ANTH 1220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Franz Boas, Symbolic Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1220
• Professor: Kathleen Buddle

Document Summary

Anthropology: the study of humanity including our prehistoric origins and contemporary human activity. Biological (physical) anthropology: the study of humans as biological organisms, including their evolution and contemporary variation. Archaeology (prehistoric): the study of past human cultures through their material remains. Linguistic anthropology: the study of human communication, including its origin, history, and contemporary variation and change. Cultural anthropology (social anthropology): the study of living peoples and their cultures, including variation and change. Applied (practising or practical) anthropology: the use of anthropological knowledge to prevent or solve problems or to shape and achieve policy goals. Functionalism: the theory that a culture is similar to that of a biological organism in which parts, such as religion or economy, work to support the operation and maintenance of the whole. Holism: the view that one must study all aspects of a culture in order to understand the whole culture.