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Adam František Kollár
Adam František Kolár − Adam Franz Kolár in older English sources, a Slovak lower nobleman, was a historian, ethnologist, and as Imperial-Royal Court Councilor and Chief Imperial-Royal Libr...
Adam František Kolár − Adam Franz Kolár in older English sources, a Slovak lower nobleman, was a historian, ethnologist, and as Imperial-Royal Court Councilor and Chief Imperial-Royal Libr...
Austro-Tai languages
Austro-Tai is a hypothesis that the Tai-Kadai and Austronesian language families of southern China and the Pacific are genealogically related.
Austro-Tai is a hypothesis that the Tai-Kadai and Austronesian language families of southern China and the Pacific are genealogically related.
Band society
A band society is the simplest form of human society.
A band society is the simplest form of human society.
Bride services
Bride service has traditionally been portrayed in the anthropological literature as the service rendered by the bridegroom to a bride's family as a bride price or part of one (see dowry).
Bride service has traditionally been portrayed in the anthropological literature as the service rendered by the bridegroom to a bride's family as a bride price or part of one (see dowry).
Bumiputera (Malaysia)
Bumiputera or Bumiputrais a Malay term widely used in Malaysia, embracing Malay people of the Malay Archipelago.
Bumiputera or Bumiputrais a Malay term widely used in Malaysia, embracing Malay people of the Malay Archipelago.
Chiefdom
A chiefdom is a political economy that organizes regional populations through a hierarchy of the chief.
A chiefdom is a political economy that organizes regional populations through a hierarchy of the chief.
Cultural Survival
Cultural Survival (founded 1972) is a nonprofit group based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA which is dedicated to defending the human rights of indigenous peoples.
Cultural Survival (founded 1972) is a nonprofit group based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA which is dedicated to defending the human rights of indigenous peoples.
Deaf culture
Deaf culture describes the social beliefs, behaviors, art, literary traditions, history, values and shared institutions of communities that are affected by deafness and which use sign languages ...
Deaf culture describes the social beliefs, behaviors, art, literary traditions, history, values and shared institutions of communities that are affected by deafness and which use sign languages ...
Diaspora studies
Diaspora studies is an academic field established in the late twentieth century to study dispersed ethnic populations, which are often termed diaspora peoples.
Diaspora studies is an academic field established in the late twentieth century to study dispersed ethnic populations, which are often termed diaspora peoples.
Ethnocide
Cultural genocide refers to the deliberate destruction of the cultural heritage of a people or nation for political, military, religious, ideological, ethnical, or racial reasons.
Cultural genocide refers to the deliberate destruction of the cultural heritage of a people or nation for political, military, religious, ideological, ethnical, or racial reasons.
Ethnofiction
Ethnofiction is a neologism which mainly refers to docufiction, a blend of documentary and fiction film.
Ethnofiction is a neologism which mainly refers to docufiction, a blend of documentary and fiction film.
Ethnogeology
Ethnogeology is the study of how geological features were understood by ancient peoples around the globe from a "place-based" perspective, in specific reference to traditional knowledge and to t...
Ethnogeology is the study of how geological features were understood by ancient peoples around the globe from a "place-based" perspective, in specific reference to traditional knowledge and to t...
Ethnoichthyology
Ethnoichthyology is an area in anthropology that examines human knowledge of fish, the uses of fish, and importance of fish in different human societies.
Ethnoichthyology is an area in anthropology that examines human knowledge of fish, the uses of fish, and importance of fish in different human societies.
Ethnology
Ethnology (from the Greek ', ethnos meaning "people, nation, race") is the branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes the origins, distribution, technology, religion, language, and...
Ethnology (from the Greek ', ethnos meaning "people, nation, race") is the branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes the origins, distribution, technology, religion, language, and...
Ethnomathematics
In mathematics education, ethnomathematics is the study of the relationship between mathematics and culture (D'Ambrosio, 1999, 146).
In mathematics education, ethnomathematics is the study of the relationship between mathematics and culture (D'Ambrosio, 1999, 146).
Ethnoprimatology
Ethnoprimatology is the study of human and non-human primate interactions with variation in human ecology, cultures, and worldviews as well as socioecological variation within non-human primate ...
Ethnoprimatology is the study of human and non-human primate interactions with variation in human ecology, cultures, and worldviews as well as socioecological variation within non-human primate ...
Ethnotaxonomy
The term ethnotaxonomy refers either to that subdiscipline within ethnology which studies the taxonomic systems defined and used by individual ethnic groups, or to the operative individual taxon...
The term ethnotaxonomy refers either to that subdiscipline within ethnology which studies the taxonomic systems defined and used by individual ethnic groups, or to the operative individual taxon...
Folk instrument
A folk instrument is an instrument that developed among common people and usually doesn't have a known inventor.
