This document discusses the increasing inclusion of indigenous voices and perspectives in archaeology and anthropology. It argues that past practices in these fields lacked indigenous input and representation, conducting research through a Western lens rather than an indigenous one. The document examines how several influential figures, such as Vine Deloria, Franz Boas, and Michael Foucault, helped shift the fields toward greater collaboration with indigenous communities and inclusion of indigenous ways of knowing. It also provides examples of successful indigenous archaeology programs, showing how equal partnership with native groups benefits all parties involved. Overall, the document makes the case that incorporating indigenous views and allowing native peoples to help guide research is crucial for conducting anthropology and archaeology in a more respectful and accurate manner
This document provides an overview of the field of anthropology. It begins by defining anthropology as the study of human beings and all aspects of human life and culture. It then discusses the main fields of anthropology including cultural, linguistic, archaeological, physical, and forensic anthropology. The document outlines some of the key contributors to the development of anthropology as a field and discusses modern directions in anthropological theory and research. It concludes by noting that anthropology has become a diverse field that examines both traditional and modern cultures around the world.
Anthropological Theories and Theoretical OrientationsBrax Reantillo
The document discusses the evolution of theories in anthropology from the 16th century encounters between Europeans and indigenous peoples, leading to the emergence of the field of anthropology. Early approaches included evolutionism, which viewed culture as progressing through universal stages from simple to complex. Race theory emerged which attributed behavioral and cultural differences to separate human subspecies. Diffusionism explained cultural traits and changes through spread from core areas. Modern anthropology developed historical particularism and functionalism to understand cultures through their unique histories and as systems that fulfill social needs. Later approaches included cultural ecology, sociobiology, structuralism, political economy, feminist perspectives and more recently postmodernism.
This document summarizes the history and development of anthropology in the Philippines from the Spanish colonial period through the American colonial period to the present. It discusses how early anthropological studies focused on racial classification of Filipinos and treating them as "objects" of study. It then outlines how anthropology at the University of the Philippines evolved under scholars like H.O. Beyer to focus on areas like archaeology, ethnography, and social engineering. The document argues that anthropology needs to move towards a more socially engaged and public form to address its colonial past of defining the self through the other.
Anthropology is the scientific study of humans, past and present. It is a holistic discipline that employs four main approaches: physical anthropology studies human evolution and biology; archaeology examines human artifacts and remains; linguistics analyzes human language and communication; and cultural anthropology observes contemporary human societies and cultures through methods like ethnography. Together, these subfields aim to understand humankind in all times and places from a broad, multifaceted perspective.
Week 1 Notes: The Anthropology of Media and MediationCameron Murray
This document provides an overview of key concepts and readings for Week 1 of an anthropology course on the anthropology of media. It discusses how anthropologists have increasingly studied media and its role in cultural contexts over the past few decades. Some key points made include:
- Media shapes and is shaped by cultural practices and defies easy categorization or boundaries.
- Studying media has altered understandings of the relationship between the local and global.
- There is a renewed interest in studying Western media and how media circulates globally.
- The field has moved beyond just studying communication technologies to a broader anthropology of social mediation and how various processes circulate images and knowledge.
This document provides an overview of anthropology. It begins by defining anthropology as the scientific study of humans, their physical development, behavior, and cultures. The document then outlines the main divisions of anthropology, including physical anthropology which studies human evolution, and cultural anthropology which includes archaeology, ethnology, and linguistics. It also discusses how anthropology relates to other sciences and its educational implications, such as providing insight into how humans adapt to different environments and react to change over time.
The document introduces the concept of cultural anthropology and discusses how anthropologists study human diversity and culture. It provides examples of cultural variations in practices like marriage, economics, politics, and religion. The goal of anthropologists is to explain both the diversity and similarities between cultures, such as why some societies practice monogamy while others practice polygamy. The document also discusses how anthropologists observe culture by studying people's behavior in the field, at archaeological sites, and through language.
This document provides an overview of the field of anthropology. It begins by defining anthropology as the study of human beings and all aspects of human life and culture. It then discusses the main fields of anthropology including cultural, linguistic, archaeological, physical, and forensic anthropology. The document outlines some of the key contributors to the development of anthropology as a field and discusses modern directions in anthropological theory and research. It concludes by noting that anthropology has become a diverse field that examines both traditional and modern cultures around the world.
Anthropological Theories and Theoretical OrientationsBrax Reantillo
The document discusses the evolution of theories in anthropology from the 16th century encounters between Europeans and indigenous peoples, leading to the emergence of the field of anthropology. Early approaches included evolutionism, which viewed culture as progressing through universal stages from simple to complex. Race theory emerged which attributed behavioral and cultural differences to separate human subspecies. Diffusionism explained cultural traits and changes through spread from core areas. Modern anthropology developed historical particularism and functionalism to understand cultures through their unique histories and as systems that fulfill social needs. Later approaches included cultural ecology, sociobiology, structuralism, political economy, feminist perspectives and more recently postmodernism.
This document summarizes the history and development of anthropology in the Philippines from the Spanish colonial period through the American colonial period to the present. It discusses how early anthropological studies focused on racial classification of Filipinos and treating them as "objects" of study. It then outlines how anthropology at the University of the Philippines evolved under scholars like H.O. Beyer to focus on areas like archaeology, ethnography, and social engineering. The document argues that anthropology needs to move towards a more socially engaged and public form to address its colonial past of defining the self through the other.
Anthropology is the scientific study of humans, past and present. It is a holistic discipline that employs four main approaches: physical anthropology studies human evolution and biology; archaeology examines human artifacts and remains; linguistics analyzes human language and communication; and cultural anthropology observes contemporary human societies and cultures through methods like ethnography. Together, these subfields aim to understand humankind in all times and places from a broad, multifaceted perspective.
