ANTA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sociocultural Anthropology, Evolutionary Anthropology, Linguistic Anthropology
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Stereotypes of anthropologists: immersing fully into a culture isn"t the only thing an anthropologist does. Anthropologists aren"t like indiana jones where they go on an adventure. Anthropology: the study of humankind as a whole. Ex: disease, migration, diet, nutrition, biological diversity etc. how language shapes -- and reflects -- people"s values, beliefs, worldview. Archaeology (physical anthropology): the study of material culture overtime o. Evolutionary/biological anthropology: human population change from an evolutionary perspective o. Linguistic anthropology: human communication, language systems, discourse analysis o o. Medical anthropology: practiced by either socio-cultural and evolutionary anthropologists o o. How people live - values, beliefs, religion, ethics, notions of bodies, virtues. Making the strange familiar and the familiar strange. Anthropology created because exotic fascination and countries wanted to know locals for. Imperialism by european countries for resources and christianity domination. Armchair anthropology (not doing fieldwork and analyzing documents from government that went out and dominated locations) vs. fieldwork o.
