Actual terms for anthropology final Flashcards
(51 cards)
flexible accumulation
the increasingly flexible strategies that corporations use to accumulate profits in an era of globalization, enabled by innovative communication and transportation technologies
offshoring
the practice of obtaining products or services from another country or relocating production to another country
outsourcing
contracting work or services to an external provider or third-party organization, rather than their own people to save money
neoliberalism
an ideology, policy, or form of governance that elevates the role of the market in relation to the state in political economic processes and approaches to reform
fordism
the dominant model of industrial production for much of the twentieth century, based on a society compact between labor, corporations, and government
Wallerstein world systems theory
The world is structured as a single global economic system—the world-system—divided into regions with different roles in the global economy. core (rich countries), periphery (poor countries), semi-periphery (middle class countries)
market exchange
a form of trade that today most commonly involves general purpose money, bargaining, and supply and demand price mechanisms
Redistribution (three forms of exchange)
The collection of goods (or wealth) by a central authority (like a chief, government, or institution) which is then redistributed to the group
Market Exchange (three forms of exchange)
Exchange based on supply and demand, often using money as a medium.
reciprocity
the exchange of resources, goods, and services among people of relatively equal status to create and reinforce social ties
agriculture
an intensive farming strategy for food production involving permanently cultivated land to create a surplus
maximizing crop yields
the cultural and ecological strategies that human societies use to increase agricultural productivity within their environmental and social contexts
pastoralism
a strategy for food production involving the domestication and heading of animals
horticulture
the cultivation of labor for subsistence through non intensive use of land and labor
forging
humans who subsist by hunting, fishing, and gathering plants to eat
Who’s Vote Counts (VOX video)
This video follows the historical debate in the US over whether the power inherent in voting should be a privilege reserved for some, or a right guaranteed to all. It chronicles past and current efforts to expand and curtail voting among women, people of color, those with past felony convictions, and others, and compares the methods and process of voting in the US with those of other ‘developed’ nations.
Carolyn Nordstorm
Her work focuses on how people survive, resist, and rebuild in the face of violence, corruption, war, and injustice—often in places where formal systems have collapsed
primatology
the study of the behavior, biology, evolution, and taxonomy of nonhuman primates
militarization
the contested social process through which a civil society organizes for the production of military violence
max weber
Best known for analyzing how ideas, values, and beliefs shape social institutions—especially religion and economics
bands
A small kinship-based group of foragers who hunt and gather for a living over a particular territory.
tribes
a group of people in a shared territory who are united by similar cultures or interests.
chiefdoms
political and economic power is exercised by a single person (or group of persons)
redlining (from reading about not loaning mortgages)
discriminatory practice where certain neighborhoods—often those with predominantly Black or minority populations—are systematically denied access to services such as mortgages, insurance, and loans by banks, insurers, or other financial institutions
