ANTH 205 Lecture 5: 09:14:2017 Lecture 5 ANTH 205
27 Nov 2017
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Franz boas: father of modern american anthropology , german-born american, moved the eld from armchair anthropology to eldwork, the scienti c method, fieldwork. Inuit & paci c nw: ba n island inuit, british columbia kwakiutl. Realized that no culture was more evolved" than another. Historical particularism: each society is a product of its own history. Franz bos to marie krackowizer quote 23/12/1883: introduced the concept of cultural relativism to anthropology. Term was coined by student ruth benedict. Enthonography as empirical evidence: boas pointed out that early 19th & 20th century individuals lacked data to formulate many useful generalizations, instituted enthonography & participant-observation as essential to anthropological work. Early enthonography in n america: bc native american cultures were largely eradicated due to ethnocentric, xenophobic beliefs, after boas" work there was a rush to document the remaining extant native american cultures. : unfortunately, many native american cultures can only be studied through.
