ANT100Y1 Lecture : Socio-cultural anthrology March 1.docx
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Seeks to understand and explain similarities and differences between contemporary societies and contemporary cultures around the world. Unlike bio anthro: natural and biological facts of human life an d evolution. More like linguistic anthro: language and meaning but broader. Ethnography challenges us to think differently we are committed to the intellectual ( and often ethical) work of: Denaturalizing that which is taken for granted as true . Copernican: suggested that the planets revolve around the sun and the earth isn"t the center. Darwinian: suggested that we were but another aspect of natures equilibrium. Freudian: suggested that we have many things in our mind we are not aware of and that we cannot control. Melford spiro: making the strange familiar and the familiar strange . Field work: learning a new language learning a new way of life conditions may be harsh. Chinese-candian culture, american culture, popular culture, high culture, corpororate culture.