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INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY
Lecture on March 05 & 12, 2009Room 412, 4
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Fl.Faculty of CommunicationPresident University Kota Jababeka – Cikarang BaruBekasi 17550INDONESIA
Literature :Miller, D. Barbara; Wood, Bernard (2006), ANTHROPOLOGY, USA, Pearson Education Inc.By. Hendra Manurung, S.IP, M.A in Area Studies of European Countries
 
 
ANTHROPOLOGY & SOCIAL SCIENCES
What is Anthropology ?
The study of 
human nature, human culture and society, and thehuman past;
how human biology, prehistory and history, economics, politics, religion, and kinship shape one another to makehuman life what it is;
local contexts situated in broader social, cultural, and  political matrices;
what it means to be human.
 
 
ANTHROPOLOGY & SOCIAL SCIENCES
Anthropology’s Four Subfields are :
Biological (physical) Anthropology 
The study of human beings as living organisms different from andsimilar to other animals. (subfields: primatology &paleoanthropology)
 Archaeology (often spelled “Archeology”)
The study of human remains for evidence of past cultural activity.
Linguistic anthropology 
The study of language in relation to the broader cultural, historical,and biological contexts that make language possible.
Cultural & Social Anthropology 
The study of cultural variation in people’s learned beliefs, ideas, andbehaviors as members of a society.
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