ANTA02H3 Lecture Notes - Clifford Geertz, Linguistic Anthropology, Maya Civilization
Document Summary
Teach students to think like anthropologists, thinking critically about other cultures as well as our own: understanding a wide range of cultural phenomena, anthropological concepts and theories, apply concepts to class assignments. Field work in belize (eco tourist destination, scuba diving, was part of ancient mayan civilization with ancient temples etc) Impacts of parks and recreation and oil exploration on people and societies there. English is official language and not spanish. Large population of black creole due to slaves by european colonization. Not really managed my the government by small mayan villages instead and work as rangers and apply for grants and funding for tourism programs etc. 4 subfields: bio, archaeology, cultural linguistics. This differs fro others due to its focus on human society and culture, contemporary (today) Examples of how people have evolved physically. Skin colour of human adaptation (darker skin in tropical or warmer areas to protect people from the sun) lighter skin for colder and lighter areas.
