ANTH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Linguistic Anthropology, Forensic Anthropology, Biological Anthropology

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH101
• Professor: Smiley- Robinson Karen

Document Summary

Four- eld anthropology with a myriad of specialties: biological: relationships between biology and human patterns of living (culture, linguistic: relationships between language and culture, archaeological: ancient and historical cultures, sociocultural (cultural anthropology): contemporary culture. Anthropology: study of the human species and its immediate ancestors and the ways that: comparative and holistic science, holism: study of whole of human condition: past, present, and future; biology, society, language, culture. Globalization and anthropology key dynamics: time-space compression, flexible accumulation, increasing migration, uneven development, rapid change, adapting to the natural world, shaping the natural world, humans and climate change. Mental mapping, globalization and culture: nature vs nurture / inferior vs superior / fixed, static vs fluid, flexible / biological vs. Power and the responsibility of telling someone else"s story. Material power refers to the more traditional signs of power: political, economic or material power. Hegemony refers to a power to create consent and agreement within a population: in uence, authority, prestige