ANTH 3330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Medical Anthropology, Cultural Relativism, Emic And Etic
12 Apr 2019
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Judging another culture by the values and standards of one"s own culture: civilization, barbarians. Suspending our judgments: ethnocentrism- judging another culture by the values and standards of one"s own culture, being the superior culture. Linguistic anthropology; how language is structured, evolution of language, the contexts for language: physical anthropology; human evolution and variation, both past and current. Subfield of anthropology: the anthropological study of health and healing, holistic, holism: individual lives (experiences, actions, perspectives) must be considered in the context of one"s role and position within the larger society/environment that shapes their lives. Interdisciplinary: uses many theories and methods, practice orientation, moral obligation to apply medical anthropology into their fieldwork, transforming the lives of people with their health. Disease, illness, sickness: disease: the clinical manifestations of altered physical function or infection. Illness: the human experience and perceptions of altercations in health: how they are navigating social relationships.
