Anthropology o Cross-Cultural o Teaching is about teaching cultural diversity o Students respect comes naturally when learning o Stories become

truths o Losses of history inform plans for future o All human experience tied together Major in Anthropoogy o Learn about ourselves by studying ourselves o Study of humans How humans are affected by social, cultural and economic factors o Humans most intriguing animal on earth o Whole of the human condition o 4 sub disciplines Biological or Physical How humans have evolved Behavior/DNA Socio-cultural Studies and compares global cultures Linguistic Study of language Archaeology Digging up their stuff o Looks into past, present and future Relevant at all times Franz Boas o Covered all disciplines of anthropology o How can we recognize the shackles that traditionalists laid on us? o Interested in the factors determining the color of seawater o Eskimo trip culture is relative. Persons worth is judged by warmth of heart o Scars on face from dueling about anti-Semitic remarks o Hated anti-Semitic views in Germany during early 1900s o All mean are created equal o 1885 cataloging collection of barracuda masks Wealth of thought behind the masks Visited coast of British Columbia in 1886 Nature is free in B.C. Uniformity of the Indian culture in B.C. There are differences in each specific tribe A very distinct center o Rapid spread of American Civilization America at time of discovery will perish (Indian tribes dying out)

o Anthropology developed during white people expanding across the globe Conquest of colored people that lived in areas outside of Europe o Anthro developed race as a means of defining the conquest o One race is not better than another o Boaz introduced a new way of looking at race First distinguished white social scientists who minimized the importance of race as a determinant of human behavior Tales from the Jungle Malinowski o Mal started a revolution of anthropology in Papua New Guinea o Founder and hero of modern social anthropology o 1967 Publication of Private Diaries o Attitude was not ideal for younger anthropologies o Lustful and indiscrete racist o Mali wanted to be part of the upper classes o Admired and feared English way of life Elegance and refinement Very aristocracy of the nations Highly superior nation o Mali would be an eminent scholar o Brains took him to the London School of Economics Studied Anthropology o As English Empire expanded, they discovered very distinct cultures o The objects collected came from savage societies o The lifestyles of tribes scared the Victorian Era Englishmen o Tribes should be studied from a distance Arm-chair anthropologists Sent letters to formulate theories on savage life Savages equivalent to our most ancient ancestors Complete opposite of our modern views o Australian / Aboriginals were the bottom of the totem pole Margaret Mead o Created American anthropology o Born 1901 Middle Class Philadelphia Academic Environment Grew up in a family of intellectuals concerned about social justice Read commented and were involved o Franz Boas mentored Mead o First Major Fieldwork Samoa Book -