ANTHROP 1AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Biological Anthropology, Haitian Vodou, Edward Burnett Tylor
3 May 2016
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The systematic study of humankind in all times and places. Extracting ancient dna; disease in the past; evolution of disease; sequencing genome of the. North america- organ transplants are legal; mind/body split. Ethnography-a description of an aspect of culture with society. The study of past societies and their cultures using material remains (ex. Studies he construction and use of language by human societies. Sociolinguistics the relationship between language and social behaviour in different cultures. Studies all aspects of biology and behaviour of the human species (and our closest relatives) past and present. Accidental death, crime scene investigation, human rights investigation. Attributes meaning (sometimes unconsciously) to things and these meanings differ from society to society. How do we make sense of other people"s behaviours. Ethnocentrism: the tendency to judge the beliefs of one culture from your own perspective. Ethnocentric fallacy: using your own cultural values to judge another group of people.
