ANTH 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Linguistic Anthropology, Holism In Science, Ecological Anthropology
19 Oct 2015
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Anthropology- the study of human beings and their ancestors through time and space and in relation to physical character, environmental and social relations, and culture. Holistic science- an approach to research that emphasizes the study of complex systems. Cultural anthropology- study of patterns of beliefs and behavior found in modern and historical cultures. Ethnology- study of cultural and behavior of modern people. the way they organize themselves to get things done. Linguistic anthropology- inter relations of the 2700 different languages. Ecological anthropology- study of relationship between humans and environments. how environment can modify human behavior. Economic anthropology- economic decision making and organized way of work. Medical anthropology- relationships between various cultural attributes to diseases. Historic archaeology- cultural of ancient people of written records up to modern times. Prehistoric archaeology- 99% of history before written records. Psychical anthropology: the study of human biology within the framework of evolution with an emphasis on the interctions between on biology and culture: human evolution-
