ANT 1101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Biological Anthropology, Economic Anthropology, Co-Determination
14 Jul 2014
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Dualistic,materialistic,idealistic exceptions of our world: cannot describe the human condition with one single condition, human nature has 2 parts,according to n. a. Linguistic anthropology: world and of one another languages: work to maintain endangered languages. Anthropology and the concept of culture: culture:sets of learned behaviors and ideas that humans acquire as members of society. Innovation:the ability to invent new behaviors and the invisible. culture and the human brain co-evolved. International development:the creation of complex and variable forms of social organizations unique to our species. We are bio-cultural organisms: culture is learned and modified, according to needs, generation to generation customs in one area can contradict customs in another. The challenge of differences: being fully human cleansing. The anthropological perspective forces us to question the common-sense assumptions with which we are most comfortable: does not allow us to retreat to ethnocentrism when the times are tough. In addition to participant observation,anthropologists also gather data through interviews,surveys, and consulting published literature and archives.
