Political map of the world

Cultural groups This European problem that Wagner discusses Imagining others as living in groups analogous to our political system of states or pseudo states. Groups have names Inventory of the empire - polity of diverse peoples and cultures Anthropology grew out of the need (and simple curiosity) to manage these peoples effectively Ethnic groups are self-identified

Map of native languages of North Asia

N A Languages

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Ethnonyms Name learned from Neighbors Eskimo, Koryak, Chukchi Name translates as person or real person Luoravetlan(lorawelat), Nymylan (nymnym) Inuit (Canada), Inupiat (Western Alaska, use Eskimo in English), Yupik (Bering St., Siberia - Eskimos)

Groups - ways of classification Physical type (races) Xanthochroic - light complexion Melanochroic - dark complexion Language Culture (habits, religion, traditions)

Magyars (Hungarians) European physical type Finno-Ugric Language Eastern European culture

European langs

Ugric langs

New Guinea different language, in many different language families Some peoples New Guineau Highlands practice what amounts to linguistic exogamy Major differences in cultural patterns associated with geography - highland interior vs. lowland coasts

Unconscious Patterning of Language Secondary rationalizations more data, not answers Culture in general can be seen as more or less conscious (self-aware)

Identities Not necessarily essential or permanent (Wagners house people and people of the base Locke, Rousseau, others - identity is a primary attribute (This stone is this stone and never that one) Personal identities used as basic for symbols of groups

Koryak ideas of person Persons include humans, animals, mountains, rocks, spirits, parts of rivers No mind-body dualism Human soul has several components Breath (wuyevi) Soul (uyichit) Shade (wuyelwuyel) A human being you meet is a complex entity of recurrent and unique features

Koryak collective identities Greatly influenced by Russian ideas of groups Conscious delineation of ethnic groups, subgroups Unconscious patterning (other means of discussing sociality) provides a more complex picture of residence, cooperation, kinship and friendship

Pathfinder assignment Need to start by thinking like an imperial administrator Dont end up thinking that way Koryak, Koriak, Korjak, Korak Koriakskii, Korjakskij

List of cultures Africa Latin America North America Asia Dogon Yanomama Chippewan Chukchi NuerMaasai Miskitu Aleut Hmong Bembe Kaypo Lakota Tuvan Hadza Cuna Navajo Karen Luo Zapotec Zuni Ainu San Bororo Hopi Pashto Fulani Carib Mohawk Balinese Fulbe Inuit Tamil Ndembu Australia Tlingit Berawan KabyleArunta Ojibwe Uighur Edo Dyirbal CreeBuryat Pintupi Kwakwaka'wakw Europe Saami Oceania Basque Maori Roma Aranda Traveller Gypsies Sepik Arapesh Tonga Trobrianders

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