Quiz 1 notes
1. Why anthropology matters and what it means to be human
• we live our lives socially (social creatures)
• Anthropology matter as this area of study is concerned with the way we live as
social beings. it recognises that society and culture changes through time. It
studies how these changes impact individuals, groups, communities and
nation on both a local and global scale. matters more than ever as populations
are growing which is impacting us globally.
• What it means to be human: Humans are unlike other social animals, A
humans humanity is bound up in the many di erent ways they communicate
with each other and the di erent kinds of institutions that they develop to
organise themselves
• anthro is concerned with looking at di erent solutions to the same problems
and drawing on the 'wisdom of the world’ to try and make sense of our
humanity
•
2. The relationship and attitudes that developed between coloniser and
colonised
• Coloniser may nd himself banned by the government or rejected by the
intellectuals of the country he seeks to enter
• May need to pose as an economist or sociologist in order to gain acceptance
• the colonised has resentment towards the coloniser
• the willingness to tolerate the anthropology has been replaced by outright
distrust and suspicion .
• Validity of his ndings are confronted by representatives of the studied group
• colonialism created relationships between h=the colonial and native that
stressed their di erences
• discomfort - when they are examined by anthropologist
• attitude of the anthropologist - they have the right to exploit the people they
study for their own personal advancement without having a corresponding
sense of commitment to them or their needs
•
3. The basic structure (traditional and contemporary) of family and societies
• Nuclear family
• Multigeneral and extended family
• Zadruga: patrilocal extended family
• head male has complete autonomy and authority
• Talawad: Matrilineal extended family
• Head is a woman and is supported by her brother
• husband only stays at the wife’s talawad for a few days before heading
back to her own to support their sister
• woman are allowed to have multiple sexual partners but all their children
belong to her
• Band Societies
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1. Why anthropology matters and what it means to be human
• we live our lives socially (social creatures)
• Anthropology matter as this area of study is concerned with the way we live as
social beings. it recognises that society and culture changes through time. It
studies how these changes impact individuals, groups, communities and
nation on both a local and global scale. matters more than ever as populations
are growing which is impacting us globally.
• What it means to be human: Humans are unlike other social animals, A
humans humanity is bound up in the many di erent ways they communicate
with each other and the di erent kinds of institutions that they develop to
organise themselves
• anthro is concerned with looking at di erent solutions to the same problems
and drawing on the 'wisdom of the world’ to try and make sense of our
humanity
•
2. The relationship and attitudes that developed between coloniser and
colonised
• Coloniser may nd himself banned by the government or rejected by the
intellectuals of the country he seeks to enter
• May need to pose as an economist or sociologist in order to gain acceptance
• the colonised has resentment towards the coloniser
• the willingness to tolerate the anthropology has been replaced by outright
distrust and suspicion .
• Validity of his ndings are confronted by representatives of the studied group
• colonialism created relationships between h=the colonial and native that
stressed their di erences
• discomfort - when they are examined by anthropologist
• attitude of the anthropologist - they have the right to exploit the people they
study for their own personal advancement without having a corresponding
sense of commitment to them or their needs
•
3. The basic structure (traditional and contemporary) of family and societies
• Nuclear family
• Multigeneral and extended family
• Zadruga: patrilocal extended family
• head male has complete autonomy and authority
• Talawad: Matrilineal extended family
• Head is a woman and is supported by her brother
• husband only stays at the wife’s talawad for a few days before heading
back to her own to support their sister
• woman are allowed to have multiple sexual partners but all their children
belong to her
• Band Societies
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