Anthropology

• Culture Relativism: The idea that cultural practices and beliefs should be understood and evaluated in the context of the culture in which they occur.
• Ethnography: The systematic study and description of a particular culture, often based on participant observation and framework.
• Cultural diffusion: The spread of cultural elements from one society to another.
• Polyandry: A from of marriage in which a woman has multiple husbands simultaneously.
• Cultural hegemony: The domination or control of a diverse culture by one group or social class.
• Matrilineal: Descent and inheritance are traced through the mother's line.
• Ethnocentrism: The tendency to judge other cultures by the standards of one's own culture, often leading to a biased evaluation.
• Kinship: The system of social relationships based on family ties, including marriage and descent.
• Cultural Anthropology: The study of contemporary human cultures and societies.
• Functionalism: An anthropological perspective that views society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote stability and solidarity.
• Culture Materialism: A theoretical framework that emphasises the role of material factors (e.g. technology, environment) in shaping social and cultural life.
• Participant Observation: A research method in which the anthropologist lives with and participates in the daily life of the people being studied.
• Acculturation: The process by which one culture is modified or changed through contact with another culture.
• Ethnolinguistics: The study of the relationship between language and culture.
• Neolithic Revolution: The transition from hunting and gathering to settled agriculture, marking the beginning of the civilisation.
• Cultural ecology: The study of how human societies adapt to their envrionments.
• Egalitarianism: A social or political philosophy that advocates for equality, especially in terms of social, economic or political rights.
• Cultural Syncretism: The blending or fusion of different cultural elements.
• Primatology: The study of primates, including their behaviour, anatomy and evolution.
• Subsistence strategies: the ways in which societies obtain and consume food.
• Pastoralists: People whose subsistence strategy is based on herding domesticated animals.