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    Anthropology is defined as the study of human beings. It is unique in that it takes a holistic, transcultural, and historical perspective. Anthropology seeks to understand both universals and variations in human cultures, both past and present. The two main subfields of anthropology are biological anthropology, which studies human evolution and biological variation, and cultural anthropology, which seeks to understand variations and universals in human cultures. Cultural anthropology includes the subfields of archaeology, linguistics, and ethnology. All subfields aim to apply anthropological knowledge to solving human problems.

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    Anthropology is defined as the study of human beings. It is unique in that it takes a holistic, transcultural, and historical perspective. Anthropology seeks to understand both universals and variations in human cultures, both past and present. The two main subfields of anthropology are biological anthropology, which studies human evolution and biological variation, and cultural anthropology, which seeks to understand variations and universals in human cultures. Cultural anthropology includes the subfields of archaeology, linguistics, and ethnology. All subfields aim to apply anthropological knowledge to solving human problems.

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    Anthropology is defined as the study of human beings. It is unique in that it takes a holistic, transcultural, and historical perspective. Anthropology seeks to understand both universals and variations in human cultures, both past and present. The two main subfields of anthropology are biological anthropology, which studies human evolution and biological variation, and cultural anthropology, which seeks to understand variations and universals in human cultures. Cultural anthropology includes the subfields of archaeology, linguistics, and ethnology. All subfields aim to apply anthropological knowledge to solving human problems.

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    WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY?

    ANTHROPOLOGY
    • The term originates from two words in Greek:

    • (1) anthropos meaning “man” as in “human


    being”

    • (2) logos meaning “study”.


    Consequently we can determine that
    anthropology can be defined as: “the study
    of human beings”.

    Yet many other humanities, sciences


    and social sciences could also be defined as
    “the study of human beings” since the
    definition itself is so broad.
    WHAT THEN IS UNIQUE OR
    CHARACTERISTIC OF
    ANTHROPOLOGY?
    (a). anthropology is transcultural;
    looks all human groups, large and
    small; distant and near.
    (b). anthropology spans all of
    human history, the ancient and
    the modern. We must know past
    to understand present.
    (c). anthropology is holistic; seeks to
    demonstrate how aspects of cultures are
    linked, how they affect one another;
    seeks to understand all aspects of human
    behavior. It is a multi-faceted approach to
    the study of human behavior.
    Anthropology seeks to find the
    generalities about human life
    while also explaining the
    differences. To do this the
    examples must include a
    transcultural and historical
    perspective.
    Anthropology seeks to understand
    and explain why people do the
    things they do and say the things
    they say. A goal is create better
    understanding among people.
    In sum, we as anthropologists
    often say that “anthropology is
    the most humane of the
    sciences and the most scientific
    of the humanities”. Thus we
    draw data from all kinds of
    sources.
    WHAT ARE the SUB-FIELDS of
    ANTHROPOLOGY as a SOCIAL
    SCIENCE?
    THE TWO MAIN SUB-FIELD DIVISIONS
    WITHIN ANTHROPOLOGY ARE:

    • (1) biological anthropology


    • (2) cultural anthropology.

    In this course we will be


    focusing on cultural
    anthropology.
    Biological anthropology seeks to
    understand human behavior
    from a biological base especially
    focusing upon human
    evolutionary history and
    biological variation among
    human populations.
    Some examples of biological
    anthropology are paleontology;
    primatology; the study of human
    variation…
    Cultural anthropology seeks
    to understand universals and
    variations in human cultures
    both past and present.
    Archaeology seeks to
    understand human history
    through the study (primarily) of
    materials remains. Sometimes
    the work of archaeologists
    overlaps with the work of
    historians in a specialization,
    historical archaeology.
    Linguistics seeks to understand
    human language, written and non-
    written, spoken and non-verbal. The
    study of how languages change over
    time is termed historical linguistics.
    The study of how language is used in
    social contexts is termed socio-
    linguistics.
    Ethnology seeks to understand
    the patterns of human thought
    and behavior over time. A
    holistic, detailed description of a
    culture is termed an
    ethnography.
    Underscoring all of the sub-fields
    in both biological and cultural
    anthropology is Practicing or
    Applied anthropology, which
    seek to apply anthropological
    knowledge to the solution of
    human problems. All of the sub-
    fields in anthropology have an
    applied, practicing component.
    FURTHER COMMON DIVISIONS WITHIN
    ANTHROPOLOGY INCLUDE:

    • (1) area specializations (SE Asia,


    Europe, Latin American, etc.; areas
    which share some cultural-historical
    characteristics )
    • (2) topic specializations (medical,
    ecological, gender, etc.; themes
    upon which to focus within a holistic
    and deeply contextual framework of
    a culture)

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