ANT E105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Franz Boas, Culture, Ethnocentrism
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Anthropology: the study of the full scope of human diversity and the application of that knowledge to help people of different backgrounds better understand one another. 60% of anthropologists today work in applied anthropology. Anthropology challenges us to move beyond ethnocentrism. Cultural anthropologists adopt ethnographic fieldwork as primary research strategy. To comprehensively examine people"s lives, anthropologists consider the structures that empower and constrain those people, both local and globally. Anthropologists believe that all humans share connection that are biological, cultural, economic, and ecological. Through what lenses do anthropologists gain a comprehensive view of human. Holism: look at the whole picture of human life. Physical anthropology: the study of humans from a biological perspective. Archaeology: the study of human past through analyzing artifacts. Prehistoric archaeology: studying artifacts before written records. Historic archaeology: studying recent artifacts as well as written/oral records. Linguistic anthropology: the study of human language. Descriptive linguistics: analyze language and its component parts.
