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anthropology Flashcards

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holistic perspective/holism

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anthropology

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the study of the full scope of human diversity, past and present, and the application of that knowledge to help people of different backgrounds better understand one another

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ethnocentrism

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the belief that ones own culture or way of life is normal and natural; using one’s own culture to evaluate and judge that practices and ideals of others

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four field approach

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the use of four interrelated disciplines to study humanity: biological anthropology, archaeology, linguistic anthropology, and cultural anthropology

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biological anthropology

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the study of humans from a biological perspective, particularly how they have evolved over time and adapted to their environments

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primatology

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the study of living nonhuman primates as well as primate fossils to better understand human evolution and early human behavior

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archaeology

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Prehistoric vs. Historic archaeology

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linguistic anthropology

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cultural anthropology

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globalization

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time-space compression

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flexible accumulation

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uneven development

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anthropocene

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climate change

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culture

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enculturation

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acculturation

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culture as dynamic, symbolic, and material

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norms

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values

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symbols

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mental maps of reality

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cultural relativism

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unilineal cultural evolution

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historical particularism

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franz boas

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interpretivist approach

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clifford geertz

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thick description

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the balinese cockfight

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power

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stratification

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hegemony

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agency

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Nancy Scheper-Hughes and Death Without Weeping

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ethnographic fieldwork

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culture shock

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armchair anthropology

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Franz Boas and salvage ethnography

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Bronislaw Malinowski and participant observation

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Margaret Mead and Coming of age in Samoa

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Zora Neal Hurston and fieldwork in the american south

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Reflexivity

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literature review

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qualitative data

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quantitative data

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rapport

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key informant

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field notes

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mapping

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zeroes

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mutual transformation

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michael wesch in papua new guinea

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emic (insider)

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etic (outsider)

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do no harm

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informed consent

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institutional review board (IRB)

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multisited fieldwork

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language

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productivity

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displacement

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historical linguistics

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language continuum

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speech community

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phonemes

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morphemes

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syntax

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grammar

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lexicon

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kinesics

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paralanguage

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linguistic relativity

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sapir-whorf hypothesis

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Lera Boroditsky “how language shapes thought”

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keith basso and wisdom sits in places

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sociolinguistics

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dialect

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prestige language

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Bourdieu cultural capital

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codeswitching

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language ideology

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African American English (AAE)

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Mock spanish

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jane hill and jonathan rosa

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language loss

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Zhang Alan and sperm donation in China

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kinship

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nuclear family

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descent group

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lineage vs clan

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matrilineal

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patrilineal

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ambilineal descent

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affinal relationships/affines

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marriage

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arranged marriages

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companionate marriages

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melanie medeiros and divorce in brazilian ecotourism community

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monogamy

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is monogamy “natural”?

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polygamy

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polygyny

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polyandry

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polyandry in tibet

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incest taboo

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endogamy

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exogamy

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dowry

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bridewealth

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biological kin/”chosen families”

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non-biological kin/”chosen families”

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the langkawi in malaysia

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“cousins” in southall, england

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carol stack and black urban kinship networks in chicago

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benedict anderson and imagined communities

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max weber and kin ties

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bureaucratic ties

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reproductive technologies and Israel

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family of orientation

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family of procreation

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the nuclear family and capitalism

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the american anthropological association (AAA) and same sex partners

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religion

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oral vs. textual religions

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martyr

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saint

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emile durkheim on religion

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sacred vs profane

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ritual

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victor turner on religion

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rites of passage

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separation

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liminality

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reintegration

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communita

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pilgrimage

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mary douglas and jewish dietary codes

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karl marx on religion

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the opium of the people

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marvin harris on religion

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cultural materialism and indias sacred cow

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max weber on religion

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the protestant ethic

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secularization

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shamans

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magic

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e.e. evan-pritchard and the azande

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paul stoller and In sorcerys shadow

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george gmelch and baseball magic

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symbol

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talal asad and western conceptions of religion

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david b. edwards and suicide bombing in afghanistan

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