1. WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY?

3. Anthropology
Greek origins of word:
anthropos “man”
-ology “study of”

4. Anthropology Greek origins of word:
anthropos “man”
-ology “study of”
The study of human biological and cultural variation, past and present

5. Anthropology Greek origins of word:
anthropos “man”
-ology “study of”
The study of human biological and cultural variation, past and present
Goal: understand uniqueness and diversity, and discover universal similarities

6. Anthropology Greek origins of word:
anthropos “man”
-ology “study of”
The study of human biological and cultural variation, past and present
Goal: understand uniqueness and diversity, and discover universal similarities
Holistic approach: study many different aspects of human experience

7. Four-Field Approach Cultural Anthropology Linguistic Anthropology
Biological Anthropology
Archaeology

8. BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY Also called Physical Anthropology

9. Biological Anthropology
Human Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Evolution of humans

10. Biological Anthropology
Human Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Evolution of humans
Primatology
Study of primates

11. Biological Anthropology
Human Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Evolution of humans
Primatology
Study of primates
Modern Human Biological Variation
How and why populations of humans vary biologically

12. CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY Also called Social Anthropology and Socio-cultural Anthropology
Second subfield is cultural anthro, also called social anthro or socio-cultural anthro: it all means the same things!

13. Cultural Anthropology
Ethnology (Ethnologist)
Study of existing and recent cultures

14. Cultural Anthropology
Ethnology (Ethnologist)
Study of existing and recent cultures
Ethnography (Ethnographer)
Detailed description of customary thought & behaviour of a particular culture

15. Cultural Anthropology
Ethnology (Ethnologist)
Study of existing and recent cultures
Ethnography (Ethnographer)
Detailed description of customary thought & behaviour of a particular culture
Ethnohistory (Ethnohistorian)
Study of how the ways of life of a group of people have changed over time

16. ARCHAEOLOGY

17. Archaeology Prehistoric Archaeology Historic Archaeology
Reconstruct past cultures based on material remains
Historic Archaeology
Same as prehistoric, but study societies with written records ==

18. LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY

19. Linguistic Anthropology
Historical Linguistics
How languages change over time and are related

20. Linguistic Anthropology
Historical Linguistics
How languages change over time and are related
Structural (or descriptive) linguistics
How modern languages differ in construction

21. Linguistic Anthropology
Historical Linguistics
How languages change over time and are related
Structural (or descriptive) linguistics
How modern languages differ in construction
Sociolinguistics
How language is used in social contexts

22. Applied Anthropology
Useful application of anthropological knowledge (of ANY subfield) to real-world issues and concerns

23. Anthropologists study all cultures – ours and others
Anthropologists study all cultures – ours and others. Here you have Massai people of East Africa

35. Next time…
Concept of Culture