Unit 1 - Being Human: Unity and Diversity

The Body
1. Evolution
  1. Evolutionary Science
    1. Evolution is the process by which new species are formed from pre-existing ones over very long periods of time.
    2. Charles Darwin
      1. On the origin of species
  2. Primates
  3. Homo Sapiens
2. Race
  1. History of the concept of race
  2. Scientific falsity of race
  3. Contemporary
3. Changing the body
  1. Body modifications
  2. Theory; Techniques of the body
  3. Theory; Habitus
Thinking and communicating
1. Symbolism
  1. Types of symbol
  2. The Ndembu
  3. Theory; Structuralism
2. Cosmology
  1. Myth; Bushmen and Tiwi
  2. Explaining events; Azande Witchcraft
  3. Explaining events; Tiwi Pukimani
3. Language
  1. Origin and nature of language
  2. Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
  3. Egs; The Piraha, The Himba
Organising social relations
1. Political Anthropology
  1. Political Classifications
  2. Acephalous society; Bushmen Band
  3. Big men; The Tiwi
  4. Class system; Trobriand Chiefdoms
  5. Structural Functionalism
  6. Marxism
2. Kinship
  1. Genealogy, terms and concepts
  2. Matrilineal Systems; Toda / Trobrianders
  3. Descent Theory
  4. Fictive kinship; Bushmen
3. Economics
  1. Economic Systems
  2. Theory; The gift
  3. Hunting ; Bushmen
  4. Gathering; Bushmen
  5. Kula
  6. Moka; The Kawelka
Engaging with nature
1. Ecological Anthropology
  1. Terms and concepts
  2. Biocentrism vs Anthropocentrism
  3. Cultural Materialism
2. Bushmen
  1. Hunting and gathering
  2. Belief in human animal equality
  3. Belief in now
3. Yanomamo
  1. Horticulture and settlement pattern
  2. Belief in Noreshi
  3. Garimperos

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