ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Reddit, Sociocultural Anthropology, Netflix
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Only email with brief questions about assignments and course content. Office hours: 5:30 - 6:30pm or by appointment. Tas are listed on avenue, and are organized by last name. The word anthropology is derived from the two words. It is the systematic study of humankind: who we are, why we are this way, and, what events occurred to shape us into the humans we are in present time. What forces in the past have shaped us: ie. what forces in the past have molded us into the species we are today. What do all humans have in common: how humans are similar to one another. How do we differ: how humans are different from one another. What are the reasons for this difference: environmental, sociological, cultural. What circumstances, environments and beliefs ( = context) shape human behaviour: observes how we as humans live life, how we are influenced by our surroundings: