ANTH 260 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Intensive Farming, Participant Observation, Code-Switching
28 Feb 2017
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Discipline of anthropology: study of the full scope of human diversity and the application of that knowledge to help people of different backgrounds better understand one another, holism. Nthropology"s commitment to look at the whole picture of human life. The study of people"s communities, behaviors, beliefs, and institutions, including how people make meaning as they live, work, and play together: 4(+) subfields, umd specialty areas. Study of: ethnocentrism humans from a biological perspective, particularly focused on human evolution. Investigation of the human past by means of excavating and analyzing artifacts. The study of human language in the past and present. The belief that one"s own culture or way of life is normal and natural: cultural relativism. Understanding a group"s beliefs and practices within their own cultural context, without making judgments. Globalization: the worldwide intensification of interactions and increased movement of money, people, goods, and ideas within and across national borders, roots of discipline.
