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Anthropology |
the study of humankind in all times and places
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4 Subfields of Anthropology
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Archeology, Biological Anthro, Cultural Anthro, and Linguistic Anthro
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Archaeology
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the study of human cultures through the analysis of material remains and environmental data.
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Biological Anthropology
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the study of humans as biological organisms
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Cultural Anthropology
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Social or sociocultural; the study of patterns in human behavior, thought, and feelings. Focuses on humans as a culture-producing and culture-reproducing creatures 2 PARTS OF CULTURAL ANTHRO: Ethnography and Enthology
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Linguistic Anthropology
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the study of human languages, looking at their structure, history, and/or relation to social and cultural contexts.
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Ethnography
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The task of discovering and describing a particular Culture OR a detailed description of a particular culture primarily based on fieldwork
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Participant Observer
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In ethnography, the technique of learning a person's culture through social participation and personal observation within the community being studied, as well as interviews and discussion with individual members of the group over a long time.
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Informant
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a person who teaches his or her culture to an anthropologist
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Ethnocentrism
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A mixture of belief and feeling that one’s own way of life is desirable and actually superior to others’ |
