ANTH 1150 Lecture : Lecture Notes - Jan 17
17 Jan 2012
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The first one page essay question will be about spradley ch. 2 question will be posted later today, and she will answer questions on thursday. **covering methods not really covered in the harris book. Genealogical method: y procedures by which ethnographers discover and record connections of kinship, descent, and marriage. You can study and learn about kinship. Shostak (1981) describes nisa s family members and her relations with them (parents, relatives, husbands, co-wives, Includes repetitive patters of behaviour, thought, and feeling y. **culture is learned, not necessarily biological ** on the exam. What are theories? y world view, can tell you what the world is like and how it is organized. Why do we need theories in anthropology? y can we try to understand why certain cultures are similar, and analyze a culture. Identify causal factors how we make a living: hypothesis testing y three layers (imagine a 3 layer cake) production how people make a living.
