AN100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Applied Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, Cultural Assimilation
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A comparative approach to the study of societies and cultures that focuses on differences and similarities in the ways that societies are structured and cultural meanings are created. Imagine, for example, replacing classroom chairs with bar stools, whose main purpose is to promote bodily mobility and conversation with others. Political anatomy this is how the human body is shaped. People"s bodies are controlled by others to operate with the necessary speed and efficiency. Political anatomy produces, he says, docile bodies. : we can even take our analysis a step further and examine the discipline of the school setting sequentially, from kindergarten through high school. In kindergarten we have space to move around and be free and high school its neat rows of chairs. However, we also try, occasionally, to resist the isolation imposed by the arrangement of classroom furniture or the timetables set by clocks, bells, and whistles.
