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BGMEA University Of Fashion & Technology
Topic :Area of Cultural Anthropology
Name IDYamin Islam 151-095-0-145
Asif Rahman Akash 151-110-0-145
Date: 13th November ,2016
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IntroductionCultural Anthropology is the study of human society and culture, the subfield that describes, analyzes interprets and explains social and cultural similarities and differences.
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Malinowski says- “Culture is the handiwork through he achieves his ends”. (A Scientific Theory of Culture, 1960)
Hofstede defines culture as-“The collective programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one group from another”.(1980, pp. 21-23)
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Specialized subject areas of cultural anthropologyCultural Anthropology focuses on the study of contemporary human cultures, their beliefs, myths, values, practices, technologies, economies and other domains of social and cognitive organization.
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We now have specialized area of cultural anthropology. These are-
Social Anthropology:It is concerned with the social structure of society. Social anthropology focuses on such matters as- kinship, organization, class, stratification and social relations in general.
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Psychological Anthropology: It is concerned with ways in which the culture of a society influences the individuals who grow up within his circumstance.
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Medical Anthropology: How cultural factors affect health & disease and the relationship of disease to human biological & genetic characteristics the various habitats that groups occupy.
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Economic Anthropology: Economic anthropology attempts to explain human economic behavior using both economic & anthropology. It mainly concerned with production, distribution, exchange, consumption, savings and investment of properties.
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Ecological Anthropology: The study of the relationship between subsistence technology and the natural habitat and how those relationships affect and are affected by social patterns, religion and other aspects of culture.
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Symbolic Anthropology: It is the investigation of the relationship between the symbols that are part of every group’s culture and the people’s behavior.
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Political Anthropology: Concerned with political structure, political party, state, power, law and justice of various societies.
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Urban Anthropology: Urban anthropology is the study of the impact of urban environments upon human behavior. It concerned with issues of urbanization, poverty and neoliberalism.
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Conclusion: Anthropology is concerned with the lives of people within different parts of the world, particularly in relation to the discourse of beliefs and practices.