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The key to being a good Anthropologist…
is that you have to be a good observer
Anthropological language
A way of explaining cultures using detailed, clear descriptions so that one culture can understand another one
Instinct
animal behaviors that are done automatically.
Ethnocentrism
Is viewing and judging another’s culture through their own cultural lens
Learned behavior
humans’ other behaviors they learn through a culture. (Yes, humans also act through instinct)
Culture
A human group’s total way of life, including everything from its technology, beliefs, customs, rituals and more.
When Kofi Annan was a child, he would never wear earmuffs because he thought they were silly and unneeded. He was being…
Ethnocentric
Cultural challenge
A situation where two cultures encounter one another and don’t completely understand one another.