ANT-1415 Lecture 1: Anthro Chapter 1
16 Aug 2016
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Key terms: anthropology, ethnocentrism, ethnographic eldwork, four- eld approach, holism, physical anthropology, paleoanthropology, primatology, archaeology, prehistoric archaeology, historic archaeology, linguistic anthropology, descriptive linguists, historic linguists, sociolinguists, cultural anthropology, participant observation, ethnology, globalization, time-space compression, exible accumulation, increasing migration. Tuesday, january 19, 2016: uneven development, rapid change, climate change. !2: today anthropologists study a wide range - hiv/aids, immigrant farm work, ethnic. Tuesday, january 19, 2016 con ict, street children: they also study our ancestors/where we came from, applied anthropology - work outside of academic anthropology to apply strategies of anthropology to current world problems directly. Anthropology"s unique approach: ethnocentrism - strong human tendency to believe that one"s own culture or way of life is normal, natural and superior to the beliefs and practices of others. Anthropology is a global scope: not constrained by geographic boundaries, full scope of humanity, now in north america too.
