Ethnology Definition Meaning Importance.pptx

Updated information about ethnology

1. E thnology D efinition M eaning I mportance

2. E thnology D efinition The study of the characteristics of different peoples and the differences and relationships between them . Ethnology  ( from the   Greek: ethnos  meaning 'nation ') is an academic field and discipline that compares and analyzes the characteristics of different peoples and the relationships between them (compare cultural, social, or sociocultural anthropology ).

3. A branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures. Anthropologists are engaged in both ethnographic and ethnological study .  Ethnography is the in depth study of a particular cultural group, while ethnology is the comparative study of ethnographic data, society and culture.

4. The subject coverage of ethnology includes that of social anthropology and sociology, but it is much broader. For instance, ethnology also includes technology and crafts, plastic and graphic arts, music, dancing, oral literature, dream analysis, religion, world view, ethics, and ethnomedicine .

5. Three types of ethnology are evolutionary ethnology, comparative ethnology, and historical ethnology. The first anthropologists of the 19th century thought cultures evolved from simpler, more primitive forms to more complex advanced forms.

6. Branches of Ethnology Anthropology. Cultural anthropology. Comparative cultural studies. Cross-cultural studies. Ethnography. Folklore studies. Cultural survival. Etc

7. Among the goals of ethnology have been the reconstruction of human history, and the formulation of cultural  invariants and culture change, and the formulation of generalizations about " human nature“.