ANTH 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Medicine Man, Nacirema, Mutation
27 Nov 2017
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Housekeeping: attendance is not required, but recommended, start reading huron, quizzes will start as early as next week. Iclicker: make sure you pay after 14-day free trial. Body ritual among the nacirema iclicker quiz & extra questions: temple of medicine man. Torture: bodily functions are secretive, american, satire of our own culture from an outsider"s point of view. No interest of nding out the purpose of actions. Considers all actions as rituals: cultural relativity. Biases: everyone has them, based cultural values, recognize that you have them ignorer to understand some situations, not necessarily a bad thing. Anthropology: anthropos: greek for human , logos: greek for study , interested in: Universals & di erences in human population: nature vs nurture , add. When, where, why humans appeared on earth. How & why have humans changed: human behavior, cultural shifts & comparisons.
