Anth Exam 3 Ii

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Biological determination

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biology determines characteristics

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Ethnology

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writing about the writings of a culture

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functionalism

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cultural characteristics are created by the needs of society

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Colonialism history

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anthropology to facilitate a takeover

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armchair anthropology

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ethnologies w/o ever havin been there

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postmodernism

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deconstructing categories, how a culture operates, how bias affects the writing, reflective

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Clifforn Geertz

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60, 70s, symbolic, thick description

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Textual anaysis

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find common themes from a culture's body of writings

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Sharada Pitham

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temple/goddess of leaning, place

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advaita

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no black and white, reality is created in the mind

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Puja

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ceremony, daily, prayer, connection between gods and people

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kannada

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dialect

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upchara

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hospitality

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ashirvada

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ceremonial blessing and speeches

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subjective morality

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one's sense of morality is different from others

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hinduism

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a religious system, flexibility, polythesists, differnet in region, caste, gender

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Gender and Religion

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different by gender, religion used to set gender norms

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reciprocal commitment

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you help me, I'll help you

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Cultural ownership

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differences in ritual make them ours

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Rules v customs

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no reason = rule; custom = it's been done

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quit india unrest

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owned by British, wanted help in WWII, yes if we get to kick you out

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Vedic period

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1500-600BCE, Aryans, agriculr, Sanscrit, hinduism

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Rina and Dina

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debt and payment

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Brahmin Males 3 Rinas

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To gods, to sages/acedimics, to ancestors

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Gaze

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certain eople so close to god, by looking they can tell all about you and effect you

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Knowing v doing

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shastra: duty and knowledge w/ duty to act

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3 life goals

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dharma, atha (material), and kama (sexuality/pleasure)

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sociosemantic

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words reflect culture

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food

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national cuisine, morality of a food

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signs and symbols

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culturally bound subconcious rules like body language

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History of Papanaiyya

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quintessitial moral bearing told through stories of him

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mimesis

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creative imitation (retelling makes it true)

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Connections between:

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Oral narrative, morals, language, ceremonial speech

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Interrlationships

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Matha, people, power, history, actions, ethos all form behaviors

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Prasadi universals

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pilgramage, gifts/reciprocity, religious stories, renuncuation, ritual

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stories

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illuminate culture