ANTHR101 Midterm: Anthropology 101 Midterm (Textbook not included)

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHR101
• Professor: Brent Hammer

Document Summary

Logia : the study of : anthropology explores human societies, cultures, and physical diversity across time and space. What it means to be human : across time : considering historical context, across space : considering similarities and differences. How have we changed physically and culturally. Holistic: :it tried to integrate all that is known about humans and their activities. Holism draws together anthropologists whose specializations would otherwise divide them. A characteristic of the anthropological perspective that describes, at the highest and most inclusive level, how anthropology tries to integrate all that is known about human beings and their activities . Comparative: :compares to something else, typically yourself. Field based: :preformed out in the world rather than in labs; want to have a better understanding of the world around us to find difference and similarities. Evolutionary: :need to consider evolutionary rise as biological species also implies that we look at cultural evolution.