(NOTE: This is a long slide set as it covers some very important background information that will be referred to often as we go through the semester. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also. There is no video presentation scheduled for this and next week as the base slide sets tend to be a little longer than "normal.")
the four fields of general anthropology
culture as a primary concept
learned
shared
transmitted from generation to generation
based on symbols
integrated
comparative method as major approach to the study of human behavior development and structure
holism or the study of "humankind" as a whole, as a primary theoretical goal
the approach used in this class emphasizes the "holistic" anthropological view which combines observations of "culture" and behavior with considerations of the physical and developmental aspects of humans
fieldwork as a primary research technique in gathering data, involving “participant observation”
[see note on slide formats] (NOTE: This is a long slide set as it covers more than 2000+ years. Please bear with it to the end. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also. There is no video presentation scheduled for this and next week as the base slide sets tend to be a little longer than "normal.")
Finding Information on Different Countries and Cultures
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