Final Terminology Flashcards

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the study of all cognition, human and animal, from an evolutionary perspective; seeking similarities and differences.

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evolutionary cognition

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the (mis)attribution of humanlike characteristics and experiences to other species.

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anthropomorphism

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a worldview revolving around the human species; centered on humans.

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anthropocentrism

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an organism’s subjective perceptual world.

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umwelt

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the ability to attribute mental states to others, such as knowledge, intentions, and beliefs; perspective taking.

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theory of mind

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6
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study of human-animal interactions

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anthrozoology

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cultural adaptation to the environment that enables a group of humans to use the available land, resources, and labor to satisfy their needs and to thrive.

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economy

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the number of people who can be supported by the resources of the surrounding region.

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carrying capacity

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9
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exchange of goods and services one for the other.

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barter

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10
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practices and organizations that reallocate resources for the collective good.

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leveling mechanisms

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11
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exchange in which accumulated wealth is collected from the members of the group and reallocated in a different pattern.

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redistribution

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humans who subsist by hunting, fishing, and gathering plants to eat.

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food foragers

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13
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food production involving the domestication of animals…not agriculture.

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pastoralism

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14
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cultivation of plants for subsistence through nonintensive use of land and labor.

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horticulture

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15
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intensive farming strategy for food production involving permanently cultivated land.

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agriculture

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16
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industrial production based on a social contract between labor, corporations, and government.

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fordism

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17
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flexible strategies that corporations use to accumulate profit in an era of globalization
• Offshoring
• Outsourcing
• Global cities

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flexible accumulation

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18
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economic and political worldview that sees the free market as the main mechanism for ensuring economic growth, with a severely restricted role for government; promotes privatization of public assets.

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neoliberalism

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19
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a person who enters a new country to live.

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immigrant

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20
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a person who leaves their country.

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emigrant

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21
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the forces that spur migration from the country of origin and draw immigrants to a particular new destination country.

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pushes and pulls

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22
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factors that enable or inhibit migration.

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bridges and barriers

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23
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movement of people facilitated by the support of networks of family and friends who have already immigrated.

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chain migration

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24
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organizations created for mutual support of immigrants from the same hometown or region.

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hometown associations

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25
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resources transferred from migrants working abroad to individuals, families, etc. in their country of origin.

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remittances

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26
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persons who move in search of a low-skill and low-wage job, often filling an economic niche that native-born workers will not fill.

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labor immigrants

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27
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highly trained individuals who move to fill economic niches in a middle-class profession often marked by shortages in the receiving country.

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professional immigrants

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28
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migration of highly skilled professionals from periphery countries to core countries.

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brain drain

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29
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assets and skills such as language, education, and social networks that can be mobilized in lieu of or as complementary to financial capital.

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social capital

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30
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small kinship-based group of foragers who hunt and gather for a living over a particular territory.

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band

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31
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an indigenous group with its own set of loyalties and leaders living to some extent outside the control of a centralized authoritative state.

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tribe

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32
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autonomous political unit composed of a number of villages or communities under the permanent control of a paramount chief.

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chiefdom

33
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autonomous regional structure of political, economic, and military rule with a central government authorized to make laws and use force to maintain order and defend territory.

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state

34
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the ability to dominate a group to create consent and agreement within a population without the use of threat of force.

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hegemony

35
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local nongovernmental organization that challenges state policies and uneven development, and advocates for resources and opportunities for members of its local communities.

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Civil Society Organization (NGOs)

36
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contested social process through which a civil society organizes for the production of military violence.

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Militarization

37
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form of violence wherein some social structure or social institution may harm people by preventing them from meeting their basic needs.

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structural violence

38
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potential power of individuals and groups to contest cultural norms, values, mental maps of reality, symbols, institutions, and structures of power.

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agency

39
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collective group actions that seek to build institutional networks to transform cultural patterns and government policies.

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social movement

40
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creation of shared meanings and definitions that motivate and justify collective action by social movements.

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framing process

41
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a set of beliefs and rituals based on a unique vision of how the world ought to be, often focused on a supernatural power and lived out in community.

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religion

42
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person who sacrifices their life for the sake of their religion.

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martyr

43
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individual considered exceptionally close to God and who is then exalted after death.

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saint

44
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anything considered holy.

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sacred

45
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anything considered unholy.

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profane

46
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an act or series of acts regularly repeated over years or generations that embody the beliefs of a group of people and create a sense of community and belonging.

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ritual

47
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category of ritual that enacts a change of status from one life stage to another, either for an individual or for a group.

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rite of passage

48
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first stage of a rite of passage.

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Separation

49
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stage in a rite when a participant experiences a period of outsiderhood, being set apart, to achieve a new perspective on the past, future, and current community; inbetweenness.

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liminality

50
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final stage of a rite of passage.

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reincorporation

51
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sense of camaraderie, common vision of what constitutes a good life, and a commitment to take social action toward achieving this vision that is shaped by the common experience of rites of passage.

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communitas

52
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religious journey to a sacred place as a sign of devotion and in search of transformation and enlightenment.
(ex. The Muslim Hajj to Mecca)

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pilgrimage

53
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theory that argues that material conditions, including technology, determine patterns of social organization, including religious principles.

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cultural materialism (Harris)

54
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part-time religious practitioners with special abilities to connect individuals with supernatural powers or beings.

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Shamans

55
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use of spells, incantations, words, and actions in an attempt to compel supernatural forces to act in a certain ways, whether for good or for evil.

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magic

56
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ritual performance that achieves efficacy by imitating the desired magical result.

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imitative magic

57
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ritual words or performances that achieve efficacy as certain materials that come into contact with one person carry a magical connection that allows power to be transferred from person to person.

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contagious magic

58
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anything that represents something else.

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symbols

59
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complex historical and social developments through which symbols are given power and meaning.

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authorizing process

60
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a discrete natural entity that can be clinically identified and treated by a health professional.

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disease

61
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the individual patient’s experience of being unwell.

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illness

62
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individual’s public expression of illness and disease, including social expectations about how one should behave and how others will respond; cultural performance.

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sickness

63
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local systems of health and healing rooted in culturally specific norms and values.

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ethnomedicine

64
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documentation and description of local use of natural substances in healing remedies and practices.

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ethnopharmacology

65
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a practice that seeks to apply the principals of biology and the natural sciences to the practice of diagnosing disease and promoting health.

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biomedicine

66
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an ethnomedical practice focused on balancing one’s qi to promote and improve health.

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Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)

67
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combining ethnomedicine (often TCM) and biomedicine to diagnose and treat disease and promote health.

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integrative medicine

68
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the intersection of multiple cultural approaches to healing; creates tensions if not embraced by practitioners.

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medical pluralism

69
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all ideas, forms, techniques, and strategies that humans employ to express themselves creatively and to communicate their creativity and inspiration to others.

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art

70
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creative expression and communication often associated with cultural elites.

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fine art

71
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creative expression and communication often associated with the general population.

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popular art

72
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an (assumed) intrinsic way of perceiving art.

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universal gaze

73
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the perception of an object’s antiquity, uniqueness, and originality within a local culture.

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authenticity

74
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global flows of media and visual images that enable linkages and communication across boundaries; the internet?

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global mediascape

75
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an ethnographic approach to studying the tensions that may exist when visual worlds collide.

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media worlds

76
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communication based on computer and internet based technologies that facilitate sociality.

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social media

77
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the study of music in cultural contexts.

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ethnomusicology

78
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a musical genre combining body movement and voice.

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kinetic orality