A folk instrument is an instrument that developed among common people and usually doesn't have a known inventor.
Great jüz
Great jüz is one of three traditional unions of the patoral tribes of the Central Asian steppe area within the territories of modern Southeastern and southern Kazakhstan, parts of Northwestern C...
Great jüz is one of three traditional unions of the patoral tribes of the Central Asian steppe area within the territories of modern Southeastern and southern Kazakhstan, parts of Northwestern C...
Huang group
The Huang group (Chinese:黄派; pinyin: Huáng pài) is a pioneering branches of the Chinese Bagui School of ethnology.
The Huang group (Chinese:黄派; pinyin: Huáng pài) is a pioneering branches of the Chinese Bagui School of ethnology.
Jüz
A jüz is one of the three main territorial divisions in the Desht-i Kypchak area that covers much of the contemporary Kazakhstan.
A jüz is one of the three main territorial divisions in the Desht-i Kypchak area that covers much of the contemporary Kazakhstan.
Lacuna model
The lacuna model is a tool for unlocking culture differences or missing "gaps" in text (in the further meaning).
The lacuna model is a tool for unlocking culture differences or missing "gaps" in text (in the further meaning).
Man the Hunter
"Man the Hunter" was the name given to a 1966 symposium organized by Richard Lee and Irven DeVore.
"Man the Hunter" was the name given to a 1966 symposium organized by Richard Lee and Irven DeVore.
Maskarada (carnival of Soule)
The maskarada is a popular set of traditional, theatrical performances that take place annually during the time of carnival in the Basque region of Soule, France.
The maskarada is a popular set of traditional, theatrical performances that take place annually during the time of carnival in the Basque region of Soule, France.
Maurice Leenhardt
Maurice Leenhardt, (1878 - 1954) was a French pastor and ethnologist specialising in the Kanak people of New Caledonia.
Maurice Leenhardt, (1878 - 1954) was a French pastor and ethnologist specialising in the Kanak people of New Caledonia.
Natmasses
Natmasses (singular 'natmas') were spirits worshipped in the ancient culture of the island of Aneityum, Vanuatu.
Natmasses (singular 'natmas') were spirits worshipped in the ancient culture of the island of Aneityum, Vanuatu.
Pastoral (theatre of Soule)
The pastoral is a traditional kind of play from the Basque Country held in the region of Soule (Zuberoa in Basque), France.
The pastoral is a traditional kind of play from the Basque Country held in the region of Soule (Zuberoa in Basque), France.
Semi-mobile
Semimobile is an ethnological term for a practice noted among a number of Indigenous Peoples of the Upper Amazon, such as the Urarina.
Semimobile is an ethnological term for a practice noted among a number of Indigenous Peoples of the Upper Amazon, such as the Urarina.
Social progress
Social progress is the idea that societies can or do improve in terms of their social, political, and economic structures.
Social progress is the idea that societies can or do improve in terms of their social, political, and economic structures.
The Race Question
The Race Question is the first of four UNESCO statements about issues of race.
The Race Question is the first of four UNESCO statements about issues of race.
Tribe
A tribe is viewed, historically or developmentally, as a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states.
A tribe is viewed, historically or developmentally, as a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states.
Tribelet
Tribelet is a term used mainly in the study of the Native peoples of California to describe a social unit which was smaller and less hierarchically organized than a tribe.
Tribelet is a term used mainly in the study of the Native peoples of California to describe a social unit which was smaller and less hierarchically organized than a tribe.
Tropenmuseum
The Tropenmuseum (Museum of the Tropics) is an anthropological museum located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and established in 1864.
The Tropenmuseum (Museum of the Tropics) is an anthropological museum located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and established in 1864.
Unsaid
The term unsaid refers what is not explicitly stated, what is hidden and / or implied in the speech of an individual or a group of people.
The term unsaid refers what is not explicitly stated, what is hidden and / or implied in the speech of an individual or a group of people.
Viktor Zhirmunsky
Viktor Maksimovich Zhirmunsky was a Russian literary historian and linguist.
Viktor Maksimovich Zhirmunsky was a Russian literary historian and linguist.
Yoshihiko Amino
Yoshihiko Amino was a Japanese Marxist historian and public intellectual, perhaps most singularly known for his novel examination of medieval Japanese history.
Yoshihiko Amino was a Japanese Marxist historian and public intellectual, perhaps most singularly known for his novel examination of medieval Japanese history.
Zhuang studies
Zhuang studies (or Zhuangology; Standard Zhuang: Cuenghhag; ) is an interdisciplinary intellectual field concerned with the Zhuang people – their history, anthropology, religion, politics,...
Zhuang studies (or Zhuangology; Standard Zhuang: Cuenghhag; ) is an interdisciplinary intellectual field concerned with the Zhuang people – their history, anthropology, religion, politics,...