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Four Main SubdivisionsPhysical anthropology
→ Human origins and animal origin, anything that had life
Cultural anthropology
→ Study of cultures, ethnicity, gender, socialization
Archaeology
→ Prehistory and early history around the world
Linguistic anthropology
→ Non-verbal communication, and vocal communication, dialects, languages.
Observation
- Participant → immerse yourself in the culture, observe and record
- Structured → Observes with specific question in mind
- Unstructured → No specific questions in mind
Participation-Observation
→ Living in a culture doesn't have to be with humans, it can be with animals
Dian Fossey is an example of researchers that lived with gorillas
The Question of Kinship
- Anthropologists have concluded that that the human culture define the concept of
marriage
1. Marriage 2. Birth(descent) 3. Adoption.
- Most human societies are patrilineal )organized through the father lines
- Kinship is a family relationship based on what culture considered to be family
Ethnology:comparing more than one culture
Ethnography: comparing oine culture
Anthropology Schools of Thought
1. Cultural materialism - Wealth and technology translates to culture important factors in
molding a culture.
2. Structuralism - examine society based on binary opposites (Right v.s wrong. Good, bad,
light dark in society)
, 3. Functionalism - How is/Roles in society set up to meet the needs of its members.
Practice of why and how
What is Culture
- Culture is passed down
- Languages
- Values
- Customs
- Rules
- Family values
- Culture is society's way of life
- You are not born with cultures they are learned
- People learn by instincts
- Human rely on culture to have basic human needs
What makes Canada, Canada
- Donuts
- Restriction on guns
- Colourful money
- Maple syrup
- We have an accent
- Universal healthcare
- Politeness
- Exporting snow
- A-Z
- We don't wear jackets
- Curling
- Low Crime
- Saying sorry
- Clean air
- Celine Dion
- Using celsius
Four Classifications of Culture
- Eculturations come from within the culture
- Acculturation comes for outside the country
Theories of Social Change
1. Diffusion Borrowing
- Cultural symbols one way
2. Acculturation
- Two ways contact between two countries
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