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Core themes of Anthropology

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Decks in this class (17)

W1C1: introduction
What makes anthropology a distinc...,
Definition of anthropology 2,
Definition of holism 3
11  cards
W1C2: history of anthropology
Decolonization of anthropology 1,
Crisis in anthropology 2,
Effects of crisis of anthropology 3
23  cards
W1C3: Fieldwork
Definition of participant observa...,
Strength of participant observati...,
Etnograpgic fieldwork is more tha...
13  cards
W2C1: the social person
Four dimensions of human existence 1,
Toolkit of concepts contains 2,
Definition of social status 3
21  cards
W2C2: kinship
Kinship 1,
Indication relationships in etic ...,
Three different terminologies 3
35  cards
W2C3: gender & age
Two dimensions of looking at ineq...,
Heteronormativity 2,
Difference between sex and gender 3
10  cards
W3C1: class and religion
Three major theories on social cl...,
Marxism 2,
Max weber s theory on social class 3
26  cards
W3C2: politics & power
Most important point 1,
Most common definition of power 2,
Structural power 3
22  cards
W3C3: exchange and consumption
Economic anthropology distinguise...,
Formalist and substantivist appro...,
Different views on value 3
13  cards
W4C1: religion and agency
Anthropology of religion 1,
Oldest most influential definitio...,
Definition of religion by durkheim 3
7  cards
W5C1: production
Modes of subsistence 1,
Neolithic revolution 2,
Six modes of subsistence 3
21  cards
W5C2: ethnicity
Why is ethnicity relevant for ant...,
Definition ethnicity 2,
Three views on ethnicity 3
14  cards
W5C3: nationalism & minorities
Nationalism 1,
Gellner on nationalism 2,
Anderson imagined communities 3
20  cards
W6C1: climate change
Climate change definition 1,
Anthropocene 2,
The sixth extinction kolbert 3
13  cards
W6C2: religious authority and agency in Aceh
Violence as world making 1,
Triangle of violence 2,
Article by khan 3
13  cards
CTA 16: complexity & change
Indigenisation of modernity 1,
Cargo cults 2,
Relative deprivation 3
15  cards
CTA17: globalisation and migration
Definition of globalisation 1,
Is globalisation westernisation 2,
Time space compression 3
17  cards

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