Anthropology

Anthropology in Humanitarian Action Master in Humanitarian Action and Conflict, Uppsala University, Joana Matos, 850630-T228 Question 1 Discuss the most significant parallels and differences between anthropological knowledge and humanitarian action, and reflect on how anthropologists have critiqued humanitarian practices. In order to answer this question, I will divide it in three different points. Firstly, I will examine the most relevant parallels between anthropological knowledge and…

Cultural anthropology is a branch of anthropology focused on the study of cultural variation among humans. Cultural anthropology also includes the comparative study of human societies and cultures and their development. As a student in Rochester New York and more specify at St. John Fisher I perceive cultural anthropology to be beneficial to me because it allows me to gain a greater understanding of people that are different from me. Although St. John Fisher is not as diverse as other colleges…

embarked on a new field when they became interested in human diversity; this would later be called anthropology. Considering this as the start, one might be inclined to believe individuals would be open to others and their practices. However, the very opposite occurred. Early anthropologists took on an ethnocentric approach, or they evaluated another culture according to their own(What is anthropology, slide 13). Throughout time, several tried to escape this idea, however, according to…

field has been reinforced by my academic background. As an Anthropology major, I became well aware of the importance of building and applying knowledge through a multidisciplinary and holistic approach. Although Anthropology encompasses four subfields, I was particularly interested in Cultural Anthropology because of its focus on people as well as on their cultural and social environment. My junior year of college I took an applied anthropology course. It was in this class that I learned how the…

Studying the human culture with looking into another culture from an up-close and clear perspective can make us understand a better meaning of their culture and their way of living. By looking at another culture without being objective or biased can be a burden for most people. With that said, we must use emic and etic perspectives to study their culture. Emic is a perspective from an insider’s view examining a culture from the inside of the culture itself. Etic perspective is studying the…

we shop at have surveillance equipment to protect themselves, and the customer, should a crime occur. Since the customer is filmed someone out there figured why not study this footage and that is where Retail Anthropology comes in. As The Free Dictionary online states, “Retail Anthropology [is] the study of consumers ' shopping habits in order to choose the best locations for new retail sites and the best designs for the development itself and for the space within each store.” As this study…

a. Cultural Anthropology i. The world is a rich tapestry made of up of many different histories, traditions, and cultures. Where Social Anthropology emphasizes an understanding of social institutions and the relationships therein, Cultural Anthropology, is a study of the behaviors, language, foods, and material creations of different cultures. Cultural Anthropology provides a window into the ideas and beliefs of these cultures and the innate desire to understand the world in their own terms.…

How the movie The Anthropologist applies to what we learned about the new and old ways that we've have approached and done ethnographies in old methods and new methods can be seen throughout the movie in the ways that the main anthropologist functioned in all the places that she traveled. One of the “old school ethnography” methods that I could see within the movie that was being displayed was Historical Particularism which is creating a understanding of their history before deep immersion into…

Anthropology is the culmination of the human spirit--consisting of the tens of thousands of teachers which Davis describes from around the world. Everywhere around us, there are meaningful experiences to be had, knowledge to be found from the least expected of sources (such as a taxi driver) and the opportunity to seize the moment and create new opportunities and direction for our lives. Davis emphasizes that patience is critical for those waiting to form a meaningful career and that, “a career…

solve every year using forensic anthropology, some for the FBI or CIA and other solving mass murders around the world. There various cases, in very different situations. There was a case about a man that had died in a fire and was buried without an autopsy, years later, evidence was found leading to something different and when they exam the body, the bones gave the answers they were looking for, that the man was murdered and the fire was a cover-up. Forensic Anthropology work I think at his…