ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE SELF Flashcards
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- systematic exploration of human biological and cultural diversity.
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Anthropology
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- The academic discipline of anthropology, or “four-field” anthropology
- Studies human species and its immediate ancestors includes four main sub disciplines or subfields.
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The sub disciplines of anthropology
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- The study of human society and culture which describes, analyzes, interprets and explains social and cultural similarities and differences.
- Ethnography and ethnology are two different activities which can study and interpret cultural diversity
o Ethnography:
o Ethnology:
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Sociocultural anthropology
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based on field work
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Ethnography
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- Focuses on these special interest, human evolution as revealed by the fossil, human genetics, human growth and development, human biological plasticity and the biology, evolution, behavior and social life of monkeys, apes and other non-human primates.
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Biological or physical anthropology
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- Reconstructs, describes and interprets human behavior and cultural patterns through material remains.
- These materials remain such as plant, animal and ancient garbage provides stories about utilization and actions.
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Archaeological anthropology
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based on cross-cultural comparison
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Ethnology
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- ________ refers to customary behavior and beliefs that are passed on through
enculturation - _________ is a social process that is learned and passes from generation to the next.
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Culture
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- elaborated that the human body is NOT essential for anthropological study
- It is not an object to be studied in relation to culture, but is to be considered as the subject of culture
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Thomas J. Csordas
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- Studies language in its social and cultural context across space and over time.
- Universal features of language are analyzed and association between language and culture are evaluated.
- It also studies how speech changes in social situations and over time.
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Linguistic anthropology
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The self embedded in the culture
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Culture
Shared
Symbolic
Natural
Learned
Integrated
Encompassing
Maladaptive & Adaptive
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- American anthropologist
- remembered mostly for his strong support for and influence on the practice of symbolic anthropology.
- Each culture has its own symbols and has its own meaning; one must need to comprehend those meanings keeping in mind the end goal to understand the culture.
- Expressed in symbolic forms by means of which men communicate, perpetuate, and develop their knowledge about and attitudes toward life”
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Clifford James Geertz
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NEVER BACK DOWN, NEVER WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????????
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NEVER GIVE UP GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
