ANTH 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Biological Anthropology, Urban Anthropology, Medical Anthropology
13 Dec 2017
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As a study, the field looks to understand the relationships between humans and the natural world. Studies the interactions between humans, their environment and other species. Studies human abilities to manipulate symbols and employ abstract thought and language. An anthropological analysis of the human species as a biological phenomenon. The study of material remains in order to describe and explain the behaviour of people who have lived before us. Encompasses prehistoric archaeology, precontact archaeology, historic archaeology. The study of how language is used as. The study of human behaviours in a resource for practising, developing and transmitting culture. Ethnography is the controlled participant observant analysis of a cultural field. Paticipant observation: a method of learning a culture through the direct participation in their everyday life.
