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Fieldwork

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long term immersion in a community, normally involving firsthand research

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Etic

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Outsider Perspective

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Emic

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Insider Perspective

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Participant Observation

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The standard research method used by cultural anthropologists that requires researchers to live in the community he or she is studying to observe and participate

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Intersubjectivity

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The realization that knowledge about other people emerges out of relationships and perception individuals have with each other

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Fieldnotes

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information the anthropologist transcribes or collects during field work

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Headnotes

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information the anthropologist makes while in the field which may note end up in journals

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HRAF

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a comparative anthropological database that allows easy reference to coded information about several hundred cultural traits for more than 350 societies

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Genealogical Method

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A systemic methodology for recording kinship relations and how kin terms are used in different societies

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Life History

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Any survey of an informant’s life, including such topics as residence, occupation, marriage, family and difficulties usually collected to reveal patterns.

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Ethnohistory

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The study of cultural change in societies and periods for which the community had written histories or historical documents, usually relying heavily on oral history for data.

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Rapid Appraisal

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Short term, focused ethnographic research typically lasting no more than a few weeks, about narrow research questions or problems

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Participatory Action Research

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a research method in which the research questions, data collection, and data analysis are defined through collaboration between the researcher and the subjects of research. A major goal is for the research subjects to develop the capacity to investigate and take action on their primary political economic or social problems

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Secondary Material

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sources such as censuses, regional surveys, or historical reports that are compiled from data collected by someone other than the field researcher

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Primary Material

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Original sources such as fieldnotes that are prepared by someone who is directly involved in the research project and has direct person al knowledge of the research subjects.

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Registar

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an observer who uses both quantitative and qualitative evaluations to describe their observations.

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Importance of Ethics

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ethical considerations of observation should be anonymized

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How Many?

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Quantitative data informs arguments in one way or another in decision making processes

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Who?

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helps understand specifically the behavior of groups of people

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Where?

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studies or movement and staying can help uncover barriers and pinpoint where pedestrian paths and places to stay can be laid out

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What?

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Provides specific knowledge of the types of activities in an area.

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How Long?

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Walking Speed and the amount of time spent staying can provide information about the quality of physical frameworks

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Counting

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Provides numbers before and after between different geographic areas over time.

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Mapping

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activities, people, places for staying and much more can be plotted in, that is, drawn as symbols on a plan of an area being studied to mark the number and type of activities and where they take place

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Tracing

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People’s movements inside or crossing a limited space can be drawn as lines of movement on a plan of the area being studied

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Tracking

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In order to observe people’s movement over a large area of for a longer time, observers can discreetly follow people without their knowing it or follow someone who knows and agrees to be followed and be observed. Research is void without consent.

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Photographing

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Document situations where and form either interact or fail to interact after initiatives have been taken.

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Keeping a diary

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register details and nuances about the interaction between public life and space, noting observations can later be categorized or quantified.

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Test Walks

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taking a walk while observing the surrounding life can be more or less systematic, but the aim is that the observer has a chance to notice problems

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Ontology:

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relating to being/existence/reality

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Epistemology

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relating to knowledge, thinking and ideas

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Ideology

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a system of ideas and ideals, especially on which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy

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Phenomenology:

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an approach that concentrates on the study of consciousness and the objects of direct experience

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agency

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action or intervention, especially such as to produce a particular effect,

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Language

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a system of communication consisting of sounds, words and grammar

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Ethnography of Speaking

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The study of how people actually use spoken language in a particular cultural setting

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Call System

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patterned sounds, utterances, and movements of the body that express meaning.

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Philology

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Comparative study of ancient texts and documents

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Descriptive Linguistics:

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The systematic analysis and description of a languages sounds

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Phonology

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The systematic pattern of sounds in a language, also known as the language’s sound system

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Morphology

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the structure of words and word formation in a language

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Syntax

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The pattern of word order used to form sentences and longer utterances in a language

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Accent

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A regional or social variation in the way a language is pronounced

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Dialect

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A regional or social variety of a language in which the vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation differ from those of the standard version of language

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Sign

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words or objects that stands for something else

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Metaphor

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implicit comparisons of words or things that emphasize the similarities between them

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Pidgin Language

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a mixed language with a simplified grammar, typically borrowing its vocabulary from on e language but its grammar from another.

