limits. They were also unaware of the indigenous cultures that had a long history of learning how to live within the limits and possibilities of their bioregions. G ...
... were derived from the abstract and ethnocentric theories of western philosophers and social theorists who were unaware of environmental limits. They were also unaware of the indigenous cultures that had a long history of learning how to live within the limits and possibilities of their bioregions. G ...
Review Sheet for Test 1
... 16. Gupta and Ferguson note that anthropologists establish their own _____ in terms of the field 17. Stephen’s traditional roles for the anthropologist (11 items) 18. Stephen’s revisionist view (8 items) 19. Colop’s 4 ethical failures of anthropology 20. Nordstrom’s “ethnography of war” ethics (2 is ...
... 16. Gupta and Ferguson note that anthropologists establish their own _____ in terms of the field 17. Stephen’s traditional roles for the anthropologist (11 items) 18. Stephen’s revisionist view (8 items) 19. Colop’s 4 ethical failures of anthropology 20. Nordstrom’s “ethnography of war” ethics (2 is ...
COURSE DESCRIPTION (Group C)
... approaches and concepts by focusing on recent debates on concept of culture, deteritorialisation and culture change, social transformation and uncertainty, culture and materiality, symbolic construction of social worlds, globalization and fragmentation , culture, power and identity politics, debates ...
... approaches and concepts by focusing on recent debates on concept of culture, deteritorialisation and culture change, social transformation and uncertainty, culture and materiality, symbolic construction of social worlds, globalization and fragmentation , culture, power and identity politics, debates ...
anthropology - Southern Connecticut State University
... Anthropology is about human diversity, human biology and ethnicity. It is about all aspects of human culture. In this regard, anthropology is often described as a “holistic” discipline. This means anthropology does not consider what humans do in isolation but as integrated parts of a larger whole. T ...
... Anthropology is about human diversity, human biology and ethnicity. It is about all aspects of human culture. In this regard, anthropology is often described as a “holistic” discipline. This means anthropology does not consider what humans do in isolation but as integrated parts of a larger whole. T ...
Slide 1
... Systematic observation of the world Observations form the basis for the rest of the process. i. Identifying problems, developing questions, and gathering evidence (data) ii. Data are used to test hypotheses. 1) Hypotheses explain, predict, and can be refuted. This process is called the scientific me ...
... Systematic observation of the world Observations form the basis for the rest of the process. i. Identifying problems, developing questions, and gathering evidence (data) ii. Data are used to test hypotheses. 1) Hypotheses explain, predict, and can be refuted. This process is called the scientific me ...
Culture, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War: General - TRAN-B-300
... issue employ the term culture to connote products of “high culture”—speci cally the ne arts and literary expression, which are produced by individuals for the consumption of and interpretation by audiences (viewers and readers). These products are considered valuable based on their perceived qual ...
... issue employ the term culture to connote products of “high culture”—speci cally the ne arts and literary expression, which are produced by individuals for the consumption of and interpretation by audiences (viewers and readers). These products are considered valuable based on their perceived qual ...
cultural lag cultural relativism
... idea that one needs to understand all cultures within the context of their own terms (i.e., values, norms, standards, customs, knowledges, lifeways, worldviews, etc.) rather than judge them from the perspective of one’s own culture. This ideal of cross-cultural understanding requires an epistemologi ...
... idea that one needs to understand all cultures within the context of their own terms (i.e., values, norms, standards, customs, knowledges, lifeways, worldviews, etc.) rather than judge them from the perspective of one’s own culture. This ideal of cross-cultural understanding requires an epistemologi ...
Political Culture Sodaro`s components:
... - Institutional performance: Putnam’s Making Democracy Work Problems with Political Culture (Laitin, 1995) - poor predictive record: e.g., Italy had no “civic culture” - tautological use: e.g., political culture “explains the subjective attitudes of citizens” - conceptually fuzzy variable: how do yo ...
... - Institutional performance: Putnam’s Making Democracy Work Problems with Political Culture (Laitin, 1995) - poor predictive record: e.g., Italy had no “civic culture” - tautological use: e.g., political culture “explains the subjective attitudes of citizens” - conceptually fuzzy variable: how do yo ...
The Concept of Culture
... The Nature of Culture, in the Faces of Culture series, (PSU), 30 min. - Shows that human beings are dependent upon cultural customs and pattern not only for survival but for order and tranquility. The Hutterites. (PSU), 28 min. - Anabaptist religious communitarian society in Alberta is portrayed. Co ...
... The Nature of Culture, in the Faces of Culture series, (PSU), 30 min. - Shows that human beings are dependent upon cultural customs and pattern not only for survival but for order and tranquility. The Hutterites. (PSU), 28 min. - Anabaptist religious communitarian society in Alberta is portrayed. Co ...
The Evolution of Culture
... leaping from body to body via sperms or eggs, so memes propagate themselves in the meme pool by leaping from brain to brain via ... imitation.” (Dawkins). How do memes “leap from brain to brain”? • Memes “compete … for space in our memories” (Blackmore, 1999) … and form ‘co-adapted memeplexes’ that ...
... leaping from body to body via sperms or eggs, so memes propagate themselves in the meme pool by leaping from brain to brain via ... imitation.” (Dawkins). How do memes “leap from brain to brain”? • Memes “compete … for space in our memories” (Blackmore, 1999) … and form ‘co-adapted memeplexes’ that ...
Ciências Humanas e Sociais - Comperve
... changes in the field. The traditional sociology of knowledge focused on formal systems of ideas, concentrating especially on such matters as the world-views and politics of intellectuals. (This review largely neglects the sociology of intellectuals, though we note the lively debates about the intere ...
... changes in the field. The traditional sociology of knowledge focused on formal systems of ideas, concentrating especially on such matters as the world-views and politics of intellectuals. (This review largely neglects the sociology of intellectuals, though we note the lively debates about the intere ...
Essentials of Physical Anthropology
... Systematic observation of the world Observations form the basis for the rest of the process. i. Identifying problems, developing questions, and gathering evidence (data) ii. Data are used to test hypotheses. 1) Hypotheses explain, predict, and can be refuted. This process is called the scientific me ...
... Systematic observation of the world Observations form the basis for the rest of the process. i. Identifying problems, developing questions, and gathering evidence (data) ii. Data are used to test hypotheses. 1) Hypotheses explain, predict, and can be refuted. This process is called the scientific me ...
As Others See Us - Center for Peripheral Studies
... soon. In the early decades of this dwindling century s/he insisted, in the face of a protofascist America, on the integrity – and integrality – of indigenous societies. NonWestern peoples were not deficient, but different, and the differences of a particular culture formed a coherent pattern. Hundre ...
... soon. In the early decades of this dwindling century s/he insisted, in the face of a protofascist America, on the integrity – and integrality – of indigenous societies. NonWestern peoples were not deficient, but different, and the differences of a particular culture formed a coherent pattern. Hundre ...