ANT 252 Study Guide - Final Guide: Economic Liberalism, Anthropology Today, Neoliberalism
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General anthropology ( four-field anthropology): sociocultural, archaeological, biological, and linguistic. Includes primatology study biology, evolution and social life of primates in nature. Applied archaeology, called public archaeology: deciding what needs saving, and preserving significant info about the past when sites cannot be saved; also allowing destruction if not significant. Direct, 1sthand observation of behavior (including participant observation) Genealogical method: notation and symbols that deal with kinship, descent, and marriage. A well-established ethnographic technique: collect genealogical data to understand current life, esp. with kin- based societies. Work with key consultants/informants about particular areas of life: people who by accident, experience, talent, or training can provide the most complete or useful info about particular aspects of life. Discovery of local (native) beliefs and perceptions: emic approach: investigates how local people think, etic approach: shifts the focus to those of the anthropologist; emphasizes what the ethnographer notices and considers important.
