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~Holism~
(anthropology's holistic approach)
Anthropology looks at 'the whole' of what it means to be human. It interacts with the other sciences, both contributing to them as well as learning from and in conjunction with them. Anthropology looks at the body, culture, and 'soul' of a culture, and not just one culture. It is composed of Physical (biological) anthropologists, Cultural anthropologists, (which includes Archeologists, Linguists, and Cultural Anthropologists proper), and Ethnographers, all looking at the whole. Anthropology is cross-cultural, not taking only the largest or most modern as to what it means to be human, instead looking at all, globally. Anthropologists look at the interaction of the parts of a culture with (hopefully) a culturally relativistic view and standpoint. The emphasis on holism derives from the ethnographer's participation and experience of culture from the culture's own conception, and experiencing it holistically, as we experience our own. |
Thanks and intellectual credit to Dr. P. Claus, ethnographer and professor. The above is paraphrased from notes from his lectures that I have attended.
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