anth final terms

Politics

A diverse range of social practices through which people negotiate power relations.

Disability Rights Movement

The belief that the problem lies with society's discrimination rather than with disabled people.

Social Model of Disability

People are disabled by barriers such as badly designed buildings and inaccessible transport.

Medical Model of Disability

Individuals are disabled by medical conditions such as inability to hear, see, or walk.

Medical Anthropology

A field that examines experiences and practices related to disease, health, and the body.

Medical Ecology

The study of the interaction of disease with the natural environment and human culture.

Interpretivist Approach

Approach in medical anthropology that studies health systems as systems of meaning.

Critical Medical Anthropology

Analyzes social, political, and economic factors that affect health and healthcare.

Interactive Classifications

Classifications that change individual experiences based on societal perception.

Indifferent Classifications

Classifications that do not affect the entities they describe.

Idioms of Distress

Culturally situated expressions of mental illness from the patient's perspective.

Anthropology of Mental Distress

Medical anthropologists strive for neutral and open-ended language.

Validity

The intrinsic unity of a classification as a non-random phenomenon.

South Asia Puzzle of Mental Health

Phenomenon where mental health recovery rates differ significantly between Western and non-Western countries.

Language and Culture

Language acts socially and invents or performs identities.

Taboo Language

Language that encodes social relationships and serves sociocultural functions.

Language Ideologies

Unconscious attitudes and beliefs people have about language.

Indexicality

The connection between meaning in language and context.

Multifunctionality

The various roles language plays beyond mere reference.

Practice

The interaction of social structures and human actions in a continuous cycle.

Habitus

The development of self-perceptions and tastes shaped by life experiences.

Linguistic Relativity

The idea that language structure influences thought and behavior.

Speech Community

A group characterized by regular interaction through shared verbal signs.

Diaspora

The spread of people from their original homeland.

Heritage Tourism

Experiencing cultural heritage through site visits and cultural events.

Triangle Trade

The exchange of enslaved people and goods among Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

Commodification

Transforming non-commercial items into commodities for sale.

Self-devouring Growth

The process by which humanity consumes itself.