ANTH 1102 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Enculturation, Ethnography, Probability Distribution
9 Jan 2017
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It explains the perspectives of non-western others. (ex: understanding. Provides fuller picture of human nature and potential. Allows us to imagine alternatives to our world. Four subfields of anthro: cultural anthropology- kinship, family, marriage, religion, and art, archaeological anthropology- same as cultural anthro, but it is the past. Older than 50 years in the past: biological anthro- genes, growth, development, health, ancestry, linguistic anthro- language and communications. Cultural relativism (1) vs. ethnocentrism: (1) because there is a second definition of cultural relativism. It is not judging other cultures, understanding why things or cultures do certain things: ethnocentrism is bias to your own culture, against other cultures. Teleology- goal-driven change, unilineal evolution, ladder/progress: (cid:272)holasti(cid:272) (cid:862)e(cid:448)olutio(cid:374)(cid:863) is a real, teleologi(cid:272)al e(cid:448)olutio(cid:374) Freshman to seniors: biological evolution is not teleological. Conversations and interviewing: using total sample by interviewing almost every household, talk face-to-face, ask questions, and write, directs, but does not confine research.
