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| Any tradition and customs that is shared that is learned this is important because culture can be and the way people behave and how it is taught can be compared |
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| Being exposed to a culture so different from yours that you are in “shock” For example Chagon’s experience with Yanomamo dripping nose and smelly. |
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| Viewing one’s own culture superior to others this is important NOT to do in anthropology in order to fully be able to learn and appreciate another culture. |
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| Never use outside standards to judge behavior in given society, you can judge what is right or wrong of one’s culture based on your own culture |
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| a longer term study on one culture where participant observation I and gaining trust is very important. |
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| Giving without expecting anything back (mother->son) |
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| Giving expecting something in return but not immediately |
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| Getting as much as you can from this exchange |
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| by giving more to the enemies you’re in a way showing that you are better |
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| Slangs, describing a work for that time being |
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| A ring passed around among the triband islander, in a circular direction. The exchange is not about the ring of the shells but more about building a connection and interacting with others from other communities. |
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| An assumption that evolution will move from primitive --> advanced --> which led to racism human zoo |
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| some languages divide certain words that are important to their culture into detailed categories (Phillipon --> 92 words for saying rice) (many different slangs for female and male gentile in US) |
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| Very imbalanced exchange (ex: giving a car for food) however, it is the act of exchange that matters. This is very important in social status. |
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| achieved vs. ascribed status |
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Achieved status are skills that you can build that will facilitate one to a higher social status (good speech making, assemble and give a monka, accumulate lots of pigs, correct age). However ascribed statuses are benefits that you are BORN with that will lead to higher social status such as inheritance/wealth, race, and gender)
For example Ongka the big man became successful via achieved status (he had to gather pigs, persue others) |
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| Where Dr.Davis used to study |
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| four fields of anthropology |
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Socialcultural Anthro
Archelogical Anthro
Biological Anthro
Linguistic Anthro |
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