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This expert-verified study guide for Anthropology 1003 includes over 100 key terms and definitions essential for mastering introductory cultural anthropology. The document is structured to support final exam preparation with concise, academically accurate explanations of major concepts, theorists, and case studies. Topics covered include the four fields of anthropology, ethnographic methods, kinship systems (consanguinity, affinity, fictive kin), symbolic anthropology, colonialism, ritual theory (Turner, Van Gennep), structuralism (Levi-Strauss), functionalism (Malinowski, Radcliffe-Brown), and political anthropology (e.g., the panopticon, state theory). Students will also explore language and meaning via the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, semiotics (icon, index, symbol), and Clifford Geertz’s interpretive theory of culture. The guide integrates contemporary themes such as globalization, infrastructure, neoliberal critique (Aihwa Ong), and digital activism (hashtag activism). Relevant for: – Undergraduate students in Anthropology, Global Studies, Cultural Studies, Linguistics, or Sociology – Courses such as Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Theories of Culture, Language and Power, or Ethnographic Methods – Learners enrolled in ANTH 1003 or equivalent first-year anthropology courses This resource serves as a foundational reference for theoretical and applied anthropology, suitable for exam review, essay writing, or long-term concept retention. Keywords: cultural relativism, ethnography, functionalism, structuralism, kinship, consanguinity, affinity, fictive kin, rituals, liminality, modernity, colonialism, language, Sapir-Whorf, signifier, Clifford Geertz, panopticon, neoliberalism, symbolic anthropology, globalization, infrastructure, hashtag activism, habitus, witchcraft, anthropology of emotion

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culture - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔of American lineage; symbolic of meaning systems

(e.g. folklore, material acts, linguistics, etc.)


alienation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔in the most general sense, a transformative

action of estranging, or state of estrangement (e.g. a cutting off from the

divine, from the state etc.)


four fields of anthropology - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔socio-cultural, linguistic,

biological, and archaeology


ethnography - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔genre of writing based on the analysis of

data collected through ethnographic participant-observation

, ethnographic participant-observation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a method of

investigative fieldwork that involves observing and participating in everyday

activities, usually for a year or more


what is functionalism? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔satisfaction of biological needs


what is the role of magic in the Trobrian islands? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔used to

ask for primitive man's wisdom, even though the natives seem to use it for

things they're already efficient at doing


kula exchange - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔exchange of gifts between special friends


what is the meaning of the word "kula" ? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔to go


explain the process of the kula. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔groups go on journeys

hoping to return with valuable objects. requires months of preparation,

beginning with building a kula canoe.


mechanical solidarity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔small-scale, "simple" societies

(tradition)


organic solidarity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔large-scale, "complex" societies

(modern)

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