ANTHROPOLOGY, what is anthropology and it's Field

what is anthropology and it's field

1. DISCIPLINES WITIHN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

2. Process Questions: 1. Are you familiar with the picture? 2. What element/s of the picture captured your attention? 3. What branch of social science is responsible for this picture?

3. P A Y O N O G T O H R L

4. ANTHROPOLOGY

5. ANTHROPOLOGY Greek words: Anthropos = “man” Logos = “study or inquiry” Anthropology is the study of humankind. A discipline that examines aspects of human existence and accomplishments (past, present, future, biology, society, language, culture, etc.)

6. FOUR MAJOR FIELDS OF ANTHROPOLOGY Cultural Anthropology Linguistic Anthropology Biological (or Physical Anthropology Archeology

7. CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY The study of human culture. Studies how cultural variations develop across different societies and examines the need to understand culture in its own context. Examples: human beliefs, behaviors, symbols

8. LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY Studies language and discourse and how they reflect and shape different aspects of human society and culture.

9. BIOLOGICAL OR PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY Studies the origins of humans as well as the interplay between social factors and the processes of human evolution, adaptation, and variation over time.

10. ARCHEOLOGY Studies the prehistoric societies by studying their tools and environment. The study of humanly altered material culture or artifacts.

11. Herodotus of Halicarnassus – wrote detailed narratives about West Asia and Egypt. Also had a second hand information to describe the Scynthians , the Ethiopians and the people from the Indus Valley. Anthropology needs to strike a balance between finding commonality or highlight the difference. Anything foreign is immediately rejected. But the difference among people is accounted for by the difference in the environment and life circumstances.

12. METHODS OF RESEARCH Ethnography Participant Observation Individual In-depth Interview Focused-Group Discussion Historical Method Comparative Method

13. ETHNOGRAPHY Ethnography means to write about a particular culture. Creswell (2009) defines ethnography as a strategy of inquiry in which the researcher studies an intact cultural group in a natural setting over a prolonged period of time by collecting, primarily, observational data.

14. PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION Anthropologists use various degrees of participant observation, from full participation in ongoing activities to passive observation within the locations of interest.

15. INDIVIDUAL IN-DEPTH NTERVIEW In-depth interviews using open-ended questions aim to capture the mental and experiential world of the informant. Individual interviews allow participants to tell their stories, uninterrupted, in a detailed and coherent manner, without worrying about what their peers may think (as in a focus group).

16. FOCUSED-GROUP DISCUSSION The focus group is a group interview method useful for obtaining information on relatively unstudied topics for which the full range of relevant domains is not known and the dynamic interaction among participants is of interest. The discussion often elicits information and insights that might not be gained from an individual interview, including the colloquial ways in which participants speak with one another about working in or seeking care from the practice.

17. HISTORICAL METHOD In historical method, the origin, development and gradual evolution of institutions, societies and cultures are studied. Sources of historical method: Folklore, monuments, inscriptions, autobiographies, coins, materials kept in archives, travelogues and museum specimens.

18. COMPARATIVE METHOD Comparative method refers to the method of comparing different societies, groups or social institutions within the same society or between societies to show whether and why they are similar or different in certain aspects.

19. If you are an anthropologist, what specific Filipino tradition will you be interested into?

20. Complete the 5-4-1 Chart. 5 Methods 4 Branches 1 Definition