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The word anthropology comes from the Greek anthropos (”human") and logia ("study").
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THE SCOPE OF ANTHROPOLOGY All people, across the globe and across all time.
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Anthropology Physical Linguistic Archaeology Social / Cultural
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Physical Anthropology
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Linguistic Anthropology
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Archaeologists in the field... Archaeology
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Social and Cultural Anthropology
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Social Anthropology Cultural Anthropology EthnographyEthnologySociology
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Understand & Explain Diversity Equally value all ways of life Improve Communication Reduce Conflict Create Understanding
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Ethnographic Fieldwork
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METHODOLOGY PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION observation interviews questionnaires archival research cultural inventories life histories visual anthropologies
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Medical anthropology NGO work Recording information about cultures Linguistic anthropology Museums Environmental anthropology Ethnomusicology Forensic anthropology Advocacy work (e.g. land claims, social services) Policy work (e.g. health, environmental, housing) …and so on….
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WRITTEN ETHNOGRAPHY ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM JOURNALS POLICY / PROGRAMMES THEORY Tibetan Rug Weaver’s Propject (CS)
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“…the aim of anthropology is the enlargement of human discourse.” Clifford Geertz 1973
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