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Agenda
Bingo -- Introductions
Course Overview
5 min Break
The Nature and Scope of Anthropology
Core Concepts
holism
ethnology and ethnography
Ethnocentrism vs cultural relativism
Emic versus emic
Value of Anthropology
Break
The Concept of Culture
Fieldwork
WHAT IS
ANTHROPOLOGY?
Oxford English Dictionary
`The science of the nature of man
embracing human physiology and
psychology and their mutual bearing'.
Websters
`the study of Man, the study of body
and mind in their interrelationships'
ANTHROPOLOGY
Cultural
Physical
Archaeology
Anthropological
Linguistics
Social/
Cultural
• Paleoanthropology
• Prehistoric
• Historical
• Economic
• Primatology
• Historical
• Descriptive
• Kinship
• Human Genetics
• Contract
• Sociolinguistics
• Medical
• ethnolinguistics
• Psychological
• Demography
• Growth &
Development
• Urban
• Osteology
(Forensic)
• Gender
• Applied
• Political
• Religion
Look through the magazines and find
three research project that would be of
interest to an anthropologist?
What makes social/cultural anthropology
different from sociology or psychology,
history etc.?
A Science is a systematic or orderly way
of thinking about a particular subject
matter” R.G. Collingwood
What are the aims and purposes of
anthropology? What value does it have?
What is
this ad
saying?
Core Concepts
What is anthropology’s holistic
approach?
What is the difference between
emic and etic?
What is the difference between
ethnography and ethnology?
What’s the difference between ethnocentrism
and relativism?
Ethnocentrism: The practice of regarding
one’s own cultural group as the centre of
everything and scaling and relating all
others with reference to it.
Cultural Relativism: The perspective
that beliefs and practices of any
society can only be judged by the
values and standards prevalent in that
society.
What’s your opinion on each of
the following?
• Female Circumcision (FGM)
• Suicide Bombings
• Ethnic Cleansing
• Gay Marriages
Summary
1. Define anthropology
2. What is the four-field approach?
3. What is the difference between anthropology and sociology?
4. What is the difference between ethnology and ethnography?
5. What are five areas of specialization in cultural anthropology
6. What is anthropology’s holistic approach?
7. What is the difference between emic and etic?
8. What is the difference between ethnocentrism and cultural
relativism?
9. What is the value of anthropology?