Final Exam Flashcards
restudies
what Louis and Freeman did
ability of an anthropologists to consistently repeat results
anthropological reliability
primary landscape transformation
changes caused by human activity in which species turnover is nearly complete; occurs many years after humans change the land and the land reaches new equilibrium of flora and fauna
offers loans to developing countries
World Bank
cooperatives
small nonprofit corporations and associations with legal recognition for the purpose of defending native’s rights to land, language, and indigenous culture
multisited
ethnography occurring in multiple sites around the world; such as the Nuer in Sudan and America
family formed by neolocal residence
nuclear family (residence pattern)
anthropological validity
anthropologists were physically present in culture
diaspora
outward spread of a culture via migration
ethnotourism
tourists visit natives in their own villages or communities
involves the comparison of a past society to a modern one known ethnographically
ethnographic analogy
causes of collapse
becoming too top heavy (too many in upper class), overtaxation of peasant class
anthropological reliability
ability of an anthropologists to consistently repeat results
Millenarian movement
synonym for revitalization movement
changes caused by human activity in which species turnover is nearly complete; occurs many years after humans change the land and the land reaches new equilibrium of flora and fauna
primary landscape transformation
Smith’s S
salience
do no harm
1 ethical rule binding anthropologists
21st center reality of a modern world system
Globalization
familiarity with multiple cultures and languages
cosmopolitanism
period that occurred after the Classic Period (AD 750-1000) in which sociopolitical complexity collapsed
Terminal Classic
kindred
ego focused descent group
Terminal Classic
period that occurred after the Classic Period (AD 750-1000) in which sociopolitical complexity collapsed
chattel slavery
slavery associated with colonialism
indigeneity
sense of belonging to some specific place and being someone who is native or aboriginal, a descendant of the first people to live in the place considered to be a homeland
hypogamy
marriage below one’s class
conical clan
group formed by ambilineal descent/ ancestor focused kinship group
subculture
A culture that is shared by a smaller group of people who are also part of a larger culture.
epistemological relativism
aka nihilism; belief that nothing is true, or everything anyone says is equally as true as anything anyone else says
main method of cultural anthropology
participant observation
participant development and activist anthropology
synonyms for participant intervention
languages that have a low chance of becoming extinct due to the fact that so many people speak them. Tend to be European languages from colonial era
prestige languages
synonyms for participant intervention
participant development and activist anthropology
leopard skin chief
Nuer shaman/ mitigator
advantage of globalization
illegality becomes harder to hide due to massive global communication
A culture that is shared by a smaller group of people who are also part of a larger culture.
subculture
hybridity
cultural mixing that derives from the instantaneous communication and worldwide networks of transportation associated with globalization
agricultural regression
abandoning the use of agriculture and other technologies such as fire, which is essential to cook and process agricultural foods
small nonprofit corporations and associations with legal recognition for the purpose of defending native’s rights to land, language, and indigenous culture
cooperatives
island where Bugis lived
Sulawesi
revisionism
ethnographers going to sites where other ethnographers have worked and finding flaws in their data
illegality becomes harder to hide due to massive global communication
advantage of globalization
synonym for revitalization movement
Millenarian movement
participant observation
main method of cultural anthropology