ANTHRCUL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cultural Appropriation, Emic And Etic, Post-Structuralism

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

Document Summary

Anthro class notes: the study of humans across space and time, or the study of human species and their immediate ancestors. 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. Specialties are paleoanthropology (interpreting fossil record to shed light on human biological evolution), human genetics, human growth and development, human biological plasticity, primatology. Linguistic anthropology:the study of language in its social and cultural context, throughout the world and over time. Not haphazard collections of customs and beliefs, but. Independent invention: the process by which humans innovate, creatively finding solutions to problem : globalization, as fact: the spread and connectedness of production, communication, and technologies across the world .