Introduction ANTHROPOLOGY A DISCIPLINE OF INFINITE CURIOSITY ABOUT HUMAN BEINGS
... – Utilize anthropological knowledge to achieve practical goals ...
... – Utilize anthropological knowledge to achieve practical goals ...
ANTHROPOLOGY 100.922.2014.Summer.Course Description
... characterize the field of cultural anthropology, and guide the work of cultural anthropologists. We will take the concept of “culture” as a point of departure, and problematize it in the context of some of the theories and methodological approaches that cultural anthropologists have used in gatherin ...
... characterize the field of cultural anthropology, and guide the work of cultural anthropologists. We will take the concept of “culture” as a point of departure, and problematize it in the context of some of the theories and methodological approaches that cultural anthropologists have used in gatherin ...
Anthropology of Britain Workshop
... The culture of business: Businesses have established patterns of behaviour, interactions, structures and ideologies. Many farms and tourism enterprises are family owned and there are business networks developed to share information (social capital). There may be specific ‘ways of seeing’ apparent am ...
... The culture of business: Businesses have established patterns of behaviour, interactions, structures and ideologies. Many farms and tourism enterprises are family owned and there are business networks developed to share information (social capital). There may be specific ‘ways of seeing’ apparent am ...
Doing Cultural Anthropology
... the ways different individuals interpret a symbolic object or act, whereas in the individual interviews people could speak about more private matters.This was the format he used for collecting life histories.The individual interviews were taped and more structured, organized around preset questions, ...
... the ways different individuals interpret a symbolic object or act, whereas in the individual interviews people could speak about more private matters.This was the format he used for collecting life histories.The individual interviews were taped and more structured, organized around preset questions, ...
Anthropology 3
... and ‘less-developed’ cultures on the lower rungs. The evolutionary process was ...
... and ‘less-developed’ cultures on the lower rungs. The evolutionary process was ...
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
... and ‘less-developed’ cultures on the lower rungs. The evolutionary process was ...
... and ‘less-developed’ cultures on the lower rungs. The evolutionary process was ...
15. The Contemporary Anthropological Moment (1)
... • A second priority of many postmodern anthropologists has been to reject the rhetorical strategies of past ethnographers who fashioned their writing to make them appear as objective observers. Because anthropologists cannot attain a complete understanding of a culture and every one of its members, ...
... • A second priority of many postmodern anthropologists has been to reject the rhetorical strategies of past ethnographers who fashioned their writing to make them appear as objective observers. Because anthropologists cannot attain a complete understanding of a culture and every one of its members, ...
Anthropology, Eleventh Edition
... History of languages - the way languages change over time. The study of language in its social setting. ...
... History of languages - the way languages change over time. The study of language in its social setting. ...
CHAPTER 1 NOTES File
... Anthropologists immerse themselves into data become so familiar with the details; they begin to recognize underlying patterns in the data, many of which might have been overlooked. These help frame meaningful hypotheses. Which are subjected to further testing or validation in the field. Anthropologi ...
... Anthropologists immerse themselves into data become so familiar with the details; they begin to recognize underlying patterns in the data, many of which might have been overlooked. These help frame meaningful hypotheses. Which are subjected to further testing or validation in the field. Anthropologi ...
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... ‘remote places’ and small-scale societies, many of them unfamiliar with literacy and not incorporated into the institutions of the state. Although the study of human diversity concerns all societies, from the smallest to the largest and from the simplest to the most complex, most anthropologists tod ...
... ‘remote places’ and small-scale societies, many of them unfamiliar with literacy and not incorporated into the institutions of the state. Although the study of human diversity concerns all societies, from the smallest to the largest and from the simplest to the most complex, most anthropologists tod ...
Ethical Research across Power Divides
... finance and policy. Building on Laura Nader’s concept “studying up”—analyzing the powerful actors of complex societies— Cris Shore and Susan Wright describe “studying through” as tracing “policy connections between different organizational and everyday worlds even where actors in different sites do ...
... finance and policy. Building on Laura Nader’s concept “studying up”—analyzing the powerful actors of complex societies— Cris Shore and Susan Wright describe “studying through” as tracing “policy connections between different organizational and everyday worlds even where actors in different sites do ...
Title: Mobility regimes of United Nations employees Authors
... The United Nations system is a complex and auto-generative organizational network with numerous bodies working for heterogeneous objectives within an unequal global framework. The drivers of the UN system are professional expatriates working in the headquarters based in global cities or in field off ...
... The United Nations system is a complex and auto-generative organizational network with numerous bodies working for heterogeneous objectives within an unequal global framework. The drivers of the UN system are professional expatriates working in the headquarters based in global cities or in field off ...
