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Anthropology:
The Study of Humankind
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Overview:
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anthropology is divided into 2 areas: CULTURAL
anthropology and PHYSICAL anthropology
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CULTURAL ANTH is then further divided into: social
anthro (ethnography), Archaeology, and linguist anthro.
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PHYSICAL ANTH is subdivided into
paleoanthropology, forensic anthropology and
primatology
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
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CULTURE is a product of we people do, what we make
and what we believe
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includes everyday behaviour, daily rituals (eg: brushing
our teeth) and beliefs about abstract concepts (eg: time)
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learned and transmitted from one generation to the next
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focuses on past and present cultures
Sample questions of Cultural
Anthropology
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Why do we eat what we do?
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What do clothes say about the culture?
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What do our shelters reflect about our culture?
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How do we defend ourselves? Why?
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How does language affect and express culture?
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What can we learn about a culture from what is left behind?
Schools of Anthropology
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There are various, a few key examples are Cultural
Materialism and Feminist Anthropology
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Regardless of perspective, all use reasoning to gain
insight into how humans live, think, communicate,
produce and interact with their social and physical
env’ts
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Some famous anthropologists: Chomsky, Darwin,
Goodall, Leaky family, Mead, etc