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22 Cards in this Set
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relativistic perspective
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ability to see culture through another person’s eyes without judgment
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ethnography
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discover and descriptive account of one society that is produced as a result of Participant Observation |
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tactic culture
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cultural knowledge that people lack words for
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explicit culture
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cultural knowledge that people can talk about
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culture
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learned and shared knowledge that people use to generate behavior and interpret experience
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Qualitative Research
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is primarily exploratory research. It is used to gain an understanding of underlying reasons, opinions, and motivations. It provides insights into the problem or helps to develop ideas or hypotheses for potential quantitative research
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3 things that can impede ethnography:
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ethnocentrism
cultural shock Naive realism |
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Naive realism
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that people everywhere see the world in the same way
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4 sub fields of culture |
archaeology physical anthropology (biological) cultural anthropology (ethnology) linguistics |
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Archaeology
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the study of past human behavior through the analysis of material culture
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Physical (Biological) Anthropology –
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the study of human anatomy or remains to b etter understand human behavior
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Cultural Anthropology (Ethnology) –
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the study of human behavior through participant observation in contemporary societies
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Applied Anthropology
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the use of anthropological knowledge to help solve real world or practical problems (all good anthropology is applied) use anthro to fix things.
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ethnology |
theory...comparative component of Cultural Anthropology
Theories that explain human behavior based on a comparison of more than one society. take these theories and try to find patterns |
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methodology
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way or method a scientist collects data--participant observation is most important aspect of this.
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Globalization
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encompasses a series of processes that work to make modern nations and people increasingly interlinked and mutually dependent.
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Culture
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Beliefs and behaviors learned by members of a society. cant see it. abstract.
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Society
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the multiple ways in which groups of people are organized and stratified.
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“psychic unity of man”
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All humans are equally cultured –
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“Cultural Relativism”
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Cultural Relativism”
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cultural barrel model is composed of what 3 |
infrastructure, social structure, superstructure |
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infrastructure
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nfrastructure – that part of culture related to meeting a societies basic needs; subsistence and reproduction (Subistence Strategy and Economic System)(needs)
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