Chapter 11: Theory in Cultural Anthropology
... working together) and culture (the ideas, symbols, and interpretations people have about the world). All these theories have been critiqued as overly reductionistic, yet the underlying emphases have remained important in the development of subsequent schools of anthropological theory. ...
... working together) and culture (the ideas, symbols, and interpretations people have about the world). All these theories have been critiqued as overly reductionistic, yet the underlying emphases have remained important in the development of subsequent schools of anthropological theory. ...
Book Review: Cold War Anthropology: The CIA, The Pentagon and
... establish a number of funding ‘fronts’, which were designed to influence research in US universities. These were often little more than an address or a bank account into which a sum of money would be deposited. The CIA could then anonymously donate this money to scholars or institutes, supporting re ...
... establish a number of funding ‘fronts’, which were designed to influence research in US universities. These were often little more than an address or a bank account into which a sum of money would be deposited. The CIA could then anonymously donate this money to scholars or institutes, supporting re ...
Theories of Anthropology
... texts, or accounts of beliefs and behaviors in native’s own words Malinowski & Radcliffe-Brown held many of the same views as well ...
... texts, or accounts of beliefs and behaviors in native’s own words Malinowski & Radcliffe-Brown held many of the same views as well ...
FROM NATURAL WHOLES TO PARTICULAR UNIVERSALITY
... holistic, in the sense that it included our own past with the history of the Other – in other words, it dealt with mankind. Photos from the joint ethnographic and archaeological exhibits Hunting People (1963) and From Pickaxe to Plough (1965) reveal how this approach was carried through in displays. ...
... holistic, in the sense that it included our own past with the history of the Other – in other words, it dealt with mankind. Photos from the joint ethnographic and archaeological exhibits Hunting People (1963) and From Pickaxe to Plough (1965) reveal how this approach was carried through in displays. ...
Essentials of Physical Anthropology
... Two key concepts: i. Each person is a product of evolutionary history. 1) Includes all biological changes that have brought humans to present form ii. Each person is a product of an individual life history. 1) Combination of genetics and environment (including social and cultural factors) ...
... Two key concepts: i. Each person is a product of evolutionary history. 1) Includes all biological changes that have brought humans to present form ii. Each person is a product of an individual life history. 1) Combination of genetics and environment (including social and cultural factors) ...
Geertz and Schneider – USA
... -> Turner moved to the U.S. in ’61 where he developed his ideas of liminality into a general theory of performance. His influence continued to grow during ‘80s and the 90’s. 2) Mary Douglas (1912- ) : student of E.P. Wrote two hugely successful books; “Purity and danger” and “Culture and pattern” -> ...
... -> Turner moved to the U.S. in ’61 where he developed his ideas of liminality into a general theory of performance. His influence continued to grow during ‘80s and the 90’s. 2) Mary Douglas (1912- ) : student of E.P. Wrote two hugely successful books; “Purity and danger” and “Culture and pattern” -> ...
Performativity
... sweeping generalizations about how language operates in culture. Most telling in this respect is Rosaldo's rejection of Austin's and Searle's five-part taxonomy of speech acts. She argues that intention and sincerity, both of which are granted esteemed positions in these discussions, are irrelevant ...
... sweeping generalizations about how language operates in culture. Most telling in this respect is Rosaldo's rejection of Austin's and Searle's five-part taxonomy of speech acts. She argues that intention and sincerity, both of which are granted esteemed positions in these discussions, are irrelevant ...
Chapter 2 - Cengage Learning
... Scientist and Humanist • The scientific method is critical for checking whether the conclusions derived from humanistic approaches are correct. • A humanistic approach is good at generating ideas, but less useful for testing those ideas. • Good archaeologists know they need a humanist in their hear ...
... Scientist and Humanist • The scientific method is critical for checking whether the conclusions derived from humanistic approaches are correct. • A humanistic approach is good at generating ideas, but less useful for testing those ideas. • Good archaeologists know they need a humanist in their hear ...
Microsoft PowerPoint - the NCRM EPrints Repository
... There are some ideas that are to be found amongst qualitative researchers today that I am going to rule out right at the beginning. These claim that the task of research is to: 1.Capture ‘lived reality’. 2.Critically evaluate social institutions and make recommendations for change. 3.Directly engage ...
... There are some ideas that are to be found amongst qualitative researchers today that I am going to rule out right at the beginning. These claim that the task of research is to: 1.Capture ‘lived reality’. 2.Critically evaluate social institutions and make recommendations for change. 3.Directly engage ...
BA in Anthropology
... Why study anthropology? Through the study of culture, anthropology offers students a set of tools and skills that help make sense of how human difference across both time and space is simultaneously preserved and threatened within an increasingly interconnected and globalized world. Archaeological a ...
... Why study anthropology? Through the study of culture, anthropology offers students a set of tools and skills that help make sense of how human difference across both time and space is simultaneously preserved and threatened within an increasingly interconnected and globalized world. Archaeological a ...
Logic of Anthropological Inquiry
... Anthropology is an endeavor to think with the empirical richness of the world at hand, a field science with both literary and philosophical pretensions. This course examines the nature of anthropological inquiry, reading classic works in the discipline as well as contemporary efforts to reimagine it ...
