ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Cultural Anthropology, Applied Anthropology, Historical Linguistics
13 Dec 2013
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Turn of the century anthropology was the study of non western people and places. Research is based off of things left behind and past. Survey based research does not have the same sense of accountability (i. e psychology) They are interested in looking at societies change over time, Societies aren"t static they are always changing certain events effect different societies (i. e war fare, colonialism globalization. What are the reasons for the differences. All anthropologists are interested in context your trying to understand why (i. e. cocaine use in a population) A number of different techniques to understand the entire notion for a human condition. The four subfields of anthro: psychical, archeology, cultural, linguistics. Who go out and study contemporary cultures and societies. Live with a group of people for about 12 months or longer. Ethnography a type of book that"s produced by a cultural anthropologist. Also anthro"s interested in past societies and their cultures.
