Anthropology Key Terms

The alteration of a culture (or elements of). This could be due to interaction with another culture, globalisation or internal dynamics.

Objects, resources and belongings have cultural meaning - "the social life of things." (Arjun Appadurai)

How humans organise themselves into groups and networks. Created and sustained by relationships and institutions.

Organised systems of symbols, ideas, explanations and beliefs that are created and changed by humans.

A set of values and viewpoints regarded as 'the truth' in a culture.

Any relation between two or more individuals in a society.

An individual's personal view of the self.

The study of the significance attached to objects.

A person or group's capacity to influence, manipulate or control others.