ANT102H5 Lecture 9: ANT 102, Race, October 17th
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Ant 102, race and ethnicity, october 17th: race is biology. 20th century anthropology and race (f. boas: race and ethnicity today (p. wade) Due to age of exploration, rise of capitalism & rise of science. 16th-18th century race used interchangeably, wrote about nations or types, or varieties, or type of human. Viewed as natural or biological differences, fixed part of life. Age of exploration: idea of race, transferred to new world, ideologies of race starting in europe helped shaped colonial identities, what. Europeans imagined themselves to be, shaped forms of slavery, shape relationship between colonists & indigenous peoples. 17th century england: first imposed idea of less than human, savage race on the irish. Spanish look at indigenous peoples in the new world. Wild irish used to depict native and african people, savage for first 3 centuries (300 year period) Later, african and native, scientific doctrine (scientifically inferior) Science developed out of the enlightenment, challenging theology and moral philosophy.
