[SOC2112] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (23 pages long)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2112
• Professor: Joseph Sawan

Document Summary

The goal is to understand the human experience, evolutionary history, what is means to be human, how we fit into the natural world. Takes a holistic approach: physical: traces biological origins, genetic diversity - interested in the person as a biological entity, how we adapt to our environment. Forensic: identification of skeletal remains in hopes of identifying them. Use ethnography: when an anthropologist focuses on one society/sub-cultural group and tries to understand its values in entire. Participant observation: you immerse yourself in a culture and participate in their daily activities, and learn through observation. This is a continuum from complete observation to complete participation. There is (cid:374)o pres(cid:272)ri(cid:271)ed (cid:449)a(cid:455) of doi(cid:374)g this, a(cid:374)d is (cid:448)er(cid:455) (cid:862)off-the-(cid:272)uff(cid:863). Involves getting out of university and into a setting. Basic research method of anthropology (on-location research) Traditionally, it involves an immersion into another culture (usually not your own) 6 months to 2 years is normal. Archaeology and primatology are also forms of fieldwork.