Anthropology 1025F/G Midterm: CHAPTER 1-4 exam review
12 Jul 2019
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Is sociocultural anthropology a science: eric wolf: it is the most scientific of the humanities and the most humanistic of the sciences . Why do human beings differ in their beliefs and behaviours: all human beings experience specific life events and have needs but they differ in the meaning they grant activities and events, different cultural perspectives. If ethnocentrism is intellectually untenable, relativism is equally problematic. Objectivity and morality: colonial powers used cannibalism as a justification to subjugate others. In 1503 queen isabelle decreed: spaniards had a right to enslave the american indians because they are cannibals . Interpret meaning embedded in language, objects, etc. that are shared by members of a society. Q 1. 4: what can learning about other people tell anthropologists about their own societies: hockey in canada, national symbol, sense of collective belonging. Involves families, neighbourhoods and schools: the happy meal tells us about: american demographic & ecological patterns, agriculture and industrial history & gender roles.
