Anthropology Terms and Definitions: A Holistic Approach to Understanding Humanity, Quizzes of Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Download Anthropology Terms and Definitions: A Holistic Approach to Understanding Humanity and more Quizzes Introduction to Cultural Anthropology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 anthropology DEFINITION 1 The study of all people, at all times, and in all places. TERM 2 comparative DEFINITION 2 Refers to the nature of anthropology, in that its goals are to gather and compare information from many cultures, times, and places, including our own. TERM 3 cultural relativity DEFINITION 3 The idea that differences exist among cultural systems, that different cultural systems can make as much sense as our own, and that we can learn to understand these different systems. TERM 4 ethnocentricism DEFINITION 4 means NOT understanding different systems on their own terms. Sometimes defined as judging others by one's own terms. TERM 5 fieldwork DEFINITION 5 Spending time in another cultural system, which is the best way to gain an insider's understanding of that system. For linguistic and cultural anthropologists it means living in another place among people who are different from you, on their own terms, learning and speaking their language, and gaining, insofar as possible, a sense of how the world appears through their eyes, how to speak about the world as they might. TERM 6 four-field tradition DEFINITION 6 Anthropology generally encompasses four branches or subfields: Physical Anthropology Archaeology Cultural Anthropology Linguistic Anthropology TERM 7 frames of reference DEFINITION 7 The ways we see and interpret and understand the world. TERM 8 holistic DEFINITION 8 Anthropology is holistic. It is concerned with seeing the whole picture, with finding all the parts of the human puzzle and putting them together in a way that makes sense. TERM 9 linguistic anthropology DEFINITION 9 Goes beyond analyzing the structure and patterning of language to examine the contexts and situations in which language is used. It looks at how language might have begun; how it is learned; how it changes; and how it is written down, read, and played with.Our class! duh! TERM 10 theoretical linguistics DEFINITION 10 Can be described as focused, specific, and intuitive. Its primary goal is to describe the underlying structure of a language, beyond social and cultural contexts in which that language is used. It seeks language universals in the underlying structures. Its primary data-gathering method is introspection.