Midterm 1 Flashcards
4 major subfields of anthropology
cultural anthrology, biological anthrology, linguistic anthrology, archaeology
culture
a learned set of values / behaviors among a group of people
culture is…
learned, symbolic, integrated, shared, holistic, changing
habitus
knowledge that is absorbed, not taught
enculturation
that sharing and learning of culture
Nacierma
shows how we can judge other cultures. if we take a step back from our own culture, we can see how it is “strange”
How do anthologists study culture?
doing fieldwork and ethnography. they surround themselves in the culture by living there and learning the language. they have informants to understand symbols and less obvious aspects of the culture
emic perspective
insider perspective
etic perspective
outsider perspective
ethnocentrism
the belief that one’s own culture is better than others (other cultures and “weird” or “strange”
cultural relativsim
no one culture is better than another
ethnography
the process and result of research (essay, book, film, etc.)
dialogic
idea that ethnography should be a dialogue between anthropologist and the culture they’re studying)
intersubjective
anthropologists should take different fields into account. there isn’t one way to look at a culture
reflexivity
when an anthropologist falls back on their own culture
participant observation
first hand research. the anthropologist lives with informants and does everything they do
