Culture Ch.2 Flashcards
Process to acquire (learn) a culture
Enculturation
Cultures consist of?
1- Symbols ( Egyptian Language)
2- Material Objects ( Pyramids)
Anything that signifies something else.
Symbols
Physical objects and symbols are their meanings.
Signs
Social rules and regulations, if you break then you will be punished.
Norms
Social suggestions, even if you don’t fallow, you may not be penalized but if you fallow, life would be easier ( or better)
Values
Mental maps of reality
* Cultural classification of what kind of people and things exist, and the assignment of meaning to those classification.
Schema
The belief that one’so own culture is normal and natural then using one’s own culture to judge others
Ethnocentrism
Understanding a group’s beliefs and practices within their own cultural context, without “ Making Judgement”
Cultural Relativism
System of knowledge, beliefs patterns of behavior artifacts and institution that are created, learned and shared by a group of people.
Culture
Culture evolves from simple to complex
By who?
Early Evolutionism
By: Edward B. Tylor
A culture is unique for a group of people from their historical past ( No evolution, No progress but uniqueness )
By:?
American Historical Particularism
By: Franz Boas
Culture is a tool for the people whom share and each individual must function to contribute for the operation of a society
Structural Functionalism
By: Branislaw Malinowski
Role of an anthropologist is to interpret the culture of beholders
By: ?
Interpretive Anthropology
By: Clifford Geertz
Finding the decision makers and understand their motifs are the primary issues of an anthropological research
Power and Culture
Ability of an dominant group creat “ consent “ and “ agreement “ from the general public
Hegemony
Individuals or a group as decision makers
* not necessarily a leader or a politician but anyone who can influence decision- making of other people
Human Agency
Are people born to behave a certain way or being trained?
Biology (Nature) versus Culture ( Nurture)
Anywhere you go, you will find similar cultures ( shops, restaurants, malls and languages )
Homogenize Effects
Migrants change both culture where they come in and culture where they come from
Migrants as two way door
Influence by Internet and computers, technology, young people interstate into world citizenship
Cosmopolitanism
