ANTH-1002 Lecture Notes - Lewis H. Morgan, Franz Boas, Westernization
4 Jul 2014
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Anth-1002 introduction to cultural anthropology - professor lukes. The study of people (humans and ancestors) in time (past, present, future) and space (location). The whole of the human condition (biology, society, language, culture). It is holistic, anthropologists have a cross cultural perspective, they compare and are mindful of change. Science: research i. e. collection and theories of data. Linked to biology, botany, geology, physics, chemistry, etc. Art: cross cultural comparison of languages, cultures, etc. Physical - paleoanthropology, human growth and development, primatology, adaptability. September 11, 2012 - lecture 2, intro continued. Ethnography - account (book, article, film) of a community, society, or culture. Based on field work studying beliefs, customs, social life, economy, politics, and religion. Seeing links to regional, national, and global systems. Ethnology - study of examine, interpret, analyze, compare/contrast the results of ethnography. Culture - customary ways of thinking and behaving in a particular group. Study of language in social and cultural context.
