ANTH 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Telling Stories, American Anthropologist, Laura Bohannan
26 Jun 2016
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Sociocultural anthropology- a comparative approach to the study of societies and cultures that focuses on differences and similarities in the ways that societies are structured and cultural meanings are created. Why are chairs the way they are. Meaning: peoples bodies are controlled by others to operate with necessary speed and. Michel foucault: shaping of the human body= political anatomy efficiency class room chairs with desks: part of political anatomy examine clocks, distinctive order of chairs, discipline of time, middle is the focus point. Evolution of class room discipline: big kindergarden classes to larger 2nd and 3rd grade classes. The ways in which specific societies order behavior through arrangement of space and time. How sociocultural anthropology helps us understand other cultures better. Biological anthropology: a sub discipline of anthropology that focuses upon the study of evolution, function and health of the human body and our closest primate ancestors across time and space.
