CULTURAL ANTHRAPOLOGY

Cultural Anthropology: Huaorani of Ecuador

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Table of Contents

Introduction3

Thesis statement4

Discussion4

About Huaorani People4

History5

Impact of Huaorani culture on different aspects5

Economy5

Business Environment7

Domestic organization7

Political organization8

Religion and spirituality8

Conclusion9

Cultural Anthropology: Huaorani of Ecuador

Introduction

The methods undertaken by social and cultural anthropologists are a reflection of the different ways of looking and interpreting the world. From the culture and tradition discussed in this paper makes an approach to current problems and different ways of understanding and practice of anthropology. The Huaorani are one of the people living even in the most traditional ways throughout the Amazon. The ancestral territory extended from the Napo Curaray north to south. Now they have been legally recognized in only one third of this territory. In fact, were not even respecting the minimum. Cultural anthropology methodologies are derived from various methodologies in order to understand the factors which are responsible for building human societies in the past and in the future. In other words, it is the comparative analysis of different cultures that shapes up a human society. A human society comprises of individuals who carry with themselves a specific culture, and according to that culture they live their life. Anthropologists are the people who try to find out the understanding of humankind and its diversity. The cultural anthropology examines the rural, urban and modern nation states across the world. It identifies the factor which leads to a tradition which is followed by an individual living in a particular social society. The culture of various societies differs from each other in different aspects. The different aspects, which shape up a culture, can be the overall economic condition of the society, major conflicts, wars, environment, poverty, injustice, inequality and human rights (Kaplan 1994, pp. 12).

Thesis statement

“The Huaorani culture has been practiced since the last 150 years. The theory of forgers can be witnessed in the Huaorani culture as these people have been living as forest hunters since many ages”

Discussion

Anthropology is the scientific study of humankind; it strives for a comprehensive understanding of and proper appreciation for different species within the earth's history. As such, anthropology is grounded in the empirical facts of the specific sciences and the logical argumentation of critical thought. Furthermore, scientific evidence is supplemented with rational speculation, especially when facts are lacking. Ongoing advances in science and technology continuously add new information to the growing discipline of anthropology, thereby strengthening some concepts and hypotheses, while modifying or dismissing others. The culture which I have chosen, to analyze is the Huaorani of Ecuador.

About Huaorani People

Huaorani people lived in the Ecuadorian Amazon for hundreds of years as forest hunters. The Huaorani people have always been popular in journals and imagination because of their encounter with the North Americans. The Huaorani people have always apprehended the world in a very distinctive way (Meyers 1998, pp. 107).

History

The Huaorani people have been named as the warring savages since the beginning. The total territory covered by these people extends from the Napo River in the north, to the Curaray River in the ...