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社会人类学 任课教师：冷凤彩 教室：D202（周一） D506（周五） 第一讲 课程介绍及概论 一、课程性质及课时 公共必修课，32课时 二、课程学习要求 成绩=平时成绩+作业+卷面成绩 三、授课内容 书本知识+案例 四、教材 主要参考书：朱炳祥：社会人类学，武汉大学出版社2009年版 辅助教材:阿兰?巴兰德（王建民等译）：人类学历史与理论，华夏出版社，2006年版 五、授课结构 六、导论 （一）什么是人类学 Anthropos+logos=anthropology 1501年出现 德国学者亨德 人体解剖结构和生理 19世纪之前=体质人类学 19世纪之后：体质（生物）人类学(biological/physical anthropology)、语言(linguistic anthropology)、社会—文化人类学(sociocultural anthropology)、考古学(archaeology) Anthropology is the study of humans, past and present. To understand the full sweep and complexity of cultures across all of human history, anthropology draws and builds upon knowledge from the social and biological sciences as well as the humanities and physical sciences. A central concern of anthropologists is the application of knowledge to the solution of human problems. Historically, anthropologists in the United States have been trained in one of four areas: sociocultural anthropology, biological/physical anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics. Anthropologists often integrate the perspectives of several of these areas into their research, teaching, and professional lives. Sociocultural AnthropologySociocultural anthropologists examine social patterns and practices across cultures, with a special interest in how people live in particular places and how they organize, govern, and create meaning. A hallmark of sociocultural anthropology is its concern with similarities and differences, both within and among societies, and its attention to race, sexuality, class, gender, and nationality. Research in sociocultural anthropology is distinguished by its emphasis on participant observation, which involves placing oneself in the research context for extended periods of time to gain a first-hand sense of how local knowledge is put to work in grappling with practical problems of everyday life and with basic philosophical problems of knowledge, truth, power, and justice. Topics of concern to sociocultural anthropologist