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Explain how the perspectives of holism, cultural relativism, comparison, and fieldwork, as well as both scientific and humanistic tendencies make anthropology a unique discipline. Evaluate the ways in which anthropology can be used to address current social, political, and economic issues.
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Definitions of Anthropological Terms - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. This document defines various anthropological terms used to describe concepts in cultural anthropology, archaeology, linguistics and related fields.
Designed to meet the scope and sequence of your course, OpenStax Introduction to Anthropology is a four-field text integrating diverse voices, engaging field activities, and meaningful themes like Indigenous experiences and social inequality to engage students and enrich learning.
An open access textbook for cultural anthropology courses, produced by the Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges.
• Identify the central concepts of cultural anthropology and describe how each of these concepts contributed to the development of the discipline. • Describe the role anthropologists play in examining cultural assumptions and explain how the anthropological perspective differs from both ethnocentrism and American exceptionalism.
Anthropology is a social science, which studies mankind in its entirety. The term in its literal sense means, “study of mankind”, as it is a combination of two Greek words, namely, anthropos and logos. Anthropology has gained popularity rapidly within the social/ behavioral sciences circle. Through its various fields of specialization, it
