Studied by 4 people
Material culture
________ includes objects made and used in any society.
Anthropologist Robert Welsch
________ observed the symbolic power of what would seem to us a commonplace object (a hat) on the island of Walis along the north coast of Papua New Guinea in 1993.
George W Stocking
________, Jr. (1985), suggested seven dimensions through which we can examine art: height, width, depth, time (history), power, wealth, and aesthetics.
NAGPRA
________ calls for the repatriation of human remains and artifacts to the families of the dead.
Anthropologists
________ take objects seriously and consider all the ways people use them to communicate with others, define themselves, and control others.
Slack Farm
The 1987 ________ incident, where private looters destroyed an Indian burial site near Uniontown, Kentucky, galvanized support from anthropologists and archaeologists for legislatino that would protect material culture.
Dawes Act
The 1887 ________ allowed for lands on Indian reservations to be sold to non- Indian owners.
Cultural resource management
________ is research and planning aimed at identifying, interpreting, and protecting sites and artifacts of historic or prehistoric importance.
display of objects
People express themselves through the possession and ________.
Aesthetics
________ is the recognition that different individuals and groups find different patterns ________ pleasing.
US anthropology
________ began in museums, focusing on collections of cultural, archaeological, linguistic, and biological data.
Wealth
________ reflects the fact that objects can be used to display ________ and social status.
physical dimensions
The bike has ________ (it must be useable by an average- sized human) but may also be viewed as an expression of artistry.
Materiality
________- having the quality of being physical or material.
American Indian Movement
________ (AIM)- the most prominent and one of the earliest American Indian activist groups, founded in 1968.
Native American Graves Protection
________ and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)- the 1990 law that established the ownership of human remains, grave goods, and important cultural objects as belonging to the Native Americans whose ancestors once owned them.
Heritage Sites
World ________ program- A UNESCO- run program that provides financial support to maintain sites of importance to humanity.
individual qualities of taste
People define and express who they are through consumption: their social status, economic means, gender identities, aesthetic sensibilities, ________ and discernment, and identification with a certain social class or interest group.
Culture of mass
________ consumption- the cultural perspectives and social processes that shape and are shaped by how goods and services are bought, sold, and used in contemporary capitalism.
Powerful people
________ in any culture can use aesthetics to demonstrate and legitimate their social, political, or religious power.
basic dimensions
The ________ of height, width, and depth are physical measurements.
Materiality
________ is the quality of being physical or material.
Material culture
________- the objects made and used in any society.
Cultural resource management
________ (CRM)- research and planning aimed at identifying, interpreting, and protecting sites and artifacts of historic or prehistoric significance.
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This chapter focuses on the question
What is the role of objects and material culture in constructing social relationships and cultural meanings
See "Anthropologist as Problem-Solver
John Terrell, Repatriation, and the Maori House at the Field Museum."
George W. Stocking, Jr. (1985), suggested seven dimensions through which we can examine art
height, width, depth, time (history), power, wealth, and aesthetics
Time (history) refers to an objects individual history
where it came from, how interpretationns have changed through time
This seemingly out-of-place object had great significance
it was Barjanis hat and, as a European hat, a symbolic reminder of his prediction
Like people, objects have careers with recognizable phases
creation, exchange, uses, and discard
The shoes pass through many sets of hands between production and "consumption" (we dont eat the shoes)
manufacture, packaging, transport, and so on
Many of use are part of a culture of mass consumption
a term that refers to the cultural perspectives and social processes that shape and are shaped by how goods and services are bought, sold, and used in contemporary capitalism
American Indian Movement (AIM)
the most prominent and one of the earliest American Indian activist groups, founded in 1968
Cultural resource management (CRM)
research and planning aimed at identifying, interpreting, and protecting sites and artifacts of historic or prehistoric significance
Culture of mass consumption
the cultural perspectives and social processes that shape and are shaped by how goods and services are bought, sold, and used in contemporary capitalism
Material culture
the objects made and used in any society
Materiality
having the quality of being physical or material
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)
the 1990 law that established the ownership of human remains, grave goods, and important cultural objects as belonging to the Native Americans whose ancestors once owned them
Repatriation
the return of human remains or cultural artifacts to the communities of descendants of the people to whom they originally belonged
World Heritage Sites program
A UNESCO-run program that provides financial support to maintain sites of importance to humanity
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