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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. ...
Chapter 15
... • Although anthropology relies on various research methods, its hallmark is extended fieldwork in a particular cultural group. • Fieldwork features participant observation in which the researcher observes and participates in the daily life of the community being studied. ...
... • Although anthropology relies on various research methods, its hallmark is extended fieldwork in a particular cultural group. • Fieldwork features participant observation in which the researcher observes and participates in the daily life of the community being studied. ...
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... apparently doing nothing – but instead, it is very time-intensive. Anthropologists typically spend a year or more in the field. This is necessary because the aim of the ethnographic method is to develop sound knowledge and a proper understanding of a sociocultural world, and for this to be possible, ...
... apparently doing nothing – but instead, it is very time-intensive. Anthropologists typically spend a year or more in the field. This is necessary because the aim of the ethnographic method is to develop sound knowledge and a proper understanding of a sociocultural world, and for this to be possible, ...
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), ...
doc ANTH 202 First 2 lectures
... Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Culture and Human Societies (part ...
... Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Culture and Human Societies (part ...
anthropology - ANT 152
... The Concept of Culture ■ Two different emphases in anthropology concerning which is more important as constituting culture: – Behavior: Cultural materialism – Belief/thought: Cultural interpretivism ...
... The Concept of Culture ■ Two different emphases in anthropology concerning which is more important as constituting culture: – Behavior: Cultural materialism – Belief/thought: Cultural interpretivism ...
Chapter 4 - Cengage Learning
... of cultural theories (induction). Any culture is partially composed of traits diffused from other cultures. Direct fieldwork is essential. Each culture is, to some degree, unique. Ethnographers should try to get the view of those being studied, not their own view. ...
... of cultural theories (induction). Any culture is partially composed of traits diffused from other cultures. Direct fieldwork is essential. Each culture is, to some degree, unique. Ethnographers should try to get the view of those being studied, not their own view. ...
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 ...
PowerPoint Chapter 3 - Bakersfield College
... • Physical challenges typically include: – Adjusting to unfamiliar food, climate, and hygiene conditions – Needing to be constantly alert because anything that is happening or being said may be significant to one’s research. – Ethnographers must spend considerable time interviewing, making copious n ...
... • Physical challenges typically include: – Adjusting to unfamiliar food, climate, and hygiene conditions – Needing to be constantly alert because anything that is happening or being said may be significant to one’s research. – Ethnographers must spend considerable time interviewing, making copious n ...
CHAPTER 2 Cultural Diversity
... 2. Discuss the conclusions of Margret Mead research concerning temperament, explain how she arrived at her conclusion. 3. Describe the environmental factors that might account for the differences between the Arapesh and the Mundugumor 4. Explain what ethnocentrism is, how it is different from cultur ...
... 2. Discuss the conclusions of Margret Mead research concerning temperament, explain how she arrived at her conclusion. 3. Describe the environmental factors that might account for the differences between the Arapesh and the Mundugumor 4. Explain what ethnocentrism is, how it is different from cultur ...
Interpreting Cultural Practices
... thought that Aboriginal chiefs were exactly like kings. These anthropologists inappropriately applied concepts from their culture to explain the political structures of Aboriginal groups without appreciating that the structures differed. Ethnocentricity arises because we tend to make sense of what w ...
... thought that Aboriginal chiefs were exactly like kings. These anthropologists inappropriately applied concepts from their culture to explain the political structures of Aboriginal groups without appreciating that the structures differed. Ethnocentricity arises because we tend to make sense of what w ...
Chapter 4
... Who have been the important theorists in cultural anthropology since the midnineteenth century? What theories have anthropologists used to explain cultural differences and similarities among the peoples of the world? How can anthropological data be used to make large-scale comparisons among cultures ...
... Who have been the important theorists in cultural anthropology since the midnineteenth century? What theories have anthropologists used to explain cultural differences and similarities among the peoples of the world? How can anthropological data be used to make large-scale comparisons among cultures ...
Father of “American Cultural Anthropology” “Aims of Anthropological
... human behavior that are common to all mankind. Study of the universality ...
... human behavior that are common to all mankind. Study of the universality ...
