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19 Cards in this Set
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What is culture?
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1) Intellectual/ Moral development
2) Exotic Practices 3) Pattered learned behavior |
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What is ethnocentricism?
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attempting to understand another culture strictly by standards of your own
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What is cultural relatvism?
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peoples behavior must be understood through means of their own culture
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What is participant observation?
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primary method of cultural anthropologists to conduct research
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What is hermeneutics?
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development and study of theories of the interpretation and understanding of texts
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What is the significane of Neandertal graves?
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they were an attempt to maintain identity with the first symbol of flowers as death
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What are the three uglies?
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Hubris
Triumphalism Phallocentrism |
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What does Hubris mean?
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dividing us from nature. thinking that we are the only animal on the planet
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What does Triumphalism mean?
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dividing us from nature thinking that we are unique for special reasons. we are the best
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What does Phallocentrism mean?
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divides us from other animals. putting man first
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Why is cultural patterns multi level?
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because cultures may overlap or produce the same qualities or relate to another. there are the same patterns in microcultures as macrocultures
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What is the "naturalization of the arbitrary"?
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successfull reproduction of cultural patterns. convincing the adherants that this culture is the only one true path. have to hide that people have learned these cultural patterns and traits
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What is rapport?
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unconcious human interaction
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What are th 7 fieldwork techniques?
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1) questionaires
2) genealogical method 3) key consultants 4) life histories 5) longitudinal research 6) simple observation 7) record with notes/film |
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What is ethnography? ethnographer?
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written account of fieldwork.
anthropologist who preforms fieldwork |
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Why is culture shared?
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culture is not individual, but its a group effort transmitted in society
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What does " go without saying because they come without saying"?
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it means that culture is obvious and internalized
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Who is Max Weber?
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was a German political economist and sociologist who is considered one of the founders of the modern study of sociology. he wrote the protestant ethic and spirit of capitalism
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Who is Franz Boas?
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first man of american anthro "papa". developed first modern definition of culture
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