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Uses multi disciplinary insights from anthropology, political science, and sociology to develop student awareness of cultural, social, and political dynamics and sensitivity to cultural diversity.

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Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics

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umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior and norms found in human societies as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in a group.

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culture

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The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.

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culture

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characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits.

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culture

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  • is a group of individuals living in a certain geographical location having common goals and interests, friendship and cooperation. They share common culture, norms and values
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society

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are groups of people who directly or indirectly interact with each other.

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society

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It is the sum of interactions and people.

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society

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involves making common decisions for a group of people.

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politics

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process by which groups of people make decisions

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politics

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It is the activity by which differing interests within a given unit of rule are conciliated by
giving them a share in power in proportion to their importance to the welfare and survival of the whole community

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politics

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Refers to the rich diversity in social practices that different cultures exhibit around the world

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cultural variation

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Refers to the differences in social behaviors that different cultures exhibited around the world

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cultural variation

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Kinds of Cultural Variation

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Ethnicity, religion, nationality, social differences

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is the expression of the set of

cultural ideas held by indigenous people

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ethnicity

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  • Is a system of beliefs and practices as well as system of actions directed toward entities which are above men
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religion

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It is the legal relationship that

binds a person and a country

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nationality

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The differences among the individuals on the basis of social characteristics and qualities.

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Social Differences

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Kinds of Social Differences

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gender
socio economic class
exceptionality
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It is the socially constructed characteristics of being male or female.

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gender

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It refers to the category of persons who have more or less

the same socio-economic privilege

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socio-economic class

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It refers to the state of being intellectually gifted and/ or having physically or mentally challenge

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exceptionality

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Associated with group affiliation and describes the ways in which being a member of a certain group might express specific political opinions and attitudes.

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political identity

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Kinds of Political Identity

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  1. political power
  2. partisan affiliation
  3. political loyalist
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Benefit from partisan, seeks to the cultural partisan loyalty
including dynasties among their members.

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political power

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Signifies membership in a group that defines a world view and a
core set of common values

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partisan affiliation

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One who remains loyal especially to a political cause

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political loyalist

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Anthropological Concepts

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Society

Culture

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Anthropological Concepts

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Society

Culture

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is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations

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society

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is a human created organization or system of interrelationships that connects individuals in a common
culture.

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society

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3 components of society

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  1. language
  2. values
  3. norms
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it is a system of verbal symbols through which humans communicate ideas, feelings, experiences

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language

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is not only a tool, or a means of expression, but it also structures and shapes our experiences of the world and what
continually evolving throughout progressing societ

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language

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it is set of ideas people share about what is good, bad, desirable,undesirable

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values

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derive from values but also contradict values, and serve as both guides and criticisms for individual behavior.

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norms

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sets of traditions, rules, symbols that shape and are enacted as feelings, thoughts, and behaviors of groups of people

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culture

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is a physical artifact or object significant to the archaeology, architecture, science, or technology of a specific culture. This means that this type of heritage is perceptible, touchable or concrete.

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tangible heritage/ material

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is not a physical or concrete item.

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Non material/Intangible heritage

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expression of the ways of living developed by a community and passed on from generation to generation, including customs, practices, places, objects, artistic expressions and values.

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cultural heritage

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process by which people learn the dynamics of their surrounding culture and acquire values and norms appropriate or necessary to that culture and its worldviews

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enculturation

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these are the guidelines standards or shared rules on what is right or wrong,appropriate or inappropriate behavior,prescriptions and proscription of propriety, morality, legality and ethics of a society which provides sanctions when violations are made

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norms

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these are everyday habits, customs ,traditions, and conventions which do not have particular moral and
ethical significance.

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folkways

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  • these are norms with coercive moral and ethical significance and which carry strong moral and
    legal sanctions.
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mores

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refers to societal prohibitions on certain acts which must not be done because they are illegal, immoral and unethical.

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taboo

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these are formalized norms enacted by people vested with legitimate authority.

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law

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these are man’s conceptions of his physical, social and cultural world.

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ideas

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these refer to a person’s conviction about a certain idea,or the people’s perception or view of reality and the world.

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beliefs

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these are abstract concepts of what is important and worthwhile,desirable and undesirable.

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values

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refers to the material

products or objects or adjuncts of the cultural behavior.

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material culture

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Refers to an object,gesture,sound
color or design that represents
something “ other than itself”

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symbols

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originates from two greek words - ‘anthropos’ - man or human being. Logos - meaning study

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anthropology

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Study of human beings

Study of human, human behavior, and society of the past and present as well

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anthropology

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social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life.

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sociology

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scientific study of politics. Deals with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and laws.

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political science

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the law-making body

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legislative branch

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the law-enforcing body

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executive body

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the law-interpreting body

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judicial branch

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exercised by the government under the leadership of the president.

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executive power

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REFERS TO THE STUDY OF THE holders of power and the powers they
exercise-their functions

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politics

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Thinking your own culture is better than another culture

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ethnocentric

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Is the tendency to use one’s own cultural standards and values to judge the behavior and beliefs of people with different cultures.

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ethnocentrism

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The view that the behavior in one culture should not be judged by the standards of another.
For cultural relativist, the values, knowledge, and behavior of people must be understood within their own cultural context.

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cultural relativism

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earliest ancestors of humans that diverged from apes about 8 million years ago

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hominids

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(2,500,000 BCE - 10,000 BCE)

  • made tools
  • hunting (men) and gathering (women), small bonds of 20-30 humans
  • NOMADIC - moving from place to place)
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Paleolithic Age

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  • Hominids - any member of the family of two- legged primates that includes all humans
  • Australopithecines
  • An apposable thumb
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Stage 1

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  • Homo Habilis (man of skills)
  • found in East Africa
    Created stone tools
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Stage 2

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  • Humans during this period found shelters in caves.

- cave paintings left behind.

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Paleolithic Age

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  • Humans during this period found shelters in caves.

- cave paintings left behind.

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Paleolithic Age

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  • Homo Erectus (Upright Human Being)
  • bipedalism
  • larger and more varied tools -> primitive technology
  • first hominid to migrate and leave africa for europe and asia
  • first to use fire (500,00 BCE)
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Stage 3

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Homo sapiens (wise human being)
Neanderthals (200,00 BCE - 30,000 BCE)
Cro - Magnons (40,000 BCE - 10,00 BCE)

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Stage 4

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Neander valley , german
Made clothes from animal skins
Live in caves and tents

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neanderthals

72
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theories on prehistory and early man constantly change as new evidence comes to light.
Louis Leaky, British paleoanthropologist

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the first human

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Cro - Magnons - Homo Sapiens Sapiens (wise, wise human)

By 30 ,000 BCE they replaced Neanderthals.

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stage 5

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  • 10,000 - 4,000 BCE
  • Gradual shift from:
    Nomadic lifestyle -> settled, stationery lifestyle
    Hunting/ gathering -> agricultural production and domestication of animals.
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Neolithic Age

75
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  • agriculture developed independently in different parts of the world.
  • slash and burn farming
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agriculture revolution

76
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human like primates

- they’re subdivided into the New World monkeys, Old world monkeys, and Hominoids.

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Anthropoids

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dividend into hominids, great apes, lesser apes.

- include living and extinct humans

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hominoids

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