What Do I already know about Prehistoric Cultures?
... prosimians (“pre-monkeys”) monkeys apes and also humans ...
... prosimians (“pre-monkeys”) monkeys apes and also humans ...
Chapter 11: Theory in Cultural Anthropology
... A positivist approach seeks universal, nomothetic explanations based on empirical evidence. The two branches of positivist anthropology: materialism and structuralism ...
... A positivist approach seeks universal, nomothetic explanations based on empirical evidence. The two branches of positivist anthropology: materialism and structuralism ...
... This article analyses the so-called “ontological turn” in anthropology, its limits and contributions as well as its criticisms and challenges to study cultural alterity. The text describes the historical and philosophical foundations of the studies of “ontologies”, through the main representatives o ...
Post-Processual Archaeology and After
... determined in their actions by transcendent social structures and historical forces. It is about how action is to be conceived. Here post-processual critique has come to depend heavily on social theory after Giddens and Bourdieu, who both posited notions of social practice rooted in dynamic relation ...
... determined in their actions by transcendent social structures and historical forces. It is about how action is to be conceived. Here post-processual critique has come to depend heavily on social theory after Giddens and Bourdieu, who both posited notions of social practice rooted in dynamic relation ...
ANTHROPOLOGY 100.922.2014.Summer.Course Description
... This course is an introduction to cultural anthropology, which is one of the four subfields that commonly characterize the discipline of anthropology. The other three subfields include linguistic anthropology, biological/physical anthropological and archeology. The course is designed to introduce st ...
... This course is an introduction to cultural anthropology, which is one of the four subfields that commonly characterize the discipline of anthropology. The other three subfields include linguistic anthropology, biological/physical anthropological and archeology. The course is designed to introduce st ...
Slide 1
... variation 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) ...
... variation 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) ...
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 ...
No longer a marginal, or occulted, dimension, writing has emerged
... No longer a marginal, or occulted, dimension, writing has emerged as central to what anthropologist do both in the field and thereafter. The fact that it has not until recently been portrayed or seriously discussed reflects the persistence of an ideology claiming transparency of representation and i ...
... No longer a marginal, or occulted, dimension, writing has emerged as central to what anthropologist do both in the field and thereafter. The fact that it has not until recently been portrayed or seriously discussed reflects the persistence of an ideology claiming transparency of representation and i ...
Essentials of Physical Anthropology
... variation 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) ...
... variation 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) ...
What is Anthropology? The word itself tells the basic story
... They may focus on particular aspects of life or institutions such as kinship, religion, art, or economics, or they may try to characterize a way of life as a whole. Cultural anthropology teaches us how to understand the internal logic of other societies. As the science of cultural anthropology has d ...
... They may focus on particular aspects of life or institutions such as kinship, religion, art, or economics, or they may try to characterize a way of life as a whole. Cultural anthropology teaches us how to understand the internal logic of other societies. As the science of cultural anthropology has d ...
Anthropology Introduction
... Darnton, Robert, The Great Cat Massacre and other Episodes in French Cultural History (London, 1984), Chaps 1 and 2. [See the criticism of this book in Chartier]. Davis, Natalie Zemon, Society and Culture in Early Modern France (Stanford 1975), Chapters 4-6. Dezan, Suzanne, ‘Crowds, community and ri ...
... Darnton, Robert, The Great Cat Massacre and other Episodes in French Cultural History (London, 1984), Chaps 1 and 2. [See the criticism of this book in Chartier]. Davis, Natalie Zemon, Society and Culture in Early Modern France (Stanford 1975), Chapters 4-6. Dezan, Suzanne, ‘Crowds, community and ri ...
Online exhibit - Harvard Peabody Museum of Anthropology and
... I'd like to invite you to view a student-created exhibit that highlights the ship model collection at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University. Undergraduates were assigned a model vessel to research as part of the introduction to maritime archaeology class. Many of the ...
... I'd like to invite you to view a student-created exhibit that highlights the ship model collection at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University. Undergraduates were assigned a model vessel to research as part of the introduction to maritime archaeology class. Many of the ...
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. ...
列印/存檔 - 慈濟大學
... the past theories influence the form that the new anthropology takes. Therefore, we must study that history of theory in our discipline. We must understand what past anthropologists knew, in order to build upon it, or simply to avoid past mistakes. In this class we will introduce you to that histor ...
