ANTH 1150 Lecture Notes - Robin Lakoff, Biological Anthropology, Morpheme
17 Sep 2012
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The study of human biology diversity in time and space. Anthropology-offers a broad view of distinct and comparative cross cultural perspectives. The study of human species and its immediate ancestors (past, present and future). Biological evolution, human genetics, human growth/development, human coping mechanisms and evolution in non-human primates. Linguistics-the study of language in its social and cultural context across space and time. Archaeology-the study that reconstructs, describes and interprets human behaviour and cultural patterns through material remains. Social/cultural-the study of human society and culture; describes, analyzes, interprets and explains social and cultural similarities and differences. Applied the application of anthropological data, perspectives, theory and methods to identify, asses and solve contemporary social problems. Ethnography-usually a piece of writing about one group of people. Ethnology-usually a comparison between 2 or more cultures/groups. Ethnohistory-looking at documents and records to figure out anthropological themes. Fieldwork-spending time (usually 12months) and living with the people who you are studying.
