Cultural anthropology

Cultural anthropology

Of or pertaining to the branch of anthropology that examines culture as a scientifically meaningful concept.

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Non-market economy

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

An economy with a low level of technological knowledge and a preoccupation with the daily and, at most, seasonal food supply because techniques for long term preservation of food are generally ...

Norms

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The conceptions of appropriate and expected behaviour that are held by most members of the society. Norms are also referred to as "social norms. "

The old world is europe, asia, and africa. The americas are conventionally referred to as the new world. This distinction is largely an ethnocentric reflection of the european origin of our modern ...

Rituals

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Stylized and usually repetitive acts that take place at a set time and location. They almost always involve the use of symbolic objects, words, and actions. For example, going to church on sunday is ...

Scientific method

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The method of learning what is unknown in the natural world by formulating a hypothesis to explain observable or measurable facts and then collecting data through experiments and further observation ...