Week 1 Notes: The Anthropology of Media and MediationCameron Murray
This document provides an overview of key concepts and readings for Week 1 of an anthropology course on the anthropology of media. It discusses how anthropologists have increasingly studied media and its role in cultural contexts over the past few decades. Some key points made include:
- Media shapes and is shaped by cultural practices and defies easy categorization or boundaries.
- Studying media has altered understandings of the relationship between the local and global.
- There is a renewed interest in studying Western media and how media circulates globally.
- The field has moved beyond just studying communication technologies to a broader anthropology of social mediation and how various processes circulate images and knowledge.
This document provides an overview of anthropology. It begins by defining anthropology as the scientific study of humans, their physical development, behavior, and cultures. The document then outlines the main divisions of anthropology, including physical anthropology which studies human evolution, and cultural anthropology which includes archaeology, ethnology, and linguistics. It also discusses how anthropology relates to other sciences and its educational implications, such as providing insight into how humans adapt to different environments and react to change over time.
The document introduces the concept of cultural anthropology and discusses how anthropologists study human diversity and culture. It provides examples of cultural variations in practices like marriage, economics, politics, and religion. The goal of anthropologists is to explain both the diversity and similarities between cultures, such as why some societies practice monogamy while others practice polygamy. The document also discusses how anthropologists observe culture by studying people's behavior in the field, at archaeological sites, and through language.
Anthropology is the study of mankind and includes four main branches - cultural anthropology, linguistics, biological anthropology, and archaeology. Cultural anthropology studies culture and social organization through long-term field studies, linguistics analyzes recorded and unrecorded languages, biological anthropology takes an evolutionary perspective on human biology and behavior, and archaeology studies past human cultures and societies through archaeological materials. Anthropologists use methods like ethnography, case studies, descriptive surveys, and historical analysis to conduct research.
This document provides an overview of the field of anthropology. It defines anthropology as the study of humankind everywhere and throughout time. The key fields of anthropology are discussed as archaeology, physical anthropology, cultural anthropology, and linguistics. Research methods used by anthropologists are described, including cultural immersion, human ecology studies, archaeological analysis, and linguistic analysis. Physical anthropological research methods focusing on human bones and remains are also summarized. The document contrasts anthropology with other social sciences and discusses concepts like culture, society, evolution, and postmodernism.
Anthropology is the study of human civilizations, cultures, and societies. It examines how cultures are perpetuated over time and contributes to understanding human beings. Anthropology is a broad field that includes the study of human evolution, linguistics, ethnology, and more. Its goal is to learn about past and present humans by investigating physical and cultural development as well as social and environmental influences.
Anthropologists and archaeologists study the past through various scientific methods like surveys, excavations, and dating techniques to uncover fossils, artifacts, and remnants that provide insights into how humans lived and developed culture over time. However, they face ethical issues regarding informed consent and treatment of human remains, as seen in a problematic case between Peru and Yale University. Proper protocols require researchers to inform local institutions of their work and get approval.
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Physical anthropology studies humans from a biological perspective, including human evolution, physical variations between populations, and primate biology and behavior. Sociocultural anthropology focuses on human culture and social organization through ethnographic fieldwork. Archaeological anthropology studies past human societies through excavating and analyzing material remains. Linguistic anthropology examines language as a cultural system and how language relates to other aspects of human behavior and thought. Together, the four main approaches seek to understand humans and human diversity.
Anthropology is the study of human beings and human culture. It draws from many fields including the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. Anthropology has four main fields: biological anthropology which studies human evolution and biology; cultural anthropology which examines human cultures and societies; linguistic anthropology which analyzes human communication and language; and archaeology which investigates human activity and development through archaeological remains. Anthropologists conduct research in both academic and professional settings and their work informs careers in research, business, non-profits, and government.
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Anthropology is the study of humans, their societies, and cultures. It takes a holistic and multifaceted approach to understand all aspects of human experience. Anthropologists study humans geographically, historically, biologically, culturally, linguistically, and archaeologically. The goal is to gain a deeper understanding of humans, how and why we vary, our past evolution and societies, and to help avoid misunderstandings between cultural groups.
This document presents information on the school of thought known as historical particularism. It discusses key figures in the development of this school, including Franz Boas, Alfred Kroeber, Clark Wissler, and Robert Lowie. Historical particularism rejected the idea of universal cultural evolution. Instead, it argued that each culture must be understood on its own terms and in the context of its unique historical experiences.
The document provides an overview of major theoretical perspectives in cultural anthropology, including evolutionism, historical particularism, functionalism, structuralism, symbolic and interpretive anthropology, neoevolutionism, world systems theory, and political economy approaches. It summarizes key ideas, theorists, and works associated with each perspective from the 19th century to present day.
1. Applied anthropology involves using anthropological data and techniques to identify and solve contemporary social problems.
2. Anthropologists can help address issues in various fields like medicine, education, business, and development by understanding cultural practices and designing culturally-appropriate solutions.
3. Medical anthropologists help address health disparities between groups by identifying key health problems, gathering solutions, and partnering with agencies to implement culturally-sensitive public health programs.
Archaeology is the systematic scientific study of past human cultures through the recovery and analysis of artifacts. The goal is to answer questions about how humans lived, including what they ate, where they lived, their social structures, technologies, and more. Archaeologists recover artifacts through excavation and analyze them using various scientific techniques to reconstruct past lifeways and cultures. Key aspects of archaeology include it being question-driven, systematic in its recovery and analysis of artifacts, and focused on understanding past human behaviors and cultures.
