Chapter 1: Lens of Anthropology Flashcards
Lens of anthropology
anthropological framework (particular set of ideas, methods, theories, ethics, views, research results)
Anthropological perspective
includes holistic, evolutionary, comparative and qualitative approaches
3 themes of sustainability
environmental, social, economic
Hominidae
includes the genus homo and other genera
Culture
the learned and shared things that people think, do, and have as members of a society (ideology, customs, material culture)
4+1 Fields of anthropology
Cultural Anthropology, Archeology, Biological Anthropology, Linguistic Anthropology
+ Applied Anthropology
Applied Anthropology
utilizes skills and methods of each other branches
Cultural anthropology
cultures of the present & recent past, often involves immersing yourself in a culture and producing an ethnography
Ethnography
written description of a culture
Participant observation
when one observes and participates in a culture
Archaeology
the study of humans through their material remains
Archaeologists usually have these jobs
cultural resource management or commercial archaeology which involves looking for and recording archaeological sites in advance of development projects
or working in museums, environmental management
Biological Anthropology
human biology past and present
Primatology
study of nonhuman primates, subfield of biological anthropology
Paleoanthropology
study of early human biology and culture involving the recovery, analysis, and interpretation of biological and cultural evidence of early humans
Ergonomics
(forensics) used to identify victims
Linguistic anthropology
study of human languages within anthropology
(Classifying languages, determining past migrations, and interactions by examining languages)
Holistic perspective
view of all aspects of human biology and culture being interrelated
Qualitative perspective
focusing on descriptive research rather than quantitative data
Cultural relativism
critical self-awareness that your own terms of analysis, understanding and judgment are not universal, not all opinions are self-evident and universally applicable
Who was a dominant figure in North American anthropology and what did they do?
Franz Boas with his fieldwork focused on the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest region
He developed the notion of cultural relativism and historical particularism, made developments in the four-field approach in anthropology
Popular Culture
Anthropology becoming popular in mainstream media, for example tv series being based on forensic anthropology
Food security
having reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food
