SRS 1110 Chapter 1: Chapter 1 The Anthropological Study of Religion.pdf
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Holism refers to the study of human societies as systematic sums of their parts, as integrated wholes. Physical anthropology - the study of human biology and evolution. Archaeology - the study of people who are known only from their physical and cultural remains. Cultural anthropology - the study of contemporary human societies. Ethnography refers to the study of human societies. Ethnographic present refers to the anthropologist discussing the studied group in present tense as they were first described by ethnographers, even though theses societies have changed over time. This technique of study is referred to as participant observation. Etic perspective refers to the use of words to categorize experience from the viewpoint of the anthropologist. See patterns in a person/groups life that they might overlook. Anthropologist can apply a consistent form of analysis to many different societies that are being studied. Emic perspective refers to the attempt to see the world through the eyes of the person/group being studied.