ANTHROP 1AA3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Deborah Tannen, Sherwood Washburn, Tell Abu Hureyra
21 Mar 2017
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What is anthropology: systematic study of humankind culture. Human culture: learned behaviours and beliefs that shape our human experiences (ex. religion, spirituality, identities gender, race, nationalism: culture is learned. We tend to think about many of our behaviours and identities as natural/biological but many are not. Ex. nationalism (patriotism is learned not blood) We learn through mass media festivals, politics, basic interactions with other people: ethnocentrism: idea that one"s culture and values are somehow right or superior to another. Many people therefore judge another culture according to standards of their own. Cultural relativism: opposite of ethnocentrism, understanding another society in its own terms. Makes more sense to get to know/understand another culture and their reasoning and importance. Cultural anthropology: study of contemporary cultures and societies, culture is de ned as transmitted, learned behaviour, methodology: participant observation, interviews, ethnography: description of an aspect of culture within a society. Archaeology: study of past societies and their cultures using material remains.
