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Philippine Culture and Society

Cultural anthropology is the study of contemporary and historic human societies through their cultures. Biological anthropology examines human evolution and physiological variation from a biological perspective. Archaeological anthropology studies material culture left behind. Linguistic anthropology examines the role of language in social lives. Public anthropology aims to address broader social issues and encourage public conversation to foster social change, focusing on underlying structures that restrict solutions. It seeks to transform academic structures to make anthropology more interdisciplinary, engaged, and helpful to others.

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Philippine Culture and Society

Cultural anthropology is the study of contemporary and historic human societies through their cultures. Biological anthropology examines human evolution and physiological variation from a biological perspective. Archaeological anthropology studies material culture left behind. Linguistic anthropology examines the role of language in social lives. Public anthropology aims to address broader social issues and encourage public conversation to foster social change, focusing on underlying structures that restrict solutions. It seeks to transform academic structures to make anthropology more interdisciplinary, engaged, and helpful to others.

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Philippine

Culture and
Society
ANTHROPOLOGY
The term “Anthropology” is
derived from two Greek words,
Anthropos, meaning human
and logos meaning study
Subfields of Anthropology

Cultural Biological
Archeological Linguistic
Anthropology Anthropology
Anthropology Anthropology
CULTURAL
ANTHROPOLOGY
- Is also known as socio-cultural
anthropology or social anthropology

-Is the study of contemporary


and historic human societies
through their cultures.
BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
-systematically studies  human
beings from a biological perspective.

- It examines the biological and


social factors that have affected
the evolution of humans and
other primates, and that
generate, maintain or change
contemporary genetic and
physiological variation.
ARCHEOLOGICAL
ANTHROPOLOGY
-is the study of humans through
material culture, or that which is
physically left behind after death.
Linguistic anthropology
-Linguistic anthropology is a
branch of anthropology
that studies the role
of language in the social
lives of individuals and
communities.
• according to Robert Borofsky,
public anthropology
demonstrates the ability of
anthropology and anthropologist
to effectively address problems
beyond the discipline –
Public illuminating larger social issues of
Anthropology our times as well as encouraging
broad public conversations about
them with the explicit goal of
fostering social change.
• Public anthropology is concerned with understanding the hegemonic
structures that frame and restrict solutions to problems as a way of
more effectively addressing these problems.
Public anthropology, then, is not easily defined by pinpointing a single
organizational affiliation or any certification; one is not certified to practice public
anthropology. It is best recognized as an approach or practice that utilizes
anthropological training, knowledge, and perspectives in addressing societal issues.
If we want public anthropology to make a difference in people’s lives, we
need to start at the beginning—with the underlying structures of the
discipline that repeatedly limit public engagement. To effectively address
public problems, we need to address them on the public’s terms, not our
own. That means not simply listing a set of academic studies that others
should attend to and follow—as one might offer to academics. It means
rethinking what anthropology does and how it does it. It is within this
context that readers can perceive public anthropology’s revolutionary
intent. Public anthropology seeks to revise key academic structures. It
seeks to transform the structures that prevent anthropology from
becoming more interdisciplinary, more publicly engaged, more focused
on helping others.

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