ANT 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Cultural Anthropology, Paleopathology, Social Anthropology
8 Dec 2020
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Some consider anthropology to be a science (hypothesis, observation, test, explain) Humanistic approach: understanding humanity through studying people"s art, music, language, etc. (cultural investigation) Main goal: produce new knowledge, relates to real-world issues: findings can influence: government policy making, businesses, technology, health care, etc. Origins from writings of: herodotus, marco polo, ibn khaldun. Discussed temperament, appearance, government of people in the world. Cultural differences = due to different climates. Findings of darwin"s evolution impacted anthropology by using science to explain human variation. Early forms to later forms through natural selection (most biologically fit survive, adapt to environment and these genes pass down) Most important: sir edward taylor, sir james frazer, lewis henry morgan. Developed model of cultural evolution where all cultures evolve from lower to higher (as in biological evolution) Bronislaw malinowsli developed functionalism: culture is similar to a biological organism: parts work to support the operation and maintenance of the whole (religion and family for e. g. )
