ANT-2215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sympathetic Magic, Polytheism, Salvage Ethnography
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Boyaz- founding scholar of anthropology department in us. Boyaz- can"t measure bodies; human bodies are plastic not just inheritance. Morgan, tyler- came up through cultural evolutionism each stage has different kinds of traits. Historical particularism- particular to one place and one type of people instead of saying we are all in this evolutionary timeline; cultural systems are equally complicated. Salvage ethnography- salvage as much as you can about culture (how to weave a blanket, cooking) because genocide is not going to stop. Argued native americans had right to their homeland. Boyaz couldn"t fathom that these people were referred to as savages. Boyaz obsessed with potlatch- competition with neighboring community and bring in all goods and see you can give away the most stuff. Morgan- looked at the society through a kinship study and studied kinship around the world. Major figure in the community and spent a lot of time with iriquous.
