ANTH 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Microsoft
8 Sep 2015
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Introduction to social cultural anthropology: anthropology = study of people, the riddle of the sphinx. Humans: life span of humanity: two types of interpretation. Diachronic: looking at something in terms of change over time (attention to sequence) Synchronic: looking at something at one particular time, or irrespective of time (attention to themes) Diachronic interpretation: the riddle is about different aspects of humanity at different times (stages of personal or social development) Synchronic interpretation: humans are natural beings; we are of the earth. Collecting, and learning a wide variety of facts, different people. Stephen tylor"s critique of post-modern ethnography in writing. Clip from john carpenter"s they live: making the strange familiar (and the familiar strange, different branches of anthropology. Algorithm, microsoft corporation, sports; trying to bring different aspects together. Making the strange familiar and the familiar strange: organization of this course. Part two: classical sites of anthropological inquiry (here vs there) Part three: the anthropology of modernity (now vs then)
