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| quechua social and productive unit based on the extended family, whose members believe tehmselves to share a common ancestor |
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| reciprocal change, included in traditions inherited from rural ayllus |
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| an indian who acculturates into the dominant, urban Bolivian culture. Female is chola |
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| ritural kinship system, formed especially with children's godparents through baptism, whose members support each other through mutual favors or financing |
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| social organization in which status differs among members only according to age and gender |
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| sacrifice to the earth god Supay/Huari |
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| literally "earth mother"; a quechua deity associated with Indian thought on the time-space complex of reality |
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| lottery in which participants draw lots and distribute agreed-upon objects of sale |
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| "uncle" a nickname for the indians' underworld god (who is himself frequently confused with the Christian devil) |
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| "all saints' day" a spanish Catholic holiday observed on November 1 (and 2) with a focus in latin america on communal feasting with the spirits of deceased relatives |
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| sociocultural anthropology |
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| culture is a set of learned ideas, traditions and customs that inform human behavior and belief |
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| biological aspects of homo sapiens including health, development, physiology, adaptation, enetics, primatology and evolution |
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| archaeological anthropology |
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| studies culture and society based on material human remains |
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| study of the structures, uses, and histories of human languages |
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| judging others culture by your own culture's standards |
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| understanding elements of another culture according to its own values and standards |
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| must be learned socially, guides ideas and behaviors |
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| it is learned through both conscious training and unconscious observation |
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| signs that have an arbitrary association with something else |
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| adoption of the society's dominant culture, usually originally introduced from foreign powers |
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| hunting-gathering society |
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| concerns the conflict of different value systems and their reconciliation |
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| is the scientific description of a particular community, society, or culture through the gathering and analysis of data taken first-hand from the field |
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| is synthesized from comparisons across societies |
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| when you are in the field with the people |
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| ideally, at least a year and a month should be spent in the field |
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| one of the hallmarks of cultural anthropology and a defining feature of ethnography. learning about the people and how to live with them |
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| when you can't do it yourself |
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| ideal for researching multiple sites at once for a broader perspective |
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| run over years or even decades, ideal for researching local transformations through social change, for a longer perspective |
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| to participate in the society of another people, you have to learn their rules and morals |
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| difficulty in comprehending certain behaviors, beliefs and attitudes |
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| foundation of ethnography |
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| categories based on locally perceived contrast |
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| scientifically analytical categories |
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| those you choose to interview |
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| essential for learning about social behavior in "kin-based societies". rules for interacting with other people depends on the local categories of kin relations |
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| must be assured before you begin documentation |
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sometimes the best way to find out what people think or do is to ask them directly.
another hallmark of ethnography |
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| is based on shared features, both internally and externally recognized, which determine inclusion or exclusion in ethnic social groups |
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| specific kind of ethnicity presumably based on biological differences and culture decides what those differences are |
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| spanish and native american |
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| children of different social groups associated with higher ranks of the parents |
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| children born in mixed races associated with the lower ranking parent |
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| motivated minorities to do something with themselves |
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| kept seperate from the main Japanese because of their historic association with undesireable occupations |
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| institution consisting of culturally postulated superhuman beings and/or powers |
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| concerns the legal aspects of the Islamic faith |
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| extremism that is frequently invoked in contemporary debates over muslim americans religious rights |
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1. no god but Allah and muhammad
2. expected to perform the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in life
3. expected to provide alms for disadvantaged
4. pray 5x per day towar Mecca
5. ramdam is month of fasting from dawn to dusk |
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