anthropology - Macomb Community College
... Adventure! Anthropologists and archaeologists are explorers of human culture. Their work is closely connected. Both careers focus on the way people live together. Anthropologists study the origin of humans and their physical, cultural and social development. They are concerned with how the past rela ...
... Adventure! Anthropologists and archaeologists are explorers of human culture. Their work is closely connected. Both careers focus on the way people live together. Anthropologists study the origin of humans and their physical, cultural and social development. They are concerned with how the past rela ...
Anthropology, Eleventh Edition
... History of languages - the way languages change over time. The study of language in its social setting. ...
... History of languages - the way languages change over time. The study of language in its social setting. ...
Anthropology Graduate Courses ~ Fall 2016
... “agency.” We will debate the utility of the concept and attempt to trace its intellectual history through various theoretical movements, especially practice theory. In the process, we will address related issues such as resistance, attributions of responsibility, and causality. 16:070:537 Anthropolo ...
... “agency.” We will debate the utility of the concept and attempt to trace its intellectual history through various theoretical movements, especially practice theory. In the process, we will address related issues such as resistance, attributions of responsibility, and causality. 16:070:537 Anthropolo ...
history of anthro pt 1
... these institutions must in turn be functionally adjusted to each other in order to form a more or less consistent ...
... these institutions must in turn be functionally adjusted to each other in order to form a more or less consistent ...
Doing Social Research
... Limited knowledge of language One’s informants may fail to represent society as a ...
... Limited knowledge of language One’s informants may fail to represent society as a ...
Lévi-Strauss
... Tylor: ”the bow and arrow are species, the habit of flattening skulls is a species …” (Primitive culture, I, 7) Tylor’s classics: Researches into the Early History of Mankind and the Development of Civilization (1865), Primitive Culture (1871), ...
... Tylor: ”the bow and arrow are species, the habit of flattening skulls is a species …” (Primitive culture, I, 7) Tylor’s classics: Researches into the Early History of Mankind and the Development of Civilization (1865), Primitive Culture (1871), ...
What is linguistic anthropology,
... • Cultural relativity—acknowledging the legitimacy of different frames of reference • Ethnocentrism—refusing to acknowledge the legitimacy of any frame of reference other than your own • Cultural relativity is NOT moral relativism – Personal ethical framework plays a key role in linguistic anthropol ...
... • Cultural relativity—acknowledging the legitimacy of different frames of reference • Ethnocentrism—refusing to acknowledge the legitimacy of any frame of reference other than your own • Cultural relativity is NOT moral relativism – Personal ethical framework plays a key role in linguistic anthropol ...
Readings for Lavenda and Schultz and Articles
... 3. Distinguish ethnocentrism from cultural relativism. What is the relationship between those two terms? 4. What is meant by saying that anthropology offers a ‘holistic perspective’? 5. How do anthropologists define culture? What are its characteristics? 6. What is participant observation? What are ...
... 3. Distinguish ethnocentrism from cultural relativism. What is the relationship between those two terms? 4. What is meant by saying that anthropology offers a ‘holistic perspective’? 5. How do anthropologists define culture? What are its characteristics? 6. What is participant observation? What are ...
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
... neither genetics nor rational thought., for it is made up of rules of conduct, which were not invented and whose function is generally not understood by the people who obey them. …if we look at all the intellectual undertakings of mankind…the common denominator is always to introduce some kind of ...
... neither genetics nor rational thought., for it is made up of rules of conduct, which were not invented and whose function is generally not understood by the people who obey them. …if we look at all the intellectual undertakings of mankind…the common denominator is always to introduce some kind of ...
Anthropology
... with respect to care of the body irrational? In what ways is scientific medicine different from other (“religious”) belief systems? How much of what human beings do in everyday life is “rational” or “irrational”? Do you think that there are cultural differences in such rationality? ...
... with respect to care of the body irrational? In what ways is scientific medicine different from other (“religious”) belief systems? How much of what human beings do in everyday life is “rational” or “irrational”? Do you think that there are cultural differences in such rationality? ...
Medicine and Cultural Competency: What Medical Anthropology
... differentiated by time, space, context, and tradition. [1-4] In recent years “cultural competency” has emerged as a term in medicine, signifying the phenomenon that by understanding the background of patients, physicians will be better able to understand and treat them in healthcare settings. Hospit ...
... differentiated by time, space, context, and tradition. [1-4] In recent years “cultural competency” has emerged as a term in medicine, signifying the phenomenon that by understanding the background of patients, physicians will be better able to understand and treat them in healthcare settings. Hospit ...
Anthropology Faculty Tentative Course Schedule Fall 2016
... Archaeology of the Old World Physical Anthro: History & Theory Native Central and South America Native North America Gender in Cross-Cult Perspective (honors) Africa** (blended) _______________________________________________________________________ * This schedule supersedes information in the rece ...
