HUMSS

HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

COURSE : Disciplines and Ideas in Social Sciences

Second Meeting
THE
DISCIPLINES
WITHIN THE
SOCIAL
SCIENCES
A NTHROPOLOG
Y
ANTHROPOLOG
Y
WHAT IS
ANTHROPOLOGY
T he study of w h a t makes us human.

? Anthropologists use a broad approach called holism to understand the

Part of it has to do with h o w people have changed over time.

many different aspects of the human experience.

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DS
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ARCHAEOLOG BIOLOGICAL CULTURAL LINGUISTIC

Y ANTHROPOLO ANTHROPOLO ANTHROPOLO
GY GY GY
ARCHAEOLOG
YThe study of ancient and modern material remains of the human past.
Has the aim of a deeper understanding and discovery of human
culture through the decades and centuries that have passed.
O ld bones, ancient buildings, artifacts, etc. (anything ancient)
BIOLOGICAL
ANTHROPOLOGY
T he study of human evolution.
This field f ocuses on the variability of humans and h o w the said
species cope with stresses in the environment.
This study examines the human’s physical form and also the w a y of
survival and reproduction through the years.
CULTURAL
ANTHROPOLOGY
The study of living people and cultures.
This study aims to explore the similarities and differences of human
beings that are based on their w a y of living and culture.
LINGUISTIC
ANTHROPOLOGY
The broad study of language and speaking as a cultural resource and practice.
This aims to have a deeper understanding on h o w a language can evolve through
different times and change through different variations.
 APPLIED
ANTHROPOLOGY
" anthropology put to use"
Each of anthropology's four
subfields can be applied.
Applied anthropologists use
anthropological methods and
ideas to solve real-world
problems.
They could, for example, w o r k
in local communities to help
solve problems in health,
education, or the
 ANTHROPOLOGY HAS A BROAD
WAY OF STUDYING HUMAN
BEINGS.

IN ANTHROPOLOGY, THEY
OPERATE ON A CORE CONCEPT
WHICH IS CALLED CULTURAL
RELATIVISM.

CULTURAL RELATIVISM
THE IDEA THAT ALL CULTURES ARE
CREATED EQUAL.
 METHODS
APPROACHES
U SE BOTH OBJECTIVE ( S C I E N T I F I C ) A N D SUBJECTIVE (I NTERPRETIVE)
M E T H O D S I N THEIR RESEARCH.
A N T H R O P O L O G I S T S S Y S T E M AT I C A L LY COLLECT I N F O R M AT I O N TO A N S W E R
S PECIFIC RESEARCH QUESTIONS.
M A N Y C O N D U C T I N FO RM A L K I N D S O F RES EA RC H , I N C LU D I N G I M PRO M PTU
D I S C U S S I O N S W I T H A N D O B S E R VAT I O N S OF THE PEOPLE THEY S T U D Y.

S O M E OF THE M O R E C O M M O N TYPES OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL

RESEARCH M ETH O D S I N C LU D E ( 1 ) I M M ERS I O N I N A C U LTU RE, (2 )
A N A LY S I S O F HO W
PEO PLEI N TERA C T W I TH TH EI R EN V I RO N M EN T, ( 3 ) LI N G U I S TI C A N A LY S I S ,
( 4 ) ARCHAEOLOGICAL A N A LY S I S , AND (5)
A N A LY S I S OF HUMAN B I O L O G Y.
CULTURAL HUMAN ECOLOGY
IMMERSION
participant observation gives examines how people interact with their
anthropologists a chance to get an natural environments, such as to make
insider’s view of how and why a living. Provide explanations for some
other people do what they do. characteristics of a culture.
how different languages assign gender to words, shape the ways
LINGUISTIC in which people perceive the natural and supernatural worlds, and
create or reinforce divisions of rank and status within societies.
ANALYSIS
ARCHAEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF HUMAN
ANALYSIS BIOLOGY
analyze the chemical or cellular
use a variety of dating methods
composition of the remains that reveals
involving chemical and other types of
information about the sex, age, work
scientific analysis to reveal the age
habits, and diet of a person who died
of buried objects up to millions of
long ago.
years old.
PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION
measure real-time behavior by observing
participants. The information gathered in
this manner can help interpret
information gathered through interviews.
IN-DEPTH INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEW
Individual interviews enable participants
to relate their experiences in a
consistent and thorough manner.

OTHER RESEARCH
METHODS
FOCUS GROUP TEXTUAL ANALYSIS
consist of 6 to 12 people, this method It focuses on understanding and giving a
typically creates facts and thoughts deeper analysis to the content of the
that would not have come up in an text, structure, or discourse.
individual interview, such as the
participants' colloquial speech
patterns.
ANTHROPOLOGY:
QUIZ
TRUE OR FALSE: THE MEANING OF APPLIED
ANTHROPOLOGY IS "ANTHROPOLOGY
PUT TO USE"
THIS FIELD IS THE STUDY OF HUMAN EVOLUTION.

IT HASVARIOUS FIELDS NAMELY,

LINGUISTIC, BIOLOGICAL, ARCHAEOLOGY, SOCIALOR
CULTURAL, AND APPLIED.

WHAT IS THE IDEA THAT ALL CULTURES ARE CREATED EQUAL?

THISIS WHAT WE CALL THE EXPERTS

TRUE OR FALSE: NOT ALL
FIELDS OF ANTHROPOLOGY CAN BE
CONSIDERED AS APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY?
THISIS ONEOF THERESEARCH METHODS IN
ANTHROPOLOGY THAT USUALLYCONSISTS OF 6 TO 12
PEOPLE.

THIS STUDY AIMS TO EXPLORE THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES OF

HUMAN BEINGS THAT ARE BASED ON THEIR WAYOF
LIVING AND CULTURE.

THIS FIELD IS THESTUDY OF

ANCIENT AND MODERN MATERIAL
REMAINS OF THE HUMAN PAST.
A NTHROPOLOG
Y
Gr. 11 - St. John Paul II