ANTH 110 Lecture : ANTH 110 - 9.16
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Anthropology is holistic or multifaceted: anthropologists study not only all varieties of people but many aspects of human experience as well. They address politics, history, language, economics, environment, kinship, religion, art and life ways. Biological or physical anthropology: one major field of anthropology. Ethnology or cultural anthropology (cultural anthropology is divided into three major subfields: archaeology, linguistics and ethnology. Description and analysis of living people and field work within living groups. Ethnologists practice ethnography or the description of living groups based on field observations. Morality and the study of humans ethics of investigation. Theory that cannot be tested in a lab because it involves humans. A researcher cannot carry out unethical experiments on human subjects. *tuskegee experiment: men participate in study (for syphilis) receive free food etc. but are never told they have syphilis. Human subjects review board the administrative and decision-making body having responsibility for review and approval of research and or study involving human subjects.
