Lesson 1 Anthropology presentation week 1

It talk about the nature goals and perspective of Anthropology

1. Understanding Culture, Society and Politics

2. 2

3. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 A n t h r o p o l o g y

4. 4

5. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 C u l t u r e

6. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6

7. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 S o c i e t y

8. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8

9. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 E v o l u t i o n

10. The Nature, Goals and Perspective of Anthropology 10

11. 11 Nature of ANTHROPOLOGY “ Anthropos” means “humankind ” “Logos” means “study ” Anthropology is the study of humankind . It is the study of people throughout the world, their evolutionary history, how they behave, adapt to different environments, communicate and socialize with one another.

12. Society Evolution Culture ANTHROPOLOGY 12

13. 13 Society which consist of people who interact in a define territory and share a culture. Is the largest and most complex group that sociologist study. Sociologist is an expert on or student of the development, structure and functioning of human society

14. Culture Refers to the ways of life learned and shared by people in social groups. It differs from the simpler, inborn types of thinking and behavior and governs the life of many animals The people in human society generally share common cultural patterns 14

15. Evolution What we see today is different from what existed in the past. Evolution is the change in heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. Darwin defined evolution as “descent with modification,” the idea that species change over time, give rise to new species, and share a common ancestor. 15

16. Goals of Anthropology Anthropology aimed to understand our evolutionary origin, our distinctiveness as a species, and the great diversity in our forms of social existence across the world and through time. 16

17. Goals of Anthropology providing a deep understanding of humans, both past and present analyzing and organizing the knowledge gained and making it accessible engaging in the practical application of anthropology to various areas of contemporary human behavior. 17

18. Content and variation of particular culture Cultural change and social transformation Material remains of present and past cultural systems. Archaeology is the study of the ancient and recent human past through material remains. Archaeologists might study the million-year-old fossils of our earliest human ancestors in Africa. Or they might study 20th-century buildings in present-day New York City. 3 Sub-Fields of Anthropology 18 Sociocultural Anthropology Biological Anthropology Archaeology

19. Sociocultural anthropology is the study of human individuals and societies, their behaviors and beliefs, and everything about human culture. Aspects of human evolutionary biology Biological anthropology deals with the evolution of humans, their variability, and adaptations to environmental stresses. 3 Sub-Fields of Anthropology 19 Biological Anthropology

20. What we see in the past is the same in what we see in the present. The key strength of anthropology as a discipline of social science is its holistic to the study of humans. Anthropology is the study of people throughout the world, their evolutionary history, how they behave, adapt to different environments, communicate and socialize with one another. True or False 20

21. True or False 21 4. Sociologist is an expert on or student of the development, structure and functioning of human society. 5. There are 5 key concept of anthropology and that is biological, society, culture, archeologist and evolution