Sociology Unit 3 AOS1, AIC Flashcards
Culture
A unique way of life, involving shared values, norms and everyday practices that are characteristic of particular group or society.
How is culture passed on
Learnt by members and passed onto following generations
Culture also
Changes overtime, and is a relative concept
Culture is important because
- How we create meaning in our community
- how we express our values
-provides a sense of identity and belonging
2 types of culture
Material and non-material
Material culture
All the physical objects or things, artifacts, resources and spaces of a society. Includes tangible objects
Examples of material culture
Tools, instruments, buildings
Non-Material Culture
Refers to the non-physical creations or ideas in society. Intangible objects
Examples of non-material culture
Customs, beliefs, languages
Four central components of culture
Language
Values
Norms
Symbols
Which sociologist refers to sociological imagination
C. wright Mills (1959)
Sociological imagination
A phrase coined by c-wright Mills, and is an approach to thinking sociologically, by removing biases and approaching them from a different perspective
What links do you make sociological imagination
Personal troubles and public issues
Framework of sociological imagination
Historical factors
Cultural factors
Structural factors
Critical factors
Ethnocentrism
Evaluating and passing judgement on another culture by using ones own culture as the yardstick for what’s right and
best
What does an ethnocentric viewpoint lead to
Prejudice, discrimination and racism
Cultural relativism
Attempting to understand a culture by looking at it according to its own standards
Public misconceptions about Australian indigenous culture
-Australia was terra nullius prior to European arrival
-Australian indigenous people share one culture
-Australian indigenous people mainly live in arid areas of Australia
Australia was terra nullius prior to European arrival
British colonists declared the land terra nullius
Oral title deeds existed that set out tribal areas
Australian indigenous people share one culture
Very heterogenous
At the time of colonisation,500 aboriginal nations
200-300 different languages
Diversity still largely exists today
Australian Indigenous people mainly live in arid areas
More than a third of indigenous Australians live in Australian capital cities
Only 22% live in nt and Wa (arid areas)
Only 19% in remote and very remote
2 government polices
Protection and segregation (1830s-1940s)
Assimilation (1940s - 1960s)
Protection and segregation
Aboriginals were a dying and inferior race
Placed in government-run reserves and church run missions
Protection and Segregation Aim
To civilize, Christianize and train aboriginals
