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59 Cards in this Set
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Tylor
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first came up with the definition of culture
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Morgan
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studied american indians and greeks and romans. 1.savage 2.barbaric 3. civilized
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Spencer
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grand evolutionary scheme simple to complex form of life
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Miner
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gave outsider perspective of american culture. Amierican backwards.
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Abu-Lughod
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muslim woman gender, class, modernity
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Maliowski
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participant observation
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Bohannan
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(shakespear in the bush) Nigeria
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Diamond
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hunters-gatherers --> agriculture
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Geertz
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american interpretivisim
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Rabinow
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culture itself is interpretivisim, anthro is a double interpretivisim
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Boas
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father of anthropology, bringing down cultural evolutionism
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Kratz
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female circumcision
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Sterk
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fieldwork w. prostitution
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Basso
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cultural/lingustics (Apache.silence) can lead to misunderstandings
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Lee
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Ju/Hoansi. Combat Ethnocentric views.
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Ehrenreich
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Nickel and Dimed
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African Cultures - Female Circumcision
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symbolic of entering womanhood
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Afghanistan
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unveiling of woman
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Western Apache
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silence is used often
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Dobe Ju'honasi
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black people, egalitarianism
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Tiv of Nigeria
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shakespeare
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Anthropology
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biological, linguistic, archeology, cultural
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Ethnocentrism
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ones own culture is the best way to do something
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Ritual
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day to day practices, gives meaning to life
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Cultural Evolutionism
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humans evolved from the simplest to the most complex forms of life
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Biological Determinism
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innate physical characteristics shape and determine social roles and positions
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Cultural Determinism
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social and cultural impacts your position
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Female Circumcision - 4 Types
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nicking, excision, fibulation, clitoridectomy
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Ethnography
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the end result of feildwork
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Key Informants
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people you spend most time with and gather info from
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Natives POV
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goal is to grasp native pov, his relation to life, to realize his vision of the world
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British vs American Anthropology
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British Empiricism - natives POV but in the anthros voice, American Interpretivisim -
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Interpretive Anthropology
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culture is a system of meanings that is constantly negotiated
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Indexical Sign
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sensory feature which correlates w something of interest. dark clouds = rain
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Cultural Relativism
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all cultures are equal - each must be understood in its own terms
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Social Darwinism
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if the fit survive, it is the right of the rich to dominate the poor
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Race/Racisim
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physical traits became markers of status differences
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pluralism
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identify basic issues at stake as well as differing positions not all befiefes are practied the same way
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Gate Keepers
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"in" to get information
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Participant Observation
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living among others, learn language, eat food
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interviews
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qualitative
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ethical questions
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presnce of athros impact behaviors. are stories damaging to culture?
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Empiricism
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dependent on observations verified through experience
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Emic vs. Etic
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Emic: representations in natives own words.
Etic: rep in athros words |
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symbol
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anything that carries a meaning
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iconic sign
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gender signs on door
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Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
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language does not mirror or reflect reality but shapes it. 400 words for snow.
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Speech Acts
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greetings, commands, invitations, requests, apologies, complaints
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Deficit Approach
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speech of women was inferior to men
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Dominance Approach
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man dominated convo - woman are passive men are assertive
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Production
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produce goods/services
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consumption
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eat food, use services
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Communal Mode of Production
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everyone gets
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Horitculturalism
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small scale gardening
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Capitalist Market System
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people sell their labor employers strive for profit
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Difference Approach
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men and women fall into different sub-cultures
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Pastoralism
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domesticating/herding animals
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Reciprocity
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equal status of exchange
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Redistribution
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gather meat, give to one person that one person distributes
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