anthropology Flashcards by Gabriella Koplas

holistic perspective/holism

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anthropology

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

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

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

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biological anthropology

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

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

unilineal cultural evolution

historical particularism

franz boas

interpretivist approach

clifford geertz

thick description

the balinese cockfight

power

stratification

hegemony

agency

Nancy Scheper-Hughes and Death Without Weeping

ethnographic fieldwork

culture shock

armchair anthropology

Franz Boas and salvage ethnography

Bronislaw Malinowski and participant observation

Margaret Mead and Coming of age in Samoa

Zora Neal Hurston and fieldwork in the american south

Reflexivity

literature review

qualitative data

quantitative data

rapport

key informant

field notes

mapping

zeroes

mutual transformation

michael wesch in papua new guinea

emic (insider)

etic (outsider)

do no harm

informed consent

institutional review board (IRB)

multisited fieldwork

language

productivity

displacement

historical linguistics

language continuum

speech community

phonemes

morphemes

syntax

grammar

lexicon

kinesics

paralanguage

linguistic relativity

sapir-whorf hypothesis

Lera Boroditsky "how language shapes thought"

keith basso and wisdom sits in places

sociolinguistics

dialect

prestige language

Bourdieu cultural capital

codeswitching

language ideology

African American English (AAE)

Mock spanish

jane hill and jonathan rosa

language loss

Zhang Alan and sperm donation in China

kinship

nuclear family

descent group

lineage vs clan

matrilineal

patrilineal

ambilineal descent

affinal relationships/affines

marriage

arranged marriages

companionate marriages

melanie medeiros and divorce in brazilian ecotourism community

monogamy

is monogamy "natural"?

polygamy

polygyny

polyandry

polyandry in tibet

incest taboo

endogamy

exogamy

dowry

bridewealth

biological kin/"chosen families"

non-biological kin/"chosen families"

the langkawi in malaysia

"cousins" in southall, england

carol stack and black urban kinship networks in chicago

benedict anderson and imagined communities

max weber and kin ties

bureaucratic ties

reproductive technologies and Israel

family of orientation

family of procreation

the nuclear family and capitalism

the american anthropological association (AAA) and same sex partners

religion

oral vs. textual religions

martyr

saint

emile durkheim on religion

sacred vs profane

ritual

victor turner on religion

rites of passage

separation

liminality

reintegration

communita

pilgrimage

mary douglas and jewish dietary codes

karl marx on religion

the opium of the people

marvin harris on religion

cultural materialism and indias sacred cow

max weber on religion

the protestant ethic

secularization

shamans

magic

e.e. evan-pritchard and the azande

paul stoller and In sorcerys shadow

george gmelch and baseball magic

symbol

talal asad and western conceptions of religion

david b. edwards and suicide bombing in afghanistan