ANTHROP 1AA3 Chapter 1-3: Sex-Food-Death-Textbook-Notes.docx
15 Apr 2015
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Anthropology: the four subfields: anthropology is derived from the greek words anthropo meaning human beings or humankind and. Holistic anthropology, interdisciplinary research, and the global perspective. Holistic approach: to understanding humankind broad, comprehensive account that draws on all four subfields under the umbrella of anthropology. Involves the analysis of biological, environmental, psychological, economic, historical, social, and cultural conditions of humanity. Researchers use the observations about different variables to develop hypotheses about the data. Hypothesis: a testable proposition concerning the relationship between particular sets of variables in the collected data. Williamsburg in 1699 and the site of the original settlement was forgotten and assumed to have vanished under the flooded james river. Gender roles and relations: men and women carry out their gender roles in relation to one another, interacting in their households and their communities in nearly every aspect of life. Thinking with gender: until the 1970s, anthropology embraced the man the hunter model.
