American anthropology

The contributions of Pierre Bourdieu to anthropology: Pierre Bourdieu made many contributions to the field of anthropology over the course of his academic career. His contributions have shaped the anthropological landscape in the analysis of the maintence of societal structures. Bourdieu’s theoretical approaches of ‘practice theory’, ‘habitus’ and ‘cultural capital’ play a central role in his continuing influence in the field of anthropology. Bourdieu’s ‘practice theory’ is one of his most

offers a perspective usually about the United States, anthropology offers a new perspective. According to Merriam-Webster, anthropology is defined as, “the study of human beings and their ancestors through time and space and in relation to physical character, environmental and social relations, and culture.” Anthropology holds a comparative analysis component in study that sociology lacks. It is the comparative analysis component that makes anthropology an important lens to use when looking at human reproduction

Comparing How Various Anthropologists Discovered Anthropology as a Career Anthropologists have reasons for entering a field of work just like any other person has reasons for Choosing science over music or medicine over business. The reason a person may enter a particular career can be from stumbling upon a field that they knew little. Once discovering it they have ambitions of being the best they can be. It could also stem from a desire as a child to know more about a specific subject. Reasons

right education. Forensic Anthropology is the study of “talking” bones or more properly as told by Burns (2013), “the discipline that applies the scientific knowledge of physical anthropology (and often archeology) to the collection and analysis of legal evidence” (p.3). This discipline brings together the fields of physical anthropology, biology, and many other physical sciences to allow for the proper identification of mostly human remains. The basis of forensic anthropology is to help solve cases

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

gathered during the study and also to the persons or cultures of which they study. These two important parts of anthropology – the research and those being researched – can be conflicting. The Code of Ethics of the American Anthropological Association presents itself as a body of guidelines for discussing these ethical and moral conflicts. This allows for researchers in the field of anthropology to have a foundation for understanding what decisions must be made regarding these ethical and moral conflicts

The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary defines cultural anthropology as the anthropology that deals with “human culture [especially] with respect to social structure, language, law, politics, religion, magic, art, and technology” (1998:282). Anthropology, when broken down, simply means the study of man (anthropos: man and ology: study). The word culture comes from the Latin word “colere,” which means to cultivate, or to worship. When you understand the meaning of the word, it provides you with

Anthropology findings continue to educate people on how human beings before our time used to live and run their societies in the past. While searching online for an article, I was able to find a recent anthropology related article on slave findings at the Magnolia Plantation in Louisiana. The name of the article that I found was called Slave Culture Research Showcased at New Smithsonian Museum written by Katelyn Kenny. This article interested me the most because I am very interested in African American

Race is a social construct that has influence all aspects of the American world view and life. The idea of race was constructed in America to justify slavery of Africans, stealing from and killing Native Americans, and prejudice against immigrants. Boas was took a stand on this subject that was not in line with mainstream perceptions on the subject. Another differing view was Du Bois who had some similarities in view and differences from Boas. Even with their legacies showing that race is not a biological

What is anthropology? This is a question that can be answered in numerous ways, but we are going to define it as simple as possible. If we break the word down into its two components it means the study of human beings. “Anthropo” means human beings or human kind and “logy” or “logia” is Greek for the study or knowledge of something. When we put it all together, it is the study of human beings which can be very broad. Anthropology can be broken down into four subfields: physical anthropology, archaeology