ANTHROP 1AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Ethnocentrism, Critical Thinking
5 Dec 2016
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What do anthropologists do, other than work in universities as professors, publish papers, etc. All share the fact that they do qualitative and quantitative research. Spend a large length of time in the field. Your major (biology, psychology, political science) career. Prepares you for a variety of careers. Communicating in a globalized world understanding cultural diversity. Avoiding preconceptions (e. g. , ethnocentrism) and recognizing varied perspectives. Anthropologists make complex research findings comprehensible to a wide audience. Those with a business degree aren"t seen as capable to solve this. What be some ethical/concerns regarding the use of anthropologist by corporations. They are paying you to do research and have particular motivations. Often doctors are met with suspicion due to the white power that they impose through history. Teams of anthropologists hired to act as mediators between the local populations and the doctors. Cultural resource management (crm) companies hire archaeologists to excavate. Biological anthropologists- pharmaceutical companies, dna, police consultants (forensics),
