ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jane Goodall, Kukulkan, Biological Anthropology
2 Oct 2016
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The systematic study of humankind, both in the past and in the present. How culture shapes ourselves and beings societies across time and space. Human culture learned behaviours and beliefs that shape our human experiences: ex. Anthropologists study differences and similarities in culture around the world. Q: what are some of the ways in which we learn about culture: mass media, ethnic group. Tend to think about many of our behaviours and identities as natural/biological but many are not. Nationalism americans take pride in being american it is in my blood to be an american : we learn how to be patriotic live in a society where people believe everything is natural or biological. Ethnocentrism: the erroneous idea that one"s culture and its values are somehow right or superior to another culture"s. Many people therefore judge another culture according to the standards of their own. Saying a culture is uncivilized, nazi, indigenous people, etc.
