Powerpoint Slides Week 4 pt. 1 Flashcards
Franz Boas and his students deemphasize __________ between separate _________.
boundaries’
societies
______ ______ and his students deemphasize boundaries between separate societies.
Franz Boas
Franz Boas focused on _______ and ____________ of cultural practices from one society to its neighbors.
diffusion
dissemination
_____ _____ focused on diffusion and dissemination of cultural practices from one society to its neighbors.
Franz Boas
_____ _____ noted agency in indigenous groups to change cultural traditions.
Franz Boas
Franz Boas noted ______ in indigenous groups to change cultural traditions.
agency
Franz Boas and his students attacked ________ __________.
unilineal evolutionism
_____ _____ and his students attacked unilineal evolutionism.
Franz Boas
Franz Boas called his approach “the _________ ______.”
historical method
_____ _____’s “historical method” was used to combat the concept of biological “race.”
Franz Boas
Franz Boas’s “_________ _______” was used to combat the concept of biological “race.”
historical method
Franz Boas’s “historical method” was used to combat the concept of biological “_____”
race
Franz Boas suggested that if people, practices, or artifacts could move across social boundaries, then the social boundaries could not be ___________.
impermeable
19th century ideas about the supposedly firm boundaries around “_____” were vulnerable to critique.
races
19th century ideas about the supposedly firm boundaries around “races” were _________ to critique.
vulnerable
Boas had many influential students and followers, including?
(1) Margaret Mead
(2) Ruth Benedict
(3) Edward Sapir
Franz Boas and his students emphasized the importance of _______ _________.
cultural relativism
______ _____ and his students emphasized the importance of cultural relativism.
Franz Boas
