ANT 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Medical Anthropology, Sociolinguistics, Carl Linnaeus
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It is a holistic science meaning that it encompasses different perspectives. It is also comparative among groups of peoples. Encompasses temporal depth, geographic breadth, and conceptual power. Its a science, a social science, and a humanity. From 1500-1700 in europe, new understanding of the natural world. Wrote coming of age in samoa in 1928. Provides an account of a particular community, society, or culture. Ethnology examines, compares, analyzes, and interprets the results of ethnography. Holocultural analysis looking a different scenarios over different cultures. Applied anthropology applies anthropological data to solve contemporary social problems (medical anthropology) Linguistic anthropology studies language in its social and cultural context, across space and over time. The inclusion and combination of both biological and cultural perspectives and approaches to comment on or solve a particular issue or problem. Cultural anthropology the study of human society and culture. Describes, analyzes, interprets, and explains social and cultural similarities and differences.