This document discusses culture as a central theme of anthropology. It provides definitions of culture from several anthropologists such as M.J. Hershkowitz, E.B. Taylor, B. Malinowski, and A.L. Kroeber. Culture is defined as the man-made part of the environment, a complex whole of knowledge and beliefs acquired by members of a society, an instrumental reality that satisfies biological and derived needs, and as being super organic and super individual. The document also discusses characteristics of culture such as it being learned, shared, transmitted between generations, changing, universal, multidimensional, integrated, adaptive, operating symbolically, and bounding. Finally, it discusses the concepts of accult
Physical/Biological Anthropology is the study of human evolution, variation, and biology. It uses empirical data and the scientific method to understand humans in an evolutionary context. Key concepts covered include the four fields of anthropology, evolution by natural selection, human variation and adaptation, and the holistic and comparative approach of studying humans.
Anthropology is the study of humanity, including our evolutionary history, behavior, adaptation to environments, communication, and socialization. It examines both past and present human societies from a holistic perspective that encompasses biological, social, cultural, linguistic, historical, and contemporary aspects. The main branches of anthropology are biological anthropology, archaeology, linguistic anthropology, and cultural anthropology. Cultural anthropology specifically studies living peoples and their cultures, including cultural variation and change.
This document provides an overview of the field of anthropology. It discusses the history and evolution of anthropology from its roots in ancient Greek writings to its establishment as a formal academic discipline in the 20th century. The document also outlines several key fields within anthropology, including cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, archaeology, and biological anthropology. Each field takes a different approach to understanding human cultures, behaviors, and histories.
This document discusses the field of anthropology and its branches. It begins by defining anthropology as the study of humans, their origins, and cultural variations throughout history. The document then outlines the major branches of anthropology, including socio-cultural anthropology, physical/biological anthropology, archaeological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and applied anthropology. For each branch, it provides a brief description of the areas of focus and goals of study.
Anthropology is the study of what it means to be human. It takes a holistic approach across four fields: archaeology studies how humans shape their material environments; physical anthropology examines human biological diversity and evolution; linguistic anthropology analyzes human language and communication; and cultural anthropology describes human cultures and learned knowledge systems. Together, these four fields seek to understand all aspects of human existence and behavior.
1. Anthropology is defined as the comparative and holistic study of humankind.
2. It is comparative in that it compares cultures across time and space, as well as related species.
3. It is holistic in that it considers all aspects of a culture and how they integrate together.
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O crescimento forte do crédito nos bancos públicos está pressionando os spreads bancários, levando os bancos privados a crescerem menos no crédito e optarem por riscos menores. A inadimplência de curto prazo continua subindo, mostrando que a situação ainda inspira cuidados, enquanto o nível de provisionamento das instituições privadas estrangeiras é menor do que o das instituições privadas e públicas nacionais.
Anthropology is the study of mankind and includes four main branches - cultural anthropology, linguistics, biological anthropology, and archaeology. Cultural anthropology studies culture and social organization through long-term field studies, linguistics analyzes recorded and unrecorded languages, biological anthropology takes an evolutionary perspective on human biology and behavior, and archaeology studies past human cultures and societies through archaeological materials. Anthropologists use methods like ethnography, case studies, descriptive surveys, and historical analysis to conduct research.
This document provides an overview of the field of anthropology. It defines anthropology as the study of humankind everywhere and throughout time. The key fields of anthropology are discussed as archaeology, physical anthropology, cultural anthropology, and linguistics. Research methods used by anthropologists are described, including cultural immersion, human ecology studies, archaeological analysis, and linguistic analysis. Physical anthropological research methods focusing on human bones and remains are also summarized. The document contrasts anthropology with other social sciences and discusses concepts like culture, society, evolution, and postmodernism.
Anthropology is the study of human civilizations, cultures, and societies. It examines how cultures are perpetuated over time and contributes to understanding human beings. Anthropology is a broad field that includes the study of human evolution, linguistics, ethnology, and more. Its goal is to learn about past and present humans by investigating physical and cultural development as well as social and environmental influences.
Anthropologists and archaeologists study the past through various scientific methods like surveys, excavations, and dating techniques to uncover fossils, artifacts, and remnants that provide insights into how humans lived and developed culture over time. However, they face ethical issues regarding informed consent and treatment of human remains, as seen in a problematic case between Peru and Yale University. Proper protocols require researchers to inform local institutions of their work and get approval.
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Physical anthropology studies humans from a biological perspective, including human evolution, physical variations between populations, and primate biology and behavior. Sociocultural anthropology focuses on human culture and social organization through ethnographic fieldwork. Archaeological anthropology studies past human societies through excavating and analyzing material remains. Linguistic anthropology examines language as a cultural system and how language relates to other aspects of human behavior and thought. Together, the four main approaches seek to understand humans and human diversity.
Anthropology is the study of human beings and human culture. It draws from many fields including the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. Anthropology has four main fields: biological anthropology which studies human evolution and biology; cultural anthropology which examines human cultures and societies; linguistic anthropology which analyzes human communication and language; and archaeology which investigates human activity and development through archaeological remains. Anthropologists conduct research in both academic and professional settings and their work informs careers in research, business, non-profits, and government.
I have compiled these notes from different resources. I am hopeful that these notes will help students who are willing to grab information on this subject for civil services exams or university exams. Good Luck
Anthropology is the study of humans, their societies, and cultures. It takes a holistic and multifaceted approach to understand all aspects of human experience. Anthropologists study humans geographically, historically, biologically, culturally, linguistically, and archaeologically. The goal is to gain a deeper understanding of humans, how and why we vary, our past evolution and societies, and to help avoid misunderstandings between cultural groups.
This document presents information on the school of thought known as historical particularism. It discusses key figures in the development of this school, including Franz Boas, Alfred Kroeber, Clark Wissler, and Robert Lowie. Historical particularism rejected the idea of universal cultural evolution. Instead, it argued that each culture must be understood on its own terms and in the context of its unique historical experiences.
