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Definition
Anthropology cannot be understood without history.
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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.
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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
Short notes for this Anthropology syllabus heading.