ANTH 410 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Marvin Harris, Neoevolutionism, Cultural Ecology
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Questions: mcgee and warms chapter 19: marvin harris. Additionally his methods are based on what he does acknowledge as armchair anthropology and the works of others rather than his own first hand research giving it a certain amount of fallibility. Methodologically he is utilizing the work of others for his data, specifically organizations like the who and other large organizations that collect statistics on these subjects. By doing this he is assuming that their research is correct. He is also utilizing a functionalist approach by analyzing the use of the. Sacred cow in the functional contexts he divides the paper amongst (traction, milking, etc. ) rather than the more subjective ritual contexts others have apparently focused on in the past. Ultimately this comes together for a cultural ecology approach as he is analyzing the relationship between humans and their environment with special focus on their subsistence technology.
