Intro to Anthro C4:

Globalization

Contemporary widening of the cross-cultural interactions owing to the rapid movement of money, people, goods, ect

Diffusionist

Cultural Characteristics result from either internal historical dynamism or a spread (diffuse) of cultural attributes from one society to another

Transnational

Extend beyond nations without the assumption that they cover the whole world

1. Migrants,

2. Immigrants,

3. Refugees,

4. Exiles

Go to live or work

No expectation of returning

Migrate due to political, war, ect

Expelled by authorities

World Systems Theory

framework that views the world as a single, interconnected socio-economic system divided into core, semi-periphery, and periphery regions, explaining global inequality and the dynamics of economic development.

postcolonialism

Field that studies colonialism and imperialism

push-pull factors

Push factors are conditions that drive people to leave their current location, while pull factors are conditions that attract people to a new location.

Transnational community

group of people who maintain sustained connections and identities across national borders

Culture of migration

beliefs, social patterns, and cultural exchanges that shape why people move and how migration transforms both migrants and host societiesL

Localization

Creation and assertion of highly particular, often place-based, identities and communities

Development anthropology

theoretical and practical aspects of shaping and implementing developmental projects

Anthropology of development

study cultural conditions for proper development, or negative impacts of developmental projects

Cultural imperialism

promotion of one culture over others

World culture

norms and knowledge shared across national boundaries

Hybridization

open-ended and ongoing cultural intermingling and fusion