ANTH 343 Lecture 1: ANTH 343 notes

• School: McGill University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 343
• Professor: Eduardo Kohn

Document Summary

Introduction: anthropology and the problem of the animal: theoretical concept the culture concept : (developed in 19th c . Not good in understanding physics, since one main tool is understanding complex way humans are constructed: methodological concept: ethnography: specific method for learning things, method spending a lot of time with other people and learning their lives. Course problematizes anthropology social constructions don"t really work, when humans talking with animals cannot do within linguistic and cultural framework, using method of anthropology theory changes, adding the animal. Focus on culture: humans separated from the world. Rostrum: nose + beak, constant play on words, game in which animal metaphors are evoked. The fact that he is a novelist, when asked to give a lecture on novels, he gives a novel as a lecture (lecture of a woman giving a lecture), she is existentially troubled: why humans prioritize themselves over animals.