Chapter 1: Lens of Anthropology

Question 1

Lens of anthropology

Answer 1

anthropological framework (particular set of ideas, methods, theories, ethics, views, research results)

Question 2

Anthropological perspective

Answer 2

includes holistic, evolutionary, comparative and qualitative approaches

Question 3

3 themes of sustainability

Answer 3

environmental, social, economic

Question 4

Hominidae

Answer 4

includes the genus homo and other genera

Question 5

Culture

Answer 5

the learned and shared things that people think, do, and have as members of a society (ideology, customs, material culture)

Question 6

4+1 Fields of anthropology

Answer 6

Cultural Anthropology, Archeology, Biological Anthropology, Linguistic Anthropology
+ Applied Anthropology

Question 7

Applied Anthropology

Answer 7

utilizes skills and methods of each other branches

Question 8

Cultural anthropology

Answer 8

cultures of the present & recent past, often involves immersing yourself in a culture and producing an ethnography

Question 9

Ethnography

Answer 9

written description of a culture

Question 10

Participant observation

Answer 10

when one observes and participates in a culture

Question 11

Archaeology

Answer 11

the study of humans through their material remains

Question 12

Archaeologists usually have these jobs

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Biological Anthropology

Answer 13

human biology past and present

Question 14

Primatology

Answer 14

study of nonhuman primates, subfield of biological anthropology

Question 15

Paleoanthropology

Answer 15

study of early human biology and culture involving the recovery, analysis, and interpretation of biological and cultural evidence of early humans

Question 16

Ergonomics

Answer 16

(forensics) used to identify victims

Question 17

Linguistic anthropology

Answer 17

study of human languages within anthropology
(Classifying languages, determining past migrations, and interactions by examining languages)

Question 18

Holistic perspective

Answer 18

view of all aspects of human biology and culture being interrelated

Question 19

Qualitative perspective

Answer 19

focusing on descriptive research rather than quantitative data

Question 20

Cultural relativism

Answer 20

critical self-awareness that your own terms of analysis, understanding and judgment are not universal, not all opinions are self-evident and universally applicable

Question 21

Who was a dominant figure in North American anthropology and what did they do?

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Popular Culture

Answer 22

Anthropology becoming popular in mainstream media, for example tv series being based on forensic anthropology

Question 23

Food security

Answer 23

having reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food