ANTH 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Acculturation, New Approach, Social Change
31 Aug 2020
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Contrast with cultural breakdown paradigm: you had a tribe and then colonialism would happen and it would breakdown and you would have to reconstitute yourself in this new world where tribes wouldn"t exist anymore. Traditional systems are constantly changing: they move away from an idea of breakdown and move to ongoing change. Industrialization and colonialism do not necessarily destroy african traditions, can also provide new opportunities: industrialization and colonialism can possibly benefit the africans. Many rli anthropologists staunch advocates for african interests: to be defending african interest. But modern industrial system taken as a given: trying to promote african interests within. Western-dominated system, rather than change the system itself. This is one of the most important shifts in anthropology. Methodology being used now in anthropology can be applied to anything. Helped us move along in this idea that non-western cultures are less-evolved or less-modern than western societies (people are always changing change is not unnatural)
