Anthropology as an Infoautopoietic Construction
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https://doi.org/10.48160/18532330me14.361Keywords:
anthropology, infoautopoiesis, culture, nature, Gregory Bateson, informationAbstract
Anthropology, in a brief but accurate definition, is the "science that studies culture." An assertion that requires a clear understanding of what culture and its evolution mean; particularly considering that since the mid-twentieth century we have lived in the Information Age, an element that some consider fundamental, on a par with matter and/or energy. This article proposes a new interpretation of anthropology, considering the impact of information. To formulate this construction, it is necessary not only to define what information is as an object of study, but also to naturalize it, to make it accessible to our daily experience. This effort manages to discover the fundamental role of information in anthropology, both in its origins and in its current local and global development.
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