ANT 1101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Historical Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, Linguistic Relativity
28 Nov 2016
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Anthropology is a discipline with unbiased evaluation of diverse human systems including one"s own. Anthropologists have historically focused on non-western peoples and culture. To avoid culture-bound based assumptions, a long-term evolutionary perspective is established (all humans, whenever and wherever, must be studied) All types practice applied anthropology: the use of anthropological knowledge and methods to solve practical problems. Study of patterns in human behaviour, thought, and emotions, focusing on humans as culture- producing and culture-reproducing creatures. Culture a society"s shared and socially transmitted ideas, values, and perceptions. Ethnography: detailed description of a particular culture primarily based on field work. (eating people"s food, behaving acceptably, etc. ) Ethnology: study and analysis of different cultures from a comparative or historical point of view using ethnographic accounts. Applied cultural anthropology: different contexts ranging from business to education to health care to governmental interventions to humanitarian aid. Study of human languages looking at their structure, history, and relation to social and cultural contexts.
