Since I began studying the Hadza group it opened up my mind to so many things. I have seen indigenous tribes on television showing us how they live their lives. The things I envy most about them is how freely they live. Free from the responsibilities that we worry about on a daily basis like responsibilities, bills, work, money, I mean the list is endless. They live their lives with no apologies and I admire them for that purpose. Some may agree the way they live their life is like one camping trip that never ends. Although I envy them I don’t feel I could ever live my life that way.
The Hadza indigenous group of people is one of the remaining real hunter-gatherer communities in Africa. They reside as an aboriginal community in the Central …show more content…
Children primarily reside with their parents and siblings, but may often live with grandparents or aunts & uncles. Children sleep in the same hut as their primary caregiver until they reach puberty, at which point they can sleep in a hut with their age mates. These huts are typically constructed close to that of their parents and or grandparents. Children play, forage, and work throughout the day. Work may be seen as an extension of play because children’s games and social activities often involve food collection and processing.
Some similarities between Hadza and American culture are how protective we are. We protect our country from terrorist threats. The Hadza are protective over their land they do not appreciate people from others coming to their land to take away their means in which they sustain themselves. We are also alike in how we value family. Family is a very important to Hadza people as well in American culture family is also traced up through both parents, however every person is not connected to each …show more content…
To be a humanist as an anthropologist means being interested in the diversity in humanity and the interpretation of the things that make us different and united the same time as human beings. As an anthropologist, it is necessary to be interested in the nuances that define us as human beings and to be curious as to why some groups of people do what they do. In the case of understanding the indigenous group of people, the humanist role perspective necessitates the anthropologist to be curious as to why the indigenous groups of people have retained their culture despite the fact that many other people have changed over
The Hadza indigenous group of people is one of the remaining real hunter-gatherer communities in Africa. They reside as an aboriginal community in the Central …show more content…
Children primarily reside with their parents and siblings, but may often live with grandparents or aunts & uncles. Children sleep in the same hut as their primary caregiver until they reach puberty, at which point they can sleep in a hut with their age mates. These huts are typically constructed close to that of their parents and or grandparents. Children play, forage, and work throughout the day. Work may be seen as an extension of play because children’s games and social activities often involve food collection and processing.
Some similarities between Hadza and American culture are how protective we are. We protect our country from terrorist threats. The Hadza are protective over their land they do not appreciate people from others coming to their land to take away their means in which they sustain themselves. We are also alike in how we value family. Family is a very important to Hadza people as well in American culture family is also traced up through both parents, however every person is not connected to each …show more content…
To be a humanist as an anthropologist means being interested in the diversity in humanity and the interpretation of the things that make us different and united the same time as human beings. As an anthropologist, it is necessary to be interested in the nuances that define us as human beings and to be curious as to why some groups of people do what they do. In the case of understanding the indigenous group of people, the humanist role perspective necessitates the anthropologist to be curious as to why the indigenous groups of people have retained their culture despite the fact that many other people have changed over