The document discusses several branches of anthropology including: - Cultural anthropology examines economic, political, and social structures and cultural diversity across societies. - Linguistic anthropology studies language and its relationship to culture and cognition. - Archaeological anthropology analyzes tools and artifacts to understand past technologies, economies, arts, and social structures. - Physical anthropology explores human origins, evolution, genetics, and biological adaptations.

1. Understanding Culture Society and
Politics
Grade 11

2. Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics uses
multidisciplinal insights from anthropology,
political science, and sociology to develop student
awareness of cultural, social, and political
dynamics and sensitivity to cultural diversity.

3. Anthropology

4. Anthropology is the comparative
study of cultural and social life. It's
more important methodis participative
observation, which consist in lengthy
fieldwork in a particular social setting.

5. Production, consumption distribution and exchange
are the basic structures of economic transactions and
its processes. Economic Anthropologists concentrate
on these activities mainly in non-literate and peasent
societies. They focus on the modes of exchanges
including ceremonial exchanges. The concept of
reciprocity and redistribution are crucial here The
nature of trade and market systems are also studied.
Economic Anthropology

6. ● The process of economic growth and development in societies are
ultimately studied. Some scholars argue that the economic activities of
man are not studied in isolation but in their socio-cultural setting with
the emphasis on those socio-cultural factors that influence and
determine economic activity in each society.

7. It concentrates on the ubiquity of political process and the
functions of legitimate authority, law, justice and sanctions
in simple societies� ; focus of power and leadership. It
focuses on the Anthropological point of view in the
formulation of the typology of political structures based on
differences and similarities observed among the societies of
the world and its political processes emerging among nations
and complex societies. Moreover, it also studies political
culture and the nation building processes.
Political Anthropology

8. It is the study of cross cultural variations in psychological
traits. It studies psychological, behavioural and personal
approaches of man. It is developed as an interdisciplinary
approach between psychology and socio-cultural
anthropology. Modern Psychological Anthropologists are
very much interested in the process by which culture is
transmitted from one generation to the next.
Psychological Anthropology

9. It is a branch of Anthropology which attempts to explore human
mystery related to their origin, differentiation, diversities and
distributions. With the advancement of genetical sciences, it
becomes more and more biology oriented, and by virtue of it, its
area of study got considerable extension. By considering the
whole situations, it can be divided into the following sub-
branches.
Physical Anthropology

10. Archaeology can tell us about the technology of peoples by
analyzing the tools they have left behind. Based on this, it can
shed light on the economic activities of the people who utilized
that technology. The artistic capabilities of people become
apparent through the remains of fine engravings on pottery,
intricate designs on jewellery , etc. Physical remains of housing
can reveal certain aspect of social structure.

11. Anthropologists study begin with an attempt to understand
the geological processes, particularly the Great Ice Age, and
the succession of climatic phases that have left behind
stratigraphic evidences in river terraces and moraines.
Further, it studies man as an artificer. Based on the types of
stone tools, they divided the cultural development of man into
three stone Ages : Paleolithic (Old stone Age), Mesolithic
(Middle Stone Age) and Neolithic (New Stone Age).

12. Linguistic Anthropology is that branch of anthropology which
deals with language. It is concerned with the languages of all
people, past and present as it is the chief vehicle through
which man preserves and transmits his culture from
generation to generation. It also interested in the relationship
between language and cultural cognition as well as cultural
behavior.
Linguistic Anthropology

13. ● The major difference between Linguists and Linguistic
Anthropologist is that the former are mainly concerned with
the study of how languages, particularly written ones, are
constructed and structured. But the Linguistic
Anthropologists study unwritten languages as also written
languages. Another crucial difference between them is that
those features which the former taken for granted into
consideration by the latter. These features are related to the
systems of knowledge, belief, assumptions and conventions
that produce particular ideas at particular times in the mind
of people.

15. Hypothesis

16. Tell the audience
what you expect
to happen...

17. I think this is what’s going to happen
because…
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Variables that may affect the
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Hypothesis support

18. The experiment

19. Conclusion
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