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 ====== What is anthropology, and why should we care? ====== ====== What is anthropology, and why should we care? ======
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-Hanuabada, the original village of Papua New Guinea’s capital city Port Moresby inhabited by the Motuan people; with the CBD in the background (Blades 2018). 
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 Anthropology is the study of what it means to be human. Anthropologists take a global view of humanity. They start from the assumption that diversity is a defining characteristic of the human species. Hence, there are no superior, inferior, right, correct, natural, or normal ways to live. In this class we will introduce you to sociocultural anthropology, which examines people’s everyday life as members of one or another kind of community, each having its own unique way of life. Anthropology is the study of what it means to be human. Anthropologists take a global view of humanity. They start from the assumption that diversity is a defining characteristic of the human species. Hence, there are no superior, inferior, right, correct, natural, or normal ways to live. In this class we will introduce you to sociocultural anthropology, which examines people’s everyday life as members of one or another kind of community, each having its own unique way of life.
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 2020 is a very interesting year in which to be learning how to critique our own cultures because it seems like everything people think is normal is being called into question. The very idea of progress has been canceled #thereisnosuchthingasmodernity. The lecturers and tutors in this class have decided to embrace this change, and put students in the driver’s seat. That’s why we have set up this class in this way. 2020 is a very interesting year in which to be learning how to critique our own cultures because it seems like everything people think is normal is being called into question. The very idea of progress has been canceled #thereisnosuchthingasmodernity. The lecturers and tutors in this class have decided to embrace this change, and put students in the driver’s seat. That’s why we have set up this class in this way.
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-Blades, Johnny. 2018. //Photograph//. Accessed July 14. https://www.radionz.co.nz/assets/news/19784/eight_col_IMG_6922.JPG?1405145845. 
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