ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Headhunting, Cultural Relativism, Culture Shock
26 Sep 2018
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Understanding how different aspects of societies are interrelated. Interdisciplinary approach: what does history tell us about a certain society/religion, fo(cid:396) e(cid:272)a(cid:373)ple studi(cid:374)g a (cid:396)eligio(cid:374) you (cid:449)ould(cid:374)"t just ask the p(cid:396)a(cid:272)ti(cid:272)io(cid:374)e(cid:396)s you (cid:449)ould look at history, how is it connected to economics. Anthropology is fieldwork: longterm field work (mnore than a year) living with people they study (cultural anthro, linguistics), conducting excavations (archaeology, physical anthro). Biocultural: our cultural upbringings and biology determine who we are. 4 subfields of anthropology: physical/biological anthro, archaeology, cultural anthro, linguistics, plus applied anthro. )- participant observation, interviews: ethnography- a description of an aspect of culture within a society. Sam dunn, cultural anthro-doc filmmaker on heavy metal: wanted to understand heavy metal music, went on tour with bands and produced documentaries that look at gender, sexuality and political problems in the world of. Christine schreyer: canadian linguistic anthropologist, studies conlangs-contructed languages (made up languages, does fieldwork and comic con, how/why used by fandoms.
