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ANTHROPOLOGY |
Anthropos- human Logos- study Def: holistic study of human beings and the human condition worldwide in both the past and present |
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Holistic study |
the whole picture, all facets of human life interrelated |
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Four fields of anthropology |
1. Archaeology 2. Physical Bio- anthropology 3.Social/cultural anthropology 4. Linguistic Anthropology Fifth field - Applied anthro |
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Culture |
fabric of meaning in terms of which human beings interpret their experience and guide their actions |
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Society |
Form that action takes the usually existing network or social relations |
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Ethnography |
Ethno- a people Graphy- a written description A written account or film of a particular sociery and culture using ethnographic methods |
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Ethnology |
Comparative study of many cultures - description and analysis of peoples from a particular region by comparing a group of ethnographic accounts |
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Ethnohistory |
Historical description of a particular people, culture, society usually from the historical understanding of that people, culture , society |
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The Anthropological Heritage |
Interest in and speculation about human diversity have a long history - writings, oral tradition, pictures, maps , rituals, myths, folklore , legends , fairy tales |
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European Description of Others- 3 Periods |
- Classical and medieval writings - age of discovery/exploration ( 16th-18th century) - colonialism and postcolonial period (19th century) -- age of professional anthro |
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Classical Heritage - Herodotus 5th Cent. BC |
- Traveled widely - Persia, Italy, the Black Sea, up the Nile in Egypt - first to formulate and write in organized and vivid fashion a description of a series of human culture in his histories |
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Herodotus and his concept of culture |
- Common descent, common language , common religion and observance of like manners in the smaller details of living, such as dress , diet and dwelling |
