Anth Exam 1

report on results of field work ex: Return to Laughter

way of life associated with a specific groupex: Tongan culture

learned, shared, normsex: brushing your teeth

report that compares the results of 2 cultures/fieldworkex: gender talk

viewing and judging of other cultures based on the norms of your ownex: thinking Tongans are weird

1. focused on technology and economics2. focused on ideas, beliefs, symbols

different characteristics can't change one thing without affecting another ex: introducing a computer to a civilization changes every aspect of culture

ex: a wedding ring can mean something different to everyone

different groups adapt in their own way

STUDY TONGAN CASE STUDY NOTES

sending money back to family in home country

KNOW WHERE TONGA IS ON A MAP

coworkers in a business that have the same work tasks

ex: where is everyone on your floor from

ex: what's going on in each room

learning beliefs or behaviorsex: kids learn from birth

groupings within the organization of people who do similar jobs in different placesex: friendships

different parts of organization are operating at cross purposes that may conflict with one anotherex: UD athletic staff and UD admissions staff

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worldwide spread of capitalismex: the dude selling Tongan cloth online

people engage in economic transaction for a profit

mutual give and take between 2 equals - exchange of goods and/or servicesex: trading

exchange that goes up/down a heiarchy - a person at the top gets the $ and redistributes itex: taxes

Chief KakoYaboAtakpaBohannan

first hand systematic study of another cultureex: return to laughter

balancing participating and observing - major data collection technique

member of the culture that is being studied that helps the researcher

outside, scientific point of view, ex: what the objective researcher thinks

insiders point of view,ex: what the Tongans think about tongan culture

sense of psychological disorientation

each culture represents an equally valid adaptation to a particular set of environmental & historical circumstances

if you know you're being observed it may alter your behaviorex: jill in a frat house

age, gender, personality, theoretical orientation, ethnocentrism

Laura bohannan

FIND NIGERIA ON A MAP

researcher includes themselves in the bookex: return to laughter

transected by 3 rivers, house for men, house for each wife, primarily farmers, gender based division of labor, market system

lived with extended families, patrilineal decent, polygamy, age sets stick together

witchcraft, belief system that functions as a mechanism of social control

smallpox

don't do anything that would put your informants in jeopardy

KNOW WHERE PAKISTAN IS ON MAP

violent, defending their honor

get their food by herding

TAKE THE QUESTION AND FLIP IT INTO A STATEMENT IN THE FIRST LINE

thought, perception, personality, gender (know examples)

generlect: males and females speak different dialects of english