ANTHROP 1AA3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Linguistic Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, Structural Linguistics
3 Feb 2018
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What is anthropology: anthropos= humankind, logia= study of, the systematic study of humankind both in the past and in the present, more specifically, anthropologists study human culture. Culture is learned but many are not taught what is means to be american. Many people therefore judge another culture: anthropologists fight against ethnocentrism according to the standards of their own, often involves overcoming culture shock, examples of ethnocentrism. Cultural relativism: an approach adopted and promoted by anthropologists, the opposite of ethnocentrism, understanding another society in its own terms. Anthropology is holistic: two meanings, understanding how different aspects of societies are inter-related. Anthropologists do fieldwork: anthropologists do long term fieldwork living with the people they study (cultural anthro, linguistics), or conducting excavations (archaeology/physical anthro) Biocultural: our cultural upbringings and biology determine who we are. The four subfields of anthropology: physical/biological anthropology, archaeology, cultural anthropology, linguistics.
