ANTH 130 STUDY GUIDE EXAM # 1 * Anthropological “levels” of analysis 1. Micro-level analysis: * Individual to individual‚ face to face‚ smallest unit * “Primary relation”‚ intimate‚ ends in itself * Actions‚ relations within larger organization 2. Macro-level analysis: * Large scale‚ impersonal‚ subjects don’t appear * Historical‚ cultural‚ epochal‚ institutional * May be called “structural analysis” * Culture 1. Book Definition: * A system of
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Language and Culture Proposition: An Eclectic Perspective There are many ways in which the phenomena of language and culture are intimately related. Both phenomena are unique to humans and have therefore been the subject of a great deal of anthropological‚ sociological‚ and even memetic study. Language‚ of course‚ is determined by culture‚ though the extent to which this is true is now under debate. The converse is also true to some degree: culture is determined by language - or rather‚ by the replicators
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Kinship Systems of the San Cultures Lynn M. Mudd ANT 101: Introduction to Anthropology Instructor Cynthia Livingston March 22‚ 2011 Kinship 1 The oldest social structure in human existence are societies known as bands. These are people who have lived their entire lives as hunters and gatherers‚ or foragers‚ in order to survive‚ feeding themselves‚ and their families. Now these families might not be exactly what‚ or how we may describe our families in today’s society
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into various academic narratives‚ by relating the topic to a range of broad themes and definitions. The book contains 28 previously published articles‚ written by scholars working in a wide range of fields‚ including biology‚ psychology‚ cultural anthropology and history. The text is divided into four sections: ‘Food‚ Meaning and Voice’‚ considering materialist and cultural explanations of food; ‘Commensality and Fasting’‚ looking at how humans give‚ receive and refuse food as an articulation of social
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Niela Kappes ANT 101 Instructor Jonathan Brooks 11FEB2013 Nayar of India There are different cultures in many places all over the world. The Nayar of India culture stood out to me from many others. The way they unite in marriage‚ heal sickness‚ their beliefs and values‚ and kinship took me by a great surprise. Their way of life is very unique. Growing up and living in a place such as America‚ where the cultures are similar in many ways makes me very interested in cultures such as theirs. In
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troubling answers. It was the essay of a philosopher inspired by Wittgenstein‚ who had questioned the very idea of a social science‚ reflecting upon and‚ indeed‚ criticizing the interpretation of witchcraft in one of the classics of twentieth-century anthropology‚ Evans-Pritchard ’s Witchcraft‚ Oracles and Magic among the Azande (Evans-Pritchard‚ 1937). I propose here to return to Winch ’s questions and to assess his answer through a consideration of a current far-reaching dispute between two anthropologists
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human cultural experiences‚ so that misconceptions about modern civilized’ ways of life and progress’ are clarified‚ in a way helping him in creating a more egalitarian and sustainable society. The is the significance of the study of cultural anthropology it helps man to analyze and evaluate himself‚ his culture and his society‚ while gaining an in-depth understanding of other ways of life. The life and culture of the Dobe Ju Hoansi‚ the ethno-linguistic group of people of the Kalahari Desert
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Kinships in the Yanomamo Ashley Jones ANT 101 Adrienne Stafford May 21‚ 2012 A kinship system is a system of social relationships that constitute kinship in a particular culture. Among many cultures kinship is greatly valued among the Yanomamo society. Their way of life centers around these kinships. Their kinships impact the way they think and how they live their lives. While in today’s society our families also known as our kin “kinships” are typically blood related or through marriage
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of European expansion and colonization‚ some questions had started to be raised about whether the indigenous people that were being discovered in the New World were actually human or not . Scientific racism focuses on different aspects such as anthropology or the study of humans and the different subdivisions of cultural‚ social‚
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https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/by.html. Last accessed 2/11/2013. 3. Collignon‚ Claude Boniface (1788). Découverte d ’étalons justes‚ naturels‚ invariables et universels. pp. 39–40. 4. Conrad‚ K. (2010) "Cultural Anthropology: Appreciating Cultural Diversity." McGraw Hill. Pg. 64 5 7. Erickson‚ P.A and Murphy‚ L.D (2013). A History of Anthropological Theory. 4th ed. University of Toronto Press. p72-80. 8. Evans-Pritchard‚ E.E (1940). "The Nuer of the Southern Sudan"
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