ANTHROP 1AB3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Imagined Community, Trobriand Islands, Participant Observation
22 Feb 2017
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Anthropology : the study of human kind at all times and places. Various parts of human culture and biology must be viewed in the broadest possible context in order to understand their interconnections and interdependence. Ethnocentrism : the (cid:271)elief that the ways of one"s own (cid:272)ulture are the only proper ones. Culture bound : a perspective that produces theories about the world and reality that are based on the assumptions and values from the researchers own culture. Applied anthropology : the use of anthropological knowledge and methods to solve practical problems, often for a specific client. Medical anthropology : a specialization in anthropology that brings theoretical and applied approaches from cultural and biological anthropology to the study of human health and disease. Cultural anthropology : the study of patterns in human behavior, thought, and emotions, focusing on humans as culture producing and culture reproducing creatures (also known as social or sociocultural anthropology)
