Anthropology Mind Map (Isaac Richardson) by

Anthropology

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The study of people and their cultures.

Cultural Anthropology

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Physical Anthropology

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Sociocultural Anthropology

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The field of anthropology that focuses on the the ethnology and ethnography of a culture.

Linguistic Anthropology

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The field of anthropology that specializes in the different languages of difference cultures.

Archeology

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The study of fossils and physical remnants of cultures that have existed in the past.

Biological Anthropology

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The field of anthropology that focuses on the biological aspects of a culture, including its physical environment and evolution.

Forensic Anthropology

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The field of anthropology that emphasizes the use of forensic investigation to learn more about a society's culture.

Primatology

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The field of anthropology that studies human culture by looking at similarities and relations to primates.

Research Methods (Cultural)

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Raymond Dart

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Raymond Dart was a biological anthropologist who helped discover what is now known as the Taung skull, which is a 2 million-year-old fossil that came from a child.

Karen Burns

tlirichardson684 — 2024-02-26 20:11:43 UTC

Karen Burns was a forensic anthropologist who played a big role in international human rights. She helped identify human remains in these situations involving historic disasters.

Frans de Waal

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Frans de Waal was a primatologist who studied the relations between primatologists and humans and their biological similarities. One of his best books is called Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape, and is a fascinating look at the society of Bonobo monkeys and how it relates to ours.

Franz Boas

tlirichardson684 — 2024-02-27 17:26:40 UTC

Franz Boas was a sociocultural anthropologist who was a leader in anthropology in America. He was the man who developed the theory of cultural relativism, which shapes the way we look at cultures today.

Edward Sapir

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Edward Sapir was a linguistic anthropologist who lead the way in ethnography in America, investigating the nearby indigenous peoples.

Arthur Evans

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Arthur Evans was an archeologist who became famous by uncovering the ancient ruins of a city called Knossos and revealing information about the bronze age.

Interviews

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Interviews are direct conversations with people that are done to learn more about that person's culture. This is a qualitative form of research that allows for open-ended questions.

Participant Observation

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Participant observation is a form of research that is specific to anthropology. It can come in several forms, but usually involves a direct observation of a culture or peoples to learn more about them.

Surveys

tlirichardson684 — 2024-02-27 20:07:01 UTC

Surveys are a form of research that involves questioning and discussing certain issues with a person to get information about a culture from them. There are two kinds of surveys used by anthropologists: questionnaires and interviews.

Ethnography and Ethnology

tlirichardson684 — 2024-02-27 20:11:40 UTC

Ethnography and ethnology are two ways of studying a group of people or culture In ethnography, there is a direct engagement and participation with a culture to learn more about it, while ethnology is a method that involves comparative study, meaning different cultures are compared and contrasted to learn more about them.

Questionnaires

tlirichardson684 — 2024-02-27 20:13:38 UTC

Questionnaires are a form of survey that involves sending a form filled with questions to a large sample of people in order to learn more about the culture they come from. This is a quantitative form of research as it is typically in multiple choice form.

Passive Participation

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This is a form of participant observation where the researcher takes a passive approach to their observations, only subtly watching from a distance without becoming involved in the culture of interest.

Moderate Participation

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This is a form of participant observation where the researcher gets somewhat involved in the culture of interest while staying somewhat at a distance. There is a moderate level of engagement.

Active Participation

tlirichardson684 — 2024-02-27 20:18:30 UTC

This is a form of participant observation where the researcher is very engaged in the culture of interest and embraces the culture fully in order to have a better understanding of it.

Complete Participation

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This is the most extreme form of participant observation and is often a large project that may require up to months or years of devoted time and energy. The researcher will completely devote themselves and integrate themselves into the culture and society they wish to learn more about so they can have an optimal understanding of that culture.