ANTH 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Fore People, Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy, Emic And Etic
29 Aug 2020
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The systematic study of people and cultures. Etic perspective: the study of a society using concepts that were developed outside of the culture (the anthropologist"s cultural perspective) Emic perspective: the study of a society through the eyes of the people being studied. The fore people of new guinea (emic: they thought it was sorcery or a curse, used religious treatments. Western medicine (etic: prion disease (spongiform encephalopathy) related to the practice of mortuary cannibalism, medical treatment, ban of cannibalism which resulted in decline of the disease. Emphasized the importance of language in understanding culture. Ethnography in the pacific and se asia. Focused on sexual attitudes and gender in comparison to western society. Best known for work among the samoan people. Studied folklore, art, language and culture of the native american peoples. No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking. ruth benedict.