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Pragmatics:

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Rules and forms governing language use in social situations

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Multifunctionality

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Language doesn’t just describe things, it does things.

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Referential

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the utterance carries meaning about its topic

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Expressive

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directly expresses the addressors attitude towards the context

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Conative

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attempts to act on the addressee

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Poetic

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in which the utterance exists for its own sake. Rhyme, repetition, onomatopoeia

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Phatic

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checks, builds and maintains the channel of interaction . Handshake, “What’s Up”

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Metalinguistic

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in which the utterance refers to the code itself “Speak in English”

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Language Ideologies

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Implicit and explicit associations between ways of using language and moral, social , and political values

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Anthropology

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study of human beings, their prehistory and history, language, cultures and social institutions

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industrialization

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economic shift from agriculture economy to factory based economyu

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evolution

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the adaptive changes organisms make across generations

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empirical

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verifiable observations rather than through logic or theory

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colonism

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practice of more powerful countries or cultures claiming possession of less powerful ones

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Othering

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defining colonized people as different and subordinate

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Salvage Paradigm

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the importance to observe indigenous ways of life, interview elders, and assemble collections of objects made and used by indigenous people

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Cultural Anthro

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The study of social life of living communities

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Archaeology

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study of past cultures by excavation

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Biological Anthro

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Study of the biological aspects of the human species past and present

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Linguistic Anthro

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Study of how people communicate with another through language

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Culture

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the taken for granted notions rules and moralities of a community

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ethnocentrism

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the assumption your practice is correct

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cultural relativism

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one should seek to understand culture on their own terms without judgement

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Diversity

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the variety of ways of being human

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Holism

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efforts to synthesize distinct approaches and findings into a single comprehensive interpretation

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Theory

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a tested and repeatedly supported hypothesis

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Quantitative Method

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Counting or measuring and constructing models

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Qualitative Method

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research that produces in depth description for social behaviors nd beliefs

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ethnographic method

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research method that involves prolonged and intensive observation in the life of a community.

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comparative method

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compose aspects of societies

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applied anthro

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research commissioned to serve an org. need

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practicing anthro

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work involving research as well as involvement

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ethics

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moral questions of right and wrong and standards of appropriate behavior

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Action Anthro

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seeks to study and improve community welfare

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Social evolutionism

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all societies pass through stages, cultural differences are the result of this 1870-1910

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historical Particularism

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look up

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Functionalism:

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Cultural Practices, beliefs and inst. fulfill psychological and social needs 1920 - 1960

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Structural Functionalism

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culture is systematic. Its pieces working together to keep balance

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Neo Evolutionism

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cultures evolve from simple to complex by harnessing nature’s energy through technology and the influence of particular culture specific processes.

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Cultural Materialism

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the material world especially its economy and ecology shape its beliefs

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Cognitive Anthro

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Look UP

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structuralism

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people make sense of the world through binary oppositions.

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Interpretive Anthro

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culture is a shared system of meaning. People make sense of their worlds through the use of symbols and symbolic activities like myth and ritual

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enculturation

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the process of learning the cultural rules of a society

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intrepretive thry of culture

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Theory that culture is embodied and transmitted through symbols

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cultural construction

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concepts and practices that people build of their shared and collected experiences

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interpretive theory of culture

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Theory that culture is embodied and transmitted through symbols

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cross-cultural perspective:

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comparing phenomenon as manifested in different cultures

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values

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symbolic expressions of intrinsically desirable principles of qualities

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norms

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typical patterns of actual behavior as well as rules about how things should be done.

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social sanction

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a reaction or measure intended to enforce norms and punish their violation

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customs

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long established norms that have a codified and law like aspect

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tradition

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practices and customs that have become most ritualized and enduring

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social institutions

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organized sets of social relationships that link individuals to each other in a structured way

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functionalism

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perspective that assumes that cultural beliefs and practices have a place in society

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holistic perspective

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aims to identify the whole that is the systemic connections between individual cultural belief, practices

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cultural appropriation

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the unilateral decision of one group to take control over the symbols practices or objects of another’s.