MODULE 1: Understanding the Concepts of Anthropology, Sociology, and Political Science (Anthropology) Flashcards
What is ANTHROPOLOGY?
study of humanity
What does an ANTHROPOLOGIST establishes?
relevant knowledge from social, physical, and biological sciences
what is an ANTHROPOLOGIST LOOKING FOR?
- cultural universal
- patterns similarity within an array of differences
What does ANTHROPOLOGY try to discover?
discover what makes people different from one another to understand and preserve diversity
What does ANTHROPOLOGY attempts to answer?
questions like, “what does it mean to be a Filipino and a citizen of the world?”
what are the GOALS of ANTHROPOLOGY (3)?
- LOOK IN ONE’S OWN CULTURE MORE OBJECTIVELY LIKE AN OUTSIDER
- PRODUCE NEW KNOWLEDGE AND NEW THEORIES ABOUT HUMANKIND AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR
- HOW TO EVALUATE FACTS AND THEORIES ABOUT HUMAN NATURE AND HUMAN CULTURE
FOUR (4) FIELDS OF ANTHROPOLOGY
Social/Cultural Anthropology
Archaeology
Linguistics
Biological Anthropology
what is SOCIAL/CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY?
- study of living people and their cultures (including variation and changes)
what does SOCIAL/CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY study?
- forms and styles of social life of past and present ages
what does CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGISTS STUDY (5)?
- family
- art
- religion
- migration
- marriage
what is ARCHAEOLOGY?
- study of past human cultures through remains (material remains)
what does ARCHAEOLOGY also study?
- past human cultures through the recovery and analysis of artifacts
what is LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY?
- study of communication mainly (but not exclusively) among humans
what is INCLUDED in LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY (3)
- study of communication’s origins
- history
- contemporary variation
what is BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY?
- study of humans as biological organisms