... Archaeology of the Old World Physical Anthro: History & Theory Native Central and South America Native North America Gender in Cross-Cult Perspective (honors) Africa** (blended) _______________________________________________________________________ * This schedule supersedes information in the rece ...
Chapter 2 - HCC Learning Web
... Anthropologists who view culture as an adaptation tend to be concerned with people’s behavior as it relates to their well-being or the relationship of cultural practices to ecosystems. They investigate the ways cultures adapt to specific environments and the ways in which cultures have changed in re ...
... Anthropologists who view culture as an adaptation tend to be concerned with people’s behavior as it relates to their well-being or the relationship of cultural practices to ecosystems. They investigate the ways cultures adapt to specific environments and the ways in which cultures have changed in re ...
culture
... • Chose two artifacts that you think reflect American culture (one must be an example of material culture, the other of non-material culture). Write a short paragraph explaining each of your artifacts (4-6 sentences for each). • Pictures must be in color and neatly glued to the blue/red paper you re ...
... • Chose two artifacts that you think reflect American culture (one must be an example of material culture, the other of non-material culture). Write a short paragraph explaining each of your artifacts (4-6 sentences for each). • Pictures must be in color and neatly glued to the blue/red paper you re ...
The Anthropological Perspective
... From an anthropological perspective, these various systems are not only related to one another, they are also seen as integrated with one another. In other words, all of the various cultural institutions or systems more-or-less fit with one another, or mutually support one another (with a reasonabl ...
... From an anthropological perspective, these various systems are not only related to one another, they are also seen as integrated with one another. In other words, all of the various cultural institutions or systems more-or-less fit with one another, or mutually support one another (with a reasonabl ...
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. ...
Slide 1
... presentation of research findings is not so popular to the interdisciplinary team, *generally recommendations are negative • 3.Consequently-*focus is on the contribution of the anthropologists to the development projects, *instead of the contribution of anthropology in understanding the process of d ...
... presentation of research findings is not so popular to the interdisciplinary team, *generally recommendations are negative • 3.Consequently-*focus is on the contribution of the anthropologists to the development projects, *instead of the contribution of anthropology in understanding the process of d ...
Unit 1 Culture
... • Culture- A learned way of living that is shared by a group of people. • Cultural Patterns- A classification system that social scientists use to study cultures. • Multicultural- Of many cultures. Canada is a multicultural nation. • Acculturation- A process of intercultural borrowing resulting in ...
... • Culture- A learned way of living that is shared by a group of people. • Cultural Patterns- A classification system that social scientists use to study cultures. • Multicultural- Of many cultures. Canada is a multicultural nation. • Acculturation- A process of intercultural borrowing resulting in ...
Cultural Anthropology
... Cultural relativism - the principle that a person’s beliefs and activities make sense in terms of his or her own culture. C.R. explains human diversity as a logical outcome of the diverse environments in which humans live. Therefore, everything is relative. Nothing is right or wrong. ...
... Cultural relativism - the principle that a person’s beliefs and activities make sense in terms of his or her own culture. C.R. explains human diversity as a logical outcome of the diverse environments in which humans live. Therefore, everything is relative. Nothing is right or wrong. ...
Culture, Cultures, and the Meaning of Education
... languages, he arrives at Nootka, a language of the northwest coast of North America. Here he shows us a radically different way of representing experience, where direction is marked separately, as opposed to being incorporated into the verb, while what we think of as the noun is part of the verb its ...
... languages, he arrives at Nootka, a language of the northwest coast of North America. Here he shows us a radically different way of representing experience, where direction is marked separately, as opposed to being incorporated into the verb, while what we think of as the noun is part of the verb its ...
Chapter 2: The Concept of Culture
... The belief that humans are organized into race groupings that are different from one another in intelligence and worth ...
... The belief that humans are organized into race groupings that are different from one another in intelligence and worth ...
Culture Lecture Slides
... these ways of seeing (Wittgenstein) Human rights is a way of seeing ...
... these ways of seeing (Wittgenstein) Human rights is a way of seeing ...
HSB 4M
... __ Institutions serve the best interest of the majority. __ Overlooks negative results of some practices. __ May try to fit the culture to the rules rather than vice-versa. __ Too much focus on logic and stability. __ Seeks to understand how the human mind forms binary opposites. __ Most economic in ...
... __ Institutions serve the best interest of the majority. __ Overlooks negative results of some practices. __ May try to fit the culture to the rules rather than vice-versa. __ Too much focus on logic and stability. __ Seeks to understand how the human mind forms binary opposites. __ Most economic in ...
American anthropology
American anthropology has culture as its central and unifying concept. This most commonly refers to the universal human capacity to classify and encode human experiences symbolically, and to communicate symbolically encoded experiences socially. American anthropology is organized into four fields, each of which plays an important role in research on culture: biological anthropology linguistic anthropology cultural anthropology archaeologyResearch in these fields has influenced anthropologists working in other countries to different degrees.