ANTH 1001 Chapter : Unit 1
Document Summary
Our goal is to try to understand what it means to be a human being. Bicultural approach- a perspective that considers the interrelationship between our biology and our behavior. By biology, it encompasses our genetics and what we inherited genetically. Comparative (cross-cultural)- we are making comparisons among different groups of people. Ethnocentric- the belief in the inherent superiority of ones own ethnic group or culture. You tend to view someone who has culture different from yourself below you, it has a very negative overtone. Cultural relativism - the idea that all cultures are viewed within their own historical/environmental context. Data collection can look like a lot of different things: live with a group of people to understand them, working with a collection at a museum, exhibiting a site, looking at boxes of artifacts, etc. Linguistic anthropology- linguistics is the scientific study of language. With anthropology, it incorporates the personal perspective and how language is used for communication.
