cultural anthropology, which seeks to understand the purpose and place of the humans in this world. It will include anthropology as a social science, the concept of culture, and it would also introduction the human evolution and to archaeology, ethnographic field methods. The importance of human language, human development, patterns, global economy, marriage and the family, gender issues, global politics and local political organization, social stratification, medical anthropology, ethnicity
Throughout this Cultural Anthropology class, one consistent theme was the concept of the state. This is essential because the state is one of the core societal structures that influences people. In the context of anthropology, the state is studied as an institution because it holds a substantial amount of power over its citizens. Additionally, the role of the state is perceived in different ways depending on the culture. In this article, entitled “Ambiguous States: Confucius Institutes and Chinese
as race, class and sexuality? Why are these factors difficult to label and identify? How has anthropology changed since its origins? Why is globalization difficult to define? What are the different spheres of globalization? What processes are involved in globalization? Which aspects of globalization are old and which ones are recent? What are the critiques of globalization? Why is anthropology interested in globalization and its impact on gender? Chapter 2. A History of Gender and Difference
universe, politics, economics etc. – then we would definitely see archaeology contributing in some manner. Gosden (2009) examines this concept as expressed by Whallon: “ ’we ultimately may see the development of a systematic and rigorous understanding, on both short-term and long-term timescales, of human cultural organization and evolution’ (Whallon 1982: 1)”. He then rejects this view when he says: “The second justification for looking at the relationship between archaeology and anthropology is that
overlaps with political science, psychology and anthropology. Sociology and anthropology are known as twin sister (Preserve Articles Bharat Kumar). But as we are aware that twin sister also has some minor differences, such as fingerprints. Hence there are both differences and similarity between sociology. Sociology mainly focuses on the macro level such as large social trends and how they affect individuals, families, and communities while anthropology focuses on the micro level such as how individuals
Though women have played an integral part in the history of the discipline of anthropology, it was not until the early 1970’s that the field of anthropology and gender, or feminist anthropology emerged. Sex and gender roles have always been a vital part of any ethnographic study, but the contributors of this theory began to address the androcentric nature of anthropology itself. The substantial gap in information concerning the study of women was perceived as a male bias, a prejudice made more apparent
This semester we dove into the complicated study of the development and application of human culture. Over the course of 16 weeks we covered topics ranging from understanding the importance and development of kinship, to the social structure of politics and it past and current impact, to the spread and interconnection of the people of our planet in globalization. As a design major, a few of the topics that were covered this semester jumped out in relevant significance more than others. In general
the value of a diverse, multiethnic education. I’ve witnessed the detriments of discrimination in my own community, and Georgetown’s mission for social justice is both refreshing and thought-provoking as I continue to navigate my own spiritual development and strive to make an impact in an often volatile socio-cultural climate. With the support of the Center for Social Justice, I hope to further my advocacy by initiating a campus chapter of She’s the First, a program that sponsors girls’ education
Europe had developed over the centuries. They, above all, strived to transform the ‘native’ inhabitants of the New World into Christians. (Gruzinski: 2002, 53) For Renaissance Europeans, politics and religion were inextricably linked in the definition of social and individual life. The union of religion and politics dominated daily life; encompassing education, morality, art, sexuality and social connections, also orchestrating the calendar and the important moments in life. Therefore, Christianisation
Marisol de la Cadena argued that Latin America's turn to the Left away from neoliberalism in the past few years has been in part due to the revival of indigenous movements (indigenismo) in the Andean countries of Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia. Modern politics on the Left can accommodate these movements when they are concerned with capitalist exploitation, protection of the environment, cultural autonomy and land reform, although it shares the same modernist and rationalist assumptions as the liberals