ANTH 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Culture Change, Cultural Relativism, Sedentism
9 Jan 2017
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*(health impacts) and how they relate to each theme and how they are the biological manifestation of each theme. Modern technology makes life easier (both simple tasks and hard labours) Better protection against natural disasters (eg earthquake-proof buildings) Losing our ability to carry on a conversation. Important learning points: : the commonsensical understanding of progress is problematic when examining culture change through time. Tech and contemporary ways of living in the global north are not inherently better than other ways of living. Those predominant in the global north are not inherently better in terms of environmental costs and in terms of nutrition for the majority of those involved. Photo found in textbook embodies the disappointment that people in the developing world have when their crops don"t grow. Myth - people in the developing world are not changing. Actually undergoing rapid and chaotic social change.
