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Headings: Cultural Anthropology/Introduction
Cultural Anthropology/Introduction
Contents
What is Anthropology?
Five Disciplines of Anthropology
Holism in Anthropology
What is Culture?
Levels of Culture
Familial culture
Micro or Subculture
Cultural universals
Two Views of Culture
Cross-Cultural
Enculturation
Cultural Transmission
Social Institutions
Symbols within Culture
Ethnocentrism
Cultural Relativism
Qualitative Method
Anthropology Today
Ethnography
Ethnology
Deconstructing Race and Racism
Technology
Chapter Glossary of Key Terms
References
External links

Content: This field is based primarily on cultural understandings of populations of living humans gained through first hand experience or participant observation. An anthropologist May also look into the sports culture and development in certain communities
This chapter will introduce you to the field of anthropology, define basic terms and concepts and explain why it is important, and how it can change your perspective of the world around you. Contents
1 What is Anthropology? 1.1 Five Disciplines of Anthropology
1.2 Holism in Anthropology
1.3 What is Culture? 1.4 Levels of Culture
1.4.1 Familial culture
1.4.2 Micro or Subculture
1.4.3 Cultural universals
1.5 Two Views of Culture
1.6 Cross-Cultural
1.6.1 Enculturation
1.6.2 Cultural Transmission
1.6.3 Social Institutions
1.7 Symbols within Culture
1.8 Ethnocentrism
1.9 Cultural Relativism
2 Qualitative Method
3 Anthropology Today
3.1 Ethnography
3.2 Ethnology
3.3 Deconstructing Race and Racism
3.4 Technology
4 Chapter Glossary of Key Terms
5 References
6 External links
What is Anthropology? Anthropology is the scientific study of human beings as social organisms interacting with each other in their environment, and cultural aspects of life. It is a scholarly discipline that aims to describe in the broadest possible sense what it means to be human. Anthropologists are interested in comparison. To make substantial and accurate comparisons between cultures, a generalization of humans requires evidence from the wide range of human societies. Anthropologists are in direct contact with the sources of their data, thus field work is a crucial component.