ANTH 1001 Chapter : Anth 1001
Document Summary
Cultural relativism - a view that considers human interactions and behavior within their own cultural context. Na- in china and no marriages; brother is dad . Visities- men show up to women"s houses and leave before dawn. Efik- right of passage for young girls; fattening room to prepare for marriage and future; sign of good health, prosperity, and femininity and beauty. Fieldwork- go out to another culture and observe; spending time in a museum; excavation or archeology; library or archives; laboratory----data collection. Set the standard: 4-field approach biocultural perspective trained 1st generation. Ales hrdlicka: started american journal of physical anthropology voice of the field today, organized american association of physical anthropologist(1929- a little after journal) Middle ages: people dealt with order and stasis(not changing: heavily influenced by religious beliefs- great chain of being stone, plant, heaven, angel, god, natural world- fixity of species created by heaven and did not change; it was fixed.
