Understanding Human Diversity Or Nature In The World By Use Of Anthropology (Essay Sample)

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Anthropology and Culture
Anthropology is a vast science and has many sub disciplines in order to explain the human progress, cultural, biological, ethnography, ethnology and much more other studies are used to gather information to understand human progress as well as cultural difference and similarities. All the disciplines that examine aspects of human existence and accomplishments, only anthropology portrays the entire panorama of the human understanding from human ancestries to contemporary arrangements of culture and daily life. Different cultures is one of the incentives that makes an anthropologist enjoys every minute they spend digging in lands (Ethnography) to know about how a tribe used to live in ancient times or how this tribe belief system impacted the tribe’s behaviour in a daily life. It generalizes and compares discipline with a concern for understanding human diversity or nature in the world.
The author try to show issues of concern to anthropologists cut across subfields. For instance, in examining the effective delivery of care across ethnic bondage, cultural anthropologists can explore influences of group taboos and social importance in the agreement of new practices. Bioanthroplogists may examine genetic resistance to pathogens in the ecological setting of the society. The linguists can study cognitive capabilities of illness and communication scenario between medical providers and victims. It is realised that archaeologist and bioanthopologists can collaborate in different ways especially in the health patterns and these came to relate to the development of agriculture. They may also coordinate in work with cultural anthologists in comparing prehistoric subsistence with ancient hunting and gathering groups. Anthropologists intervene in empirical research with categorised theories, procedures and analytical techniques. They engage in field-based research as well as laboratory analyses which are associated with archival investigations. It is understood that anthropological research is generally conducted through immersion within the society associating the virtual communities and archaeological sites. In the field, anthropology transcends distinctions in research and components such as macro and micro scales (Anthropology Newsletter 41).
In this particular chapter, it is indicated that all societies are adaptable to new changes. One instance is when people immigrate to another country for better opportunities. Initially, the new settlers face cultural shock when introduced to new cultures and what it might be a taboo for this person in his society might be normal in another society. Meanwhile, the author talks about culture which is adopted in childhood level. As an individual that culture can be also adopted in adulthood. Culture is a complex whole thing that includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, laws, custom, habits or any capabilities attained by human being as categorical of community. The cultural and biological changes always repeat the same question, “If human beings “homos” change? And if they did, do they remain the same since millions of years ago?” I always wonder why people look different on every c...