Anthropology
Have you ever visited an archaeological site?
Yes!
No
In three words describe our culture (Mexican culture)
•Anthropos (Greek) “man”
•Logos “study”
What does anthropology study?
•It studies human behavior in the social character.
How our behavior is influeced by the majority
Use of modest clothing while going to church.
•It studies individual cultures in a society.
Raramuris in the Mexican society
•Studies the evolution of humanity along with their cultural manifestations.
Neanderthal and their burial rites
The object of study of anthropology
•Is the human being in society as a creator of culture.
Anthropologists pay special attention to
•Language
•Kinship patterns
•Cultural artifacts
Do you know an example of how the marriage can be different depending on your culture? If you say yes please share your answer =)
Yes
Main exponents of anthropology
Franz Boas
Thomas Bendyshe
Gustav Klemm
Lewis Henry Morgan
Edward Taylor
Bronislaw Malinowski
Claude Lévi-Strauss
Margaret Mead
Concepts used in anthropology
Artifacts
Tools
Political and social organization
Religion
Genetics
Multiculturalism
Technics of work division
Bibliographic references:
•Cielo, S., Castro, B. & Zaragoza, S. (2011). Introducción a las Ciencias Sociales. México: Santillana.
•De la Torre, F. J. (2006). Introducción a las ciencias sociales: un nuevo enfoque (2a ed.). México: McGraw Hill Interamericana.