ANTH 1001 Lecture : Anthropology 1001 Notes
Document Summary
People are diverse and our goal is to understand what it means to be human. How do we understand what it means to be human. Bicultural approach- a perspective that considers the interrelationship between our biology and behavior: what we inherent from our parents and also learn. Holistic- we need to consider all aspects of a human. Comparative (cross cultural)- making comparisons among different groups of people. Ethnocentrism- belief in the inherent superiority in ones own ethnic group or culture: inferior, bad, stupid to other cultures. Cultural relativism- all cultures are viewed within their own historical and environmental context. Fieldwork- time of data collection: a lot of different looks to it. Linguistic anthropology: scientific study of language, appropriate way of speaking in certain situations, 6 to 7 thousand different languages spoken today, sociolinguistics- social language and how do we learn appropriate times to say things.