The document provides an overview of major theoretical perspectives in cultural anthropology, including evolutionism, historical particularism, functionalism, structuralism, symbolic and interpretive anthropology, neoevolutionism, world systems theory, and political economy approaches. It summarizes key ideas, theorists, and works associated with each perspective from the 19th century to present day.
1. Applied anthropology involves using anthropological data and techniques to identify and solve contemporary social problems.
2. Anthropologists can help address issues in various fields like medicine, education, business, and development by understanding cultural practices and designing culturally-appropriate solutions.
3. Medical anthropologists help address health disparities between groups by identifying key health problems, gathering solutions, and partnering with agencies to implement culturally-sensitive public health programs.
Archaeology is the systematic scientific study of past human cultures through the recovery and analysis of artifacts. The goal is to answer questions about how humans lived, including what they ate, where they lived, their social structures, technologies, and more. Archaeologists recover artifacts through excavation and analyze them using various scientific techniques to reconstruct past lifeways and cultures. Key aspects of archaeology include it being question-driven, systematic in its recovery and analysis of artifacts, and focused on understanding past human behaviors and cultures.
This document discusses culture as a central theme of anthropology. It provides definitions of culture from several anthropologists such as M.J. Hershkowitz, E.B. Taylor, B. Malinowski, and A.L. Kroeber. Culture is defined as the man-made part of the environment, a complex whole of knowledge and beliefs acquired by members of a society, an instrumental reality that satisfies biological and derived needs, and as being super organic and super individual. The document also discusses characteristics of culture such as it being learned, shared, transmitted between generations, changing, universal, multidimensional, integrated, adaptive, operating symbolically, and bounding. Finally, it discusses the concepts of accult
Physical/Biological Anthropology is the study of human evolution, variation, and biology. It uses empirical data and the scientific method to understand humans in an evolutionary context. Key concepts covered include the four fields of anthropology, evolution by natural selection, human variation and adaptation, and the holistic and comparative approach of studying humans.
Anthropology is the study of humanity, including our evolutionary history, behavior, adaptation to environments, communication, and socialization. It examines both past and present human societies from a holistic perspective that encompasses biological, social, cultural, linguistic, historical, and contemporary aspects. The main branches of anthropology are biological anthropology, archaeology, linguistic anthropology, and cultural anthropology. Cultural anthropology specifically studies living peoples and their cultures, including cultural variation and change.
This document provides an overview of the field of anthropology. It discusses the history and evolution of anthropology from its roots in ancient Greek writings to its establishment as a formal academic discipline in the 20th century. The document also outlines several key fields within anthropology, including cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, archaeology, and biological anthropology. Each field takes a different approach to understanding human cultures, behaviors, and histories.
This document discusses the field of anthropology and its branches. It begins by defining anthropology as the study of humans, their origins, and cultural variations throughout history. The document then outlines the major branches of anthropology, including socio-cultural anthropology, physical/biological anthropology, archaeological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and applied anthropology. For each branch, it provides a brief description of the areas of focus and goals of study.
Anthropology is the study of what it means to be human. It takes a holistic approach across four fields: archaeology studies how humans shape their material environments; physical anthropology examines human biological diversity and evolution; linguistic anthropology analyzes human language and communication; and cultural anthropology describes human cultures and learned knowledge systems. Together, these four fields seek to understand all aspects of human existence and behavior.
1. Anthropology is defined as the comparative and holistic study of humankind.
2. It is comparative in that it compares cultures across time and space, as well as related species.
3. It is holistic in that it considers all aspects of a culture and how they integrate together.
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O crescimento forte do crédito nos bancos públicos está pressionando os spreads bancários, levando os bancos privados a crescerem menos no crédito e optarem por riscos menores. A inadimplência de curto prazo continua subindo, mostrando que a situação ainda inspira cuidados, enquanto o nível de provisionamento das instituições privadas estrangeiras é menor do que o das instituições privadas e públicas nacionais.
The document discusses paintbrush smoothing techniques. It mentions paintbrush, smoothing, and that the document is confidential and unauthorized copying is prohibited.
Hadoop Distriubted File System (HDFS) presentation 27- 5-2015Abdul Nasir
Hadoop is a quickly budding ecosystem of components based on Google’s MapReduce algorithm and file system work for implementing MapReduce[3] algorithms in a scalable fashion and distributed on commodity hardware. Hadoop enables users to store and process large volumes of data and analyze it in ways not previously possible with SQL-based approaches or less scalable solutions. Remarkable improvements in conventional compute and storage resources help make Hadoop clusters feasible for most organizations. This paper begins with the discussion of Big Data [1][7][9] evolution and the future of Big Data based on Gartner’s Hype Cycle. We have explained how Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) works and its architecture with suitable illustration. Hadoop’s MapReduce paradigm for distributing a task across multiple nodes in Hadoop is discussed with sample data sets. The working of MapReduce and HDFS when they are put all together is discussed. Finally the paper ends with a discussion on Big Data Hadoop sample use cases which shows how enterprises can gain a competitive benefit by being early adopters of big data analytics. Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) is the core component of Apache Hadoop project. In HDFS, the computation is carried out in the nodes where relevant data is stored. Hadoop also implemented a parallel computational paradigm named as Map-Reduce. In this paper, we have measured the performance of read and write operations in HDFS by considering small and large files. For performance evaluation, we have used a Hadoop cluster with five nodes. The results indicate that HDFS performs well for the files with the size greater than the default block size and performs poorly for the files with the size less than the default block size.
El documento describe una sesión de fomento de autoestima con estudiantes de sexto semestre. La sesión tuvo como objetivo enseñar a los estudiantes a ver las cualidades de sus compañeros mediante la técnica de "El foco encendido", donde escribieron cualidades uno del otro. La sesión fue más participativa que las anteriores y ayudó a los estudiantes a sentirse más cómodos.
