ANT204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Anthony Hopkins, Emic And Etic, Cultural Relativism
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Dr. laura roberts- jungle jim in the forbidden land. Anthropologists are experts on fearsome phenomena in movies. Anthropology is portrayed through cannibalism in films cannibalism holocaust. Anthropologist says that killing of mass people through wars and having homeless people in cities is more barbaric than actual cannibalism. Anthropologists cross sexual boundaries but aren"t portrayed as badly. Anthony hopkins kills park rangers to protect gorillas. Films were deemed mostly accurate representations of anthropologists. Archaelogy isn"t included in the study of antrho. But it is part of the 4 field of anthropology ! They study human prehistory through their material remains. Primatologists: study humans as biological organisms, including human evolution and contemporary variation. Most people have no idea with anthropologists do. Always seemed interested in fearsome or strange cultural phenomena. Having knowledge or expertise of others act as mediators b/w humans and these otherly forms. These films all portray a civilized us vs. a [primitive or savage them .
