Anth 318 Exam 1 Flashcards
etic approach
representation of culture/ art from a universal perspective/ developments are bigger than the people themselves
emic approach
representation of culture/art that highlights an insider view and meanings
1851 Crystal Palace Exhibit
celebration of the world’s creations, started the first “worlds fair” and showed that Britain was thriving/ showed typology museum organization
material culture
the world of things that people make, use, or buy
object
contemporary material culture
artifact
the material culture of earlier times
expressive culture
term for activities involving manipulating symbolic forms to create meaning, produce absorption, and enact identity
Particularists
theory about what objects can tell us in relation to its culture and context about the culture society itself, with detailed description
universalist
theory about broad meanings of ideas and levels of development
unilineal evolution perspective on material culture
the perspective of material culture used to create “levels of development” and how the use of certain resources show more or less sophistication (savagery/barbarism/civilization)
franz boas approach to material culture
the perspective of material culture that rejects unilinealism and focuses on the in depth details of an object in relation to the society and its context, emic approach
historical particular-ism
descriptive and theoretical approach to understanding objects in context of itself or “in situ”
Whissler
curator at the museum of natural history and creator of culture areas
culture area
the idea that you can map out or group similar areas with similar traits that might explain how traits evolved
choreometrics
the relationship between movement and dance with the past modes of subsistence.