ANTH 1102 1st Edition Lecture 1 Outline of Current Lecture I What is Anthropology II Socio culture III Archeology IV Linguistic V Biological Physical Current Lecture Anthropology is the study of human diversity and change throughout time and space Four traditional subfields 1 Socio culture 2 Archaeology 3 Linguistics 4 Biological Physical Socio culture Cultural Anthropology or Ethnology Study of living people Social economic and religious aspects Know how people produce meaning Interaction in virtual spaces such as Facebook Reddit Twitter Archeology Study of human diversity and change in past societies Excavation involved Linguistic Study of relationships between language and culture Reasons behind word choice Evolution and cognition of language Body language How communication influences world views stereotypes power etc Biological Physical Study of human variation and adaptation Biological development and health Human evolution and their environments Also studies of the cousins of humans such as Primate studies study in diversity of species to help understand biology Key concepts in Anthropology 1 2 3 4 A holistic approach A comparative approach Society and culture Adaptation and variation A holistic approach Holistic means not limited by space time or a dimension of human experience Evolution of language and behavior in close living relatives A comparative approach Insight of similarities and differences across cultures and time Society and culture Society Organized life in groups Structure and hierarchy Material and interpersonal relationships Classical typologies based on survival and politics Culture Traditions customs norms beliefs behaviors or any aspect of identity Material manifestations of life material culture Things that are learned not inherited biologically Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism o Ethnocentrism way of evaluating people from your own cultural standpoint o Cultural Relativism analytical perspective to evaluate other practices from their perspective no bias Adaptation and variation Changes or adjustments an organism makes to cope with changes or challenging circumstances Influences of biological and sociocultural anthropology Long term and short term changes
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