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Anthropology Terminology Flashcards

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Term/Front

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Definition/Back

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Amalgamation

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Interactions between members of distinct ethnic and cultural groups that reduce barriers between the groups over time

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World system

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a complex economic system through which goods circulate around the globe. The world system for food is characterized by a separation of the producers of goods from the consumers

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proxemics

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the cultural use of space, including how close people stand to one another

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White privilege

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denotes the unearned power that society and its institutions bestow upon people with fair skin over those with darker skin (also referred to in the text as simply “ethnic privilege”)

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voice qualities

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the background characteristics of a person’s voice, including pitch, rhythm, and articulation

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vocalizations

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intentional sounds humans make to express themselves, but not actually words

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utterance

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an uninterrupted sequence of spoken or written language

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systemic racism

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discrimination that exists throughout society and influences people’s decisions, expectations, opportunities, and limitations

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syntax

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the study of how units of speech are put together to create sentences

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Symbolic ethnicity

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limited or occasional displays of ethnic pride and identity that are primarily for public display.

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symbol

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something that stands for something else with little or no natural relationship to its referent; a type of sign

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Subsistence system

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the set of skills, practices, and technologies used by members of a society
to acquire and distribute food.

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Subsistence farmers

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people who raise plants and animals for their own consumption, but not
for sale to others

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Structural violence

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a form of violence in which a social structure or institution harms people
by preventing them from meeting their basic needs

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Staple crops

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foods that form the backbone of the subsistence system by providing the majority of the calories a society consumes

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speech

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verbal communication using sounds

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speech communities

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a group that shares language patterns

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Socially constructed

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a concept developed by society that is maintained over time through
social interactions that make the idea seem “real.”

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Social Density

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Measure of these interpersonal conflicts

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snowball sample

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a method of finding informants through association with previous informants

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sign

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in communication, something that stands for something else

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semantics

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the study of how words and phrases are put together in meaningful ways

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Reified

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the process by which an inaccurate concept or idea is accepted as “truth.”

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Redistribution

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the accumulation of goods or labor by a particular person or institution for the purpose of dispersal at a later date

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racialization

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assigning racial identities based on biology to an ethnic or cultural group whose members do not do so

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Racial formation

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the process of defining and redefining racial categories in a society

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race

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a term used to describe varieties or subspecies of a species; inaccurately used to refer to human differences in a biological sense.

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Quantitative

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a form of research that relies on numerical data gathered through surveys and questionnaires

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Qualitative

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a form of research that captures non-numerical data, such as thoughts, opinions, and feelings

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pragmatics

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the context within which language occurs

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Potlatch

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a ceremony in which possessions are given away, or destroyed, to display wealth, generosity and enhance prestige potlatch(page 131):a ceremonial gathering in which Northwest Coast peoples mark importantevents and share food and other valued item

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Political economy

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an approach in anthropology that investigates the historical evolution of
economic relationships as well as the contemporary political processes and social structures that contribute to differences in income and wealth.

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Pigmentocracy

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a society characterized by strong correlation between a person’s skin color and his or her social class.

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phonetics

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the study of the sounds in human speech

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phonemics

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the study of how sounds convey meaning

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phoneme

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the smallest unit of sound in communication that conveys meaning

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Performative Memories

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Enacted through food preparation and rituals, these memories are tied
to physical actions like kneading dough, connecting us to past experiences and communal bonds.

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Pastoralism

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a subsistence system in which people raise herds of domesticated livestock

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participant observation

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a research method used in anthropology in which an ethnographer
lives with a group of people and observes their regular activities

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paralanguage

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the ways we express meaning through sounds beyond words alone; a subset of semantics

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Paleoanthropologist

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biological anthropologists who study ancient human relatives

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Others

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a view of a person or category of people as different from, and therefore less than, one’s self; also used as a verb, “to Other a group of people”

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One-drop rule

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the practice of excluding a person with any non-white ancestry from the white racial category

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Nostalgic food

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evoke specific memories often linked to childhood experiences

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nomadic

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moving within a large area frequently in order to access food resources

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Neolithic Revolution

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a period of rapid innovation in subsistence technologies that began
10,000 years ago and led to the emergence of agriculture. Neolithic means “new stone age,” a name referring to the stone tools produced during this time period.

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Negative reciprocity

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an attempt to get something for nothing; exchange in which both parties
try to take advantage of the other

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Multi-cropping

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Growing a mix of different plants in biodiverse gardens

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morpheme

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the smallest part of a word that conveys meaning

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Monocropping

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the practice of growing a single crop year after year on the same land

the reliance on a single plant species as a food source. Mono-cropping leads to decreased dietary diversity and carries the risk of malnutrition compared to a more diverse diet.

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Modes of subsistence

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the techniques used by the members of a society to obtain food.
Anthropologists classify subsistence into four broad categories: foraging, pastoralism, horticulture, and agriculture.

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Means of production

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the resources used to produce goods in a society such as land for farming or factories

the social relations through which human labor is used to transform energy
from nature using tools, skills, organization, and knowledge

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linguistic relativity principle

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the idea, studied by Benjamin Whorf, that the language one
speaks shapes the way one sees the world

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linguistic determinism

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the idea that the language one speaks locks a person into seeing the
world a certain way

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linguist

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a person who studies language

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language registers

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different styles of speaking within a single language

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kinesics

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the cultural use of body movements, including gestures

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Key informant

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a person with whom the ethnographer spends a great amount of time because of the person’s knowledge, skills, or insight

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Intercropping

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Combination of different crops (example: beans, corn and squash)

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intensive agriculture

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a farming technique that can support a large population using advanced
tools and irrigation, and requiring more preparation and maintenance of the soil

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Industrialism

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methods of producing food and goods using highly mechanized machinery and digital information

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Indulgent Comfort

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Feelings of guilt when used to cope with negative emotions

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Inductive

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a type of reasoning that uses specific information to draw general conclusions. In an inductive approach, the researcher seeks to collect evidence without trying to definitively prove or disprove a hypothesis. The researcher usually first spends time in the field to become familiar with the people before identifying a hypothesis or research question. Inductive research usually is not generalizable to other settings

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Immediate return system

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labor leads directly to food

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identity politics

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focusing on one’s identity and validating one’s sense of belonging to a
particular group with a particular history

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Hypodescent

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a racial classification system that assigns a person with mixed racial heritage to the racial category that is considered least privileged

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Horticulture

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a subsistence system based on the small-scale cultivation of crops intended primarily for the direct consumption of the household or immediate community.

