ANP 201 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Nonverbal Communication, Primatology, Ethnography
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Ethnography and participant observation difference: p-o is the method or how you do an ethnography. Comparative aspect of anthro: comparing different practices and cultures; primatology, comparing non human primates (apes) and humans. To understand a culture in a broader context/perspective or what it means to be human in a broader perspective. Levels of culture: sub cultures (local); national culture (football); international culture (sushi) Emblem: sign or gesture that has a specific meaning (thumbs up) Nonverbal communication cannot be defined (like eyebrow raise) Independent invention; an idea or concept that is original and comes from itself (farming) Didn"t have to learn it from another group. Monograph; a giant book that describes all of the aspects of one specific culture ( the americans not used anymore) Key informants & informants (consultants); key informant is someone who is central for that culture or central to the question that the anthropologist is asking.