NOVEMBER 2012 SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY
... Time allowed: From 5pm on 2/11/12 to 5pm on 5/11/12 (Set by Exam’s office) Penalty for lateness: 1 point for every ten minutes late after deadline time. Candidates should answer ONE question, approximately 3000 words in length. Ethnographic examples should be used to illustrate all your answers. Stu ...
... Time allowed: From 5pm on 2/11/12 to 5pm on 5/11/12 (Set by Exam’s office) Penalty for lateness: 1 point for every ten minutes late after deadline time. Candidates should answer ONE question, approximately 3000 words in length. Ethnographic examples should be used to illustrate all your answers. Stu ...
Cultural Anthropology 7e
... The primary means by which humans adapt to their environment The ways of life characteristic of a particular human society ...
... The primary means by which humans adapt to their environment The ways of life characteristic of a particular human society ...
social and cultural anthropology ee
... An extended essay in social and cultural anthropology should analyse a topic from a theoretical or comparative perspective, based on the student’s own original analysis and on a solid understanding of the theoretical issues concerned. Students who intend to tackle comparative projects must be aware ...
... An extended essay in social and cultural anthropology should analyse a topic from a theoretical or comparative perspective, based on the student’s own original analysis and on a solid understanding of the theoretical issues concerned. Students who intend to tackle comparative projects must be aware ...
Chapter 11 - Amazon Web Services
... • Early materialists from the 1930s to 1960s avoided direct reference to the ideas of Marx due to political pressures of the time. Some politically active anthropologists were investigated by the FBI; some lost their jobs. ...
... • Early materialists from the 1930s to 1960s avoided direct reference to the ideas of Marx due to political pressures of the time. Some politically active anthropologists were investigated by the FBI; some lost their jobs. ...
Chapter 1 Introduction
... 1. State the research problem. 2. Develop a hypothesis. 3. Test the hypothesis through data collection and analysis. 4. If the hypothesis is verified, it becomes a theory. ...
... 1. State the research problem. 2. Develop a hypothesis. 3. Test the hypothesis through data collection and analysis. 4. If the hypothesis is verified, it becomes a theory. ...
Chapter 4, Studying Culture: Approaches And
... main influence on human ways of life is how people produce and distribute resources from their environment; takes a scientific perspective. Modern materialists are likely to view technology, environment, and culture as having feedback relationships to one another. ...
... main influence on human ways of life is how people produce and distribute resources from their environment; takes a scientific perspective. Modern materialists are likely to view technology, environment, and culture as having feedback relationships to one another. ...
Encyclopedia of Gender and Society
... Defining Ethnography The ethnographic method originated in anthropology in the mid-19th century and developed into its most characteristic form during the 20th century, when sociologists joined anthropologists in adopting it. Essentially, ethnography involves immersion in a social context with the p ...
... Defining Ethnography The ethnographic method originated in anthropology in the mid-19th century and developed into its most characteristic form during the 20th century, when sociologists joined anthropologists in adopting it. Essentially, ethnography involves immersion in a social context with the p ...
Cultural Anthropology Exam 1
... 47. _______Radcliffe-Brown said that cultures are like super-organic entities and the parts of the social system were there to ensure the survival of the culture, not the individual humans who were a part of it. 48. _____ A problem with unstructured interviews is the researcher may use his or her ti ...
... 47. _______Radcliffe-Brown said that cultures are like super-organic entities and the parts of the social system were there to ensure the survival of the culture, not the individual humans who were a part of it. 48. _____ A problem with unstructured interviews is the researcher may use his or her ti ...
Nineteenth-Century Evolutionism
... ii. Biological origins of humans b. Forerunners of Ethnography i. Herodotus ii. Ibn Khaldun c. European writings about “exotic” peoples encountered by travelers i. Marco Polo d. Questions raised i. Were they human? ii. Did they have free will/morality or were they part of “brute natural law”? iii. H ...
... ii. Biological origins of humans b. Forerunners of Ethnography i. Herodotus ii. Ibn Khaldun c. European writings about “exotic” peoples encountered by travelers i. Marco Polo d. Questions raised i. Were they human? ii. Did they have free will/morality or were they part of “brute natural law”? iii. H ...
Anthropology
... humankind around the world and throughout time. • It is concerned with both the biological and the cultural aspects of humans. ...
... humankind around the world and throughout time. • It is concerned with both the biological and the cultural aspects of humans. ...
What is Anthropology?
... cultural norm are acceptable expectations that are set and passed down in a group/family or society It is the “normal” as defined by a group Deviation or disobedience of the norm = isolation or sanction (punishment) ...
... cultural norm are acceptable expectations that are set and passed down in a group/family or society It is the “normal” as defined by a group Deviation or disobedience of the norm = isolation or sanction (punishment) ...