Anthropological Perspective, And Cultural Anthropology: The Study Of Culture

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Since humans have come together, there has been culture, and while we continue to live there will continue to be culture. Culture is a thing that we as humans all have in common, but our culture is also what keeps us apart. Anthropology is the study of humans, how we work, what are our rituals, the study of our past. The anthropological perspective is how one must look at culture or at another society to observe it without bias and without judgement. There are four important parts to observing through the anthropological perspective the first being the concept of culture, holistic perspective, comparative perspective, and culture relativism. Through the study of cultural anthropology one, will understand how societies as people are the same and how they are different. The same things that make societies different make them the same. It is also important to understand why and how societies work. The anthological perspective is an important part of viewing cultures.
Culture anthropologist have a very distinct way of viewing other cultures and societies which is called the anthropological perspective. The anthropological perspective is a way of look at the world without bias and judgment. Anthropologist must set aside their own cultural views to see the world in a different way. This way of thinking has four sub points that help cultural …show more content…

Cultural anthropology helps explain why societies are similar and why they are different. Cultural anthropology does this through the study of cultures across the globe. When anthologist use the anthropological perspective when conducting field studies and publishing these field works called ethnography. Anthropologist can begin to compare these works to their own or to others to see how they are different and how they may be the same. There are many ways that culture is the same throughout societies and many

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