This document discusses the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), passed in 1990. NAGPRA requires federally-funded agencies, museums, and universities to inventory artifacts of cultural significance to Native American and Native Hawaiian tribes and repatriate them. However, implementation has faced challenges, such as the difficulty of identifying artifacts' cultural affiliations. The document also examines differing views on repatriation between scientific and tribal communities. While NAGPRA has facilitated the return of some items, full compliance remains an ongoing process and tribal consultation and ancestral remains repatriation require further progress.
This annotated bibliography by Nic Grosjean summarizes 20 academic sources relevant to their anthropology studies. The sources cover topics like violence in California's history, Native cultures of the Northwest coast, the impact of digital technology, the aims of anthropological research, questioning objectivity in anthropology, underwater archaeology, the importance of social media in social movements, the efficacy of NAGPRA, genetics research on early Californians, the possibility of Polynesian contact in Southern California, cultural resource management laws, critiques of consumerism, archaeology research conducted in California, indigenous politics in Australia and the US, questioning changes to indigenous cultures from colonization, zen essays, diverse Native cultures in California, discussing cultural
Movies are a form of visual entertainment that tells stories through moving images and sound. Films are recorded onto film then displayed on a screen by means of projected slides or through computer generated images. Popular movies are typically feature-length productions made for initial distribution in theaters and aim to entertain, interest, or educate viewers.
This document summarizes a chapter about managing intercultural conflict flexibly. It discusses cultural background factors that influence conflict, such as different cultural lenses and conflict styles. It also examines intercultural conflict process factors, like defining various conflict styles and how cultures approach conflict differently. Finally, it recommends flexible skills for intercultural conflict management, such as mindful listening, cultural empathy, and code switching behaviors depending on the cultural context. The overall message is that understanding cultural differences in perceptions and communication is key to managing intercultural conflicts constructively.
El documento enumera las principales partes del cuerpo humano, incluyendo la cabeza, cabello, cara, ojos, nariz, boca, labios, cuello, hombros, espalda, brazos, muñecas, dedos, pechos, piernas, rodillas y pies.
This document summarizes key concepts from Chapter 8 of the textbook "Understanding Intercultural Communication". It discusses how human perception tendencies can lead to biases against outgroups through selective attention, organization, and interpretation. Specifically, it examines ethnocentrism and the development of stereotypes along dimensions of warmth and competence. The chapter also explores how ingroup and outgroup membership boundaries are formed through social identity and attribution biases. Prejudice, discrimination, and different types of racism are then defined and explained. Finally, recommendations are provided for reducing biases through self-reflection, seeking accurate knowledge of other groups, and cultivating intergroup contact and cooperation.
This document provides an overview of the first chapter of the textbook "Understanding Intercultural Communication Second Edition" which discusses why studying intercultural communication is important. It lists several practical reasons for studying intercultural communication, including adjusting to a global workplace, adapting to workforce diversity, engaging in creative problem solving, and facilitating better healthcare communication. It also defines culture as a learned meaning system consisting of patterns such as norms, meanings, symbols, traditions, and beliefs that are passed down and shared within a community. Finally, it uses the metaphor of an iceberg to illustrate how culture has surface, intermediate, and deep levels.
This document is a research proposal requesting funding to conduct an archaeological survey and excavation of an undiscovered shipwreck located off the Mendocino Coast of California. The shipwreck was discovered by a local urchin diver and initial dives have revealed at least one cannon and a large grindstone. The proposal outlines a four phase methodological approach including mapping and documentation of the site, targeted excavation of artifacts of interest like the cannon, and laboratory analysis with the goals of identifying the ship and learning more about maritime activity in Northern California.
This document discusses the communication issues facing those with a global identity in the digital age. It covers topics like how the internet and technology have transformed identities by making them more global through increased access to international media, music, fashion and pop culture. It also discusses the rise of "e-netizens", people who have hybrid local and global identities due to being constantly connected online. E-netizens experience tensions between privacy and community online as well as shifts between focused and multitasking approaches to time. The document also notes how communication patterns have changed with increased smartphone and social media use, including more truncated language and prioritizing online interactions over face-to-face ones. It closes by considering how personal identities are in flux in
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This chapter discusses cultural value patterns and dimensions that shape intercultural communication. It identifies key dimensions along which cultures vary, such as individualism vs collectivism, small vs large power distance, weak vs strong uncertainty avoidance, and feminine vs masculine cultures. It also discusses additional value orientations around meaning, destiny, and time orientation. The chapter emphasizes developing self-awareness of one's own cultural values and how they compare to others through exercises assessing independent vs interdependent self-construal.
This chapter discusses ethics in intercultural communication. It presents three ethical positions - ethical absolutism, relativism and universalism - and evaluates their pros and cons. It also introduces meta-ethics contextualism as a fourth approach that emphasizes fact-finding and layered interpretations to systematically analyze complex ethical dilemmas. The chapter encourages readers to practice parallel thinking, take responsibility for promoting peace, and develop dynamic flexibility by integrating cultural knowledge and open-minded skills to communicate ethically across cultures.
This document discusses intercultural communication flexibility. It defines intercultural communication as a symbolic and transactional process that involves negotiating shared meanings across cultural communities through interactive situations embedded in societal systems. It describes developing intercultural flexibility through practicing an ethnorelative mindset with appropriate knowledge, attitudes, and skills. It presents a four-stage model of developing flexibility from unconscious incompetence to unconscious competence. Flexible communicators attune to their own and others' assumptions and communicate styles appropriately across contexts.
