ANTH 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Social Evolution, Carson National Forest, Thick Description
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The pastoral clinic: addiction and dispossession along the rio grande: midterm: format and tips. Friday, march 6th, 11:10-12:25 definitions- define terms in 1-2 sentences, drawn from the glossary examples: Social darwinism- a school of thought and social movement, social darwinism argued that competition among individuals, groups of people, nations, and ideas drives social evolution in human society. Herbert spencer was a founding figure of this school, coining the phrase survival of the fittest . Symbol- a symbol stands in for something else and signals the presence of an important domain of experience. Symbols change in meaning over time and from culture to culture. short answer question- write 3-4 sentences. Example: what is thick description? in your answer be sure to provide an explanation that incorporates the example of the balinese cockfight. Drawing on british ryle"s concept, clifford geertz uses the concept of thick description, analogous to a wink, as the approach to analyzing culture in a symbolic or interpretive anthropology.
