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Definition
ETIC (Outsider’s Scientific Perspective)
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Example / case study
M Harris examples(Abtes, USSR, Sacred cow, Islam) Increase in marriage age despite same biological adolescence Some cultural practices become maladaptive when conditions change. Practices once useful may become harmful or irrelevant.
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Thinkers
Bronislaw Malinowski — participant observation; culture exists to satisfy biological and psychological needs. • Structural Functionalism – Radcliffe-Brown
Short notes for this Anthropology syllabus heading.