Understanding The Self

THE SELF FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ANTHROPOLOGY

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

ANTHROPOLOGY  Or archeology is the study of human

activity through the recovery and
 A field of social sciences that focuses on
analysis of material culture.
the study of man.

 Pertains to the totality of what it means  Is the study of the recent human past
to be human. through remains. Archeology might
study. A scientist with his digging
 Looks into man's physical/biological tools carefully removing soil and dirt
characteristics and influences of his from a particular site.
culture from the dawn of civilization up
to the present. ARCHEOLOGIST
 Focus in the past and how it may
 Everything in anthropology is
have contributed to the present ways
interconnected.
of how people conduct their daily
"Man now, is a product of its past.”
lives.

ANTHROPOLOGIST BIOLOGICAL
 A person engaged in the practice of ANTHROPOLOGY
Anthropology  Studies the biological aspect of man.

THE FOUR FIELDS OF  How the human body adapts to the

ANTHROPOLOGY different earth environments.

 Archeology  How human beings might have

 Biological Anthropology
 Linguistic Anthropology
 Cultural Anthropology
ARCHEOLOGY
evolved from their early forms.
 Human beings at present still share
the same biological strengths and
vulnerabilities.
Understanding The Self
THE SELF FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ANTHROPOLOGY
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

CHARLES DARWIN’S THEORY OF

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
EVOLUTION OF MAN
Cultural Diversities

Symbols

 We humans were homo-sapiens.

 Charles Darwin proposed that species

can change over the time. Example: In religions, each religion
has different symbol.
 small, inherited variations;
Heroes
 and is living to survive for the longest
time.

LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY

 The study of Language in an

anthropological perspective.

 How people adapt to language's

transformative nature and vice versa.

 How language defines a person Example:

(biologically and mentally), culture or
society. Real- JoseRizal;
Fiction – Spiderman
Example:
 African-American Vernacular
Language (AAVE) RITUALS

 National Languages of a Country.

 LGBTQ+ language and slangs.

Understanding The Self
THE SELF FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ANTHROPOLOGY
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Example: Wedding- Each religion has their own

flow of wedding.

African Burial Ground

VALUES

 The “African Burial Ground”

dates from from the middle
Example: Respect for elders; talking or 1630s to 1795, now a national
even gestures. monument, is a place where
HISTORICAL EVENTS WHERE people can learn about the
ANTHROPOLOGY CAN BE SEEN history of slavery in the U.S.

African Burial Ground

 Construction workers found human

skeletons in New York (1991), 30
feet below the city streets while
working on an office building.

 Upon further investigation and

excavation of the Archaeologists,
they discovered a six-acre ground
which contains15,000 skeletons of
free and enslaved Africans who
lived and worked in colonial
New York.