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Holism
the whole picture, all facets of human
life interrelated small scale vs. large scale societies holism & its boundedness
Function
Important proposition for holistic perspective Social institutions, behavior, cultural logic
residence clean, prepare soil for planting Pigs require minimum maintenance Pig herds grow large, not enough tubers, feed human food, intrude on garden crops, invade neighbors gardens feuds
herds decreased, lessen conflict, needed protein into diet, lubricate social relations
Relativism
philosophical relativism
response to ethnocentrism
linked to holism relativism & comparison examples
methodological relativism
dilemmas of relativism
Comparison
STRUCTURE(S)/STRUCTURAL TYPES
Adaptation
core concept of evolutionary perspective any physical & behavioral characteristic that
enhances the ability to pass on ones genes or the genes of ones kin to the next generation (adaptive strategies) process organisms undergo to achieve a beneficial adjustment to an available environment and the results of the process in cultural systems people make decisions about change
Malaria in Africa
Culture
Humans are animals with a difference - make
culture
humans organize life into groups - society animals organize life into groups - society
Society is distinguished from culture in that society generally refers to the community while culture generally refers to the systems of meaning
Enculturation
enculturation is the difference -- common
cultural perspective transmitted through learning "a partly conscious and partly unconscious learning experience whereby the older generation invites, induces, and compels the younger generation to adopt traditional ways of thinking and behaving" (Marvin Harris)
(agricultural) civility & civilization (17th century) 18th century beginning of the universal histories & descriptions of "secular" processes of the human condition
folk cultures
categories, such as social organization, religion, or economy Historical: Culture is social heritage, or tradition, or custom that is passed on to future generations Behavioural: Culture is shared, learned human behaviour, a way of life Normative: Culture is ideals, values, or rules for living Functional: Culture is the way humans solve problems of adapting to the environment or living together Mental: Culture is a complex of ideas, or learned habits, that inhibit impulses and distinguish people from animals Structural: Culture consists of patterned and interrelated ideas, symbols, or behaviours Symbolic: Culture is based on arbitrarily assigned meanings that are shared by a society
complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, arts, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society.
meaning in terms of which humans interpret their experience and guide their actions... "man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun, I take culture to be those webs, and the analysis of it to be therefore not an experimental science in search of law but an interpretive one in search of meaning."
become so
Features of Culture
Learned
Shared
Habitualized Patterned, structured Adaptive Historically Charged Big C or little c Culture is open, receptive