Anthropology

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Anthropology

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Study of the full scope of human diversity

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Physical Anthropology

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Study of humans from a biological perspective; evolved overtime and adapted to their environments

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Archaeology

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investigation of the human past by excavating and analyzing material remains

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Linguistic Anthropology

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Study of human language in the past and the present

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Cultural Anthropology

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Study of people everyday lives and their communities-behavior,beliefs, and institution

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What is globalization?

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Better way of communication around the world

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What are the 8 Key Dynamics of Anthropology?

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• Time-Space Compression
• Flexible Accumulation
• Increasing Migration
• Uneven Development
• Rapid Change
• Adapting To The Natural Word
• Shaping The Natural World
• Humans and Climate Change

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Ethnocentrism

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Human belief that their culture is normal and superior to other beliefs

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Ethnographic Fieldwork

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Primary research strategy in cultural anthropology; involves living with a community of people

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Four-Field Approach

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Four interrelated disciplines to study humanity

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Holism

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Anthropological commitment to consider the full scope of human life ; culture, biology, etc.

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Paleoanthropology

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study of the history of human evolution through the fossil record

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Primatology

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study of living nonhuman primates and primate fossils

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Prehistoric Archaeology

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reconstruction of human behavior in the distant past through examination of artifacts

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Historic Archaeology

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exploration of recent past through an examination of physical remains / artifacts.

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Linguistic Anthropology

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study of human language in the past and present

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Descriptive Linguists

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Analyze languages and component parts

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Sociolinguists

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study language in its social and cultural contexts

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Participant Observation

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key anthropological research strategy involving observation of the daily life of the people being studied

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ethnology

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the analysis and comparison of ethnographic data across cultures

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Time-Space Compression

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rapid innovation of communication and transportation technologies associated with globalization

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Flexible Accumulation

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Increasing flexible stategies used to accumulate profits in an area of globilization

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Increasing Migration

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accelerated movement of people within and between countries

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Uneven Development

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unequal distribution of the benefits of globalization

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Rapid Change

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dramatic transformations of economics, politics, and culture characteristics of contemporary globalization