AN100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Medical Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Cultural Relativism
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*note: while progress can be economic or social, etc it can also be medical progress (ex. Note: progress may or may not be beneficial depending on who you are and where you are in the world. Culture something that is learned and shared among people. Essentially, fetishism is the emic attribution of inherent value or powers to an object. Cultural anthropology the study of human societies and cultures and their development. Ethnography ethnography is the systematic study of people and cultures. Egalitarian society societies that lack formal social stratification (aka. Nomadic society societies which move around in order to find food usually live in small bands and are hunter/gatherers. Nation-state a political community that has clearly defined territorial borders and centralized authority. State hierarchical societal ranking and centralized political control. Anthropological rapport it refers to establishing relationships based on trust and mutual respect with the group or community where you are conducting research.