Beginning to Understand Ethics
... to get the basic information you need to answer this question. Be careful not to copy text from the internet or any other source without citing it. If you write an answer in an assignment or a test, you must be able to explain it to me in person. ...
... to get the basic information you need to answer this question. Be careful not to copy text from the internet or any other source without citing it. If you write an answer in an assignment or a test, you must be able to explain it to me in person. ...
Chapter 7
... • In his paper, “The Limitations of the Comparative Method,” Boas challenged the evolutionary paradigm. Societies were assigned to an evolutionary rank according to single traits, but Boas showed that their position would change if other practices were considered. Nor did outwardly similar features ...
... • In his paper, “The Limitations of the Comparative Method,” Boas challenged the evolutionary paradigm. Societies were assigned to an evolutionary rank according to single traits, but Boas showed that their position would change if other practices were considered. Nor did outwardly similar features ...
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 ...
Lecture Presentation Chapter 5
... cultural differences and two important realizations: • 1) that a culture’s values, rituals, and customs reflect its geography, history, and socioeconomic circumstances and • 2) that hasty or facile comparison of other cultures with one’s own culture tends to thwart scholarly analysis and produce sha ...
... cultural differences and two important realizations: • 1) that a culture’s values, rituals, and customs reflect its geography, history, and socioeconomic circumstances and • 2) that hasty or facile comparison of other cultures with one’s own culture tends to thwart scholarly analysis and produce sha ...
ANTH 130 HED Assesment - UNM Department of Anthropology
... a. Cultural relativism means that there is no basis upon which to judge one’s own and other cultures. b. Cultural relativism means that anthropologists try to adopt the cultures of other people while they do field work. c. Cultural relativism leads anthropologists to judge religious fundamentalists ...
... a. Cultural relativism means that there is no basis upon which to judge one’s own and other cultures. b. Cultural relativism means that anthropologists try to adopt the cultures of other people while they do field work. c. Cultural relativism leads anthropologists to judge religious fundamentalists ...
The Anthropological Study of Religion
... Theory of mind allows us to think we understand what other beings are feeling Empathy Critical for living in social systems This may lead into the supernatural Maybe a way to control or understand nature ...
... Theory of mind allows us to think we understand what other beings are feeling Empathy Critical for living in social systems This may lead into the supernatural Maybe a way to control or understand nature ...
Anthropology - BCI-SocialScienceSpace
... subsistence and other economic patterns, kinship, sex and marriage, socialization, social control, political organization, class, ethnicity, gender, religion, and culture change Archaeology • Prehistory and early history of cultures around the world; major trends in cultural evolution; and technique ...
... subsistence and other economic patterns, kinship, sex and marriage, socialization, social control, political organization, class, ethnicity, gender, religion, and culture change Archaeology • Prehistory and early history of cultures around the world; major trends in cultural evolution; and technique ...
Levi Fox Page 1 04/23/01 Franz Boas and the Genesis of Cultural
... regarded as abnormal behavior in one culture is perfectly acceptable in another she there exists no absolute standard by which one can judge the relative value of a culture. It follows that each culture must thus be judged (and, as Boas consistently argued, can only be understood) wholly on its own ...
... regarded as abnormal behavior in one culture is perfectly acceptable in another she there exists no absolute standard by which one can judge the relative value of a culture. It follows that each culture must thus be judged (and, as Boas consistently argued, can only be understood) wholly on its own ...
King’s College London
... 7. Does acceptance of the claim that morality is relative have any implications for one’s own moral commitments? 8. Expound and assess Mackie’s argument from queerness. 9. ‘Suppose we accept the Humean model of a motivating state. Then we can be moral realists, or internalists about motivation: but ...
... 7. Does acceptance of the claim that morality is relative have any implications for one’s own moral commitments? 8. Expound and assess Mackie’s argument from queerness. 9. ‘Suppose we accept the Humean model of a motivating state. Then we can be moral realists, or internalists about motivation: but ...
PowerPoint to accompany lecture
... Cultures change at different rates based on adjustments to environments. Cultural ecology :cultures adapt to the changes in the natural and social environments in which they live. ...
... Cultures change at different rates based on adjustments to environments. Cultural ecology :cultures adapt to the changes in the natural and social environments in which they live. ...