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Cultural anthropology

a distinction drawn by Geertz between concepts people use naturally to describe their own lives and the technical concepts analysts use to describe them.

In cultural anthropology, experience-near and experience-distant concepts refers to a distinction drawn by Geertz between concepts people use naturally to describe their own lives and the technical concepts analysts use to describe them. This meaning comes from Geertz (1974) in Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[1]

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Geertz, C. (1974). "From the Native's Point of View": On the Nature of Anthropological Understanding. Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 28(1), 26. https://doi.org/10.2307/3822971

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