Anthropology has long had an interest in spatial expressions of culture, one of which is the culture area concept. Stemming initially from a need to arrange materials in ethnographic museums, it eventually evolved into a major research theme. The first to develop a specific analytic technique was...
Describe the concept of culture in anthropology and how it has evolved. THOUGHTS ON CULTURE OVER A CUP OF COFFEE Do you think culture can be studied in a coffee shop? Have you ever gone to a coffee shop, sat down with a book or laptop, and listened to conversations around you? If you...
Al-though I glance at the varying uses of "culture" in a number of disci-plines, my reflection is based above all on the extensive debates that have occurred in anthropology over the past two decades—debates in which some have questioned the very utility of the concept.11 feel strongly ...
In the last few decades, anthropology and other social scientists have worked hard to overcome their early ethnocentric roots. Today they approach each culture as valuable in and of itself, not in relation to another culture. Such a repositioning allows for a greater acceptance of all groups and...
In Anthropology and Social Theory the award-winning anthropologist Sherry B. Ortner draws on her longstanding interest in theories of cultural practice to rethink key concepts of culture, agency, and subjectivity for the social sciences ... OrtnerSherry B. - Duke University Press 被引量: 1发表:...
The word ’culture’ is probably the single most central concept in twentieth-century anthropology. Anthropologists use the word ’culture’ in a number of different senses. It seems to us that some of them use it as equivalent to what we call a form of social life. In its ordinary use ...
The culture concept has been central to anthropology since the formational period of the discipline. Yet for much of the discipline's history it was used without explicit definition. Recent attempts to define it have yielded a range of varied formulations in the subdisciplines of archaeology and ...
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Ch. 2 The Concept of Culture Symbol 點擊卡片即可翻轉 👆 Something, either verbal or nonverbal, that stands for something else. 點擊卡片即可翻轉 👆 1 / 17 建立者 michabowler Cultural Anthropology 學生們也學習了 學習指南 Anthropology Exam 1 Study Guide...
Ch 12. Domestication of Plants and... Ch 13. Ethnicity and Geography Ch 14. Geography of Land Resources Ch 15. The Nature of Culture Ch 16. Art and Anthropology Ch 17. Language and Communication Ch 18. Spatial Processes Ch 19. Settlement Patterns Ch 20. Societies in Anthropology Ch 21....