AFS - Ethnographic Thesaurus

Category descriptions and outlines

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A General
General ethnographic concepts.

B Belief
Belief and worldview including personal, social, philosophical, religious and other belief systems.

C Ritual
Manifestations of belief through recurrent behaviors and practices.

D Health
Knowledge, beliefs, and practices that concern conditions of the body and the mind, including diagnosis and prognosis, treatment, and care.

E Migration and Settlement
Movement of peoples and their settlement patterns.

F Human Dynamics
The relation, interaction, and identification among individuals and groups.

G Law and Governance
The forms and activities of governance.

H Education
Teaching and learning patterns and practices.

I Entertainment
Activities and events of leisure, sports, and entertainment.

J Art
Aesthetic expressions, manifested in works including conceptual, representative, or decorative aspects.

K Language
Linguistics and language in society.

L Verbal Arts and Literature
Forms of verbal arts and literature, including elements used in their performance.

M Music
Musical genres, forms, and musical instruments.

N Dance
Dance genres, forms, and contexts.

P Material Culture
Products and processes of human culture expressed in material form.

Q Foodways
Food and consumption, including preparation, presentation, preservation, and beliefs.

R Work
Occupation, employment, and industry.

S Performance
The elements and devices of performance and presentation.

T Transmission
The ways by which culture is disseminated through time and space.

U Beings
Beings of all kinds, including human, animal, supernatural, and mechanical.

V Space and Place
Features of cultural, natural, supernatural, and imaginary landscapes.

W Time
Concepts of time including duration, periodicity, time cycles, and calendars.

X Disciplines
Fields of study.

Y Research, Theory, and Methodology
Theories, approaches, methodologies, research tools, and information management systems.

Z Documentation
Containers of information, whether conceptual or physical.

Facet Outlines

General

A   general
Ab     life
Ac     lore
Ad     culture
Af     heritage
Ag     nature
Ah     information
Ai     knowledge
Ak     wisdom
Am     experience
An     memory
Ap     imagination
Aq     play
Aw     folklore and folklife

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Belief

B   belief
Bd     modes of belief
Bdb        personal beliefs
Bdf        folk beliefs
Bdu        disbelief
Bdw        worldview
Bh     purity
Bhb        pollution
Bl     fortune
Blf        chance
Blg        fate
Blh        destiny
Bm     luck
Bs     belief systems
Bsb        philosophies
Bsm        magic
Bsp        astrology
Bsr        religion
Bss        science and belief
Bv     numinous spaces
Bx     religious studies

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Ritual

C   ritual
Ca     ritual knowledge
Cb     ritual components
Cc     ritual utterances
Cd     ritual gestures
Ce     ritual movements
Cf     ritual actions
Cg     ritual objects
Ch     ritual clothing
Cj     rituals
Ck     rituals by nature
Cm     calendar rites
Cn     life cycle rituals
Cp     group rituals
Cq     institutional rituals
Cs     personal position rituals
Cu     ritual participants
Cv     ritual spaces

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Health

D   health
Db     healing systems
Dc     anatomy
Dd     concepts of the body and mind
Df     illness
Dg     gynecologic health
Dh     healing procedures
Dj     pharmaceuticals
Dk     preventive medicine
Dn     reproductive health
Dp     convalescence
Dr     disability
Ds     pharmaceuticals
Dt     end of life
Dv     persons involved in health care
Dx     health sciences

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Migration and Settlement


E   migration and settlement
Eb     human migration
Ec     animal migration
Ee     human settlements
Eg     population
Ej     resource availability
Er     human settlement planning
Et     human settlement infrastructure
Eu     people by migratory status

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Human Dynamics

F   human dynamics
Fb     relationships based on social dynamics
Fc     relationships based on emotional responses
Fd     identity
Fe     social interaction
Ff     politics
Fg     economy
Fh     difference (human dynamics)
Fj     change (human dynamics)
Fk     participants in human dynamics

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Law and Governance

G   law and governance
Gb     legal systems
Gc     jurisprudence
Gd     legal beliefs
Ge     mores
Gf     rights (law)
Gg     laws
Gh     legal agreements
Gj     crimes
Gk     punishments
Gl     legal procedures
Gq     legal institutions
Gr     legal concepts
Gs     governance
Gx     legal agents
Gy     agents of governance

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Education

H   education
Ha     education (field of study)
Hb     educational psychology
Hc     theories of education
He     education based on student populations
Hf     subjects of learning
Hg     modes of education
Hh     educational programs
Hj     teaching
Hk     learning
Hn     educational technology
Hp     students
Hq     teaching personnel
Hr     educational management
Ht     educational institutions
Hu     graduation (education)
Hv     school life
Hw     educational schedules

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Entertainment and Recreation

I   entertainment and recreation
Ia     unstructured entertainment
Ib     popular entertainments
Ibf        marketplaces
Ibh        exhibitions
Ibk        festivals
Ibm        contests
Ib     educational pastimes
Ibr        social gatherings
Ibs        spectacles (entertainment)
Ibu        stage shows
Ibx        media entertainments
Ig     games
Iga        counting out games
Igb        games of dexterity
Igc        games of strategy and chance
Igg        children's games
Igj        combat games
Im     hobbies
Io     sex entertainment
Ip     tourism
Ir     tricks (entertainment)
Is     sports
It     entertainment agents
Itb        entertainment agents (objects)
Ite        entertainment agents (people)
Ix     entertainment contexts
Ixb        entertainment venues
Ixe        entertainment events

