ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sociocultural Anthropology, Andrew Wade, Biological Anthropology
9 Apr 2016
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Dr. andrew wade: cnh 515, wednesdays 5:30-6:30, wadeand@mcmaster. ca. Course goals: understand how anthropologists investigate issues relating to sex, food and death, other intro. course - anthro. 1ab3 (identity, race and religion: re ect on the human place in nature, think critically about issues and develop your thinking skills. What is anthropology: anthropos = humans", logia = study of", the systematic study of humankind. The four sub elds of anthropology: biological/physical anthropology, archaeology, sociocultural/social/cultural anthropology, linguistics, bioarchaeology (between physical anthropology and archaeology, medical anthropology (between physical anthropology and socio-cultural anthropology) Modern cultural anthropology: local, regional, global: example, ethnography of food banks in hamilton. Linguistic anthropology: studies the construction and use of language by human societies, structural linguistics - how language works, sociolinguistics - the relationship between language and social behaviour in different cultures. Physical anthropology: studies all aspects of the biology and behaviour of the human species (and our closest relatives), past and present.
