USCP 01 Lesson 1.2: Anthropology

Anthropology

It is the study of humans and all aspects of its being including its origin.

Derived from the Greek word Anthropos means human and logos as study of.

Physical or Biological Anthropology

studies the evolutionary origins of humans. it uses concepts in biology and culture to explain how humans adapt and continuously evolve.

Anthropological Linguistics

documents the structure, use, and acquisition of language. it explains how language influences the way people think or is used in the transmission of culture

Archaeology

studies human cultures through the remains and artifacts in the past. it explains the relationship between artifacts and the present and future of society.

Cultural Anthropology

studies the patterns of societies, and its beliefs, practices, and behavior across cultures. It explores the history of cultures around the world. It focuses on identifying the differences/commonalities of human societies .

Fieldwork

is one of the methods anthropologists use to gather primary data in studying people. _________ pioneered using participant observation in 1915 to explore patterns and write a description of a culture.

Ethnography

is a form of research that involves long-term participation while observing the daily lives and activities of people. It reflects the goal for holism - the practice to understand as many as possible cultural aspects and contexts.

Ethnology

from the Greek word ethnos (group) and logos (study), refers to the study of groups. Ethnologists use the comparative method and ethnographic data to study a crosscultural topic.

Bronislaw Malinowski

pioneered using participant observation in 1915 to explore patterns and write a description of a culture.

Multiculturalism

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

Ethnocentrism

when one judges another culture based on his/her own culture.

judging another culture's religion, rituals, or food.

Cultural relativism

argues that all cultures are equal

no international or universal standard of culture

Etic

an outsider's view of a culture

aims to understand the culture from the point of view of a non-member of a culture

using this approach may lead to the Hawthorne effect (happens when participants of a study alter their behavior under study)

Emic

an insider's view of a culture

involves participating and fully integrating into everything about a culture

Henry Otley Beyer

established the University of the Philippines Diliman Department of Anthropology

taught the first anthropology courses at the university in 1914.

produced ethnographic researches, by documenting Ifugao traditions.

proposed the Wave Migration Theory

F. Landa Jocano

Documented and translated the epic poem Hinilawod and wrote numerous writings on Philippine folklore.

Ponciano Bennagen

one of the proponents who drafted the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act

co-founded the Ugnayang PangAgham Tao (UGAT), an anthropology organization in the Philippines.