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| study humans as things change over a span of time |
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| study humans at one point in time (same time, could be in different places) |
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| Physical/biological Anthro |
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| studies humans as biological organisms |
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| Anthropological Archaeology |
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| study material remains of past cultures |
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| study of cultures with NO written records |
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| study of cultures WITH writing |
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| explores resource questions |
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| studies origins of language and speech |
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| concepts more important to a culture have more words to describe it (ex: money in America) |
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| studies behavior, thoughts, feelings of MODERN cultures |
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| shared and socially transmitted ideas, values, and perceptions |
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| studying culture; study of one group of people; relies on participant observation |
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| compares 2+ cultures together; studies similarities and differences |
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| employed to help with real world issues today; problem solving |
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| Development Anthropology (type of applied anthropology) |
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| anthropological work done in developing countries |
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| Educational Anthropology (type of applied anthropology) |
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| focuses on education culturally; how different cultures have different education systems |
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| Corporate Anthropology (type of applied anthropology) |
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| corporate workers who help promote world diversity understanding - prevent cultural misunderstandings - in order to facilitate business |
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| Medical Anthropology (type of applied anthropology) |
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| examines the complex interactions between culture and medicine |
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| conceived by Tylor in the late 1800s. defined culture as that "complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, law, morals, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society" |
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| shared and socially transmitted ideas, values, and perception |
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| cultures that include 2 or more ETHNIC groups existing together; share political and economic organization; require political organization to bring the groups together |
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| group of people who share territory, language, and CULTURE - can include many cultures (ex: America) |
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| slightly different (from main culture) small groups -- can include social, ethnic, or occupational groups |
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| cultures that can include 2 or more ethnic groups existing together |
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| process in which culture is passed from one generation to the next |
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| how people do things - each feature is integrated with others and affect eachother |
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| used to illustrate how cultural features work. Base (local environmental setting); Infrastructure (means to best utilize resources); Social Structure (the roles and relationships between people); Superstructure (beliefs and morality shared by people) |
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| ideas, technologies, and activities that help us survive in diverse environments |
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| the way people view their role in the world - constructed from people's classification of reality |
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| an element in culture that exists in all cultures/societies |
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| Patriolocality (Asia, S. America) |
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| couple lives with man's family - dates back to Neanderthals |
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| Matriolocality (Nayar in India) |
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| couple lives with the women's family |
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| Bilocality (RARE) (Huron in NA) |
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| couple lives separate but near family |
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| Avonlocality (RARE) (Mawai of Kenya) |
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| couple lives with/near husband's mother's brother - support uncle |
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| Neolocality (RARE, yet almost all of America is like this) |
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| couple lives apart from both families |
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| social group with direct line of descent from a common ancestor |
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| descent from an ancestor either through mom OR dad side |
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| Matrilineal Descent (found in horticulturalist societies) |
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| tracing lineage through mother's side, no males |
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| Patrilineal Descent (found in pastorialist and agriculturalist societies) |
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| tracing lineage through father's side, no females |
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| letting kids choose which side |
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| support, belonging, citizenship |
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| Lineage (type of descent group) |
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| smallest descent group - only goes back about 4 to 6 generations |
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| groups of multiple lineages - descended from a distant and often legendary ancestor - tend to rely on symbols (totems) to help with identification |
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| beliefs linking society with nature |
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| several clans with a common ancestor - very large (10,000s to 100,000s) - cannot actually trace ancestor, simply legendary |
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| 2+ phatries with a common legendary ancestor |
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| tracing lineage through ALL ancestry, both mother and father side - common among foragers and in American culture - all about providing support |
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| smaller classification within bilateral kinship - close blood relatives |
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