Talk:Cultural Anthropology/Introduction

=Glossary= Use this section to propose key terms from this chapter that can be included in the text Glossary. If you plan to implement edits associated with this key term, please claim it here with your username, or signature of four tildes ( ~ ). Paul James (discuss • contribs) 22:14, 27 October 2017 (UTC)..

Nonverbal Communication - a type of continuous interaction that occurs without the use of words.

Morpheme - the smallest arrangement of sound that carries meaning.

Reciprocity - the give-and-take that builds and confirms relationships.

Pidgin - a mixed language with a simplified grammar, typically borrowing vocabulary from one language and grammar from another.

Ethnoscience - the study of the different views of the world perceived by all cultures.

Domain- specific place that shares a set of meanings, or a language that holds its meaning, within the given context of the place

Morality- principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior.

Primatology- the branch of zoology that deals with primates.

Paleoanthropology- the branch of anthropology concerned with fossil hominids.

Sociocultural Anthropology- portmanteau used to refer to social anthropology and cultural anthropology together.

Aesthetics- a set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty, especially in art.

Rhetoric- the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.

Star of David- Jewish symbol composed of two overlaid equilateral triangles that form a six-pointed star

Racialization- the process of ascribing ethnic or racial identities to a relationship, social practice, or group that did not identify itself as such.

Enslaving- cause (someone) to lose their freedom of choice or action.

Maladaptive- not providing adequate or appropriate adjustment to the environment or situation.

=Changes=

It would be good to add an example on the etic section that shows how the 'external' view can lead to misunderstanding between cultures. Spuckie (talk) 00:27, 9 June 2009 (UTC) In the cultural transmission section, I added another brief example of cultural transmission, describing how Hip-Hop influenced the 2007 elections in Dakar.

In the section about Holism, I changed the word 'probably' because it didn't sound very text-book-like. I also connected the final sentence to the main theme of the paragraph. Osbornh (talk) 00:14, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

At the section about Ethnology, I felt that there should be a little bit more history to ethnology.Colboc2 (talk) 23:28, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

At the end of the Biological Anthro. section there were a couple sentences that were disconnected from the main body paragraph. I fit them back into the paragraph and made some words more concise. Needhaa2 (talk) 20:41, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

I added more to the description on anthroplogy because I felt that it needed more than just a small sentence, so people could undertand really what it was.Hamc (talk) 17:06, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Some of the reference links are a little screwy. I'll try to what I can, but watch out. Brennanholten (talk) 23:11, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

I changed some sentences and deleted some redundant phrases and words. (Scar8719)

I added an example of the emic view of culture, brining in an example from a class reading--Monroe3191 (talk) 21:09, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

I added some more information to the section What is Race, brining in some new insights. --Monroe3191 (talk) 20:35, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

I added links and corrected a small spelling mistake in cultural relativism. Strickh (talk) 05:51, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

I added information from my notes on etic and emic perspectives. I did not want to delete what was already there, instead I clarified what was the "insiders" and the "outsiders" perspectives.

I made a couple of changes to the "what is culture" part. I added a comma after mother to make it flow better so it doesn't sound like a run on sentence and I also bolded Diversity and Change. - egoronkin

I edited the biography on Franz Boas, the "Father of Anthropology." I looked up his place of birth because all the other biographys for the other anthropologists included their place of birth. Also, I contributed minor edits such as a mandatory comma after a year in the middle of the sentence.

I changed a few sentences around under the discussion about Chinese foot binding. Some phrases were choppy, "china" wasn't capitalized so I chanegd that, and the incorrect use of "there" was supposed to be "their."

I reworded physical anthropology "historically" to "also" (known as) because some still use physical and biological anthropology interchangably. Also, I added some grammatical structures like a comma to "what is anthropology?" since I am a grammar fiend.

