ANTH 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Urban Anthropology, Linguistic Anthropology, Medical Anthropology
6 Feb 2017
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The word anthropology is derived from two greek words: anthropos meaning man or human and logos, meaning thought or reason. The relationships between humans and the rest of the natural world. The interactions between humans and the environment, including interactions with other species. The study of human abilities to manipulate symbols, to employ abstract thought and language. Comparative perspective: an approach in anthropology the employs data regarding the behaviour and beliefs in many societies to document cultural universals and cultural identity. A characteristic of the anthropological perspectives that requires anthropologists to consider similarities and differences in a wide range of human societies before generalizing about human nature, human society or human history. Anthropology is comparative in that it views humans across time and space . Anthropological perspective: an approach to the human condition that is holistic, comparative and evolutionary. Focus is on present day society/ethnography and ethnology.
