ANTH 1003 : ANTH 1003 Exam 1
Document Summary
Describe, analyze, and explain different societies and cultures. Show how groups have adapted to their environments and gave meaning to their lives. Characterized by a comparative, field-based, evolutionary, holistic approach. Holistic approach considers culture, history, language, economics and biology, etc as essential to a complete understanding of society. Archaeology study of past cultures through their material remains. Fossils, tools, built structures, waste, history (may use written records) Primatology study humans through primate relatives. Sociocultural study of human societies and cultures = Culture set of learned behaviors and ideas that human beings acquire as members of a given society. Society any more or less united group of people; community. Language use in context, best understood observing a group of people speaking everyday stuff. Analyzes social, political, and economic problems and develops solutions. Can involve any subfield of anthro (or several) Cultural anthropologists promote welfare of tribal or indigenous people. Paul farmer phd in medical anthro, plus an md.
