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ANTHRO
[OOC: Once again, laziness ensues. I'll just group together the two/three classes that go together. This time, I'm posting in the right place. Yay!]
Intro:
Welcome back. I'm sure you all enjoyed the reading. Today's discussion will focus on the different branches of anthropology.
The most expansive one, Cultural Anthropology, is the one that we will be focusing on in this course. The anthropologist must go out into the field and actually visit different cultures to study them and write ethnographies detailing their findings. I have done this, my primary location being in small tribes in Africa.
Then, there's Archaeology. Do not be confused, archaeologists are not paleontologists! We study artifacts from certain sites in order to determine how certain cultures lived in the past.
Then we have Linguistics. That is another field I have done studies in. This particular field breaks down language. Vocabulary, grammar, everything is broken apart in order to study how the language is used, who speaks it.
Physical or Biological Anthropology is the study of human remains, bones and things, in order to form a picture of how humans were in the past. These people are sometimes used for forensics work.
Finally, Applied Anthropology, a relatively new branch of anthropology. This is where one looks at human behavior to help solve or lessen contemporary problems in the society, economy ,and technology.
Now I want you to pair off to brainstorm an essay. That means you don't have to write the essay, but pretend you will. Imagine you're an anthropologist and you've arrived on the field to study a culture. Make a list of "do's" and "dont's". Please hand them into me by the end of the class.
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Egyptian Archaeology:
In order to jump into the good stuff, we need to learn how the Egyptians got there.
He turns on a powerpoint presentation. He then goes through to lecture about the origin of the Egyptians
Any questions?
For next class, I would like you to read the next chapter and come to class prepared with questions. We'll jump into looking at artifacts next class! If you look at my website, there will be a list of artifacts that you will need to know for your exam. Remember, you will need to know dates!
Intro:
Welcome back. I'm sure you all enjoyed the reading. Today's discussion will focus on the different branches of anthropology.
The most expansive one, Cultural Anthropology, is the one that we will be focusing on in this course. The anthropologist must go out into the field and actually visit different cultures to study them and write ethnographies detailing their findings. I have done this, my primary location being in small tribes in Africa.
Then, there's Archaeology. Do not be confused, archaeologists are not paleontologists! We study artifacts from certain sites in order to determine how certain cultures lived in the past.
Then we have Linguistics. That is another field I have done studies in. This particular field breaks down language. Vocabulary, grammar, everything is broken apart in order to study how the language is used, who speaks it.
Physical or Biological Anthropology is the study of human remains, bones and things, in order to form a picture of how humans were in the past. These people are sometimes used for forensics work.
Finally, Applied Anthropology, a relatively new branch of anthropology. This is where one looks at human behavior to help solve or lessen contemporary problems in the society, economy ,and technology.
Now I want you to pair off to brainstorm an essay. That means you don't have to write the essay, but pretend you will. Imagine you're an anthropologist and you've arrived on the field to study a culture. Make a list of "do's" and "dont's". Please hand them into me by the end of the class.
--
Egyptian Archaeology:
In order to jump into the good stuff, we need to learn how the Egyptians got there.
He turns on a powerpoint presentation. He then goes through to lecture about the origin of the Egyptians
Any questions?
For next class, I would like you to read the next chapter and come to class prepared with questions. We'll jump into looking at artifacts next class! If you look at my website, there will be a list of artifacts that you will need to know for your exam. Remember, you will need to know dates!
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