9 Key Anthropological Terms

the alteration or modification of cultural or social elements in a society

organized systems of symbols, ideas, explanations, beliefs and material production that humans create and manipulate in the course of their daily lives

the individual's private and personal view of the self or to how an individual is viewed from the perspective of a social group

Objects, resources and belongings have cultural meaning

an essential feature of social relations and can be considered as a person's or group's capacity to influence, manipulate or control others and resources

A set of convictions, values and viewpoints regarded as "the truth" and shared by members of a social group

Refer to any relationship between two or more individuals in a network of relationships

the way in which human organize themselves in groups and networks

the study of the significance that people attach to objects, actions, and processes, creating networks of symbols through which they construct a culture’s a web of meaning