ANTH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sociocultural Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, Social Anthropology
23 Oct 2018
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Anthropology study guide: hunters and gathers, 90% origin, pastoralists: domestication of animals, 12,000 years ago, peasants: subsistence farmers, 12,000 years ago, modern industrialized societies: steam engine, 1781 (approx. 200 year ago: racial categories: a product of colonial bureaucracy, wanting to enumerate/categorize/identify, disappearance of native american tribes, wars, new diseases, destruction of social fabric, ethnography: based on field work and collected data that is analyzed into text. February 13, 2018: questioning stereotypes (since late 1800s, biases, explicit conscious. Industrial revolution (1772) revolution in communication, transportation and production. Connected the world and movement of people and goods. Anthropology study guide: ethnography: learning language and customs before, data collected by notes and photos, participant-observation method. March 1, 2018: lewis henry morgan accidental anthropologist, 1818 (ny) 1881 (ny, father of kinship studies, union college, 1838 1840, studied law, admitted to bar in 1842, secret society with friends, grand order of iroquois.
