AN241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cobourg, Urban Sociology, Urban Studies
Document Summary
Urban anthropology is not a derivation of one of the major sub-disciplines within anthropology. In this sense, there is no direct sense of intellectual lineage. Instead, urban anthropology is somewhat of an area that rubs against a lot of the convention and history of the larger discipline. Dealt with the rural environment, small-scale village, traditional cultures and primitive society. Bronislaw malinowski: considered the first true" anthropologist, participant-observation. Both participates and observes a society simultaneously: ethnography. Traditionally, anthropology study rural societies, primitive societies, third world and culture. Traditionally, sociology study urban societies, complex societies, first world and social structures. Week #1: city life & urban space january 7, 2016. Anthropologists today study every sort of urban conurbation . Like me: various cities in hungary like budapest, pecs and tatabanya, various cities in south africa like cape town, pretoria and midrand. It is easy to just talk about the city in a haphazard manner but .
