ANTH 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Edward Burnett Tylor, Moral Relativism, The Jesuit Relations
26 Sep 2016
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Anth1120 - making sense of a changing world. Argues for politically committed, morally engaged, and ethically grounded anthropology. Argues we can no longer legitimize all behaviours. Did not observe or actually practice it first hand. Were not critical with who wrote text. Use of a comparative method to explore differences and similarities in social institutions and belief systems in a variety of societies. One of the first anthropologists to conduct long-term fieldwork. Malinowski established fieldwork as the required methodology. Fieldwork happened in the trobiand islands during world war i. Franz boas - created the 4 sub disciplines of anthropology. Sought firsthand knowledge among inuit and west coast peoples. Established the influence of the environment on genetics. Health and development depended on ur geographical location. Prior to entering the field, developing a research problem/question. The anthropologist brings with him/her certain unalterable facts that will affect their fieldwork. Ethnicity, gender, class - will all need to be aware off when entering.
