anthropology 597.01 cultural conflict in d eveloping nations
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“Quantities like length, breadth, distance, and magnitude are susceptible of exact mathematical determination; human actions cannot be so calculated .” - Sun Tzu. Anthropology 597.01 Cultural Conflict in D eveloping Nations. Anthropology. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
“Quantities like length, breadth, distance, and magnitude are
susceptible of exact mathematical determination; human actions
cannot be so calculated.”- Sun Tzu
Anthropology 597.01 Cultural Conflict in Developing Nations
Anthropology
• The holistic & scientific study of humankind as a biological & cultural entity– Scientific study of humankind–What does it mean to be human?– Focus on human biological & cultural evolution
Anthropological Concepts
Holism • Perspective that integrates all known information• Global perspective, all time periods• Compare as wide a range of human societies as
possible
Anthropological Concepts• Relativism – View subject in terms of their principles, traditions,
history, etc.
• Ethnocentrism– The view that the ways of one’s own culture are
superior to those of other cultures– evaluating aspects of other cultures utilizing the
values of one’s own culture
Archaeology1. Reconstruct cultural history2. Reconstruct past lifeways3. Study cultural process– Independent invention– Diffusion– Migration
Physical/Biological AnthropologyThe study of human biology within the framework
of evolution
► specializations: paleoanthropology primatology human biology
Linguistic Anthropology
The study of human speech and language• Origins & historical ties• Language & Culture– Shapes cognition & thought
• Social interaction of lang & Society– Gender, class, ethnicity
Our best intelligence suggests the insurgentsare this tall
Non-verbal communication
Cultural Anthropology• Study of human culture & behavior– Comparison of differences & similarities of cultures
• Participant Observation– Intensive Fieldwork
• Ethnography & ethnology• Emic Perspective– member of society’s view of the world
• Etic Perspective– understanding of the world or a behavior from the
perspective of an outside observer
Bands 25 – 150 (ex. !Kung)• H/G • Elder/shaman • No social stratigraphy• Reciprocity (general)
Tribes 75 – 500 (ex. Yanamamo)• Horticulturalist / Pastoralist • Headman, unite for common defense • little social stratigraphy• Reciprocity (balanced)
Social Organization
Chiefdoms 1000’s (ex. Cahokia)• Small scale agriculture• Chief (CPA)• Begin social stratification• Redistribution
State 10k’s (ex. pick one)• Intensive Agriculture • Central Political Agent (President, PM, Queen/King)– Bureaucracy
• Marked social stratification• Market Economy
Social Organization
Culture:• gives meaning to reality• is adaptive• is shared• is cumulative• is not invented
A system of shared beliefs, values, customs, behaviors and material objects that members of a society use to cope with the world & one another.
Culture
Culture & Biology
• Does biology determine culture/behavior?– Biological Determinism
• Critics:– Any person of any ‘race’ can be raised in any culture /
language– Huge cultural diversity w/ little biological diversity – Horizontal vs. Vertical Transmission
Culture in Total • Culture – any thought or action that is learned & not
instinctual or biologically inherited.– “non-biological adaptations to environment passed
on through acquired knowledge.”• Where do people acquire culture?– Enculturation – Acculturation