ANTH 202 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Cultural Anthropology, Cultural Relativism, Italian Canadians
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Lesson 5 (religion): animatism; cargo cult; animism; polytheism; law of contagion; religion; communita; victor. Turner; snake handling; rituals; syncretism pilgrimage; emile durkheim; mana; liminality; doctrine; myth; revitalization movements; five main world religions; monotheism; Some anthropologists consider anthropology to be a science: a form of inquiry that involves first the formulation of a hypothesis, or hunch, about the way things work and then observation or testing to see whether the hypothesis is correct. Other anthropologists pursue a humanistic approach, which is a subjective way of understanding humanity through the study of people"s art, music, poetry, language, and other forms of symbolic expression. This approach avoids working from a pre-set hypothesis but instead seeks insight through culturally informed understanding. A fifth field should be applied: applied anthropology (also called practising or practical anthropology), is the use of anthropological knowledge to prevent or solve problems, or to shape and achieve policy goals.
