Nature and Goals of Anthropology, Sociology and Politics-1

NATURE, GOALS AND
PERSPECTIVE IN
ANTROPOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY
AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
You are expected to:
1. Define the meaning of anthropology, sociology and political science

with self-explanatory perspective.
2. Explain the nature, goals and perspective of anthropology, sociology
and political science
3. Categorize the nature, goals and perspective of anthropology,
sociology and political science into the appropriate identity.
4. Interpret the nature, goals and perspective of anthropology, sociology
and political science through illustration of situational and up-to-date
event.
Perience (put your self on the others shoe)
As a learner and part of the

society , how would you show
valuing life to street children
and what would be your
motivational message to them?
Perience (put yourself on the others shoe)
How would you feel if the

government implement this
policy and what would be your
message to the president?
ANTROPOLOGY AS A
DISCIPLINE
➢the study of human beings and their ancestors through time and
space and in relation to physical character, environmental and
social relations, and culture
a professional, or scientific, perspective represented in
anthropology emphasizes the need to understand what
humans do and how they interpret their own actions and
world-views.
1.HOLISM
The study of the whole of the human condition: past, present, and
future; biology, society, language, and culture (Kottak, 2012, p. 2)
Anthropologists are interested in the whole of humanity, in how
various aspects of life interact. One cannot fully appreciate what it
means to be human by studying a single aspect of our complex
histories, languages, bodies, or societies.
2.Cultural relativism
➢ is the view that ethical and social standards reflect the cultural
context from which they are derived.
. ability to understand a culture on its own terms and not to make
➢ the
judgments using the standards of one's own culture
e.G Arranged marriages; female genital cutting; male circumcision;
requiring women to wear veils or burkas; canings as punishments;
whaling and dolphin hunting; eating cats and dogs; eating meat;
human sacrifice
Cultural relativism
➢if a culture disapproves of people doing an action, then it is wrong

for people in that culture to do that action;
➢if a culture approves of people doing an action, then it is not wrong
for people in that culture to do that action.
3.COMPARISON
➢In cultural anthropology, we compare ideas, morals, practices, and

systems within or between cultures. We might compare the roles of
men and women in different societies, or contrast how different
religious groups conflict within a given society.
➢ It is through comparison that we learn more about the range of

possible responses to varying contexts and problems.
5.FIELDWORK
➢ In cultural anthropology, our fieldwork is referred to as ethnography,
which is both the process and result of cultural anthropological
research.
➢ The Greek term “ethno” refers to people, and “graphy” refers to writing.
➢ ethnographic process involves the research method of participant-
observation fieldwork: you participate in people’s lives, while observing
them and taking field notes that, along with interviews and surveys,
constitute the research data
➢ This research is inductive: based on day-to-day
observation(panunuluyan)
NATURE, GOALS AND
PERSPECTIVE IN
ANTROPOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY
AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
Sociology is the study of social life, social change, and the social
causes and consequences of human behavior
Sociology
concentrates on society(social institutions/structures)
Anthropology
focuses on culture
i- classify it
1. A Family is usually consisted of a mother, father and their children.
2. Dela Cruz family was guided by the religious belief that “a family that
prays together, stays together”
3. The parents, together with their children, loved to go out and dine in
together, eating their favorite foods like adobo, kare-kare, sinigang, and
sinampalukan.
4. Ana, a member of the family , meanwhile learned how to cook these foods
through a culinary school.
5. During summer vacations, the family goes to the province to visit their
grandparents and other relatives.
i- classify it
6.They learned from their grandparents that fiestas are celebrated to give
thanks to bountiful blessings and to give honor to the patron saint of the
town .
7.The leaders of their local church prepared activities during the celebration.
8. Government Officials contributed some help to make the event successful.
9. Dela Cruz family really enjoyed the activities specially the part when native
Filipino games were played.
10. Peace and order were maintained through the enforcement of certain
written rules and regulations.

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NATURE, GOALS AND

1. Define the meaning of anthropology, sociology and political science

As a learner and part of the

How would you feel if the

➢if a culture disapproves of people doing an action, then it is wrong

➢In cultural anthropology, we compare ideas, morals, practices, and

➢ It is through comparison that we learn more about the range of

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