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Art

J   art
Jb     art disciplines
Jbg        artistic praxis
Jd     concepts of art
Jdb        automatic art
Jdd        avant-garde (art)
Jdf        crafts
Jdh        fine art
Jdk        folk art
Jdp        popular art
Jdr        public art
Jf     art periods
Jg     art styles and movements
Jm     art genres
Jmh        two-dimensional art
Jmk        three-dimensional art
Jmp        performance art
Jp     art by origin
Jr     thematic art
Js     art agents (objects)
Ju     art agents (human)
Jv     art contexts

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Language

K   language
Ka     linguistics
Kb     languages
Kc     linguistic universals
Kd     linguistic typology
Ke     grammars
Kf     lexis
Kg     theoretical linguistics
Kh     sociolinguistics
Km     psycholinguistics
Kn     non-verbal communication
Kp     computational linguistics
Kq     historical linguistics
Kr     writing
Ks     speaking
Kt     translating

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Verbal Arts and Literature

L   verbal arts and literature
La     literary transmission
Lb     verbal play
Lc     apothegms
Ld     oratory
Le     rumors
Lf     poetry
Lh     folk narratives
Lj     drama
Ll     written traditions
Ln     literary productions
Lu     non-textual narratives
Lv     literary devices
Lw     literary studies
Lx     literature agents
Ly     literary venues

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Music

M   music
Mb     musicology
Mbc        music disciplines
Mbg        academic methods and theories of music
Mbk        music analysis
Mf     music genres and structures
Mfc        musical theme types
Mfg        traditional music
Mfp        popular music
Mfs        art music
Mfu        functional music
Mj     musical instruments
Mja        aerophones
Mjc        chordophones
Mji        idiophones
Mjm        membranophones
Mjp        mechanical musical instruments
Mjr        electrophones
Mjs        corpophones
Mjx        musical ensembles
Mk     music objects
Mp     music agents
Mv     musical contexts
Mvb        music venues
Mve        music events

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Dance

N   dance
Nb     dynamic dance contexts
Nba        participatory dance
Nbe        performance dance
Nd     dance genres
Ndb        classical dance
Nde        contemporary dance
Ndf        free dance
Ndh        traditional dance
Nds        social dance
Ndu        historical dance
Ndx        dance by special function
Nf     dance by number of dancers
Nfb        solo dance
Nff        partner dance
Nfg        group dance
Ng     hand-action dance
Nh     seated dance
Nj     staged dance
Nk     dance tied to specific musical forms
Nm     dance movement elements
Np     dance notation systems
Nr     dance disciplines and education
Ns     dance agents (human)
Nt     dance-related objects
Nv     dance venues
Nx     dance events

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Material Culture

P   material culture
Pb     objects and products of material culture
Pbc        architecture, building and construction
Pbg        art and decorative objects (material culture)
Pbp        furnishings
Pbt        transport
Pbw        weapons
Pbx        garbage
Pe     raw materials
Pm     general processes and techniques (physical objects)
Pmb        planning (physical objects)
Pmc        object categories (material culture)
Pmd        production (material culture)
Pmk        finishing (material culture)
Pmm        re-working (material culture)
Pmp        repairing (material culture)
Pmr        restoring (material culture)
Pmt        displaying (material culture)
Pmx        usage (material culture)
Pq     tools and equipment
Pu     agents of material culture (human)

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Foodways

Q   foodways
Qa     foodways disciplines
Qb     food concepts
Qf     food procurement
Qj     food consumption
Qm     food preservation
Qp     food preparation
Qq     food storage
Qr     foodstuffs
Qt     food tools and equipment
Qv     food workers and consumers
Qx     food contexts

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Work

R   work
Rb     employment
Rc     labor
Rd     vocation
Re     employment compensation
Rf     aspects of work
Rh     management
Rk     organized labor
Rm     occupations
Rn     workers
Rt     work periods

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Performance

S   performance
Sa     competence
Sb     performance behavior
Sc     audience behavior
Se     performance manifestations
Sf     performance aspects
Sg     performance strategies
Sh     performance values
Si     performance interpretation
Sk     repertoire
St     performance agents

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Transmission


T   transmission
Td     communication
Te     transmission methods
Tg     transmission strategies
Th     reception
Tm     transmission agents

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Beings

U   beings
Ua     people
Ud     kinship groups
Ue     single persons
Uk     animals
Up     supernatural beings
Us     cryptozoological animals
Ut     fictional beings
Uu     manufactured beings
Ux     plants

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Space and Place

V   space and place
Va     geography
Vb     concepts of space
Vd     geographic areas
Ve     landforms
Vf     coastal areas
Vg     water areas
Vh     vegetation areas
Vk     created places
Vn     geopolitical areas
Vp     orientation
Vr     protected natural areas
Vs     built environments
Vt     public spaces
Vu     private spaces
Vv     workplaces
Vw     war zones
Vx     outer space
Vy     imaginary places

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Time

W   time
Wb     concepts of time
Wc     time perception
We     time periods
Wh     units of time
Wn     time measurement
Wp     time cycles

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Disciplines

X   disciplines
Xb     interdisciplinary studies
Xh     humanities
Xj     fine arts
Xk     social sciences
Xm     science
Xn     technology (field of study)
Xp     professional schools
Xq     industrial arts

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Research, theory, and methodology

Y   research, theory, and methodology
Yb     definitions
Yc     theories
Yd     analyses
Ye     theoretical approaches
Ys     fieldwork
Yz     information management systems

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Documentation

Z   documentation
Zb     types of documents
Zbb        documents by arrangement of information
Zbd        containers (document types)
Zbf        documents by physical medium
Zbfb           manuscripts
Zbfs           sound recordings
Zbfv           moving image recordings
Zbfw           digital media
Zbfx           photographs
Zbx        copies
Zt     tools of the trade
Ztc        digital equipment
Ztm        measuring devices
Ztr        recording devices
Zts        playback devices
Ztt        copiers
Ztv        recording accessories

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Last updated: 10/1/07