Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Angela Lockard Reed

Outline 14, December 3, 2003

Applied Anthropology, Anthropology Today,

and Anthropology in the Future

I           Applied Anthropology:  the use of anthropological knowledge and methods to solve “practical” problems, often for a specific client

            A          and Cultural Anthropology

                        1          Desegregating the Armed Forces

                        2          New Houses for Apache Indians

                        3          Social Impact Assessment of Dam Construction in New Mexico

                        4          Reconciling Modern Medicine with Traditional Beliefs in Swaziland

            B          and Physical Anthropology

                        1          Forensic Anthropology

            C         and Linguistics

                        1          Language Renewal Among the Northern Ute

            D         and Archaeology

                        1          Patacacha Valley in the Andes Mountains

II           “Current” Anthropology

            A          Prostitutes in New York City and Atlanta 

            B          Crack economy in inner-city New York

            C         Anthropology in the Corporate World

III          The Role of Anthropology in the Future

            A          Global Culture

            B          Multinational Corporations

            C         Cultural Pluralism

            D         Global Problems

                        1          Apartheid

                        2          Hunger

                        3          Pollution

                        4          Population