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Anthropological Perspective |
The approach to social research that seeks to understand culture from the point of view of the people within that cultural context. |
How people view themselves in that culture |
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Anthropology |
The holistic study of humankind |
Study of people |
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Applied Anthropology |
The branch of anthropology in which practitioners use anthropology in the service of particular social concerns. |
The use of anthropology to address concerns. |
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Archaeology |
The sub-field of anthropology focused on the study of material artifacts to understand a people’s culture and society, usually in the past. |
Study of material artifacts. |
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Cultural Anthropology |
The sub-field of anthropology focused on the description, interpretation, and analysis of similarities and differences in human cultures. |
Study of similarity and differences in cultures. |
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Cultural Other |
A term used to refer to the subjective experience of difference at the cultural level; identifying “us/me” and “them/you” through cultural symbols and markers. |
“us/me” “you/them” |
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Ethnoarchaeology |
An approach to archaeology that combines the analysis of material life with information taken from contemporary populations. |
Analysis of material life taken from populations. |
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Ethnographic Fieldwork |
Anthropology’s hallmark research method, based on the anthropologist’s direct experience in a culture. |
Anthropology’s hallmark research method. |
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Ethnographic Interviews |
Purposeful, documented conversation with research participants that may be formal or informal. |
Conversations with research participants. |
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Ethnography |
(1) A rich description and analysis of a culture that includes the anthropologist’s experience of “being there”; (2) the method of research involving first hand fieldwork, participant observation, and other qualitative data. |
Description and analysis of a culture such as an anthropologist “being there” First hand fieldwork. |
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Excavation |
A rigorous method of extracting artifacts from underground; the primary data collection method of archaeologists. |
The primary data collection of archaeologists. |
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Focus Groups |
A type of interview in which small groups of people are asked to discuss a particular topic while the anthropologist takes notes. |
Interview with small groups of people on a topic to take notes. |
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Globalization |
The integration of economics, political systems, societies, and culture into a larger community on a global scale. |
A larger community on a global scale with integrated systems. |
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Holistic Understanding |
The view that all parts of human life-from birthing practices to the economy to warfare to art-are interconnected |
Interconnected parts of human life are viewed as? |
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Life History |
An interview or series of interviews that document the trajectory of a single life. |
Trajectory of a single life as interviewed. |
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Linguistics |
The sub-field of anthropology devoted to the study of language. |
The study of language. |
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Mapping |
Diagramming geographical space or human interpretation and use of space. |
Diagramming space. |
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Participant Observation |
An approach to research that combines participation and observation in various ways to optimize understanding of the culture being studied. |
Participation and observation of a culture in research. |
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Physical (or biological) Anthropology |
The sub-field of anthropology devoted to the study of human anatomy, nonhuman primates (primatology), and human origins. |
Study of human anatomy and primatology and origins. |
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Primatology |
The study of nonhuman primates. |
The study of primates |
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Quantitative research methods |
Measurement-based approaches that rely on mathematics, statistics, and hypotheses for producing and interpreting data. |
Measurement based approaches using math, statistics, and hypotheses. |
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Qualitative Research Methods |
Interpretive approaches that use participant observation, interviews, document analysis, and other methods to understand the nature and meaning of phenomena. |
Method used to understand the nature and meaning of phenomena. |
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Rapid Ethnographic Assessment Procedures (REAP) |
The time-compressed use of focus groups, ethnographic interviews, mapping, and other methods within a framework of participant observation. |
Time-compressed use of methods of participant observation. |
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Rapport |
A relationship of conversational ease with individuals and groups. |
Conversational ease |
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Survey |
A standardized set of questions applied to numerous individuals or places. |
Set of questions applied to people or places. |