ANTHROP 1AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Woolly Mammoth, Philippe Bourgois, Andrew Wade
12 Apr 2016
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*** p. 1-14, 20 (starting at 1. 1) - 23, 29 (starting at 1. 3) - 36. Systematic study of humankind in all times & places. Anthropology is not just about the study of far away places ( ie. non-western peoples/ places) Biocultural approach: looking at the way bio & culture are intertwined. Studied crack dealers in harlem - to understand how poverty and racism shape their choices. Tries to understand the internal and external forces & how people are being limited: hendrick poinar. Studied the bubonic plague, ancient dna, disease in the past, evolution of disease, bringing back the wooly mammoth: andrew wade. Studied mummies: wants to catalogue & study every mummy in existence. Organ transplants: asked north americans and japanese people about organ transplants and studied their cultures for explanations to their answers. North america = mind/body split: when you are brain-dead, your personhood is gone. Japan = organ transplants are rare: identity is attached to the entire body.
