PPT-Cultural Anthropology, 7E

Chapter 1 Culture and Meaning 2017 Cengage Learning May not be scanned copied or duplicated or posted to a publicly accessible website in whole or in part except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a passwordprotected website or schoolapproved learning management system for classroom use . Session aims . To explore what social anthropology as a discipline is . To identify how social anthropology contributes to understandings of health and illness . To identify how culture as a social context relates to and affects health. -. . M. AN / HUMAN BEING. . LOGOS-. STUDY. . . “The study of man” . . In 1 period…. WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY?. ANTHROPOLOGY gets divided into 2 . main categories:. (1) physical anthropology . ANTH 221: Peoples and Cultures of Mexico. Kimberly Martin, Ph.D.. What is Anthropology?. DEFINITION. Anthropology is the holistic, synthetic, multidisciplinary study of human beings.. KEY COMPONENTS. Part One: Building the Discipline. Evolutionism. AIM: Why did evolutionism fade away?. Evolutionism. Dominate intellectual perspective in the middle of the 19. th. century.. Evolutionism eventually overtaken by historical . ANTH 250: Issues in Anthropology. Kimberly Martin, Ph.D.. What is Anthropology?. DEFINITION. Anthropology is the holistic, synthetic, multidisciplinary study of human beings.. KEY COMPONENTS. 1. Anthropology seeks and uses all information about both individual humans and groups of humans regardless of time, geographic location, culture or types of evidence.. Session aims . To explore what social anthropology as a discipline is . To identify how social anthropology contributes to understandings of health and illness . To identify how culture as a social context relates to and affects health. #1 - #6. . . . . or how to make sense. out of. Ch. 2 and Ch. 3 of the text . . .. Major Periods in the History of Physical Anthropology. “Pre-Scientific Period” (to 1859). Period of Evolutionism and Concern over Races (1860 - ca. 1940). The purpose of Anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.. Ruth Benedict (1887 - 1948). . Digging for Meaning?  Not Always.. .  . A common misconception is that anthropologists only deal with digging into the past (this is actually archaeology).  . The comparative study of human peoples and cultures, past and present . Comes from “. anthropos. ” (Greek for “man”) and “ology”- (the study of). A branch of the social sciences . Focus is on the development of human form and culture. Introductory Lecture. Anthropology 100: Survey of Anthropology. Learning Objectives. 1. Develop an understanding of anthropology and how the subfields of anthropology interrelate. 2. Develop an understanding for the importance of anthropology in today’s world. What is culture? . How do cultural anthropologists study culture? . Tuesday February 26. th. , 2013 . We will understand what. culture . and . cultural anthropology . is . We will understand how . culture varies . 7273ANTHROPOLOGY ANTHR Magic Religion and WitchcraftComparative study of religion magic and supernatural beliefs and practices Dynamics and function of religion Formation of sexual and gender identiti HSP3C. Ms. . Maharaj. What is Anthropology?. . Anthropology is the broad study of . humankind. . around the world and throughout time. . . It is concerned with both the . biological and the cultural aspects of humans.. History and Anthropology. Historiography, term 1 . Antonio Gramsci, 1891-1937. ‘Prison Notebooks’ published into English in early 1970s. . He attempted to break from the economic determinism of tradition Marxist .