What is Anthropology??

Question

Yeah... i've been wondering what this was after i watched

"the Nanny Diaries"... Anyone know?

Answer 1

cultural anthropologists study groups by living amongst them but this particular fieldwork is dying out.  Physical anthropologists study the history of humankind.  From tetrapods to the bipedal wormlike things we are today.  Their are many subdivisions of anthropology including paleantology and forensic anthropology.

Answer 2

Anthropology is the study of humanity. Anthropology has origins in the natural sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences.[1][2] The term was first used by François Péron when discussing his encounters with Tasmanian Aborigines.[3] Ethnography is both one of its primary methods, and the text that is written as a result of the practice of anthropology and its elements.

Have a nice day mate!

Answer 3

the study of man and his journey from Africa

Answer 4

my major!

ha ha, it's already been well defined by everyone above...especially marc ladewig (seems to understand how much fun studying people really is)

:)

Answer 5

I haven't seen the movie but by reading a summary I think that she wants to be an anthropologist.  Instead she ends up employed by a wealthy family. Anthropolgist go into groups and study that group by living among them. In essence, this is what she does when she lives among the wealthy.

Answer 6

It is the study of mankind

Answer 7

Essentially Anthropology is the study of humans. It incorporates four basic sub-fields.

1) cultural or social anthropology which is mostly concerned with the student of recent and contemporary cultures. Contrary to popular belief, cultural anthropologists do not simply live in some remote place watching the natives. It's more like sociology actually.

2) archeology, which is the study of material remains. Anthropologists seem to prefer pre-historical archeology, but studies in urban archeology are also considered the work of an anthropologist.

3) linguistics studies languages

4) biological or physical anthropology involves the biological study of humans, diversity, evolution, our ancestors and primates

There are other sub-disciplines of anthropology such as medical anthropology which encompass more than one subfield. All sub-fields of Anthropology are tied together by culture. In a sense, Anthropology is the study of human cultures.

Answer 8

Anthropology is a very wide discussion...

But actually, studying Anthropology would be fun. Because you'll do a lot of research.. But the best thing is that of the Participant observation. In this type of activity, you'll observe a specific culture through joining that specific group of people. You'll do everything they do, think what they think, etc. It's fun right?...

Answer 9

like everything important

in our language

the word origin is greek

anthro being man

logy being study of

more precisely

it is the study of man

as a cultural creature

culture being

learned behavior

as opposed to instinct

instinct being

knowledge humans

are born with

like autonomic responses

such as breathing

i love my old major

but it is irritating

to define

for one must

be continually defining

one's terms

that one uses

in one's definitions

and if one have to use one

one more time

one might go

out of one's mind

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