人类学(Anthropology)
人类学从对比的角度研究人类，强调人类行为的多样性和在解释多样性中文化的重要性。学科包括我们种类的生物本性，以及人类适应性的物质方面内容。它的基本观点是，在大部分文化中我们随自然和自然因素而改变。而人类学是把人类作为文化动物来研究。社会文化人类学从几方面的直接研究中获得资料：研究同时代生活在各种环境下的人们；研究现代社会的农民、热带森林狩猎者和生活在城市群体的人；以及研究那些人群的历史和史前史。
麻省理工学院的人类学项目在该领域向学生提供了一系列课程，在一些和其它领域相关的问题和论点上提出了人类学的观点，其它领域包括人文学科、社会科学和工程学。它还进一步介绍了教学的专门性，其中包括社会和政治组织，经济学和人类生态学，宗教和象征主义，医学和科研的人类学。地理专门性包括拉丁美洲、中东和美国的文化。
人类学课程分成六组，有重点地显示出该领域的内容范围：介绍，社会人类学，文化背景下的科技，以及地区和历史研究。还有人类学的特别主题和研究生高级课程。
麻省理工学院人类学专业的学生要学习文化概念，人类学实地调查的种类，还有人类学与其他社会科学的联系。要研究各种各样的理论，努力解释人类行为和人类学家用来解释数据的各种方法。学生可以把重点放在地理方面，关注新殖民主义、性别研究、宗教和象征主义或者比较政治组织等问题。
若要了解更多资讯，请前往http://web.mit.edu/anthropology/。
Anthropology studies humankind from a comparative perspective that emphasizes the diversity of human behavior and the importance of culture in explaining that diversity. While the discipline encompasses the biological nature of our species and the material aspects of human adaptation, it takes as fundamental the idea that we respond to nature and natural forces in large part through culture. Anthropology, then, is the study of human beings as cultural animals. Sociocultural anthropology draws its data from the direct study of contemporary peoples living in a wide variety of circumstances, from peasant villagers and tropical forest hunters and gatherers to urban populations in modern societies, as well as from the history and prehistory of those peoples.
The Anthropology Program at MIT offers students a broad exposure to the discipline as well as an anthropological perspective on problems and issues relevant to other fields in the humanities, social sciences, and engineering. It also provides more intensive introduction to areas of faculty specialization, which include social and political organization, economics and human ecology, religion and symbolism, and the anthropology of medicine and scientific research. Geographical specializations include cultures of Latin America, the Middle East, and the United States.
The anthropology curriculum is divided into six groups that show the breadth of the field, with particular emphases: introductory, social anthropology, technology in cultural context, and areal and historical studies. Special topics in anthropology and advanced graduate subjects are also offered.
MIT Anthropology students learn about the concept of culture, the nature of anthropological fieldwork, and the connections between anthropology and the other social sciences. They study the various theories that attempt to explain human behavior as well as the range of methods anthropologists use to analyze data. Students can focus on geographical areas, and on issues like neocolonialism, gender studies, religion and symbolism, or comparative political organization.
For more information, go to http://web.mit.edu/anthropology/
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21A.750J  | 2004秋季课程：社会理论分析 (Social Theory and Analysis, Fall 2004) |
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21A.337J  | 2004春季课程：记录文化 (Documenting Culture, Spring 2004) |
