Chapter 5 Flashcards
Globalization
The widening scale of cross cultural interactions caused by the rapid movement of money people goods images and ideas within batons and across national boundaries
Transnational
A relationship that extends beyond nation state boundaries but do not necessarily cover the whole world
World system theory
The theory that capitalism has expanded in the basis of unequal exchange throughout the world creating s global market and global division on labor dividing the world between a dominant core and a dependent periphery
Post colonialism
The field that studies the cultural legacies of colonialism and imperialism
Push pull factor
The social economic and political factors that push people to migrate from their homes and that pull them to host countries
Culture of migration
The cultural attitudes perceptions and symbolic values that shape decision making process around and experiences of migration
Localization
The creation and assertion of highly particular place based identities and communities
Development anthropology
The application of anthropological knowledge and research methods to the practical aspects of shaping and implementing development projects
Anthropology development
The field of study within anthropology concerned with understanding the cultural conditions for proper development projects
Cultural imperialism
The promotion of one culture over others through formal policy or less formal means like the spread of technology and material culture
World culture
Norms and values that extend across national boundaries
Hybridization
Persistent cultural mixing that has no predetermined direction or endpoint
