CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Introduction Terms and Concepts

Ethnocentrism                                                Cultural Relativism

Holistic                                                             Systems Approach

“Context gives meaning”                            Culture

Life-Support System                                     Snapshots

Cultural Materialism                                      Infrastructural Determinism

Infrastructure   →   Structure   →  Superstructure

Selection  →  Adaptation  →  Enculturation

emic    vs.   etic