ANTH 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Acculturation, First Nations, Chinook Jargon

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1150
• Professor: Tad Mc Ilwraith

Document Summary

Internal and internal o new things = change: arrival of new things will precipitate change within the group o rapid change/slower change o linton discoveries (addition of knowledge, accidental. B. diffusion o relationship between cultures o borrowing (e. g. colbert) o boas > this is how cultures change o process: presented with new ideas, accept the new idea. Integrated into your society o contact between groups is assumed o principles: you"re most likely to borrow from most intense relationships: contract, length of contract, selective, modifications follow, reciprocal > ideas, technologies in both directions. C. forced change through contact o contact > power imbalance o acculturation: hedican, borrowing from each other. Interdependence o other: flows, diffusion o change missimaniacs, syncretic blending, colonial, gov"t agents, economic changes. Bush: silence/peaceful, natural, healthy food, warm(th, family tradition. Symbols of the town: noise, built, alcohol, fencing/barbed wire, cold, science, maps, math.