ANT 10CD Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Halle Berry, Cultural Relativism, Franz Boas
5 Apr 2016
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Lewis henry morgan and the ancient society (1877) After the publication of the origin of the species (darwin 1859) and the. Descent of man (darwin 1871) cultural and technological diferences between groups were taken to infer biological (racial) diferences between groups. Evolutionism becomes racist and used to justify colonialism and imperialism. Franz boas and the development of american anthropology. Does ieldwork in alaska and has contact with inuits. Tries to get a job as an ethnographer once returning to germany. Comes to the us to ind a job in new york. Winds up at the museum of natural history as the curator as well as a job at columbia. Develops a department of anthropology at columbia university and. We need to describe a culture in its own terms in order to properly understand it. Used to use it in the way that we use the term ethnicity today.
