Language and culture are intimately related phenomena. Both of them are unique to human being and thus they are part of anthropological, sociological and memetic study. Language is the way by which people communicate with one another, build relationships, and create a sense of community. Communication is a core component of any society, and language […]
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12. Applications of Anthropology
Social Analysis, Anthropology and Development Research, Policy Guidance and Decision Support Anthropology and Industry Tribal welfare Anthropology in Policy and Practice Conflict resolution Human resource management International Development, Defense and security Environmental management Applied anthropology
Read MoreI.8.(c) Tools of data collection: oral history
Oral history is a field of study and a method of gathering, preserving and interpreting the voices and memories of people, communities, and participants in past events. Oral history is both the oldest type of historical inquiry, predating the written word, and one of the most modern, initiated with tape recorders and 21st-century digital technologies. […]
Read MoreI.1.8.(a) Principles of Prehistoric Archaeology.
1. Chronology of events- a. relative and absolute dating b. geological time scale 2. Study of Archeological remains- Archaeological remains are the material things people leave behind them and are retrieved by the archaeologists from the earth. They may be collected from the surface of the site or dug up. Remains of the environment Remains […]
Read MoreI. Anthropologist and their work
Ruth Benedict– Cultural pattern, Zuni- Apollonian, Kwakiutl – Dionysian Auguste Comte – founding fathers of sociology, “social physiology”, “social physics”, “sociology”. “Positive Philosophy”- positivism all forms of society should be studied objectively, for value judge ments simply had no place in science. social evolution- society as a biological organism. Society was a “kind of collective […]
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