ANTHROP 1AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Coffee Culture, Adam Kadmon, Enculturation
12 Sep 2018
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The study of human cultures, past and present. They explore similarities and differences in cultures and why these similarities/differences exist. But, we can"t focus on everything in 3 months! What is anthropology: anthropos = humankind", so, anthropology is not just about the study of far away peoples and places. The systematic study of humankind in all times and places what we might study . - to understand how poverty and racism shape their choice to sell crack and join gangs: anthropologist philippe bourgois. Extracting ancient dna: hendrick poinar (mcmaster anthropology) ancient dna; disease in the past; evolution of disease; sequencing genome of the black death https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=8kybm3fvjei. Margaret lock organ transplants: wrote twice dead: organ transplants and reinvention of death , north american organ transplants are legal; mind/ body split. Sports celebrities (swimming and figure skating), nationalism and identity. Social sciences: anthropology, geography, sociology, psychology all study people. Complete picture of a culture; 2) exploring all integrated aspects of a society.