This document discusses the challenges of developing intercultural intimate relationships. It addresses factors that can facilitate attraction between partners from different cultures, such as perceived physical attractiveness and similarity. However, cultural differences in areas like individualism vs collectivism and self-disclosure norms can pose challenges. Developing a relationship also brings potential conflicts from prejudice, racism and differing expectations from families. Successfully raising bicultural children requires cultivating a secure identity and appreciation for both cultures. Overall developing intercultural relationships requires understanding of cultural differences and flexibility from both partners.
Anthropology is the study of humans, their biological evolution, and social and cultural aspects. It encompasses several fields including physical anthropology which focuses on human evolution, and social/cultural anthropology which examines human social and cultural interactions. Archaeology, an essential part of anthropology, investigates prehistoric cultures through material remains. The discipline was influenced by Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and developed various approaches like participant observation pioneered by Bronislaw Malinowski to understand cultures from a native point of view. Major figures like Franz Boas promoted cultural relativism and rejecting notions of social evolution. Anthropology includes cultural, linguistic, archaeological, biological, and applied anthropology as key branches of study.
The document discusses the importance of kinship in cultural anthropology. It notes that kinship has traditionally been a key topic as all humans have kinship and are related to others through it. Additionally, many early societies studied by anthropologists were organized primarily through kinship. Functionalism and structuralism focused on how kinship forms social groups and the rights/duties of individuals based on their relations. Meanwhile, cultural anthropologists focused more on the symbolic meanings and identities associated with different kinship roles. Kinship provides crucial insights into how social organization and cultural understandings of relationships develop in human societies.
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Anthropology is the scientific study of humans, human behavior, and cultures. It is divided into four main subfields: physical/biological anthropology which studies human evolution and biology; archaeology which studies past human cultures through material remains; cultural anthropology which studies cultural variation; and linguistic anthropology which studies human language and communication. Key figures in the development of anthropology included Charles Darwin, who formulated the theory of evolution, and Edward Tylor who established cultural anthropology. Later, Franz Boas introduced cultural relativism, challenging beliefs of Western cultural superiority. Margaret Mead studied gender roles and their cultural influences. Structuralism and symbolic anthropology also emerged as important approaches in anthropology.
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1. Anthropology is divided into two main branches - physical anthropology, which studies humans as biological organisms, and cultural anthropology, which examines human behavior and cultural products.
2. Some of the pioneering figures in anthropology from the 19th century included Herbert Spencer, Lewis Henry Morgan, and Edward Tylor, who studied cultural diffusion and evolution. Franz Boas introduced modern fieldwork methods.
3. Approaches like functionalism, structuralism, and ethnoscience developed in the 20th century to analyze cultures as interconnected systems and examine aspects like social organization and mythology.
The document discusses the historicism theory in anthropology. Historicism dates back to the mid-19th and early 20th centuries and sees culture as developing over time through diffusion and environmental adaptation rather than social evolution. It was developed by Franz Boas and his students. Boas made significant contributions to getting women involved in the field. Other theories discussed include those related to the study of physical and cultural differences between human races. Anthropology can be broadly described as the study of human history and understanding the connections between evolution, culture, race, history, language and more.
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Anthropology is the study of humanity, examining humans and human behavior across all places and time periods. It takes a holistic and comparative approach, seeking to understand cultural similarities and differences from an emic, or insider's, perspective. Anthropology has its roots in 18th century philosophy but emerged as a formal academic discipline in the late 19th century, driven by Western colonial expansion. It is a broad field that covers all aspects of what it means to be human, from biology and evolution to culture, beliefs, and social organization. Key to anthropological research is long-term ethnographic fieldwork using qualitative methods like participant observation and interviews to understand local contexts from an emic viewpoint.
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Social science is the study of human groups and societies and their interactions with one another and their environments. The document outlines several key social science disciplines including anthropology, economics, geography, history, linguistics, political science, psychology, and sociology. It provides brief overviews of each discipline, including what they study and some important figures in their development. The social sciences use scientific methods and perspectives to better understand human social behavior and dynamics.
Sujay Multivocality in Ethnography FINAL FINAL FINAL FINAL.pdfSujay Rao Mandavilli
This document provides an overview of the history and techniques of ethnography. It traces ethnography from its origins in the 18th century to modern practices. Key points discussed include:
- The origins and definitions of ethnography and ethnology. Early ethnographers focused on studying "primitive" cultures.
- The two main schools of ethnography - the British school focused on colonial societies, while the Chicago school studied urban communities.
- Important techniques in ethnography include participant observation, interviews, archival research, and triangulation of methods. Fieldwork is also a critical component.
- Many seminal ethnographic studies were conducted in the late 19th/early 20th centuries, helping establish ethnography as a
Sujay Multivocality in Ethnography FINAL FINAL FINAL FINAL.pdfSujay Rao Mandavilli
This document provides an overview of ethnography and its history and methods. It discusses how ethnography involves detailed study of communities through participation and observation. It traces the origins and development of ethnography in the 18th century and discusses the British and Chicago schools of ethnography. It also defines key terms like ethnology and discusses traditional topics of ethnographic research like primitive societies as well as more modern topics. The document aims to outline the core components and approaches of ethnography as a research method.
Social Anthropology course material - Copy.pptxSebehadinKedir
This document provides an outline and overview of a freshman anthropology course. It covers 7 chapters in the course, with Chapter 1 focusing on introducing anthropology and its subject matter. Key points about Chapter 1 include:
- Definitions of anthropology as the scientific study of human beings, interactions, and environments.
- A brief history noting anthropology's development from ancient philosophers through the 20th century founding fathers like Boas, Radcliffe-Brown, and Malinowski.
- The broad scope of anthropology across time, space, cultures, and dimensions of human life.
