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culture - ANS_body of materials, customary beliefs, and social forms that together constitute the distinct tradition of a group of people
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culture - ANS_body of materials, customary beliefs, and social forms that together constitute the distinct tradition of a group of people
material culture - ANS_the material manifestation of culture, including tools, housing, systems of land use, clothing, etc
nonmaterial culture - ANS_beliefs, traditions, celebration, thoughts, values and ideas of a group
cultural relativism - ANS_the culture should be judged based on its own standards, not based on another culture
ethnocentrism - ANS_judging other cultures based on the rules of your culture
taboo - ANS_something that is forbidden by a culture or a religion, sometimes so forbidden that is often not even discussed
cultural landscape - ANS_the forms superimposed on the physical environment by the activities of humans
ethnic neighborhoods - ANS_neighborhood, district or suburb which retains some cultural distinction from a the surrounding area
indigenous people - ANS_a culture group that constitutes the original inhabitants of a territory, distinct from the dominant national culture
indigenous community - ANS_the community of indigenous people living together working to keep their culture alive
sense of place - ANS_a strong feeling of identity that is deeply felt by inhabitants and visitors of a location
language - ANS_a set of mutually intelligible sounds and symbols that are used for communication
religion - ANS_the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods
ethnicity - ANS_the fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition
geder - ANS_for our purposes in class, it refers to the cultural differences in how men are treated differently than women
relocation diffusion - ANS_a form of diffusion where the ideas being diffused are transmitted by their carriers as they migrate to new areas
expansion diffusion - ANS_the spread of an idea through a population in a way that the number of those influenced becomes continuously larger
contagious diffusion - ANS_transmission of a phenomenon through close contact with nearby places, like diseases
cultural divergence - ANS_different parts of a cultural region are exposed to different influences and become dissimilar
indigenous language - ANS_a language that is native to a region and spoken by indigenous people
language extinction - ANS_a language that is no longer spoken by anyone as their native language
dialect - ANS_different forms of the same languages that are all descended from an original
ethnic religion - ANS_a religion that is focused on a single ethnic group
universalizing religion - ANS_a religion that attempts to appeal to all people and has a worldwide focus as opposed to a regional focus
acculturation - ANS_adoption of cultural traits by one group under the influence of another
assimilation - ANS_the process of a person or group losing the cultural traits that made them distinct from the people around them
multiculturalism - ANS_when various ethnic groups coexist with one another without having to sacrifice their particular identities
syncretism - ANS_the blending of traits from two different cultures to form a new trait