Anthropology Terminology and Concepts, Quizzes of Anthropology of religion

Download Anthropology Terminology and Concepts and more Quizzes Anthropology of religion in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Altered state of consciousness DEFINITION 1 beingpossessed.takinghallucinogenicplants or animals. TERM 2 Anomaly DEFINITION 2 an "unclassifiable" in a particular system of classification. purity rules are based on this. TERM 3 Bricolage DEFINITION 3 free-fullyand playfully combining various cultural forms to produce a new makeshift wholee.g. hip-hopThe creation of symbolic structures from a variety of culturally available symbols. TERM 4 Child of the Sky DEFINITION 4 when a child who is suspected of being a witch dies, peoplecongratulatethe parents on losing a "child of the sky" TERM 5 Cognized and Operational Models DEFINITION 5 Cognized-Based on local knowledge and cosmologies.Operational-Scientific description of an ecosystem TERM 6 Communitas DEFINITION 6 Social leveling & shared experience= communal bondSpontaneous,immediate, and concrete relatedness typical of bonds formed between people in the middle, liminal stage of a rite of passage. TERM 7 Cosmology DEFINITION 7 Theory of the nature of the universe and its workings TERM 8 Cosmogony DEFINITION 8 Stories, myths, and theories relating to the origin of the universe & human beings. TERM 9 Desubjectivize DEFINITION 9 CastroRemove their former humanity to convert taboo food into edible food TERM 10 The Dreaming DEFINITION 10 W.E.H. StannerEverywhen- period was eternal & atemporalSonglines-self created ancestors roamed the land, leaving parts of themselves in the landscape TERM 21 Gorgios DEFINITION 21 Non-gypsies TERM 22 Habitus DEFINITION 22 regulation of society by restricting & monitoring physical movement. TERM 23 Hand left & right DEFINITION 23 Many societies encourage the use of the right hand over the left.Left-profan, unclean, womenRight- Sacred, Clean, Male TERM 24 Holy Anorexics DEFINITION 24 Detested their bodies. In order to be holy it was necessary to have no needs. Avoidance of food is par of the path to saintliness. TERM 25 Liminal DEFINITION 25 Threshold. middle stage of a rite of passage, anti-structural, ambiguous, creative. TERM 26 Magic DEFINITION 26 Replacement for science for primitive societies- FrazerMagic, Science, and religion all have their own quality of rationality- Tambiah TERM 27 Homeopathic Magic DEFINITION 27 Operates on the premise that "like affects like" or one can impartcharacteristicsof one similar object to another. TERM 28 Contagious Magic DEFINITION 28 Things or persons once in contact can afterwards influence each other. TERM 29 Mamas DEFINITION 29 Male & Femalepriests, appointed by divination, maintain kogi purity TERM 30 Master Symbol DEFINITION 30 refers to wide range of social relationships; develops historically."nations must possess cultural forms or mechanisms which groups in same web can use in their formal + informal dealings with each other. TERM 31 Matrilineal DEFINITION 31 Trobriand mythDecent is traced through women. Physical paternity is less important TERM 32 Medical Materialism DEFINITION 32 Hygienelaws, germ theory,Attempts to explain away purity rules by reference to scientific, medical, orhygienicprinciples. TERM 33 Mochadi DEFINITION 33 Filthy. Unclean (gypsies). cleanliness rituals TERM 34 Monomyth DEFINITION 34 universal pattern found in mythsE.g. departure> initiation> return TERM 35 Myth DEFINITION 35 A story, accomplishes something significant for itsadherents. TERM 46 Personal Symbol DEFINITION 46 Deep motivation involved TERM 47 Psychogenetic Symbol DEFINITION 47 no deep motivation, originate in the unconscious TERM 48 Syncretism DEFINITION 48 Composite religious forms, like the virgin ofGuadeloupeBlending of ideals from 2 unrelated religions TERM 49 Durkheim Totemism DEFINITION 49 Most elementary & original form of religion TERM 50 Malinowski Totemism DEFINITION 50 Totems are good to eat, so there is a rational interest in preserving the species TERM 51 Levi-Strauss Totemism DEFINITION 51 Not an early form of religion, regulates humans to natural enviroment TERM 52 Zar DEFINITION 52 aPossessionthat is lifelong, incurable but manageable. TERM 53 Wicca DEFINITION 53 Neo-paganism, GAIA TERM 54 Tshidi DEFINITION 54 South AfricaBricolage/boundriesComaroff TERM 55 Tsembaga DEFINITION 55 Papua New GuineaRapport. cognized andoperationalmodels TERM 56 Trobrianders DEFINITION 56 AustraliaIslandsMatrilinealsocietyMalinowski TERM 57 Temne DEFINITION 57 Sierra LeoneWitchcraft of Europeans/mythsShaw TERM 58 Ndembu DEFINITION 58 Congoinitiation of chiefTurner TERM 59 Merina DEFINITION 59 MadagascarCircumcision. Rebounding violence/liminalityMaurice Blanc TERM 60 Lele DEFINITION 60 Congotwins/anomaliesMary Douglas