- Unique approaches of anthropology including being holistic, relativistic, and comparative in studying human diversity and commonalities
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Indigenous Archaeology
Indigenous voices of the world have historically been marginalized or entirely
absent from historical accounts, governance, education, and other forms of human
action and interaction. The term ‘indigenous’ in this instance and context is chosen
specifically to engender two unique yet related notions. The first connotation of
‘indigenous’ is the popular and common definition for the term, roughly related as ‘what
culture(s) existed in a place before historic European colonization of the globe’
Contemporarily, China and the United States take the role of the colonizers. The second
connotation of ‘indigenous’ is meant to refer to the self and one’s personal voice (this
connotation includes all people). That condition of the second connotation is thereafter
altered as our minds become colonized and acculturated through influences in our
households, education, and careers, becoming re-defined. In this paper the term
‘indigenous Anthropology’ or ‘indigenous archaeology’ refers to the contemporary
inclusion of indigenous peoples and opinions into Anthropology and archaeology. This
use of the term ‘indigenous archaeology’ is meant to infer the same meaning as Joe
Watkins does in his book Indigenous Archaeology: American Indian Values and
Scientific Practice. The terms ‘indigenous Anthropology’ and ‘indigenous archaeology’
are not meant to refer to Messerschmidt’s use of the term ‘Indigenous Anthropology’,
which denotes practicing Anthropology within and upon one’s own culture
(Messerschmidt).
These interpretations of ‘indigenous’ and this indigenous/colonized voice
interaction are paramount to anthropology and the choices we make, both as humans
and as anthropologists. Anthropology—the study of humans, human ancestors, and
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humanness—during the twentieth century shifted its foci and ethical intentions, not from
indigenous to colonial, but from colonial to indigenous. Historically, anthropology and
archaeology have been conducted through a Western (Euro-American) cultural lens.
This Western cultural lens portrays a given culture through the dominant Western
culture and rhetoric, and quite possibly is not a complete or correct examination of a
given. Contemporarily, an understanding the culture that is being studied is requisite to
properly understand portray a culture anthropologically or archaeologically. Issues in
anthropology have recently ranged from epistemological, to practical, to theoretical and
numerous points between. Intrinsically these opinions, issues, and theories vary
depending on who is reproducing as well as practicing them. Contemporarily, the
practices of anthropology and archaeology have increasingly been conducted through
an indigenous lens and have included indigenous voices and views. This increased
inclusion of indigenous views and voices belies a necessary change in anthropology
and archaeology, and is essential in order to more-aptly and more-respectfully
document humans and their history.
As identified by James Clifford, notable past faults of anthropology and
archaeology—and those anthropologists and archaeologists whom practiced it—vary
from acting as authorities on native artifacts or acting without consultation with the
respective tribes to conducting excavations without receiving prior permission from all
tribes locally. (Clifford 5). Clifford continues by identifying another past fault as the lack
of exchange information about anthropological and archaeological results between
Native American tribes and anthropologists (Clifford). These historical aspects of
anthropology are rooted in the colonial mind-frame within which anthropology
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developed. Clifford discusses and posits the, “possibilities and limits of collaborative
work,” between Native Americans and anthropologists (Clifford 5). Clifford is qualified to
discuss and ponder these possibilities through his work on Native heritage exhibitions
with Native Alaskans in Southern Alaska (Clifford). One way of resisting or negating
anthropology's colonial influence (gained during the anthropology’s development) can
be found through indigenous anthropology. Indigenous anthropology seeks to address
and amend some issues that historically have both insulted and offended native
communities and simultaneously hindered and caused the evolution of anthropology
and archaeology (Watkins XIII). That being said, the importance of the history of
anthropology cannot be understated. It is from our histories and pasts that we plan for
our futures, and despite present-day criticisms of past anthropologists, they played their
crucial role in the evolution of anthropology and anthropological theory.
Past Anthropologists and their bodies of thought should not be disregarded
because of current disagreement with their methods, practices, or goals, for they offer
and have founded many theories that persist and are enacted today. Franz Boas
contributed greatly to the field of anthropology during his professional career. Boas is
considered widely as the father of American Anthropology, despite being formally
educated in physics and geology (Boas). The aim of anthropological research,
according to Boas, was an attempt to understand humans and their past and present
biology, psychology, and culture (Boas—Aims of Anthropological Research). Boas is
considered the father of American Anthropology because of his legacy: laying the
foundation for Anthropology’s four sub-fields (Boas). Interestingly, Boas utilized cranial
measurements to challenge racial inferiority theories while the same types of
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measurements served others to embolden their theories regarding and supporting racial
categories (Boas). Despite some controversy surrounding Boas, during his career and
after his passing, Boas contributed much to what is considered modern North American
Anthropology (Boas). This influence stems from his body of work and spread outward
through those he influenced professionally—Kroeber, Sapir, and Meade to name a few
(Boas).
Burgeoning partially from the lasting influence of the, “murky ferment of French
colonial history,” are such theorists as Sartre, Bourdieu, and Foucault (Goodwin-Smith).
All three of these men had measurable impact and influence on anthropology as a
practice and science, yet all three will not be discussed here. Despite Foucault not
being an Anthropologist, his theories are still relevant to the field of Anthropology and
are discussed contemporarily. Arguably one of Foucault’s greatest contributions to
Anthropological theory was his theory on post-structuralism (Goodwin-Smith). Post-
structuralism is a theory that arose in response to structuralism. Post-structuralism
states that there is not a unified truth and instability is inherent to all structures
(Eagleton). This aspect of post-structuralism is especially relevant to Anthropology.
Furthermore post-structuralism identifies that power structures reinforce hierarchies
(Owl). Boas and Foucault both influenced anthropology as a study and a science and
these influences created opportunities for new advancements in anthropology and
anthropological theory.
