Chapter 1 Flashcards
What is anthropology?
It is the study of humankind
What do anthropologists come from?
They come from many different societies and cultures
What are the factors that influenced the development of anthropology in Canada?
Museums, academic departments and applied research
What did the Canadian anthropologists do?
They shape government policies and many advocates for the First Nations peoples.
What are the four field displace of Anth?; all sharing an applied view
Biological
Archaeology
Linguistic
Sociocultural
What is biological Anthropology?
It is the systematic study of humans as biological organisms
What is archaeology?
It is the study of material remains (usually from the past) to describe and explain human behaviour.
What is linguistic anthropology?
It is the study of human language
What is sociocultural anthropology?
Social anth(British) focuses at a macro level
Cultural anth(American) focuses at a micro level
Sociocultural anth focuses on human behaviour and avoids culture-bound theories
What is ethnography?
It is the description of an individual culture
What is ethnology?
It is the comparative study of cultures that is accomplished using HRAF(human relations area files) database
What is holistic perspective?
It is the view of culture and the relationship between its parts.
What is ethnocentrism?
It is the belief that one’s culture is superior to all others.
What is cultural relativism?
It is the belief that one must suspend judgment on other people’s practices to understand them in their own context/situation.
What is Eric perspective?
It is using your own culture’s concepts/categories to describe another culture
What is emic perspective?
It is using a culture’s own concepts/categories to describe their culture.
Anthropology involves the careful and systematic study of humankind using what?
Facts
Hypotheses
Theories
What are the potential problems with framing hypotheses that are culture bound?
Theories that are not theories because they are only bound/only apply to the culture in which they are generated
What is the result of using HRAF database?
The information from individual ethnographies(300) is entered and provides cross-cultural comparisons(ethnology) that leads to theory development.
What is ethnographic research conduct of?
In the field(in situ)—> ethnographers go to their rear arch site
What is gender?
It is a social construct that gives guidelines for our social identity and behaviour
What is an example of sex is biological/ gender is cultural(roles)?
The two-spirit in First Nations
What are the factors that contribute to anth and humanities?
-Concerns with other cultures’ languages, values, and achievements in arts and literature.
-Commitment to experiencing other cultures
-Emphasis on qualitative research
Anth contributions to other disciplines
-Social sciences , history, geology, and biology
-Urban anth. Work in policy, planning, and development of urban settings
-Medical anth. Work closely with health specialists.
