Chapter 6 Globalization And Culture Flashcards
Diffusionists
Early 20th century Boasian anthropologist who held that cultural characteristics result from either internal historical dynamism or a spread of cultural attributes from other societies.
Transnational
Relationships that extend beyond nation-state boundaries without assuming they cover the whole world
Migrants
People who leave their home to work for a time in other regions or countries
Immigrants
People who enter a foreign country with no expectation of ever returning to their home country.
Refugees
People who migrate because of political oppression or war, usually with legal permission to stay at a different country.
Exiles
People who are expelled by the authorities of their home country.
World systems theory
The theory that capitalism has expanded on the basis of unequal exchange throughout the world, creating a global market and global division of labor, dividing the world between a dominant “core” and a dependent “periphery”
Postcolonialism
The field that studies the cultural legacies of colonialism and imperialism
Localization
The creation and assertion of highly particular, often place-based, identifies and communities
Developmentanthropology
The application of anthropological knowledge and research methods to the practical aspects of shaping and implementing development projects
Anthropology of development
The field of study within anthropology concerned with understanding the cultural conditions for proper development or alternatively, the negative impacts of development project.
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 predetermine direction or endpoint
Multi-sites ethnography
An ethnographic research strategy of following connections, associations, and putative relationships from place to place.
