Culture Change And Applies Anthro. Flashcards
Borrowing
The adoption of something new from another group
Innovation
The invention of qualitatively new forms. Involves the recombination of what people already know into something different
Diffusion
Another word for borrowing often used by anthropologists who trace how an innovation is borrowed from one group to another
Acculturation
The process of change that occurs due to cultural contact
Applied anthropology
Includes any use of anthropological knowledge to influence social interaction maintain or change social institutions or direct the courts of cultural change
Public interest anthropology
4 goals:
1 study of people affected by foreign policy
2 emphasis on the human consequences of public policy
3 production of advice for policy makers
4 empowerment of those affected by policy
Adjustment anthropology
Uses anthropological knowledge to make interactions more predictable between people who use different cultural codes