ANTH 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ethnocentrism, Cultural Relativism
5 Oct 2017
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Pay attention on how they are being described. Seeking to explain (they wanna know why!!) a. Linguistic a. b. ( the study of languages and relationship between. We would argue that we would think about. Holistic perspective (he=ow different parts of our life"s integrate with eachother) Physical and the environment around them and not how that impact. We are interested in understanding ho sour life"s are different and comparing it with eachother. Definition: a system of meanings that are shared by a group of people and passed on from one generation to another (look at the textbook) It is a term that helps us understanding why and how this happens. This is a term that helps us understand differences between humans. Humans are compelled to make meanings from things. We talked about meanings to chairs as an example (prof chair bs student chair) We are trying to communicate meanings to others and our sleeves.
