Title: What does holism mean in anthropological terms? - Quora
Headings: What does holism mean in anthropological terms?
What does holism mean in anthropological terms?
Roger H Werner
J.t. Thacker
BIKORIMANA VALENS

Content: The outcome would determine how the tribe adapted to changing environments and would inform us of the strengths and weakness of each tribe’s refinement, or lack thereof, of their systems. One non-evolving system could be ruinous for the whole tribe as well as the impetus to
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A holistic approach is a study of systems which represent a whole of something. In anthropology a holistic study of tribal migration, for example, would consider systems of sheltering, feeding, and protecting the tribe to determine the success and progress of their migration patterns and inevitably the survival of a tribe. The outcome would determine how the tribe adapted to changing environments and would inform us of the strengths and weakness of each tribe’s refinement, or lack thereof, of their systems. One non-evolving system could be ruinous for the whole tribe as well as the impetus to migrate. Havana C Posa
, Co-founder at the Digital Garage (2016-present)
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Originally Answered: What is meant by a "holistic approach" in anthropology? Anthropology is the study of humans. The holistic approach in anthropology means that you can not understand human beings without understanding the full range of the human phenomenon. This is why there are different subsets of anthropology: