AN100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cultural Anthropology, Totem, Participant Observation
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A thing or object that has a supernatural influence, power or ability. A thing that has supremacy over people. Cultural anthropology: studies how people who share a common cultural system organize and shape the physical and social world around them. Distinguished by the research methods employed in the study of human cultures. Written product of field research, based on participant observation. A process of learning, describing, and interpreting cultural meanings. All individuals are born equal, and all members of society are said to have a right to equal opportunities sometimes referred to classless societies. A nomad is a member of a community without fixed habitation which regularly moves to and from the same areas: such groups include hunter-gathers etc. A political community that has clearly defined territorial borders and centralized authority. Anthropological rapport the relationships of trust and family developed with members of the community being studied.
