Cultural Anthropology: Asking Questions About Humanity

by Robert L. Welsch

What is cultural anthropology, and how can it explain or even help resolve contemporary human problems?

Robert L. Welsch and Luis A. Vivanco's Cultural Asking Questions About Humanity , Second Edition, uses a questions based approach to teach students how to think anthropologically, helping them view cultural issues and everyday experiences as an anthropologist might.

Inspired by the common observation that ninety nine percent of a good answer is a good question, Cultural Anthropology combines a question centered pedagogy with the topics typically covered in an introductory course. It emphasizes up front what the discipline of anthropology knows and which issues are in debate, and how a cultural perspective is relevant to understanding social, political, and economic dynamics in the contemporary world. Cultural Anthropology also represents an effort to close the gap between the realities of the discipline today and traditional views that are taught at the introductory level by bringing classic anthropological examples, cases, and analyses to bear on contemporary questions.

Genres: Anthropology, Textbooks, Read For School

496 pages, Paperback

First published November 21, 2014

About the author

Robert L. Welsch is an American anthropologist and author. He is now retired from teaching anthropology at Franklin Pierce University and Dartmouth College, and was formerly affiliated with The Field Museum in Chicago. In addition to conducting extensive field research in Papua New Guinea, he is co-author of a series of textbooks with Oxford University Press.

Reviews

[Lindsay]

Read for an Introductory Anthropology course.