ANTHRO 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Planning Fallacy, Enculturation, Ethnocentrism
19 Sep 2016
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Westernization the diffusion of european cultures into tribal societies. Developmental anthropology the branch of applied anthropology that focuses on social issues in, and the cultural dimension of economic development. Increased equity a reduction in absolute poverty and a fairer (even more) distribution of wealth. Overinnovation characteristic of development projects that require major changes in people"s daily lives, especially ones that interfere with customary subsistence pursuits. Underdifferentiation planning fallacy of viewing less-developed countries as an undifferentiated group; ignoring cultural diversity and adopting a uniform approach (often ethnocentric) or very different types of project beneficiaries. Anthropology and education anthropological research in classrooms. Homes, and in neighborhoods viewing students as total cultural creatures whose enculturation and attitudes toward education belong to a larger context that includes family, peers and society. Urban anthropology the anthropological study of life in and around the world cities, including the study of urban social problems, differences, between urban and other environments, and adaptation to city life.