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Homo economicus

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a term used to describe a person who would make rational decisions in ways predicted by economic theories

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Hominin

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Humans (Homo sapiens) and their close relatives and immediate ancestors.

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holistic

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interconnected and integrated

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Historical Ecology

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the study of how cultures evolve with their environments
the study of how human cultures have developed over time as a result of
interactions with the environment

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haptics

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the study of touch

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Habitual Memories

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Developed through repeated actions (e.g., chopping, baking) that reinforce skills and knowledge.

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Generalized reciprocity

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giving without expecting a specific thing in return.

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General purpose money

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a medium of exchange that can be used in all economic transactions.

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Foraging

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a subsistence system that relies on wild plant and animal food resources. This system is sometimes called “hunting and gathering.”

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Foodways

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the cultural norms and attitudes surrounding food and eating

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fieldwork

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the process of doing anthropology; in cultural anthropology, this usually entails living and participating in the study community

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etic

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an outsider’s view; an objective explanation

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ethnography

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the written or visual product of ethnographic (field) research; also the process of doing fieldwork (ethnographer is the person who practices it)

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Ethnocentrism

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the tendency to view one’s own culture as most important and correct and as the stick by which to measure all other cultures.

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Ethnicity

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a term used to describe the heritage, geographic origin, language, and other features of a person
the degree to which a person identifies with and feels an attachment to a particular ethnic group

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Ethnic group

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people in a society who claim a distinct identity for themselves based on shared cultural characteristics and ancestry

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epigenetics

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the study of inherited changes in gene expression without changes to the DNA itself

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Enculturation

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the process of learning the characteristics and expectations of a culture or group.

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Cultural Transmission

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the process by which culture is passed from generation to generation

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emic

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an insider’s view; the perspective of the subject

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Domestic economy

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the work associated with obtaining food for a family or household.

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Descriptive linguistics

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branch dedicated to analyzing the structures of language

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Delayed return system

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techniques for obtaining food that require an investment of work over a
period of time before the food becomes available for consumption. Farming is a delayed return system due to the passage of time between planting and harvest. The opposite is an immediate return system in which the food acquired can be immediately consumed.

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Deductive

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reasoning from the general to the specific; the inverse of inductive reasoning. Deductive research is more common in the natural sciences than in anthropology. In a deductive approach, the researcher creates a hypothesis and then designs a study to prove or disprove the hypothesis. The results of deductive research can be generalizable to other settings

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Decolonize

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to undo (as much as is possible) the effects of colonialism through empowering Indigenous people to self-determination economically, politically, culturally, and psychologically

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cultural relativism

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the idea that all cultures are equally valid, and that every culture can only be understood in its own context
the idea that we should seek to understand another person’s beliefs and
behaviors from the perspective of their own culture and not our own

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Cultural Memory

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The interplay of cognitive, habitual, and performative memories creates
cultural memory—shared narratives that anchor collective identity

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cultural adaptation

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a belief or behavior that allows an organism with culture (especially
humans) to better thrive in their environment

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Consumption

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the process of buying, eating, or using a resource, food, commodity, or service

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Consumerism

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denotes the logic of consuming within a particular type of social and political system: consumer capitalism

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Compulsive buying

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a preoccupation with buying and shopping, by frequent buying episodes or by overpowering urges to buy that are experienced as irresistible and senseless

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Communication

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a process of transmitting a message from a sender to a receiver

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Commodity

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A good that can be bought, sold or exchanged in a market

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Commodity chain

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the series of steps a food takes from location where it is produced to the
store where it is sold to consumers

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Cognitive Memories

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Linked to facts and narratives from recipes and food histories, shaping our experiences with food

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Code switching

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moving easily between speech styles or languages in a conversation or single utterance

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Cline

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differences in the traits that occur in populations across a geographical area. In a cline, a trait may be more common in one geographical area than another, but the variation is gradual and continuous, with no sharp breaks

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Carrying capacity

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a measurement of the number of calories that can be extracted from a
particular unit of land in order to support a human population

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Built environment

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spaces that are human-made, including cultivated land as well as buildings

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Broad spectrum diet

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a diet based on a wide range of food resources

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Biological adaptation

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a physical adaptation that allows an organism to survive better in its
environment

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Balanced reciprocity

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the exchange of something with the expectation that something of equal
value will be returned within a specific time period

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Assimilation

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pressure placed on minority groups to adopt the customs and traditions of the dominant culture

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Applied anthropology

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A field of anthropology in which the researcher uses knowledge of
anthropological methods, theory, and perspectives to solve human problems

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Amalgamation

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interactions between members of distinct ethnic and cultural groups that reduce barriers between the groups over time

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Agriculture

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The cultivation of domesticated plants and animals using technologies that allow for intensive use of the land

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Affluenza

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Unhealthy and unwelcome psychological and social effects of affluence regarded especially as a widespread societal problem.

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Acculturation

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Loss of a minority group’s cultural distinctiveness in relation to the dominant culture

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Created on OmniSets

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