ANT-2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Edward Burnett Tylor, Cultural Anthropology, Applied Anthropology
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Applied anthropology or practising anthropology or practical anthropology: The use of anthropological knowledge to prevent or solve problems or to shape and achieve policy goals. Canadian anthropologists research to practice fields such as native land claims, health care, and ethnic diversity. Work of francophone anthropologists in the 1960"s. Canadian anthropology defining features integration of basic and applied research. Applied anthropology thread weaves through the entire discipline of anthropology. Should be a part of all 4 fields. How early ca"s conducted research by sitting and reading about other cultures. Read reports form travellers, missionaries & explorers. Never visited places or any direct contact/experience. Fieldwork going to the field where people and cultures are, to learn about culture through. Research in the field, which is any place where people and culture are found. European colonial expansion prompted enlightenment thinkers to question biblical narrative of human origins. 19th century and early 20th century sir edward tylor and sir james frazier and henry.
