What is Anthropology?

What does Athropos mean?

Humans

What does Logos mean?

the study of

When was the first use of the term “Anthropology” used?

14th Century

It is the field that strives for comprehensive understanding that defines humans.

Anthropology

It is the fusion of ______ sciences and _______sciences; it does not only focus on the ______aspect of human being but the ___________as well.

social, natural, biological

Anthropology studies the genetic make-up of the people concerning human evolution, the culture itself,…and the different environmental set-ups.

religion, politics, language

Anthropology also studies the practices of people like…

rituals and ceremonies.

What are the 4 fields of Anthropology?

Physical, Cultural, Archaeology, Anthropological Linguistics

It is a field of study in Anthropology that documents languages in terms of structure, use, and acquisition.

Anthropological Linguistics

It explores the patterns of societies, and its beliefs, practices, and behavior in the contemporary setting.

Cultural Anthropology

The study of humans from the biological perspective. (AKA biological anthropology)

Physical Anthropology

What does archaeo mean?

Archaeology

It studies human cultures through the materials or artifacts of the past.

Archaeology

___________ is essential in the life of anthropologists.

Fieldwork

One of the methods to gather primary data in studying people.

Fieldwork

Who first pioneered in Fieldwork? When? This man looked for patterns and wrote a description of that culture.

Bronislaw Malinowski (1915)

Formed from the Greek Word “ethno-group” and “grapos-writing”)

Ethnography

The recording and analyzing culture or account of people, places, or institutions. A form of qualitative research that observes the daily lives and activities of the people.

Ethnography

It is the idea that the whole is greater than the sum of individual parts.

Holism

Study of Groups

Ethnography

Existence, acceptance, or promotion of multiple cultural traditions within the fixed boundaries.

Multiculturalism

When we judge other cultues based on our culture, that is…

ethnocentrism.

We respect other cultures religions, rituals, and food habits.

Cultural Relativism

The outsider’s view.

Etic

The insider’s view.

Emic