AN101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Australopithecus, Bipedalism, Homo Habilis
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Anthrop/ology: the study of human kind in all times and places. Studies began in the 18th + 19th centuries. Attempt to gure out what happened before history. Museums, academic apartments and applied research in uenced the development. Canadian anthropologists shape government policies, and many are advocates for. Origins - past - present - eye to the future. Holism: encompasses everything; mind & body, re ects broad perspective. Holistic perspective: view of culture and the relationship between its parts. 4 traditional fields + applied anthro: practical applications in any of the sub elds. History / prehistory (ethno-history; history relative to speci c ethnicity) Ethnohistory (culture; writing) (book, article) = comparison of culture. Deals w/ origin and characteristics of human racial groups. Fieldwork: implies going somewhere to learn about desired interest. 1-2 years of eldwork: working in language of subject. Culture: notion of cultivating selves, plants, etc. in attempts to grow things. Hierarchal notion built into culture (anthropologists tend to reject this)
