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Glossary of Terms. The following is a list of terms commonly used in anthropology. The glossary was created by Simon Coleman and Bob Simpson. New entries will be added over time. If you have any suggestions for the glossary please email Emma Ford, the RAI's Education and Communications Officer. Applied Anthropology.
This new dictionary provides concise, authoritative definitions for a range of concepts relating to cultural anthropology, as well as important findings and intellectual figures in the field. Entries include adaptation, kinship, scientific racism, and writing culture, providing its readers with a wide-ranging overview of the subject.
Social status that comes through talents, choices, actions, efforts, activities, and accomplishments, rather than ascription. Adult Socialization. The process of socialization that occurs after childhood and that prepares people for adult roles.
The Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology (formerly Cambridge Encyclopedia of Anthropology) is a growing teaching and learning resource. Its goal is to facilitate access to scholarship in Social Anthropology for experts and non-experts worldwide. All entries are written and peer-reviewed by leading academics.
3 lut 2011 · The Concise Dictionary of Social and Cultural Anthropology is an accessible, hands-on guide to the hundreds of terms the student of anthropology and the general reader will encounter in dealing with anthropological and ethnographic literature. It includes related terminology from allied fields such as sociology, economics, and geography.
7 sty 2008 · PDF | The Dictionary of Anthropology. Thomas Barfield. ed. Maiden, MA: Blackwell, 1997. 626 pp. Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology: Humanity,... | Find, read and cite all the research...
This concise guide provides succinct definitions of basic concepts, summarizes key issues and the development of the major theoretical schools, and discusses the contribution of some 250 British, American and European anthropologists.
