Anthropological Perspective

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Is the study of human culture and society.

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Cultural Anthropology

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It is the study of people - their origin, their development, and contemporary variations, wherever and whenever those have been found (Ferraro 2008).

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Cultural Anthropology

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Anthropologist Clifford Geertz in “The Impact of the Concept of Culture on the Concept of Man” states that”…

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culture provides the link between what men are intrinsically capable of becoming and what they actually, one by one, in fact become.”

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Components of Culture

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Language and Symbol

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-It forms the core of all culture

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Language

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They condense very complex ideas and values into simple material

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Symbols

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are mental representations (concepts, categories, metaphors) used to organize stimulus; they are the basic units out of which knowledge is constructed and a word emerges.

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Ideas

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the storehouse where we
accumulate representations, information, facts, assumptions, etc.

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Knowledge

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are defined as culturally defined standards of desirability, goodness and beauty, which serve as a broad guidelines for social living.

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Values

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The Valuing Process

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Choosing Freely
a. From Alternatives
b. After a thoughtful consideration

Prizing
c. Cherishing
d. Affirming the choice publicly

Acting
e. Actually doing something with the choice
f. Acting repeatedly

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The result of the valuing process

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values

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The opposite is called

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Value indicator

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are how people use a common language to explain, justify, rationalize, excuse, or legitimize our behavior to themselves and to others.

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Accounts

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Behavioral Component

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Norms, Mores, Laws, Folkways, Rituals

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rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members

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Norms

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Catergory of norms

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Prescriptive - MUST do

Proscriptive - MUST NOT do

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They are customary behavior patterns or folkways which have taken on a moralistic value.

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Mores

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are the mores deemed so vital to dominant interests that they become translated into legal formations that even nonmembers of society are required to obey.

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Laws

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These are behavior patterns of society which are organized and repetitive

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Folkways

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Folkways are commonly knows as

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customs

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These are highly scripted ceremonies or strips of interaction that follow a specific sequence of actions

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Rituals

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is the process of learning and internalizing one’s own culture’s values, norms, beliefs, and behaviors

It is an internalization process that shapes people’s behavior within a certain cultural framework, allowing for assimilation into society¹.

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Enculturation

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Refers to the process of cultural exchange that occurs when individuals from different cultures come into contact with one another over an extended period

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acculturation

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four modes of acculturation:

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assimilation, integration, separation, and marginalization

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Occurs when individuals adopt the cultural norms of a dominant or host culture, over their original culture

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Assimilation

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Occurs when individuals maintain their original culture while also adopting the cultural norms of a dominant or host culture

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Integration

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Occurs when individuals reject the dominant or host culture in favor of preserving their culture of origin

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Separation

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Occurs when individuals reject both their original culture and the dominant or host culture. It creates a third culture.

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Marginalization