ANTH 1010H Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Tightlacing
14 Jan 2017
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Framework- set of principles, methods, theories, and knowledge. Lens- structure to help organize our thoughts: set of ideas, methods, etc. Anthropological perspective: lens of anthropology, humans can only be understood by broadening our perspective over space and through time. Scope- all kinds of people, all throughout the world, at all time periods: 2. Holism- all types of people, all facets of the human experience: 3. curiosity- about diversity and what causes/ promotes/ sustains diversity. Key course themes: we are biological and cultural entities. Biology shapes are from, culture does as well. E. g. , breastfeeding, corsets (tight lacing), tattooing, we need food but what we eat isn"t simple (circumstances, religion, location, proximity to markets. : human culture and biology reflect our past. Look and act like we do because of past: human culture and biology are constantly evolving and adapting in response to the world around us, humans are part of a complex ecosystem.
