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Paul Farmer
-conducted research for dissertation on AIDS in haiti.
-created an organization called "Partners in Health"
Anthropology
-study of humankind, from its beginnings millions of years ago to the present day
Holistic approach
-cultures, history, language and biology essential to a complete understanding of society -separates anthro from other disciplines, which focus on one factor, bio, psych, physiology, or society, to explain human behavior
4 fields of anthropology
1. archaeology
2. Physical or biological anthro
3. linguistic anthro
4. Linguistic
Archaeology
-past cultures through their material remains
-prehistoric societies are those with no usable written records
Biological (physical) anthro
- study of humans from a biological perspective
-Paleonanthroplogy: bio processes of human adaption
-human variation: physiological differences among modern humans
- Primatology: study of apes for clues about the human species
-forensics
Forensic
identification of skeletized or badly decomposed human remains
Sociocultural
- human society and culture
- Culture- set of learned behaviors and ideas that human beings acquire as members of a given society or community
-society- any more or less complex group of people (community)
Linguistic
-interdisciplinary
-cultural beliefs about language
- culturally- patterned ways of using language
-language use in context
-speakers as social actors
are all jobs listed academic teaching positions?
false