ANTH150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Reconsideration Of A Motion, Franz Boas, Ethnography

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ANTH150 Lecture
II: Thinking Anthropologically
Obesity in the City
Why might a minority, single mother, living in an inter-city context be obese?
Cheaper fast food
Education levels
Not much fresh food in CBD
Fresh food expensive
Culture of eating out
Time poor (food prep and exercise)
Emotional eating
Sedentary work
Gym expense
Density of fast food to areas
Metabolism
Stress
Penis Theft
Hypoerinvolution
Power of suggestion
Idiom of distress
History of Anthropolgy
Travel writing
Herodotus (484-425 BCE)
Relatively objective
Interest in Other Groups
Object of pity or contempt
Entertainment
Interest in values
The Professionalisation of Anthropology
Wealth and disparity
Occupational specialisation
Leisure class and “gentlemen scholars”
Increase in trade and conquest
Modern Anthropology
Anthropology needed science
Early on, evolutionary theory shaped explanations
Most early anthropologists never did fieldwork
Evolution Theory
Society moves in specific directions
Therefore, early social evolutionists saw society as progressing to higher and higher levels
As a result, they concluded that their own cultural attitudes and behaviours were more
advanced than those of earlier societies
Ethnography
An ethnography provides an account of a particular community or culture
A process of observing a culture from their point of view
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History of anthropolgy: travel writing, herodotus (484-425 bce, relatively objective. Interest in other groups: object of pity or contempt, entertainment. The professionalisation of anthropology: wealth and disparity, occupational specialisation, leisure class and gentlemen scholars . Modern anthropology: anthropology needed science, early on, evolutionary theory shaped explanations, most early anthropologists never did fieldwork. Ethnography: an ethnography provides an account of a particular community or culture, a process of observing a culture from their point of view. Bronislaw malinowski (1884-1942: a key person in the development of ethnographic methods. Characteristics of ethnographic research: conducted in natural settings, gives a holistic view of people in their environment, gets at local perspectives, describes and interprets, guided by broader questions, rather than a hypothesis, focused on meaning. Franz boas (1858-1942: before malinowski"s time, cultures and societies were described in evolutionary terms, this ranking of societies changed with franz boas; the father of american anthropology.

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