ANTHROP 1AB3 Lecture Notes - Generation Gap, Biological Anthropology, Participant Observation
16 Dec 2013
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Anthro was influenced by darwin ( change physically over time) Generation gap : slightly different attitude with different issues, society is constantly changing. Anthropologist like to have long term engagements within the society (spend a year or more with a particular field) Discusses how anthro is historical how did we come to be the way we are. What forces in the past have shaped us. How has warfare shaped a particular group of people. Subfeilds: physical antrho, cultural anthro the study of contemporary cultures and societies. Culture is defined as transmitted learned behaviour (not what your born with) political beliefs, views on gender, nurture, we learn from teacher, media, parents. Methodology- participant observation, interviews (hanging out intensively) (spend minimum of one year of field work) (able to get a different perspective than a market researchers indepth) Ethnography- a book that is a description of an aspect of culture within a society: archaeology.
