ch 3 Flashcards
claiming or using elements of another culture in an inappropriate way.
cultural appropriation
how humans develop culture as an adaptation to various environments.
cultural ecology
the study of the origins of human cultural forms and how those forms have changed over long periods of time.
cultural evolutionism
patterned, shared ways of interpreting situations.
cultural frames
an evolutionary approach that identifies technology and economic factors as fundamental aspects of culture, molding other features of culture such as family life, religion, and politics.
cultural materialism
routine or habitual forms of behavior.
cultural practices
a conventionalized position in a particular context or situation.
cultural role
the whole way of life of a society, combining material objects, technologies, social relationships, everyday practices, deeply held values, and shared ideas.
culture
in an anthropological context, the spread of material objects, practices, and ideas among cultures in complex relations of trade, migration, and conquest.
diffusion
occurs when two or more elements of culture come into conflict, resulting in alteration or replacement of those elements.
friction
a form of analysis that focuses on the contemporary purposes of culture.
functionalism
an approach to cultural change that describes the combination of internal and external factors that shapes the unique historical trajectory of each culture.
historical particularism
a model that depicts how a social realm operates or should operate. An ideology identifies the entities, roles, behaviors, relationships, and processes in a particular realm as well as the rationality behind the whole system.
ideology
the slight alteration of an existing element of culture, such as a new style of dress or dance.
innovation
material and nonmaterial products of an individual or group that are protected by national and international laws and cannot be used for profit by others without attribution or compensation.
intellectual property
