AgendaBingo -- IntroductionsCourse Overview5 min BreakThe Nature and Scope of AnthropologyCore Concepts

holismethnology and ethnographyEthnocentrism vs cultural relativismEmic versus emic

Value of AnthropologyBreakThe Concept of CultureFieldwork

WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY?

Oxford English Dictionary

`The science of the nature of man embracing human physiology and psychology and their mutual bearing'.

Websters

`the study of Man, the study of body and mind in their interrelationships'

ANTHROPOLOGY

Physical Archaeology Anthropological Linguistics

Social/ Cultural

• Paleoanthropology

• Primatology

• Human Genetics

• Demography

• Growth & Development

• Osteology (Forensic)

• Prehistoric

• Historical

• Contract

• Historical

• Descriptive

• Sociolinguistics

• ethnolinguistics

• Economic

• Kinship

• Medical

• Psychological

• Urban

• Applied

• Gender

• Political

• Religion

Cultural

Look through the magazines and find three research project that would be of interest to an anthropologist?

What makes social/cultural anthropology different from sociology or psychology, history etc.?

A Science is a systematic or orderly way of thinking about a particular subject matter” R.G. Collingwood

What are the aims and purposes of anthropology? What value does it have?

What is this ad saying?

What is anthropology’s holistic approach?

What’s the difference between ethnocentrism and relativism?

What is the difference between emic and etic?

Core Concepts

What is the difference between ethnography and ethnology?

Ethnocentrism: The practice of regarding one’s own cultural group as the centre of everything and scaling and relating all others with reference to it.

Cultural Relativism: The perspective that beliefs and practices of any society can only be judged by the values and standards prevalent in that society.

• Female Circumcision (FGM)

• Suicide Bombings

• Ethnic Cleansing

• Gay Marriages

What’s your opinion on each of the following?

1. Define anthropology

2. What is the four-field approach?

3. What is the difference between anthropology and sociology?

4. What is the difference between ethnology and ethnography?

5. What are five areas of specialization in cultural anthropology

6. What is anthropology’s holistic approach?

7. What is the difference between emic and etic?

8. What is the difference between ethnocentrism and cultural relativism?

9. What is the value of anthropology?

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