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Welcome to ANT 152!
Photo Analysis Questions
 What role do the kids and teacher play in the school they are in?
 What are the similarities or differences between the classroom picture you have
chosen versus the experience you have had with education?
 What are the similarities or differences in schools in the particular culture
represented in your photo that you have chosen versus the schools you attended
thus far?
A Little Info about your Prof.
 Born in Syracuse to immigrant parents from
Northern Greece in a province called Macedonia
 Attended Seminary, SUNY Cortland, Maxwell at
Syracuse University and LeMoyne College
 Holds a B.A. and M.A. in Cultural Anthropology, M.S.
in Social Studies Secondary Education, and C.A.S. in
Educational Leadership
 Taught in SCSD for 10 years and head of Social
Studies for 6 years
 Loves Dachshunds (I have two of them)
 Professional Tarot Card Reader
Syllabus & Course Overview
Why even study Anthropology?
Learning Objectives
 Describe the four fields of the discipline of anthropology and how they form
its holistic approach.
 Describe globalism and its five key dynamics.
 Identify three ways globalization has transformed anthropology.
 Compare the ways in which nineteenth-century globalism initiated
anthropology with the ways in which contemporary globalism has changed
anthropology.
An Introduction to Anthropology
• The Coca-Cola Bottling
Plant in Plachimada,
India
An Introduction to Anthropology
• The Coca-Cola
Bottling Plant in
Plachimada, India
• Looking beyond CocaCola
An Introduction to Anthropology
• The Coca-Cola
Bottling Plant in
Plachimada, India
• Looking beyond CocaCola
• An Anthropological
Perspective
Learning Outcomes for Chapter 1
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What is Anthropology?
Through what lenses do
anthropologists gain a
comprehensive view of human
cultures?
What is globalization, and why
is it important for
anthropology?
How is globalization
transforming anthropology?
What Is Anthropology?
• Definitions
“Anthropology is the study of
the full scope of human
diversity and the application
of that knowledge to help
people of different
backgrounds better
understand one another.”
- Ken Guest
What Is Anthropology?
• Definitions
• Brief Background
What Is Anthropology?
• Definitions
• Brief Background
• Anthropology’s
Unique Approach
Through What Lenses Do Anthropologists Gain a
Comprehensive View of Human Cultures?
• The Four Fields of
Anthropology
Through What Lenses Do Anthropologists Gain a
Comprehensive View of Human Cultures?
• The Four Fields
of Anthropology
• Physical
Anthropology
Through What Lenses Do Anthropologists Gain
a Comprehensive View of Human Cultures?
Through What Lenses Do Anthropologists Gain a
Comprehensive View of Human Cultures?
• The Four Fields
of Anthropology
• Physical
Anthropology
• Archaeology
Through What Lenses Do Anthropologists Gain a
Comprehensive View of Human Cultures?
• The Four Fields
of Anthropology
• Physical
Anthropology
• Archaeology
• Linguistic
Anthropology
Through What Lenses Do Anthropologists Gain a
Comprehensive View of Human Cultures?
• The Four Fields
of Anthropology
• Physical
Anthropology
• Archaeology
• Linguistic
Anthropology
• Cultural
Anthropology
What Is Globalization,
and Why Is It Important for Anthropology?
What Is Globalization,
and Why Is It Important for Anthropology?
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Globalization and
Anthropology
What Is Globalization,
and Why Is It Important for Anthropology?
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Globalization and
Anthropology
Key Dynamics:
• Time-Space Compression
What is globalization,
and why is it important for anthropology?
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Globalization and
Anthropology
Key Dynamics:
• Time-Space Compression
• Flexible Accumulation
What is globalization,
and why is it important for anthropology?
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Globalization and
Anthropology
Key Dynamics:
• Time-Space Compression
• Flexible Accumulation
• Increasing Migration
What Is Globalization,
and Why Is It Important for Anthropology?
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Globalization and
Anthropology
Key Dynamics:
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Time-Space Compression
Flexible Accumulation
Increasing Migration
Uneven Development
What Is Globalization,
and Why Is It Important for Anthropology?
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Globalization and
Anthropology
Key Dynamics:
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Time-Space Compression
Flexible Accumulation
Increasing Migration
Uneven Development
Rapid Change
What Is Globalization,
and Why Is It Important for Anthropology?
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Globalization and
Anthropology
Key Dynamics:
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Time-Space Compression
Flexible Accumulation
Increasing Migration
Uneven Development
Rapid Change
Adapting to the Natural
World
What Is Globalization,
and Why Is It Important for Anthropology?
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Globalization and
Anthropology
Key Dynamics:
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Time-Space Compression
Flexible Accumulation
Increasing Migration
Uneven Development
Rapid Change
Adapting to the Natural
World
• Shaping the Natural World
What Is Globalization,
and Why Is It Important for Anthropology?
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•
Globalization and
Anthropology
Key Dynamics:
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Time-Space Compression
Flexible Accumulation
Increasing Migration
Uneven Development
Rapid Change
Adapting to the Natural
World
• Shaping the Natural World
• Humans and Climate
Change
How Is Globalization
Transforming Anthropology?
How Is Globalization
Transforming Anthropology?
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Changing
Communities
How Is Globalization
Transforming Anthropology?
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Changing
Communities
Changing Research
Strategies
Thinking Like an Anthropologist
• The Anthropology
of you!