ANT102H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sociocultural Anthropology, Social Studies, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences
5 Oct 2018
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Archaeology- dig up pots and tools(gain an understanding of the past) Sociocultural anthropology- patterns of thought and behaviour; their similarities and. Linguistic anthropology- study language (how languages are put together) differences. Focus on many human aspects at the same time. They involve themselves in order to learn how others live their lives. Cultures and society (have been important for anthropology) Social studies with institutions (what people do) and culture studies custom, values (what people think) It is learnt (not things we hear naturally) we have to learn it. It is passed on from one generation to another. Culture is share in stable systems of beliefs and values we hold about the world. Based on symbols and systematic systems that are complex. Culture is public (created in public places) Culture is a fiction(a abstraction from the world but not the whole world) and it is not a. It is about meaning (ways to make meaning)
