What is Culture List three words that you associate with culture Identify two question s that you have about culture Create one metaphor or simile for culture eg Culture is like ID: 593586
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Cultural AnthropologySlide2
What is Culture??
List
three words
that you associate with culture.
Identify
two question
s that you have about culture.
Create
one metaphor
or simile for culture (
eg
. “Culture is like …”).Slide3
Culture
Culture is the set of meanings, beliefs, values, and rules for living shared by groups and societies as the source of their identity.Slide4
Major Fields of Cultural Anthropology
Ethnology
Linguistic Anthropology
ArchaeologySlide5
Ethnology
Ethnology is the study of the origins
and cultures of different races and peoples.
Ethnologists often focus on topics such as marriage customs, kinship patterns, political and economic systems, religion, art, music, and technology.
Ethnologists study culture through
participant observation
.
This is the careful watching of a group, in some cases living with its members and participating in their culture.Slide6
Linguistic Anthropology
Linguistic anthropologists study the history and structure of language and the ways humans use language.
Three major areas in
this area
include:
historical linguistics
structural linguistics
sociolinguisticsSlide7
Archaeology
Archaeologists study the physical remains of a past culture through excavation and reconstruction.Slide8
Source
Haskings
-Winner, J. et al. (2011).
Social Science: An Introduction
. Toronto, ON, Canada: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, p.
18 - 35.