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27 sty 2018 · Chapter PDF Available. Society: A Key Concept in Anthropology. January 2018. In book: Ethnology, Ethnography and Cultural Anthropology, Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS) Publisher:...
(or ethnology), social anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and psychological anthropology are the fields that examine the social and cultural creations of human groups.
It is a solidarity that recognises the individual’s freedom to live life as it is achieved and not ascribed. In spite of the inclusion of the title ‘Body’, the book is characterised by an understanding of human experience and social life as it is primarily cognitively conceived.
5 wrz 2018 · Article PDF Available. Social and Cultural Anthropology. September 2018. DOI: 10.1002/9781118924396.wbiea2193. Authors: Joao Pina-Cabral. University of Lisbon. Citations (3) References (51)...
at the heart of the discipline of social anthropology, scholarly publication is its life-blood: it is chiefly through writing that most anthropologists disseminate the results of their time in the field. Writing transforms data and personal observations into texts that inform, provoke, and inspire
Social Anthropology explores the cultural grounding of social life. By studying people who are ‘not like us’ – from whichever group of people it is that ‘we’ as researchers might belong – anthropologists learn about the surprising differences in everyday living around the world.
The goals of this class are fourfold: 1) de-exoticize and familiarize the “other” across space and time, 2) to assess how different, yet equally appropriate, lifestyles and worldviews arise, 3) to critically understand something about your own culture in reflection with others, and 4) to strive towards a holistic understanding of being human.