... Anthropology is an endeavor to think with the empirical richness of the world at hand, a field science with both literary and philosophical pretensions. This course examines the nature of anthropological inquiry, reading classic works in the discipline as well as contemporary efforts to reimagine it ...
Chapter 3 - Cengage Learning
... Forces us to look at human problems in their historical, economic, and cultural contexts. Reminds us that the various parts of a sociocultural system are interconnected and a change in one part of the system is likely to cause changes in other parts. Encourages us to look at problems in terms of bot ...
... Forces us to look at human problems in their historical, economic, and cultural contexts. Reminds us that the various parts of a sociocultural system are interconnected and a change in one part of the system is likely to cause changes in other parts. Encourages us to look at problems in terms of bot ...
A Brief History of Anthropology
... A typical piece of intensive work is one in which the worker lives for a year or more among a community of perhaps four or five hundred people and studies every detail of their life and culture; in which he comes to know every member of the community personally; in which he is not content with gener ...
... A typical piece of intensive work is one in which the worker lives for a year or more among a community of perhaps four or five hundred people and studies every detail of their life and culture; in which he comes to know every member of the community personally; in which he is not content with gener ...
Chapter one ppt
... Applied Anthropology Sociocultural, e.g. First Nations Land claim negotiations Archaeology, e.g. cultural resource management (CRM) Linguistics, e.g. language retention among First Nations Medical anthropology, e.g. work with traditional healers to reconcile practices with modern medicine Forensic ...
... Applied Anthropology Sociocultural, e.g. First Nations Land claim negotiations Archaeology, e.g. cultural resource management (CRM) Linguistics, e.g. language retention among First Nations Medical anthropology, e.g. work with traditional healers to reconcile practices with modern medicine Forensic ...
Anthropology for Transfer
... Associate of Arts in Anthropology for Transfer (Major Code: 01725) Anthropology is the study of human biological and cultural origins and development, integrating the biological sciences, social sciences, physical sciences and humanities. The Anthropology AA-T degree introduces students to the basic ...
... Associate of Arts in Anthropology for Transfer (Major Code: 01725) Anthropology is the study of human biological and cultural origins and development, integrating the biological sciences, social sciences, physical sciences and humanities. The Anthropology AA-T degree introduces students to the basic ...
Chapter 2 - HCC Learning Web
... Paradigms – overarching framework for understanding how the world works. A lot like culture; learned, shared and symbolic. Are not open to direct open empirical verification, they are just useful or not. ...
... Paradigms – overarching framework for understanding how the world works. A lot like culture; learned, shared and symbolic. Are not open to direct open empirical verification, they are just useful or not. ...
Theoretical Approaches in Medical Anthropology
... process that is not well suited to the structured, hypothesis-testing research paradigm of the laboratory sciences. In the midst of a research project, as you are gradually becoming more sophisticated in your understanding of the social reality in which you find yourself, questions you had not even ...
... process that is not well suited to the structured, hypothesis-testing research paradigm of the laboratory sciences. In the midst of a research project, as you are gradually becoming more sophisticated in your understanding of the social reality in which you find yourself, questions you had not even ...
WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE
... Civilization of Pakistan, the Anasazi of the Southwest United States and the culture of Easter Island in the Pacific. In addition to these and many other specific cases in the archaeological record, we also study how to recognize and interpret the archaeological data to see how any group of people, ...
... Civilization of Pakistan, the Anasazi of the Southwest United States and the culture of Easter Island in the Pacific. In addition to these and many other specific cases in the archaeological record, we also study how to recognize and interpret the archaeological data to see how any group of people, ...
... Gozo, but also learn techniques for how to best engage with informants. Aside from participant/observation and interviewing, we will explore different innovative research methods. Participants can be sure to find themselves on farms, in the kitchen, and traversing the edible landscape of Gozo, on fo ...
Methodological Pluralism - European University Institute
... running from ontology and epistemology through methodology to methods and presented the social sciences as a field, through which various pathways are possible. The various chapters presented different approaches, without any one claiming that theirs was the one best way. The book received a very po ...
... running from ontology and epistemology through methodology to methods and presented the social sciences as a field, through which various pathways are possible. The various chapters presented different approaches, without any one claiming that theirs was the one best way. The book received a very po ...
Further info here. - Anthropology
... placed under one description are re-‐described under another. In that sense, ethics is not only immanent (rather than transcendent) it is also imminent (rather than yet ...
... placed under one description are re-‐described under another. In that sense, ethics is not only immanent (rather than transcendent) it is also imminent (rather than yet ...
Further info here. - Anthropology
... placed under one description are re-‐described under another. In that sense, ethics is ...
... placed under one description are re-‐described under another. In that sense, ethics is ...
Resources for Reform: Oil and Neoliberalism in Argentina Elana
... through the success of the diamond industry. These processes guaranteed legitimacy of the state as a combination of a hegemonic discourse of development and an indigenous cosmology centered around the authority of the leadership of the merafe. Seeing the state as “superstructural” in a Foucauldian s ...
... through the success of the diamond industry. These processes guaranteed legitimacy of the state as a combination of a hegemonic discourse of development and an indigenous cosmology centered around the authority of the leadership of the merafe. Seeing the state as “superstructural” in a Foucauldian s ...