What are the PARADIGMS OF ANTHROPOLOGY?

Question

What are the PARADIGMS OF ANTHROPOLOGY?

Answer 1

You will need to read your textbook for the answer to this and your several other homework questions. It is also helpful to attend class, take notes and participate.

Answer 2

The Paradigm of Cultural Anthropology

    1. Anthropology is comparative.

          o It is comparative synchronically and diachronically.

          o Ethnography is the short term goal of data. Ethnology is the long term goal.

    2.Anthropology and culture are holistic.

          o A change of one small aspect of a culture will ripple through to the rest of the culture.

    3.Multiple systems and processes for an action.

          o E.g. there are many reasons why different people don’t do the same action of smoking- health, affordability, cosmetic reasons, etc.

    4. Emic & Etic

          o To wholly understand a culture, it must be observed through both an emic and etic perspective.

    5. Case studies must be made using participant observation.

Answer 3

Cultural relativism, for one.