Media and Social change

Definition

Anthropology cannot be understood without history.

Example / case study

• Policies of China toward Uyghur Muslims.
• Innovation explains endogenous culture change; diffusion explains exogenous change.
• Acculturation highlights power asymmetry, whereas transculturation highlights mutual creativity.
• Ethnocide is increasingly discussed in the context of human rights, indigenous studies, and globalization.

Thinkers

• Evans-Pritchard | Social Anthropology is part of Sociology; Ethnology classifies cultures
• Durkheim | Influenced Functional Anthropology
• S. C. Dube | Historical context in Indian Anthropology
• K. S. Singh | Tribal and historical studies
• Bronislaw Malinowski | Fieldwork; Cultural Anthropology