ANT102H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Forensic Anthropology, Sociocultural Anthropology, Biological Anthropology
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Lecture 1: introduction to anthropology: anthropology: the study of man/ humankind, four fields of anthropology. Some dig up fossils of humans and animals, observe & measure living and dead people: forensic anthropology is part of physical anthropology (some see it as a separate discipline) Interested in both existing and extinct languages: study how languages, alive or extinct, are related, development of language. Ant102 lecture outline: field work, living among the study group talking to people, emerging in their environment/lives, participating, learning the language. Challenge assumption of other academic disciplines what is in human nature actually isn"t : challenges assumptions about human nature (what is the norm here may not be a norm there, allows room for critical thinking. Around the daily practical things: culture. Ant102 lecture outline: systematic whole forms a coherent set of stuff. It is learnt how to behave in the world.
