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Cultural Anthropology. The speciality of anthropology that shows how variation in the beliefs and behaviors of members of different human groups is shaped by sets of learned behaviors and ideas that human beings acquire as members of society-that is, by culture. Biological Anthropology.
Social Anthropology. Whole of human society as area of interest, and tried to understand ways in which human lives are unique, but also familiar. -how people live in particular places and how they organize, govern, create meaning. -race, sexuality, class, gender, nationality. -emphasis on participant observation.
Chapter Outline. 1.1 The Study of Humanity, or "Anthropology Is Vast" 1.2 The Four-Field Approach: Four Approaches within the Guiding Narrative. 1.3 Overcoming Ethnocentrism. 1.4 Western Bias in Our Assumptions about Humanity. 1.5 Holism, Anthropology’s Distinctive Approach. 1.6 Cross-Cultural Comparison and Cultural Relativism.
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.
How do anthropologists transform their fieldwork data into a story that communicates meaning? How are reflexivity and polyvocality changing the way anthropologists
2 Chapter 1 What Is Anthropology? their way of life. No matter how much the ethnographer discovers about the society, he or she remains an alien there. That experience of alienation has a profound impact. Having learned to respect other customs and beliefs, anthropologists can never forget that there is a wider world.
