ANTH 1002 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Symbolic Anthropology, Structural Anthropology, Thick Description
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The mid term exam will consist of three words or phrases from this list. Of those three terms, you will choose two. We will only grade two: define the term, name the author(s) associated with it, situate it within the reading(s); and, describe its significance in anthropology. And lastly, abu-lughod"s ethnographic fieldwork of this seemingly mundane practice of poetry is an example of a thick description: claude l vi -strauss. Developed study of structural anthropology (all structures within societies are equitable) and structuralism (elements of human culture must be understood through their relationship to a broader structure). Structural study of myth and the effectiveness of symbols . Looked at society as a theory of relationships. Doesn"t believe in cultural evolution and sees history as speculative (a myth). All forms of society is what works for the people within them. There is no savage mind or civilized mind.
