Culture powerpoint.pdf

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1、CultureKeyConceptinCulturalAnthropologyDefiningCulture•Everythinghumansperceive,know,think,valueandfeelislearnedthroughparticipatinginaculturalsystem•HumanpotentialcanonlyberealizedwithinthestructureofhumancultureandthroughgrowingupinclosecontactwithotherhumansScopeofCu

2、lture•Thingsthatstrikeas“natural”or“normal”or“commonsense”or“humannature”or“instinctive”areoftencultural•Mother/infantbond“humannature”?•InNortheasternBrazilwherepovertyispredominant,mothersgiveminimumcaretoinfants.WildboyofAveyon•Foundandbroughtintohumancontact•Learned

3、somespeech•CouldnotadjustadequatelytohumansocietyafterbeingisolatedfromitforsolongContemporaryAnthropologists•Donotagreeonadefinitionofculture•Somedefinitionsstressthematerialistsideofcultureandothersstresstheidealistsideofculture•Anthropologyisasocialscience,humanities

4、andscience•AnthropologistsdoagreeoncharacteristicsofcultureCharacteristicsAllCulturesShare•Madeupoflearnedbehaviors•Learningcultureiscontinuousprocess•Culturesarelearnedthroughtheprocessofenculturation•Theyallinvolvetheuseoflanguageandsymbols—thingsthatstandforsomething

5、elseCharacteristicsofCulture•Elementsofculturehavesomelogicalrelationshiptooneanother•Insomeways,membersofaculturesharevaluesandnorms•Thewaypeoplelearntointeractwithoneanotheriscultural•TypesandexpressionofemotionsisculturalCulturesareAdaptive•Culturescontaininformation

6、abouthowtosurviveintheworld•UDELStudentCultureHasWaystoSurviveandHandleStress•Culturesalsocontaininformationaboutwhatismaladaptive•UDELDrinkingtoexcessCultureChange•CulturalChangemayresultfrominternaldynamicsorbyoutsideforces•Thespeedinwhichcultureschangemayvarymuchthro

7、ughoutsideforces•Slangwordsoneindicationofculturechange•Collegedormsusedtobeformenorwomenonly.Whatbroughtabouttheculturechange?CultureChange•CulturalIdeasaboutsexandgenderchangedLearningOne’sCulture•Humansdependonlearnedandtaughtbehaviormorethananyotherspecies•Noothersp

8、ecieshasaslengthyofaperiodofchildhoodlearningashumans•Eachsocietyhasbothformalandinformalmeansofenculturationo