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Chapter 5
What was this practice or idea like in the past? -Omohundro
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
03/26/2009

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Development
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Directed change intended to bring a society's economy, particulary, but also many other aspects of its culture in line with that of the industrialized nations such as the US or Japan
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Diffusion
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The borrowing or migration of a cultural practice or idea from one social group to another
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Drift
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Long-term gradual cultural change, sometimes not perceived by members of the society
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Ethnocide
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The destruction of a culture, with or without destruction of the population that practiced it
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Ethnogenesis
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The formation of a new culture
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Ethnographic present
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The cultural anthropologists' practice of always referring to some culture as it existed at a specific time in the past
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Ethnohistory
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The study of the history of a culture over a certain period in time, or the reconstruction of a past culture at some point in time
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Globalization
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The change process in which societies are drawn into greater interaction through trade, communications, corporate and bureaucratic structures, and travel
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Glocalization, or indigenization
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The culture change process undertaken by a group reshaping, reinterpreting, resisting, or attempting to control the local manifestations of globalization
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Reinterpretation
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A culture change process involving borrowing and then changing ideas
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Revitalization movement
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A cultural change movement stressing the necessity of a change in adherents' understanding, often led by a charismatic leader claiming the ability to lead the people out of error and into a new relationship with the world
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Scenario
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In future studies, an imagined description of how events will unfold, based upon current trends
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Syncretism
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A borrowing that rearranges elements and combines them with other features of the culture, perhaps selectivity dropping elements and shifting emphasis
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Temporal
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In anthropology, describes the arrangement and explanation of events in time, a historical or evolutionary perspective
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