Social and Cultural Anthropology · Part 1: Engaging with anthropology

LANG — The language of anthropology

Social and Cultural Anthropology · SL / HL · syllabus-mapped notes

1. AN_P1_1

   Key concepts and how they thread the course

   What the key concepts do: a shared framework, not a straitjacket, always explored through ethnographic material and across the areas of inquiry.

2. AN_P1_2

   The nine key concepts (I)

   Belief and knowledge, change, culture, identity and materiality: defined and illustrated as anthropological tools.

3. AN_P1_3

   The nine key concepts (II)

   Power, social relations, society and symbolism: defined and illustrated as anthropological tools.

4. AN_P1_4

   Inquiry-specific concepts

   What inquiry-specific concepts are and how they sit under the key concepts within each area of inquiry.