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Teaching Anthropology to “Nonelite” Students: A Beginning Discussion
Author(s) -
Newman Stanley M.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1525/aeq.1990.21.2.04x0254t
Subject(s) - educational anthropology , sociology , anthropology , ecological anthropology , mathematics education , epistemology , psychology , anthropology of art , ethnography , philosophy , art , contemporary art , performance art , art history
I describe a strategy for designing an introductory course in cultural anthropology for “nonelite” students. The course is organized around basic themes. Emphasis is placed on the importance of using the culture concept as an analytical tool in order to understand better culturally different behaviors. TEACHING ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURE CONCEPT, UNDERSTANDING OTHERS