Interdisciplinary approaches in teaching physical anthropology to the students of humanitarian departments

It is almost impossible to develop the modern human sciences to the full extent without mastering the basic concepts of anthropology and the acquisition of applied related skills. Physical anthropology - is a classic area of anthropology, which became the foundation of national academic traditions in this field. The course «Anthropology» is defined as a link between the courses of humanities and natural sciences. Physical anthropology is a basic discipline. Subject »Anthropology», taught as the interdisciplinary approach, allow us to consider the human problem as an open system interacting with the systems of different levels of the organization in the same semantic continuum. Usually a paradigm of »biological-social» appears in teaching as a formidable dichotomy, which does not allow to see the man in the unity of his nature and historical development. The proposed approach is an attempt to rectify the situation. Students of humanities are able to see the problems of psychology, sociology, history, philosophy and sociology as they relate to biology, paleontology, geography. This facilitates the learning of the material and to deepen and broaden understanding of the studied disciplines. The students get the opportunity to discover the relationship of academic disciplines and their place in the sciences. Back in 1958, N.S. Rozov pointed out the importance of anthropology for historians, he mentioned that it is a discipline, which might be invaluable in addressing the origin and formation of various ethnic groups, tribes, peoples and nations. But the fact is that today's students, archaeologists do not know the basic skills of working with anthropological findings, which often leads to a loss of unique material. It would be very useful not only for historical students, bachelors and masters, but also for the students of other humanities departments to learn the basic terms of physical anthropology and the world, especially with the results of research of Siberian anthropologists. Psychology, as well as anthropology, located at the intersection of humanities and natural sciences, it is difficult to overestimate the role of this section, as ethnic psychology in solving humanitarian problems in countries with heterogeneous in ethnic, national, and racially population. One of these countries is Russia. Even though the course of «Anthropology» is in the curriculum of the educational program, there is not enough practical training, or they are absent. The full acquisition of knowledge and creative application is only possible in the practical acquaintance with the subject.

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