ANTHROP 1AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jane Goodall, Participant Observation, Excavata
15 Oct 2016
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The four subfields of anthropology: physical anthropology, archaeology, cultural anthropology, linguistics. The study of contemporary (present day) cultures and societies. Culture is defined as transmitted, learned behaviour; not biological. Methodology - participant observation (living with or interacting closely with a particular people for a year or more), interviews. Ethnography - a description of an aspect of culture within a society (what cultural anthropologists end up producing i. e books or papers) Cultural anthropologist go into the field and explore some aspect of human culture. The study of past societies and their cultures using material remains (e. g. , tools, ceramics, sites) Excavate past human societies - reliant on material remains since there are not people from these places to talk to. Pop culture images of archaeology: often romanticized and dramatized in movies. Studies the construction and use of language by human societies. Descriptive linguistics - the relationship between language and social behaviour in different cultures.
