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| the scientific study of mankind |
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| the study of the material remains of cultures |
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| the study of human cultures, including archaeology and linguistics, as well as ethnology and ethnography |
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| people are easily shaped by their cultures, which are far more important than biology in affecting who they are. Culture begets culture. |
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| the study of relationship of cultures to their immediate environments; environment shapes culture |
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| materials and ecological constraints determine every aspect of any culture |
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| beliefs and actions of people can only be evaluated within the context of their own cultural context. No absolutes. |
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| produced by societies, learned through social interaction, transmitted from one generation to another, held in common by members of the society that generated it; includes knowledge, beliefs, behavior, values, norms, emotins. SYMBOLIC. |
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| the process of being raised within, taught, and personally absorbing a culture |
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| a detailed and comprehensive written description of a culture |
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| analysis, explanation and comparison of cultures |
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| the study of a culture through sustained, direct observation of, and participation within it. |
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| the idea that different aspects of cultures exist because they support the survival of individuals and whole cultures |
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| an approach within cultural anthropology that emphasizes the uniqueness of each culture, and denigrates the idea of general theories about culture |
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| the systematic study of language |
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| a modernization of some of the major ideas of unilineal evolution that emphasize the progress of societies, and the importance of advacing general theories to explain cultural development |
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| study of people by observing and interacting with them while being directly involved in their life and activities |
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| rejects the very idea of a science of culture. Science is seen as a western tool of domination and oppression that is bound to Western culture |
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| involving representations; visible things that stand for ideas and thus convey meaning |
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| all cultures develop from lower to higher through the same stages in the same order |
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