Despite, and arguably because of, some past scholars’ and anthropologists’
lacking utilization of indigenous voices and knowledge, the study of anthropology and
archaeology has begun to incorporate indigenous peoples and their viewpoints into
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anthropological and archaeological work. As stated by Ferguson, "fundamental changes
are occurring in the way archaeology is conducted in the Americas" and as Ferguson
points out, there will always be both proponents and opponents to any kind of change
(Ferguson). Ferguson looks to the chance this change presents—both for Native
Americans and anthropologists and archaeologists—to work together conducting
indigenous archaeology (Ferguson). Not only are indigenous voices now more valued,
sought, and presented, but also anthropology and archaeology are being conducted by
indigenous peoples, as will be discussed in more depth later.
Vine Deloria was a prominent Native American scholar and leader with a law
degree from the University of Colorado (Deloria). Deloria was a pivotal figure in
American politics of the twentieth and early twenty-first century and during the civil
rights movement and the American Indian Movement (Deloria). In his first book, Custer
Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto Deloria “redefined the relationship of Native
Peoples to Anthropologists and Archaeologists” (Leventhal 3). In short, Deloria
condemned the study and characterization of Native Americans as a strange, perishing
type of people, necessary to study and quantify (Stocking). Deloria suggested that
anthropologists should refrain from studying Native Americans unless those
anthropologists could present a tangible advantage in accepting such proposed study
(Deloria). Deloria wanted Anthropologists, “to seek tribal permission for their work and
to focus on ‘applied’ research helpful to Indians in the here and now” (Stocking 270).
Seeking tribal permission before a project is started through explicit contract
agreements has now become a standard Archaeological practice (Clifford). Deloria
gave, “Native individuals and their governments…intellectual, theoretical, philosophical,
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and substantive arguments necessary to support their inherent personal and national
sovereignty" (Wilkins 151). Another crucial aspect of Deloria’s body of work, “sought to
improve the nation-to nation and intergovernmental relationships of and between First
Nations, and between First Nations and non-Native governments at all levels" (Wilkins).
Deloria had an aunt, Ella C. Deloria, who was an anthropologist, publishing works on
American Indian linguistics and ethnography (Deloria).
In their book Digging It Up Down Under: A Practical Guide to Doing Archaeology
in Australia, Claire Smith and Heather Burke discuss in-depth the process of conducting
archaeology in Australia (Smith). Their book is relevant to this essay because of the
importance Smith and Burke place on interaction between local Aboriginal tribes before,
throughout, and concluding the archaeological process (Smith). Smith and Burke state
that historical archaeology is, "the heritage of contemporary communities" (Smith 206).
An important caveat made by Smith and Burke is on the possibility of archaeological
results coming into conflict with the truths held by a given community regarding their
understanding of their culture and history (Smith). Alternate truths, no matter how
immiscible, all can offer to share alternate and worthy understandings of ourselves and
the world that surrounds us. A key example given by Smith and Burke where the
inclusion of Aboriginal people in anthropological and archaeological work is beneficial
and arguably indispensable is the analysis of rock art in Australia (Smith). The
interpretations of rock art by culturally-foreign anthropologists are limited to descriptive
and comparative analyses, and these interpretations may be entirely erroneous to the
actual meaning of painting (Smith). This limitation is overcome when Aboriginal
Australian artists and elders local to the painting(s) in question are consulted (Smith).
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This positive, focused interaction between Aboriginal Australians and anthropologists
and archaeologists is one instance where a great array of information becomes
available to learn about. Rock art in Australia is used by Aboriginal people to document,
“social activities, economy, material culture, ideology, and environmental context”
encompassing all parts of their lives, history, culture, and environment (Smith 173).
Joe Watkins is an authority on the integration of Native Americans into
archaeology as he is a Choctaw Indian and a practicing archaeologist. He also is a
proponent of this paper’s use of the term ‘indigenous archaeology’. In his book
Indigenous Archaeology: American Indian Values and Scientific Practice, Watkins calls
for the advancement and increased practice of indigenous archaeology. In his view,
indigenous archaeology would be defined as including native peoples as partners with
equal decision-making power in cultural resources management and its practice
(Watkins). Watkins himself is an example of indigenous archaeology, but also gives
examples in his book where indigenous archaeology has been implemented (Watkins).
One major example given by Watkins is the Navajo Cultural Resources Management
Program (Stamps). The Navajo Cultural Resources Management Program was created
by, and is run by and for, the Navajo Nation (Begay). The Navajo Cultural Resources
Management Program has its roots in the Navajo Nation’s Tribal Museum (Begay).
During the 1950s the Navajo Nation’s Tribal Museum was heading an active
archaeological and historic research program (Begay). By 1977, the Navajo Nation
formally established their cultural resources management program (Begay). The Navajo
Nation later created the Navajo Historic Preservation Department in 1986, which was
largely empowered by the Navajo Nation’s passing of the Cultural Resources Protection
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Act (Begay). The act placed, “the authority for Navajo historic preservation decisions
with the Navajo Nation and the Historic Preservation Department (Begay). These
actions by the Navajo Nation are a further example showing how indigenous
anthropology and indigenous archaeology can create benefit for all parties involved.
Indigenous voices have historically been disregarded and absent from historical
accounts, governance, education, and many other human interactions. The term
‘indigenous’ in this instance and context is chosen specifically to engender two unique
yet related notions. This essay argued for the increasing need and necessity for
implementation of an indigenous form of archaeology. Indigenous anthropology and
archaeology mark a shift in greater anthropological and archaeological ethical intent.
Indigenous archaeology rejects the Western cultural lens in sake of a culturally relevant
lens. Contemporarily, anthropology and archaeology have increasingly relied upon a
culturally-native cultural lens, provided through the inclusion of native peoples into
anthropology and archaeology. This increasing inclusion of native peoples, views, and
voices into anthropology and archaeology is necessary in order to document human
history through more respectful and complete means.
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