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Anthropology aims to overcome bias by examining cultures as complex, integrated products of specific environmental and historical conditions. Anthropologists use many different research strategies in their efforts to represent people from cultures very different from their own.
discussed include a wide range of cultural and social anthropologists, ethnologists, historians, philosophers, literary critics, folklorists, ethnomusicologists, sociolinguists, poets, and photographers/visual artists.
An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology 2nd Edition. The first peer-reviewed open access textbook for cultural anthropology courses. Produced by the Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges and available free of charge for use in any setting. Read Online; Download Chapters; Download Entire Book; Order Print Version
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.
− This class is an introduction to cultural anthropology − You will learn what cultural anthropology is all about − the study of people in terms of their culture − Culture is the framework that sets up… − how people understand themselves and the world,
Our approach to cultural anthropology is holistic. We see the interconnectedness of cultural practices and, in all of the chapters, we emphasize the comparison of cultures and the ways of life of different peoples.
An open access textbook for cultural anthropology courses, produced by the Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges.