... the past theories influence the form that the new anthropology takes. Therefore, we must study that history of theory in our discipline. We must understand what past anthropologists knew, in order to build upon it, or simply to avoid past mistakes. In this class we will introduce you to that histor ...
Why study anthropology?
... How do societies change or adapt? Why do people organise themselves socially in such different ways? Why do some societies flourish and others break down? What is at the root of the social experience we call religion? Why do people distinguish and discriminate on the basis of different kinds of bodi ...
... How do societies change or adapt? Why do people organise themselves socially in such different ways? Why do some societies flourish and others break down? What is at the root of the social experience we call religion? Why do people distinguish and discriminate on the basis of different kinds of bodi ...
Chapter 4, Studying Culture: Approaches And
... Postmodernism argues that the methods and ideas of science are culture bound (e.g. Biological emphasis on competition as “natural” vs. based on biologists’ own upbringing in capitalist cultures). ...
... Postmodernism argues that the methods and ideas of science are culture bound (e.g. Biological emphasis on competition as “natural” vs. based on biologists’ own upbringing in capitalist cultures). ...
Book review: Handbook of Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology
... Osteology in Archaeology and Forensic Science (2000, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge). Many chapters can be mined as introductions to different aspects of forensic archaeology and human identification but could not be relied upon as manuals for practice. Other chapters, however, really serve a ...
... Osteology in Archaeology and Forensic Science (2000, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge). Many chapters can be mined as introductions to different aspects of forensic archaeology and human identification but could not be relied upon as manuals for practice. Other chapters, however, really serve a ...
Ethnicity: Theoretical Approaches, Methodological
... Physical and anatomical features were given a primary role in the definition of races, but language, psychology, and cultural and intellectual ability were also seen as important. Racial determinism was widespread and, to greater or lesser degrees, racial theories posited a direct relationship betw ...
... Physical and anatomical features were given a primary role in the definition of races, but language, psychology, and cultural and intellectual ability were also seen as important. Racial determinism was widespread and, to greater or lesser degrees, racial theories posited a direct relationship betw ...
Chapter 1 Introduction
... 2. Develop a hypothesis. 3. Test the hypothesis through data collection and analysis. 4. If the hypothesis is verified, it becomes a theory. ...
... 2. Develop a hypothesis. 3. Test the hypothesis through data collection and analysis. 4. If the hypothesis is verified, it becomes a theory. ...
Power point
... comparisons, but you should know what they mean and where possible, you should look at each specimen so you have a better understanding. In class, you’ll look at parts 1-2 of the recent video series Ape Man which clearly shows the relationships and development of human evolution and anatomy. A book ...
... comparisons, but you should know what they mean and where possible, you should look at each specimen so you have a better understanding. In class, you’ll look at parts 1-2 of the recent video series Ape Man which clearly shows the relationships and development of human evolution and anatomy. A book ...
Anthropology On the Move... Anthropology in London Day 2015
... practices, and narratives; the structures, discourses, and practices that aid or obstruct such movements; the movement of bodies in dance, ritual, and performance; and anthropological theory and practice ‘on the move’, in step with a changing world. ...
... practices, and narratives; the structures, discourses, and practices that aid or obstruct such movements; the movement of bodies in dance, ritual, and performance; and anthropological theory and practice ‘on the move’, in step with a changing world. ...
Defining Early Civilizations
... simplest forms of societies in which the basic principle governing social relations was not kinship but a hierarchy of social divisions that cut horizontally across societies and were unequal in power, wealth, and social prestige. In these societies, a tiny ruling group that used coercive powers to ...
... simplest forms of societies in which the basic principle governing social relations was not kinship but a hierarchy of social divisions that cut horizontally across societies and were unequal in power, wealth, and social prestige. In these societies, a tiny ruling group that used coercive powers to ...
chapter 1
... 2. This four-field approach developed in the U.S., as early American anthropologists studying native peoples of North America became interested in exploring the origins and diversity of the groups that they were studying. 3. This broad approach to studying human societies did not develop in Europe ( ...
... 2. This four-field approach developed in the U.S., as early American anthropologists studying native peoples of North America became interested in exploring the origins and diversity of the groups that they were studying. 3. This broad approach to studying human societies did not develop in Europe ( ...
