ANTHROP 1AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Linguistic Anthropology, Forensic Anthropology, Jane Goodall
1 Dec 2017
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The systematic study of humankind in all times and places. It is not just the study of far away peoples and places. Philippe bourgois (anthropologist) : studies crack dealers in east harlem, nyc, to understand how poverty and racism shape their choice to sell crack and join gangs. Anthropologists also have commitment to get a more complete picture of a culture/society. ) (how does world war 1,2, cold war, shape our society?) ) (how do we differ? what are the reasons for this difference?) Physical anthropology, archaeology, cultural anthropology, linguistics are the four subfields of anthropology: plus applied anthropology. The study of contemporary cultures and societies. Petra rethmann effects of fall of eastern bloc in russia and eastern europe; globalization. Karen mcgarry sport, gender and nationalism. Archaeologists are not interested in individual objects. Linguistic anthropology studies the construction and use of language by human societies. Sociolinguistics the relationship between language and social behaviour in different cultures.
