Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Mid semester Review Sheet INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY MID SEMESTER REVIEW SHEET This is a general review sheet It is not an exhaustive summary of all possible exam questions Know the following terms Culture Cultural knowledge Cultural behavior Cultural artifacts Tacit knowledge Explicit knowledge Ethnography Ethnology Ethnocentrism Cultural relativism Subculture Fieldwork Participant observation Informant Key informant Emic perspective Etic perspective Ethics Informed consent Armchair anthropology Salvage anthropology Language Symbol Conventionality Productivity Displacement Sapir Whorf hypothesis Universal grammar Sociolinguistics Examples of General Themes Covered in Exam Features or characteristics of culture The history of anthropology Properties of language The five fields of anthropology Differences between sociology and anthropology Ethical considerations in fieldwork and the ethical code in anthropology The Chagnon Tierney controversy 1 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Mid semester Review Sheet 2 Application of different anthropological theories or schools of thought to a specific issue or problem unilineal evolution British functionalism US historical particularism culture and personality structuralism cultural ecology cultural materialism interpretive and selfreflexive anthropology and postmodern anthropology The Mead Freeman controversy Note There will be questions on readings from Conformity and Conflict and Nest in the Wind There will be questions on videos Review the following articles o Chapter 1 o Chapter 2 Ethnography and Culture Eating Christmas in the Kalahari Fieldwork and Prostitution in the Era of AIDS Lessons from the Field The Sapir Whorf Hypothesis How to Ask for a Drink Body Art as Visual Language Conversation Style Talking on the Job o Coming of Age in Samoa Introduction and Chapter 7 o Nest in the Wind Introduction Chapters 1 and 3 Review the following videos o The Day I will Never Forget o Coming of Age in Samoa o Body Art
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