Explain It to Me Again

The Man Who Changed How We Study Culture


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For the first episode of Explain It to Me Again, Roxanne is going to dive deep into the revolutionary ideas of a pivotal cultural anthropologist, Franz Boas. We discuss the previous old school thoughts on studying culture, the early life of Boas, his studies, his students, and how he revolutionized the study of culture.

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Sources:
Erickson, P. A, & Murphy, L. D. (2016). A History of Anthropological Theory (5th ed.).
University of Toronto Press.
Erickson, P. A, & Murphy, L. D. (2016). Readings for a History of Anthropological Theory (5th ed.). University of Toronto Press.
Lewis, E. (2020). Franz Boas, Father of American Anthropology. ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/franz-boas-4582034
Tax, S. (2023). Franz Boas: German-American Anthropologist. Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Franz-Boas
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