Rayna C.
Symbolic Actions
Sapir-Whorf Hypoothesis
Metaphor
Key Metaphor
Cannibal Dance
Interpretive Drift
Secondary Elaboration
Selective Perception
Revitalization Movements
Ghost Dance
Culture
Explicit Culture
Tactic Culture
Ethnography
Naive Realism
Culture Shock
Ethnocentrism
Symbol
Language
Non-linguistic Symbol
Super Organic
Old vs. New View on Culture
"studying up"
Enculturation
Normalization
De-familiarization
Field Notes
Interpretation (in ethnography)
“Emic” (insider) and “Etic” (outsider)
Observation Objective
Ethnographic Positioning
Conditions of Possibility
Rumspringa
"Worldview" and "ethos"
Three stages in rites of passage
Liminality
Religion
Supernatural
Ultimate Problems
Transcendent Values
What are the key components of the def of culture? What is the relationship between culture and behavior? What types of behavior are not cultural?
Some distinctive characteristics of cultural analysis are that it is comparative and holistic: What does this mean? How does it relate to familiarization and DE familiarization? What is the relationship between culture and society?
Why do cultural anthropologists consider the search for human universals to be limited?
How do anthropological views of culture differ from Enlightenment ideas of human nature?
How have the objects of anthropological analysis changed since 1945?
How ethnography is usually conducted? Why is ethnography a useful research method? Why is dialogue an important part of ethnography? (Read Dispute in the Donggo and Tricking and Tripping)
What are the limitations and contradictions of Participant-Observation?
Why are ethnocentrism and naïve realism obstacles to ethnography?
What are some potential problems with cultural relativism?
How does “positioning” affect ethnography? How does it compare to “objectivity”?
How does the metaphor “illegal” shape our understanding of immigrants?
What are counter-rituals and how do they function?
How does religious belief relate to the ultimate problems of human existence?
How do cultural anthropologists analyze religion and other forms of belief?
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