Social Science Anthropology Cultural Anthropology
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study of human cultures, those of the PAST
- How can we learn about past people?
Archeology
- Look for clues: artifacts, remains of structure, burials, sites
- Archaeologists assume that aspects of culture are reflected in
material remains
The study of how people talk, communicate and use language
- How is language linked to how we see the world?
Linguistic Anthropology:
- How does language change overtime, and for what
reasons? (new words, mirrors culture needs)
To make meaning, create, maintain, denote identity,
How do we use language?
and/or represent or invoke power relation
Physical/Biological How culture changes have influenced or impacted our biology
Anthropology
Misconceptions of archeology it is not adventure seeking, treasure hunting, or about dinosaurs
The scientific method process of establishing facts and data through steps of
experimentation
Historic archeology study of historic remains that have written records
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Antropology the study of man, humans, and culture
a system of knowledge, beliefs, patterns of behavior,
Culture
artifacts, that are learned and shared by a group of
people
characteristics of culture Learned, shared, symbolic, integrated, dynamic
anything common that exists in every human culture yet
universals
varies from culture to culture ex: language, values,
modes of behavior, taboo, hygiene, food, jobs, etc
founder of cultural anthropology
- Stated that culture is a complex whole which includes
E.B Taylor
knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and
any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member
of society
when the way of society changes and takes on new
Culture Change cultural traits, behavior patterns, and
social norms
Intensification of worldwide social relations that link
distant localities in a way that such local happenings
Globalization
are shaped by events occurring many miles away and
vice versa
- Movement of people, increases due to technology
1. Ethnoscape: flow of people across borders
2. Technoscape: flow of technology, production and export
Five Scapes of Globalization 3. Ideoscape: flow of ideas, religion, etc.
4. Financescape: flow of money across borders
5. Mediascape: flow of media (music, art, etc.)
Syncretism combination of different beliefs when people undergo culture
change
adaptation of global ideas into more local
Glocalization
form / adaptable EX: mcdonalds
altering their menu in different places
Hybridity cross between two cultures
access to new cultures, spread of technology, new
Advantages of globalization
markets, new talent, economic growth
inequality, long journeys, corruption, eroded cultural
Disadvantages of globalization
identity, degradation of environment
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