ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Caster Semenya, Mound Builders, Ethnography
28 Nov 2016
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Long heritage of text & image of other" cultures. Field research - native language & culture. Interviews & observation - ethnography to validate claims. Propaganda to support his invasion to senate. 1910 - pm w. laurier establishes anthro division of geological survey of canada. Now 17 canadian graduate programmes (mcmaster 50"s) Collect, study, preserve, & present material objects that illuminate the human history of canada & the cultural diversity of its people . Sapir and boasian ethnographies of the native of nw coast. Empirical record of customs, language, songs, ideas. In many cultures there are more than two genders. In all cultures there are individuals whose biology indicates a blurring/continuum between male" and female". Gender roles across space and through time. Not available naturally; cuisine influenced by ecology. Ecology: prohibits growth of cereals and vegetables. Culture-specific belief: value/belief systems creates a taboo.
