

Key Concepts in Anthropology
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Who is the Father of American Anthropology?
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Franz Boas. He contributed to cultural, biological, and linguistic anthropology, criticized evolutionary anthropology, and introduced cultural relativism and participant observation.
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What is cultural relativism?
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The idea that anthropologists should understand cultures based on their own values and not judge them by external standards (Franz Boas).
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What is participant observation?
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A research method where anthropologists live among people, observe their daily lives, and engage in their activities (Boas, Malinowski).
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Who is the Father of Ethnography?
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Bronisław Malinowski. He conducted long-term fieldwork in the Trobriand Islands and pioneered functionalism.
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What is functionalism in anthropology?
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A theory stating that cultural institutions exist to serve the needs of society and maintain social structure (Malinowski).
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What is structuralism?
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A theory that sees culture as structured like language, where humans impose order through classification (Claude Lévi-Strauss).
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What is cultural evolution?
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The idea that societies progress through stages: savagery -> barbarism -> civilization (Tylor & Morgan).
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