ANTHRCUL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Kumis, Melanoma, Eugenics

• School: U of M
• Department: Anthropology, Cultural
• Course: ANTHRCUL 101
• Professor: Thomas H Chivens

Document Summary

Lecture 2: the study of humans across space and time, or the study of human species and their immediate. Interpretive meaning-centered explanation: qualitative theory from the ground up , humanistic emphasis on the subjective experience of others, how things are perceived is more important that what things are. , holistic approach. The whole of the human condition : past, present, and future, biology, society, language, and culture connections across categories, culture learning. Shared by individuals within a group (to a degree: traditions and customs transmitted through, taken for granted, invisible, habituated, feels natural , dynamic and changes over time, culture changes over time. In contrast to those in europe, south america, and asia, the united states is one of the few countries that circumcises infant boys for non-religious regions. Paleoanthropology (interpreting fossil record to shed light on human biological evolution), Human genetics, human growth and development, human biological plasticity,