Asking Questions About Cultural Anthropology - A Concise Introduction

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About the author

Robert L. Welsch is Guest Curator at the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College.

Luis A. Vivanco is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Vermont.

Summary

Unlike textbooks that emphasize the memorization of facts, Asking Questions About Cultural Anthropology: A Concise Introduction, Third Edition, teaches students how to think anthropologically, helping them view cultural issues as an anthropologist might. This approach demonstrates how anthropological thinking can be used as a tool for deciphering everyday experiences. The book covers the essential concepts, terms, and history of cultural anthropology, introducing students to the widely accepted fundamentals and providing a foundation that can be enriched by the use of ethnographies, a reader, articles, lectures, field-based activities, and other kinds of supplements. It balances concise coverage of essential content with a commitment to an active, learner-centered pedagogy.

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The text aligns nicely with my course discussion that anthropology is a science, just different from the definitions and modes of practice that most students are familiar with. The chapter on globalization is very well done. I like and enjoy teaching from this text more than others I have used, and students respond positively to it.

Product details

• Authors: Luis A. Vivanco, Luis A. (Professor of Anthropology Vivanco, Vivanco Luis A., Robert L. Welsch, Robert L. (Guest Curator At the Hood Museu Welsch, Robert L. (Guest Curator at the Hood Museum of Art Welsch, Robert L. Vivanco Welsch, Welsch Robert L.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9780197618875
• ISBN: 978-0-19-761887-5
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Humanities, Social and cultural anthropology