ANTHROP 2200H Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Scientific Method, Enculturation, United States Forest Service
19 Aug 2016
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In order to understand part, must understand whole. Consider similarities and differences in as wide a range of human societies as possible. View subject only in terms of principles, background, frame of reference, history, etc. before characterizing subject. Interpret what found at moment in terms of system which is found. Perspective that ways, values or beliefs of one s culture are superior to those of other cultures: variation. Change in population from one generation to next. Successful interaction between population and environment in order to survive and reproduce. Cross-cultural examination producing explanations, generalizations, and predictions (multiple populations) Analyze data and create generalizations: linguistic anthropology. How language influences culture and is in turn. Study of language in relation to its social context. Common social variables: gender, ethnicity, socio- economic status: archeology. Highway depts. , contract work, cultural resource management: physical or biological anthropology. Study of human biology in an evolutionary framework. Emphasis on the dynamic relationship between biology, culture and environment.
