ANTH10001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Applied Anthropology, Sociocultural Anthropology, Social Anthropology
13 Aug 2020
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The study of human activity in the past, primarily through the recovery and analysis of material culture and environmental data. The study of language, including its form, meaning and use in context the study of the relationship between human biology and behaviour. Social / cultural / or socio-cultural anthropology. The study of those aspects of human behaviour that are outcomes of relations with other humans. The application of the method and theory of anthropology to the analysis and solution of practical problems. Whatever it is, one has to know or believe in order to operate in a manner acceptable to the member"s of the group who share that culture. The comparative study of human differences in order to understand human commonality. Human life should be studied in context (not abstraction) Since within contexts, no aspect of social life (eg. economy, polity, geography, psychology) is separable from any other aspect of social life they must always be studied together.
