I made this glossary to help people understand more about different jobs of Social Sciences. More particularly, anthropology. In anthropology, you make a lot of research to learn more about different cultures all around the world. In this glossary, you can except reading new words all related to anthropology.
Aboriginal
noun
Inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists; indigenous.
fr: Aborigène
Acculturation
noun
Assimilation to a different culture, typically the dominant one.
fr: Acculturation
Animism
noun
The attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena.
fr: Animisme
Class stratification
noun
A class system is based on both social factors and individual achievement. A class consists of a set of people who share similar status based on factors like wealth, income, education, family background, and occupation.
fr: Stratification des classes
Cultural relativism
noun
Cultural relativism refers to not judging a culture to our own standards of what is right or wrong, strange or normal. Instead, we should try to understand cultural practices of other groups in its own cultural context.
fr: Relativisme culturel
Descent group
noun
A group comprising all the people who have a common ancestor is a descent group.
fr: Groupe de descendance
Domestication
noun
The adaptation of a plant or animal from a wild or natural state (as by selective breeding) to life in close association with humans.
fr: Domestication
Enculturation
noun
The gradual acquisition of the characteristics and norms of a culture or group by a person, another culture, etc.
fr: Enculturation
Ethnocentrism
noun
Ethnocentrism is measuring or judging one's own culture against another culture and can lead to judging someone else's culture negatively. Ethnocentrism is also the belief that one's own cultural rules are the best and often better than another culture's rules.
fr: Ethnocentrisme
Ethnolinguistics
noun
A field of anthropological linguistics which deals with the study of the languages of particular ethnic groups and the relationships between language and culture.
fr: Ethnolinguistique
Multiculturalism
noun
The presence of, or support for the presence of, several distinct cultural or ethnic groups within a society.
fr: Multiculturalisme
Nationalism
noun
Identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
fr: Nationalisme
Neolithic
noun
Relating to or denoting the later part of the Stone Age, when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed.
fr: Néolithique
Paleoanthropology
noun
Paleoanthropology, interdisciplinary branch of anthropology concerned with the origins and development of early humans. Fossils are assessed by the techniques of physical anthropology, comparative anatomy, and the theory of evolution.
fr: Paléoanthropologie
Pastoralism
Noun
Pastoralism is a form of animal husbandry where domesticated animals (known as "livestock") are released onto large vegetated outdoor lands (pastures).
fr: Pastoralisme
Polyandry
Noun
In which a woman has more than one husband.
fr: Polyandrie
Qualitative research
Noun
Qualitative research involves collecting and analyzing non-numerical data to understand concepts, opinions or experiences.
fr: Recherche qualitative
Quantitative research
Noun
Quantitative research means collecting and analyzing numerical data to describe characteristics, find correlations, or test hypotheses.
fr: Recherche quantitative
Shamanism
Noun
Shamanism or samanism is a religious practice that involves a practitioner (shaman or saman) interacting with the spirit world.
fr: Chamanisme
Stereotype
Noun
A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
