Transcript How do I think like an anthropologist?

How do I think like an
anthropologist?
In this presentation we’ll cover
anthropological theories, field
methods, and ethics
Anthropological Methods
Ethnography
Observation (participant)
Branislaw Malinowski
etic vs. emic
Conversations and Interviews
Genealogies
Life Histories
Ethnology
Franz Boas:
Father of American
Anthropology
How do I think like an
anthropologist?
In this presentation we’ll cover
anthropological theories, field
methods, and ethics
Anthropological Methods & Ethics
Ethnographies
ethnographic realism
interpretive anthropology
reflexive ethnography
problem-oriented ethnography
Ethics in anthropology
informed consent
permission
welfare & interests
Quotes: E. B. Tylor, Ruth Benedict, John Bodley
Franz Boas:
Father of American
Anthropology
How do I think like an
anthropologist?
In this presentation we’ll cover
anthropological theories, field
methods, and ethics
Anthropological Methods & Ethics
Cultural relativism
understand traits within their cultural context
extreme
moderate
function?
To interfere or not to interfere
WWII and Iraq War
American Anthropological Association
Franz Boas:
Father of American
Anthropology
Graphics Citations
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Franz Boas: http://www.amphilsoc.org/library/mole/b/boas/boasfisher.jpg
John Bodley: http://libarts.wsu.edu/anthro/faculty/bodley.html
Ruth Benedict: http://www.malaspina.edu/~mcneil/jpg/benedict.jpg
Branislaw Malinowski: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/Anthro/Anth206/malinowski2.JPG
E.B. Tylor: http://history.prm.ox.ac.uk/graphics/named_collectors/tylor-portrait.jpg
Hitler: http://www.britannica.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/image9.jpg
Parthenon: http://z.about.com/d/architecture/1/7/d/i/ACROPOLIS_MLS_morning.jpg