Terms/Definitions
What is Linguistic Anthropology?
Linguistic Anthropology is the study of human communication, exploring how language shapes our social life, world views, cultural processes and identities
Why did we create a language system?
Language increased our chances of survival in many ways (Give and example for an extra 100 points)
True or False
Pre-Jurassic Archaeology deals with artifacts, civilizations and other materials from cultures/societies that existed before any formal method of writing or historical records.
FALSE
True or False:
Ethnocentrism leads to cultural misinterpretation, and it can distort communication between people of different cultures
True!
"as anthropology developed we began to believe that culture is based on the way people learn to adapt to their environment in order to survive" This can also be seen as *blank*
Nurture
What is Archaeology?
Archaeology is the cultural anthropology of the past
Language is used as a tool in a variety of ways, give me one example
Slang, Regional Variation, Language shaping identity and culture
Fill in the blank:
Some archaeologist may study cultures with no written record while others study sites that have a history, in order *BLANK* their understanding of the culture
Supplement (Complete)
True or False:
We are ethnocentric when we use our cultural norms to generalize about other people's' cultures and customs.
True!
“At one point, it was believed that inherited
characteristics directed human behaviour” This can be seen as...
Nature
What is Cultural Relativism?
"the principle of understanding, evaluating, and respecting a person's beliefs, values, and practices based on their own cultural context, rather than judging them against the standards of another."
Examples:
Analyzing code switching, Language in power structures (Jargon), Evolution of Language, Language Revitalization, Language Socialization
What's one example of Archaeology? *Hint* Think back to the powerpoint slides
Examples: Great Wall of China, Pompeii, Stonehenge
Give an example of Cultural Relativism
Example:
Understanding that holding hands between friends in one culture might signify platonic friendship, whereas in another it implies romantic involvement.
What are the two characteristics for culture? Give an example for each
Material (Clothing)
Non-Material (Customs)
What is Cultural Anthropology?
“The study of how culture
shapes human ideas and learned behaviour.”
What makes human communication so unique?
Give an example comparing/contrasting human communication to animal communcation
Example:
Animals can't use displaced references meanwhile humans can
What is the goal of Archaeology?
The goal of archaeology is to understand past cultures and to reconstruct them in order to document and explain the changes in human cultures/societies over time
Give an example of Ethnocentrism
Example:
Viewing some cultural food as ‘gross’ or ‘I would never eat that’
What do cultures have in common? *Hint* There's 4 points
Culture is Shared, Culture is Learned, Culture shapes our perception of the World, Culture defines Nature
What is Ethnocentrism?
“The tendency to judge other
cultures by one’s own values”
What is Sapir-Whorf's hypothesis?
“the language a person speaks influences, shapes, or determines the way they think, perceive the world, and interpret reality.” (Give and example for an extra 100 points)
Who does an Archaeologist often work with? Name one example
Historians, Physical Anthropologists, Cultural Anthropologists
What are some other words for "Ethnocentrism"? Name 2 examples!
Racism, Racialism, Xenophobia, Jingoism, Chauvinism, Discrimination, Isolationism, Nationalism
This debate covered the distinction on how we should view culture, what is it? *hint* (biological vs learning)
Nature vs Nurture debate