ANTH 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sociocultural Anthropology, Forensic Anthropology, Ethnocentrism
12 Dec 2014
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Experiences of difference between others and ourselves. Socio-cultural anthropology is one of 4 sub-disciplines of anthropology. Interested in why people in certain cultures and societies do what they do: wouldn"t ask the person directly, would analyze their surroundings (thinking holistically; looking at the various points, think realistically and comparatively. A key word for anthropologists that represents a holistic, integrated and comparative approach to human difference. Ca text emphasizes that culture is the system of meanings about the nature of experience that are shared by a people and passed on from one generation to another (p. 6) Is culture a term that can help us deal with other issues and help us get a better understanding: horace miner, body ritual among the nacirema . An anthropologist writing about a strange and different" culture. What do you think miner"s purpose was in writing about the nacirema: giving us a snapshot of a different culture.