I linked ethnography to wikipedia. - asamih

I linked ethnocentrism to wikipedia. - asamih

I added a bold heading to a heading which gave it more organization. millerp7

I changed some wordings and transitions in the cultural relativism section, specifically the part about foot binding. It was a bit wordy. - asamih

In Familial Culture, I linked "enculturation" to wikipedia. - asamih

I changed the first sentence of the paragraph where it talks about the royal family in Great Britain. It sounded a bit repetitive with the first paragraph. - asamih

I would suggest that whoever wrote the section on "enculturation" change or take out the sentence where they write in first person since we are not supposed to do this. - White9354

I decreased the picture of the Chinese woman with her feet unbound to a thumbnai. Its in Cultural Relativism [allumbt]

Someone posted the link for Participant observation incorrectly under the ethnography section, so I fixed it. - Hykal0597

Someone posted the link for Edward Burnett Tylor incorrectly under development of the discipline, so I fixed it. - Hykal0597

In History I added a link to the google book "anahuac: Or Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern"

I made some minor changes to section 3.1 to make it flow better. I took away the comma after ethnology that was unnecessary, made topic plural, and added ethnography to the last sentence.

Made minor changes to 1.2 Levels of culture. I changed to voice from second person to third person to make it more formal. Changes to 3.3 Participant observation. Changed to word order to make it flow better.

I made a minor change to the Edward Tylor's section referencing his wikipedia page, but i am still unable to make the link connect.

I made some minor changes to section 3.4 Participant Observation. I changed the tense of gather to help sentence flow and altered one of the sentences, correcting what I assume was simple spelling errors. Also I changed "them" to "the researcher" to help the sentence make more sense. --Logan6012 (talk) 23:42, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

I made some minor changes to section 1.1 What is culture. I added a couple sentences to the first short paragraph just to better define what culture is. I also wanted it to read better. I added that culture can also be defined as a structured stage of civilization that can be specific to a nation or time period. I also added "a particular social, ethnic, or age group" to the first sentence to broaden it. --Capalungan6902 (talk) 06:58, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

I also made some minor changes to section 3.7 Cultural Relativism. I changed "in" to "on" in the first sentence and "their" to "ones" to make the sentence flow a little smoother. I also added ", it" to the second sentence to also help the flow of the sentence.--Capalungan6902 (talk) 07:03, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

I made minor grammatical corrections to parts of the Introduction, Symbolism and Communication, Healing and Human Rights, and Reproduction and Kinship. I rearranged some parts to make it flow better, and changed a few words to make it make more sense. Kholderbein (talk) 07:10, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

For Encultration section I dont think I would use the term how everyone deals maybe adapt may be a a better choice, because its not always a negative experience and it seams like you can't escape it so different word choice would probably be better. That was a nice run on sentence eh?--Knight9366 (talk) 23:38, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

I added a photo to the Archeology section to show an example of what an Archeologist might find. Nortonl (Nortonl)

I added a link to the Valley of Kings so that someone that was reading about Archeology would be able to understand why the example given is interesting. Nortonl (Nortonl)

okay thank you for editing mine! Dorres2582 (Dorres2582) I also added a picture to section 3.1 Ethnography Dorres2582 (Dorres2582)

I added to the rules for cultural  --Rutha2 (talk) 02:32, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

I added a caption to the Royal family of Great Britain to tie it into the section --Mbutler07 (talk) 23:38, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

I moved the picture that was in Ethnology because It just broke up the flow of the page.--Mbutler07 (talk) 23:51, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

I moved the picture of Edward Tylor over to the right for you.--Mbutler07 (talk) 23:59, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

I made minor punctuation changes for better readability.--Klokow7568 (talk) 01:44, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

I added Etic and Emic to the page because I think they would be important subjects to discuss--Logan6012 (talk) 03:35, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

I changed "if" to "in" in the Familial Culture caption because I think that it would make more sense--Logan6012 (talk) 03:36, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

