Anthro Key Concepts

the alteration or modification of cultural or social elements in society. It may be due to internal dynamics of a society, or the result of contact with another culture or a consequence of globalization

organized systems of symbols, ideas, explanations, beliefs and material production that humans create and manipulate in the course of their daily lives. It is fluid not static. the shared social construction of meanings

A set of convictions, values, and viewpoints regarded as "the truth" and shared by members of a social group. These are underpinned and supported by known cultural experience.

it refers to the way humans organise themselves in groups and networks. It is created and sustained by social relationships and institutions. it can also refer to a human group that exhibits some internal coherence and distinguishes itself from other groups.

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

an essential feature of social relation, it can be considered as a person's or group's capacity to influence, manipulate or control others or resources. In its broadest sense, it can be understood as involving distinction of inequalities between members of a social group.

any relationship between two or more individuals in a network of relationships. They involve an element of individual agency as well as group expectations and form the basis of social organization and social structure. They pervade every aspect of human life and are extensive, complex and diverse.

objects, resources and belongings have cultural meaning, described by Arjun Appadurai (1986) as "the social life of things". They are embedded in all kinds of social relations and practices. Some anthropologists seek to understand human experience through the study of material objects.

it can refer either to the individual's private and personal view of the self or to how an individual is viewed from the perspective of a social group. In addition, it may also refer to group, for example, religious, ethnic or national.