Cultural Anthropology Flashcards
Specialization within cultural anthropology
Economic Psychological Medical Political International development
Anthropology
Study of man and biology
What is culture
people’s learned behaviors and beliefs
How did anthropology began
Began in Europe academic discipline
4 subfields of anthropology and what do each study
Biological or physical anthropology
Archaeology linguistic
Cultural
5th subfields and what do the researched do
Applied anthropology
Use of solve problems
Define cultural anthropology
Study of living peoples and their cultures
Some specializations within cultural anthropology
Development Environmental Medical Psychological Urban
Scientific method and how it’s used in cultural anthropology
The standard methodology of science. Observation
Hypothesis
Testable explanatory
Difference between nature and culture
Nature stays the same and culture is learned and it changes
Key characteristics of culture
Learned
Shared
Integrated
Holistic perspective
A perspective that aims to identify and understand
Symbol
An object, idea, image, figure or character
Values
Symbolic expressions
Norms
Typical patterns of actual behavior
Tradition
Practices and rituals/customs
Concept of humans as biocultural beings
The claim that humans are biologically hard wired ignores crucial biocultural variations
Language
The system of communication used by a community
Call systems
Communication systems of non human primates
Sociolinguistics
Study of language in relation to social factors
Linguistic relativity
Holds structure of language affects speakers worldview
Ethnoscience
Study of different ways the world is perceived
Creole language
A language of mixed origin that has developed from a complex blending of two parent languages
Pidgin language
A mixed language with a simplified grammar, typically borrowing its vocabulary from one language