I added more information to the "What is Cultural Anthropology" page under the "What is Culture" section.--Williams 3099 (talk)

I added a photo to the Cultural Relativism section to help depict what is discussed --Logan6012 (talk) 04:03, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

I changed the wording of some sentences in the "Ethnography" section by taking out the equals signs to make it seem more professional.--Williams 3099 (talk)

I added a link in the section Early Cultural Anthropological Studies to offer more thorough information--Logan6012 (talk) 04:12, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for offering me advice for the "Enculturation" section. I'll try to reword it to make better sense. --Logan6012 (talk) 04:16, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

I made some punctuation changes in the Familial Culture section to help it flow better. --Logan6012 (talk) 04:39, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

In the "Ethnography" section, I changed the order and wording of a few sentences to make it easier to read. --Logan6012 (talk) 04:50, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

I edited the "Early Influential Personalities" section by fixing grammar, spelling, and doing some re-phrasing to make the section more readable.--Williams 3099 (talk)

I rephrased and fixed grammar on the "Cultural Anthropology" section.--Williams 3099 (talk)

In the "Enculturation" section, I reworded some of the sentences and also took out words that weren't necessary.--Williams 3099 (talk)

I added more information and edited some wording in the linguistic anthropology section. Only to make things more clear.

I added information about language to the symbolism section, since language is the most commonly used symbol for humans.

Thanks for adding info to the symbolism section, it helps to strengthen it. --Williams 3099 (talk)

I took out "preparation, and types of food consumed." from cultural universals because these things are not universal, there are some things that some cultures eat that others don't and the ways that they prepare food could also be non-universal.

I added sex and play to cultural universals because these are things that all cultures do in order to thrive and survive.

I took out culAnths and put in Cultural Anthropologists because I felt that it was more direct and will be more clear in the long run.

I created subdivisions under Levels of Culture for Familial Culture, Micro or Subculture, and Cultural Universals because I felt that it would help in trying to identify the area in which they would be found. Stadlerl (talk)

I added a picture to the Micro or Subculture subdivision because I felt that a picture would be helpful in understanding the concept a little better. Stadlerl (talk)

I added a picture under the section of What is Culture? because I wanted to identify the tribe of Ashanti in some way. Stadlerl (talk)

I added two links to wikipedia under Cultural Universals because I felt that it would help the understanding of some terms that were brought up in the paragraphs. Stadlerl (talk)

I added a section of Technology under Introduction to Anthropology and Culture as well as a link for Technology. Gabi Chavarria (talk)

I added more detail in the Cross-Cultural relationship section to explain how certain traditions restrict opportunity. tallman5651

I added a little more to the example of the !Kung people (dealing with enculturation) to further explain the difference between cultures. Mikelsm (talk) 02:16, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

I added the chinese for “three-inch golden lotuses” Kuoy2 (talk) 07:09, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Questions
I added a picture of edward tylor but I couldn't figure out how to add the text box that exists on his wikipedia page. So if anyone knows how to do this feel free because it would look better. - User:White9354

Is anyone opposed to me bolding the types of anthropology? I'm not sure who created it, but if you don't like it feel free to change it back. I think it helps separate them from their definitions. Kurnikm (talk) 06:59, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

The poor man from Vanuatu. Please, make it stop!
For the love of God, please stop making that poor man from Vanuatu keep trying to create fire, unsuccessfully. He keeps rubbing the stick on that piece of wood, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth …. !

I don't know what this man's crime was; in what way he affronted the gods; perhaps his sentence to Sisyphean endeavor, to rub the two sticks together for the rest of eternity, in an effort to create fire, and never succeeding, is something he deserves, but if you cannot have mercy on him, could you please have mercy on people like me, who have come to view this page?

Maybe it's just me, but that image, that gif or whatever it is; the over and over and overness of it is incredibly, incredibly distracting and, I think, detracts from the contents of this page.

Make it stop! Please, for the love of God, make it stop!