ANTH 111 final -2
Introduction To
Anthropology (Binghamton
University)
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cards/ Anthropology - studies of the whole of the human condition
What are the 4 field of anthropology
1. Cultural
2. Linguistic
3. Biological
4. Archaeological
Cultural anthropology
- Study of human societies in a cross cultural perspective
Linguistic anthropology
- Function, form and social context of language
Biological anthropology
- Study of the human biology within the framework of evolution
- Ex. body modifications
Sir Francis Bacon
- Came up with the scientific method, famous author of Novum Organum
Creation stories
- Faith based rather than scientific explanation for creation
Science’s creation story
- Big band, evolution
Ongka’s Big Moka: with no money how do you make a living
- Raising pigs, growing sweet potatoes, gifting moka
Ongka’s Big Moka: how do people gain status without money:
- Giving the biggest Moka, being “BIG MAN”
Ognka’s Big Moka: what is the role of kinship in this community?
- Respect to the big man, women take care of pigs
Ognka’s Big Moka: What are the gender roles?
- Men plan and arrange mokas
- Women take care of pigs and grow sweet potatoes
Religion: belief with supernatural beings, power, forces
Animism
- Belief that animals have souls
, Polytheism
- belief in many gods
Monotheism
- Belief in one god
Magic: supernatural techniques intended to accomplish specific aims
Rituals: a prescribed set of actions that have symbolic meaning and are considered
sacred and are connected to a desired end.
Taboo
- A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom; opposite of rituals
Rites of passage: rituals which mark and facilitate a person’s movement from one
social state to another
Rite of passage STEPS:
1. SEPERATION: withdraws from one group
2. LIMINALITY: period between states
3. INCORPORATION: participants re enters society with a new status
4. Think of the example I used of graduating and leaving high school then being
in between states during summer before college then starting freshman year
at BING!!
Sex: biological differences
Intersex: between sexes, genitalia looks one way but chromosomes are a different
way Sexual dimorphism
- Physiological differences between males and females (bones, height,
and muscles) Sexual orientation:
Introduction To
Anthropology (Binghamton
University)
,https://quizlet.com/856715738/anth-111-final-binghamton-university-dr-langlie-flash-
cards/ Anthropology - studies of the whole of the human condition
What are the 4 field of anthropology
1. Cultural
2. Linguistic
3. Biological
4. Archaeological
Cultural anthropology
- Study of human societies in a cross cultural perspective
Linguistic anthropology
- Function, form and social context of language
Biological anthropology
- Study of the human biology within the framework of evolution
- Ex. body modifications
Sir Francis Bacon
- Came up with the scientific method, famous author of Novum Organum
Creation stories
- Faith based rather than scientific explanation for creation
Science’s creation story
- Big band, evolution
Ongka’s Big Moka: with no money how do you make a living
- Raising pigs, growing sweet potatoes, gifting moka
Ongka’s Big Moka: how do people gain status without money:
- Giving the biggest Moka, being “BIG MAN”
Ognka’s Big Moka: what is the role of kinship in this community?
- Respect to the big man, women take care of pigs
Ognka’s Big Moka: What are the gender roles?
- Men plan and arrange mokas
- Women take care of pigs and grow sweet potatoes
Religion: belief with supernatural beings, power, forces
Animism
- Belief that animals have souls
, Polytheism
- belief in many gods
Monotheism
- Belief in one god
Magic: supernatural techniques intended to accomplish specific aims
Rituals: a prescribed set of actions that have symbolic meaning and are considered
sacred and are connected to a desired end.
Taboo
- A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom; opposite of rituals
Rites of passage: rituals which mark and facilitate a person’s movement from one
social state to another
Rite of passage STEPS:
1. SEPERATION: withdraws from one group
2. LIMINALITY: period between states
3. INCORPORATION: participants re enters society with a new status
4. Think of the example I used of graduating and leaving high school then being
in between states during summer before college then starting freshman year
at BING!!
Sex: biological differences
Intersex: between sexes, genitalia looks one way but chromosomes are a different
way Sexual dimorphism
- Physiological differences between males and females (bones, height,
and muscles) Sexual orientation:
