ANT 1101 Lecture Notes - Organizational Culture, Homicide, Blunt Trauma
31 Oct 2012
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Applied anthropology: consulting work undertaken by anthropologists relating to practical problems. Work for: government agencies, not-for-profit agencies, profit making firms, museums etc. Public anthropology: social relevant, theoretically informed, and politically engaged ethnographic scholarships. Cultural broker: a person who serves as a link between two cultural systems. The primary goal for such a role is the establishment of links between the politically dominant structures of the community and the less powerful, in a way, which restructures the relationship in terms of equality. Local knowledge: refers to knowledge and practices enmeshed in a local community. Expert knowledge: the technological information brought to the situation by trained outsiders (physicians, foresters, etc. ) Forensic anthropology: the examination of human skeletal remains. Part of physical anthropology, this field often works with law enforcement agencies to determine the identity of unidentified bones. Forensic archeology: an archaeologist who controls a site, recording the position of all-relevant finds and recovering any clues associated with the remains.
