Week 1 Flashcards
What is anthropology?
Study of human kind, culture, evolution, and adaptation
What are their two major goals?
- Understanding uniqueness and diversity
- Discover fundamental similarities
Cultural anthropology
- study of culture, customs, beliefs, and traditions
- study of differences in culture
- includes studying other primates to look for clues about our ancestral origins
Holistic approach
looks at it as a whole
- biological perspective
- cultural perspective
- broad time frame
Holism and applied anthropology
- needs training in all 4 fields
- links to: socio, psych, econ, poli sci, and history
Applied research
sometimes called the 5th field
-offers practical solutions to cultural problems
Quadripartite approach
four field approach
- physical anthro
- archaeology
- linguistics
- cultural anthropology
Physical Anthro
- theory of evolution
- origin of humans
- primatology
- geneti inheritance
- PHYSICAL ADAPTATION
Darwin
(physical anthro)
survival of the fittest
Leakey’s
(physical anthro)
founds skulls and found ancestors
Jane good wall
(physical AND cultural anthro)
the monkeys
Participation/observations method
Cultural anthro
- definition and aspects of culture
- race as a social construct
- race and adaptation
- participation/observation
Franz Boas
(cultural)
-CULTURAL RELATIVISM
Cultural relativism
looking at a culture with an open mind. not looking at a culture through what you know.
- do not be quick to judge
Margaret Mead
Dev. stages are different depending on the culture
