Race
A Japanese businessman who asked the Supreme Court to declare him White and, therefore eligible for US citizenship.
Who was Takawa Ozawa?
The hallmark research method of cultural anthropology.
What is participant observation?
When one woman marries multiple men, and those men are brothers.
What is fraternal polyandry?
Archaeological remains such as plant residues or animal bones that were not made by humans but are the byproducts of human activities typically connected with food provisioning (e.g., charcoal, seeds, or animal bones with butchery marks).
What is are ecofacts?
An explanation for the origin or history of the world.
What is cosmology?
A non-scientific system of classification.
What is Folk Taxonomy?
The act of studying a culture. Also, a detailed written description of a culture.
What is ethnography?
This third gender community has existed in the Indian subcontinent for thousands of years and are even described as sacred in ancient Hindu texts.
Who are the Hijra?
The archaeological practice of leaving artifacts where they were uncovered, atop tiny platforms of earth when conducting an excavation.
What is a pedestalling?
Strategies used by people to control supernatural forces for desired ends.
What is magic?
When society gives greater weight to the "less prestigous blood" in a person with mixed race parentage.
What is Hypodescent?
Studying a culture's behavior from the perspective of an insider.
What is emic?
When one man marries multiple women.
A purposeful approach to communication that facilitates meaningful, relevant, and inclusive experiences that deepen understanding, broaden perspectives, and inspire engagement with the world around us.
What is interpretation?
An object that is believed to have supernatural powers that bring good fortune to its owner.
What is a fetish?
A campaign that sought to "improve" humankind through carefully controlled selective breeding.
What is the Eugenics Movement?
Belief in the superiority of your own culture over others.
What is ethnocentrism?
A third gender people in Native Hawaiian and Tahitian cultures, with their own traditional spiritual and social roles.
Who are the Mahu?
An archaeologist that studies animal remains
What is a zooarchaeologist?
A social group's avoidance of something that is considered offensive, repulsive, or bad luck.
What is taboo?
A discriminatory practice where lenders, developers, and real estate appraisers assigned color-coded grades to residential neighborhoods indicating whether they would be “desirable” or “hazardous” for investment. Following guidance from the Federal Housing Administration, Black and Brown neighborhoods were coded as “hazardous,” and thereby denied mortgage loans and insurance while majority-White neighborhoods received billions of dollars in funding. The result is racial segregation and imbalances in home values and tax-payer dollars available to support public education and other local amenities.
What is redlining?
All the things we have, do, and think as members of society.
1. It is structured
2. It is present in all aspects of our lives.
3. Each element is integrated with other elements.
What is culture?
When a married couple creates a new residence away from their families.
What is neolocality?
Portable objects (tools, toys) that have been deliberately and intelligently manufactured by humans.
What are artifacts?
Life's meaning, death, evil, and transcendent values. Religion helps us make sense of them.
What are ultimate problems?